Monkeying Around

This past weekend Kyle & I took a mini vacation to LaCrosse Wisconsin so he could compete in a mountain bike race. It was a nice relaxing weekend. Saturday morning I just hung out at our 'pit stop' and knit while Kyle was out on the trail. In the afternoon I trekked out onto the trail to check out the riders and ran into this giant monkey. There were a bunch hidden along the trail and if the riders guessed how many were out there they were entered to win a cool prize. Our friend Larry won, lucky Larry.

The State Fair begins this Thursday and I'm headed out there on Friday so I'll be able to find out how I did with the socks I entered. Dish rag tag started last Friday and I'm set to receive the box in early September...I'm excited for that. Otherwise hopefully I'll have a FO sometime in the next week to show off, nothing too exciting though. Have a nice week!

Bicycling Built for Two

We've finally recovered from our weekend away at the mountain bike race. We had a really good time and Kyle rode more laps than he did in last years race which he was happy about. My new bike was a dream on the single track, much better than my rigid grocery getter. I can't wait for next year at 9 mile!

A New Pushie

Yesterday Kyle surprised me with a new bike! I LOVE it. It's a pretty green color and it has a super cool Fox shock and Juicy brakes - which apparently in the bike world is a good thing.

Earlier in the day I was going crazy over a 6 month old Weimaraner puppy that one of my patients brought in for me to see so I think he was trying to distract me from wanting a puppy :)

Pushies

Tonight we went to Thursday Night Lights at the local Velodrome. Tonight was especially fun because there was a MN Thunder soccer game in the stadium you can see behind the velodrome and we could hear the crowd cheer every time the Thunder scored. I can't wait to watch these types of events during the Olympics!

Division Champions!!!!

Whoot Whoot!!!

Hockey Hangover

There's been sooo many good hockey games on lately Casey just can't keep up. He's a bit hungover from last nights games and we're doing it again tonight!!! GO WILD!!! GO GOPHERS!!!

Hilarious

This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time...3 Canucks players in the penalty box shoulder to shoulder. Even though we ultimately lost tonight's game, I did get quite a chuckle from this

And then we came home to this! Folks, that's SNOW on the ground! C-R-A-Z-Y. Winter has begun...

Five for Fighting

Tonight we went to the MN Wild hockey game but you wouldn't guess that from Kyle's Lacrosse jersey! He was wearing it in protest of the NLL cancellation of the 2008 season but the minute we walked into the stadium we learned that the season is back on! And the Wild won tonight 4-1 over the Flames! Whoo hoo!!

My 1st Marathon

No, I didn't run the marathon. I watched and cheered and cheered some more. We have never been to a marathon before and I'm sure it won't be the last time. We cheered and clapped our hearts out for complete strangers who appreciated it and even sometimes cheered back or pumped their arms up high with gratitude. It was a great experience. I think tonight I'll be yelling "Great job!", "Looking strong!", Way to go runners!" and clapping in my sleep.

Congratulations to all the 10,000+ who braved this unseasonably hot and humid weather to run in the Twin Cities Marathon! Great job runners!

Rally Caps

I took my parents to the Twins game Saturday night for a late Mother's Day / early Father's Day gift. It was super fun, the game went to 13 innings! We wore our FREE rally caps for 5 innings straight but unfortunately they lost 9-8. There's nothing like a dome dog and a baseball game with your mom & dad!