Geeked out

Is it bad as a girl to be geeked out about new tires and rims? Who cares. I am geeked.

Volleyball

So this last week I signed up to play on two different volleyball teams. The Co-ed team is on Tuesday nights and the women's league is on Thursday nights. The first games were also this last week. Wednesday I was sore. I knew I was going to be since I was out of breath just warming up for our first game...hello out of shape body. Then played again on Thursday night. I am less sore but still sore. Besides the bruises on my knee and hip I am pretty sure my body will be thanking me for being active again with something. In other words the bike has been sitting and sitting and sitting. Both of these teams are new as far as the players ever playing volleyball or playing with each other. I have to remind myself of this because this girl is competitive. I will probably end up having to apologize to my team mates for yelling at them throughout both teams.

Cort and Bray's wedding day

My little brother got married on the 3rd of August. Overall it was a great day. Our little guy did amazing with everything that was going on. There were a lot of people that had never met him. He seems to melt everyone's heart he meets. We are so happy for Cort and Bray and wish nothing but the best for both of them. Here are a few pics from the day. I know parents always think their kid is the cutest thing in the world but man look at him in a tux.

(Sometimes you have to change a diaper.)

After looking at all of these....I am beginning to think I favor being on the left side.

New York

Two weekends ago I was able to fly out to meet up with Caleb and play around in NYC. Can had been there the whole week but we got in as much as we could. This was my second time there but my first time really getting to sight see. So be ready for a lot of pictures.

Day 1: We went to WTC 911 memorial, Wall St, Radio City Music Hall, Ed Sullivan Theater and Time Square. 

 Seeing where the old buildings stood and the new are rising is amazing. I don't think I have every taken a second to sit think about how so many people's lives were impacted until you stand at the sights and see all of the names. The Waterfall pools were pretty amazing. We also walked down to Wall St. Caleb and I both agree that the thing we enjoyed most was seeing things first hand. There are so many things that we see in movies and TV. It was kind of like seeing the Mona Lisa in person. That we are here...in the now...taking this all in.

Wall St

Radio City Music Hall

 Ed Sullivan Theater

 Day 2: Just like Gilligan we went on a three hour tour. It was great weather. The Statue of Liberty was closed. But we were able to get a good look at her as we went around her. We were able to see all of the Burroughs of New York. There are so many bridges and the buildings were all so unique. After our tour we walked to Grand Central. It was so much more amazing in person. We also went there to see one of two Apple stores. This one was open 24 hours a day. Everything was out in the open. It didn't even seems like a store. We also went to Rockefeller Center. There is a pass that you can buy that will take you to the top of the rock. We went at night so we were able to see the Empire State building and the Chrysler building all lit up.

Day 3: We went to Central Park and walked around for a few hours. The Park is amazing. It has everything from a Zoo, Carnival, baseball fields, lakes and ponds. We spent hours and didn't get to see the whole thing. We did get Popsicles and a nice nap in the shade until we needed to head to the airport.

The BBR

So today was the BBR. I rode 25ish miles with two guys from work. It wasn't until we were on our way back to my house that the wind kicked up. I was dying. I may have fallen once on our ride. Only two little scratches ate the outcome. I also found my sunglasses which I had lost last night on my small ride. So overall it was a win win. Not sure I am really made for the hills we climbed but I pushed through. I kind of felt bad for the guys I was riding with. They hung back at my pace with me.

10 miles....a flat...and wind

Tonight I went on a bike ride. I was able to get in 10 miles. After 3 miles I got a flat. Two old men stopped, a 13 year old kid and a couple on a tandem bike all stopped to help. I was able to get it changed on my own. My legs are still sore from the dirty dash so the wind tonight was not my friend. I would like to break up with the wind at this point.

Day of the Dirty Dash

Well today was the day of the dirty dash. Both teams finished in 2 hours. I am pretty proud of myself that I did the whole thing. I did all of the obstacles and the run/walk parts. For not doing any kind of training I will take my sore muscles and sunburnt arms as a medal for what I achieved. On our ride home Caleb, his sister and I were talking and we all agreed that we can cross this off our bucket list. Not sure any of us are going to do it in the future. I am not sure I can even use the word fun....it was a lot of work for this out of shape girl. I am also pretty sure that I was the cleanest person to cross the finish line.