I wanna go watt da bubbas

Yep, that's how Gib would say it if we dared step foot out of view of the main supercross arena last Sat. night, be it for a restroom break or food or even to go visit pro riders and their pits. Happy birthday to me and to Gib!... our combined birthday present was even better since we had a guest... Tim got to join us on our very first pro supercross race. We went to Anaheim (Angel's Stadium). Wow, it was so awesome. We had great seats and pit passes, so we got to go meet our favorite pro riders in person (cool!) and take lots of pictures, and watch hours and hours of supercross action as the afternoon practice sessions led to evening qualifying heats, followed finally by the main events! Oh, did I mention the laser show, the fire-belching pyrotechnics and the full-on fireworks show at the opening ceremonies? Yeah. It was well worth it for our first race! The guy in green next to Mr. Shy and me is Jeff Gibson, who we like to follow because of his name! He and his wife were super nice and genuine. We also got to meet Kevin Windham...KW (pronounced: Kay-Dub)...just in the knick of time before they closed the autograph line! This was especially cool for Tim, since KW has been Tim's fave for years and was super cool in person. We were honored to have him sign the bill of Gib's Cubs hat. We also saw all the other pros up close. Great stadium, there too--can't wait for the Angels to play the Cubs. Truly a memorable day!

Signin' your life away

Well, after a sweet 3-week holiday vacation to Chicago and visiting Lu, Logan, all the grandparents, seeing the VPs, and also Mark & Ab... we have finally arrived in SoCal. And, Lord willing, the house we've signed our lives away for will be ours and ready to move into mid-Feb. Here's a few pics of us checking it out... a dirt-lover's dream! I see the old guy across the way has a tractor... hmmm. Wonder if he's groomed any backyard motocross tracks in his day? Have to get on his good side! Started work, Ang went to a local church bible study with our friend Kim, and the sun has been shining non-stop. If I can just patiently endure the month-long wait while we use the company "cabin" (as the kids call it) that's on the opposite end of the valley from work... not really a "commuter's dream" for where I work, but we're definitely blessed to have a free place to borrow! Sadie seems to like it, especially in her loaner exer-saucer from Kim!