1st place!

Nick got first place racing on Sunday! It was great! Of course the picture I took of him WITH his trophy is stuck on my phone, so here's a picture of the trophy. He's been working very hard on his racing, and it finally paid off. He was able to beat one of his biggest competitors (who happens to be a girl - #1 in the district) and got a first place. He now has a total of 6 Intermediate wins - 19 more to go until he turns expert. We were so proud of him! 

Her first locker!

One of the things Gabi was looking forward to most about middle school was getting a locker. I remember those days! Here she is in front of her cool locker. She has to share it with another girl, but it's still so neat and clean. She's so organized I'm sure it'll stay like this all year too!

Nick's New Quad

Just realized I never posted pictures of Nick with his new quad! We ended up selling the baby quads a few months ago and got Nick his dream quad. We took it out Labor Day weekend and had a blast. He is just as amazing on this quad as he was on his little quad. Now the plan is to get another one for Gabi as well. We upgraded her this summer to an older quad we have had for a while. She's pretty good on that one as well, and happy it has reverse, but she has now decided she's willing to give up reverse to have a quad like Nick's. So hopefully next year she can get a new one as well. Now the plan is to be able to go riding more often. It sure was nice to have both kids on bigger quads so we ca go faster and not have to worry about them getting stuck on steep hills. They can go anywhere they want to now!

  

And I couldn't resist posting pictures of how much my baby has grown! Here's a picture of his very first ride out on the quads. He was such a little cutie! I think he's 6 here. And there he is on his new quad. He's 11 in that picture. Sure has some a long way!

Here's a close up of his special bars - Tag Hart & Huntington bars. They are awesome bars and one of a kind. Not even available on the market yet!

Coffee Anyone?

I really love my new coffee maker! Since I am the only one in the house who ever drinks coffee or even tea, it makes no sense for me to brew a pot of coffee. I drink 1 cup and that's it. Just not work the effort a whole pot takes. So I got a new single cup coffee maker this weekend. It is perfect! It uses the K-Cup style inserts that brew a single cup of coffee, or tea, or hot chocolate! No mess, no fuss, just nice hot coffee in under a minute from start to finish! It even came with a special adapter so you can use your own ground coffee, or loose leaf tea.

So now I am actually drinking coffee again, and drinking tea more at home because it brews so quickly and easily. I made a cup of tea using the special adapter and it made a really good cup of tea. I wasn't sure it would because of the speed it brews at, but it tasted just the same! Nick likes an occasional cup of tea as well, so I'm a little more inclined to make him some tea when it's so easy.

I figured when the weather turns colder too Bryan and kids might actually like Hot Chocolate more often too.  I figure brewing coffee or tea at home and taking it to work is WAY cheaper than wanting to stop for coffee on the way to work, and the stuff at work just isn't that good either. There are so many different variety of coffees and teas that I should be good to go. Not to worry though, I still have my bigger coffee maker for when real coffee drinkers come to visit. Now I might actually have good coffee to go along with it!

Almost 3 party

HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY!!!

We had a party for Lilian while she was here visiting. She turns 3 next month but will be in Mississippi so we had a very small get together while they were here.

Lilian loved her Cookie Monster stamp we got her. She wanted to stamp it everywhere!

She is really into Elmo and loved getting an Elmo of her very own!

Reading stories to Mom

Playing with her new Bike mom got her. Now she can be like Uncle Nick!

Hurry up with my Moticycle mom!

The flame is gone!

Loving her Ice Cream cake.

Pretty sure she thinks Grandpa is nuts!

The zoo!

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. Life has been pretty crazy around the Geddis house. Rashelle & Lilian are here now for a super short visit. They came out for Justin & Brandy's wedding. Lilian was one of the flower girls. We were lucky enough to spend a day at the zoo when they were here since that was one of the things Rashelle really wanted to do. Here are the pictures of all our fun!

Lilian eating her salad at Olive Garden. 

Lilian decided to drop her pedals AFTER the ceremony instead of before. 

Playing dress-up with the bridesmaids.

Playing with Aunt Gabi & Uncle Nick at the wedding.

Rashelle & Lilian checking out the animals at the zoo

Grandpa showing Lilian the apes

The new lion exhibit is VERY cool!

Lilian & Gabi having fun together

Gabi and the Zebras