Whew

Dave took 1st place on his oil inject last night!!!

Graphics

We (which I say loosely) bought a new trailer for the dirtbikes back in May or June and we needed to put new graphics on it. It was something we just kept putting off, but Pete finally ordered them last week and he put them on Friday. He did ask for my help to see if things were straight - he must have had a serious brain fart because he knows I can't see "straight".

Now we look official when we pull into the track...

Here he is putting the finishing touches on the side.

The back he did himself.

We will be getting a picture of Davis for the door (not shown in picture) soon from Brandi Henson.

Some Lessons are Easier than Others.

Picture by Brandi Henson

Davis has been racing dirtbikes now for a year (he raced his first race on 9/15/07 at the Calhoun track). He has gone from a PW 50 (small Yamaha) to an oil injected 50 and is now also racing a bigger liquid cooled 50cc.

He has dominated his oil inject class mainly because he hasn't had much competition. He ended the regular season of the 2008 Moto Madness series with over 400 points.....I think more than 100 points ahead of the 2nd place winner. We are now in a 10 race "playoff" in which only 3 riders in his class qualified (Davis Y - 1st, Davis L - 2nd, Hunter - 3rd). The points have been zeroed out and because Davis L is out with a broken arm, the championship is between Hunter and Davis. Hunter's dad is Pete's BFF (which he will kill me for actually printing that) and Pete helped Alan (Hunter's dad) find Hunter's current bike.

Hunter is definitely great competition for Dave and we have seen Davis really step it up and he has been riding GREAT!!! His technique is spot on and he is giving it everything he can. Unfortunately, the last two races he has lost to Hunter and after 4 races they are tied for 1st place. This has been tough for our little man. He has cried and now thinks he is too heavy for the bike (which is funny because Hunter is much taller and weighs more than Dave).

We have explained to him that it is not about winning...it is about having fun and doing your best. I asked him if he did his best and he said "yes". We told him he should be happy for his friend and use it as motivation to go out and kick his bootie next week (all in fun of course).

Behind the scenes, Pete is doing his research to see what needs to be done to make his bike go faster. I guess there is something with the gearing that he can adjust depending on what track he is at. Pete hates to think he can't win because of his mechanic!!!!

The kids are off school this week (fall break) and there is no baseball on Saturday....I hope all this rest will help Dave do his best, win if possible, and to be a good sport if he doesn't.

Are we going.....?

Yesterday after we left Matt's baseball game, we headed out for our hour drive to the race track. We needed to stop at the store and try to get some gas (which was ridiculously high and surprisingly hard to find). We headed the same way we go to the kid's dentist (the one that pulled Matt's front teeth).

Matt asked from the backseat....

"Are we going to get me some teeth?"

Just for giggles

Actually, my dad would have said "Just for Shits and Giggles"

Monday Blues

I seriously have a case of the Monday Blues....I am tired from a busy weekend and I really just want to go home and crawl into bed!!!

I will try to unload my camera from Dave and Matt's first baseball game tonight. They played at the same time on Saturday and because Daddy was pitching for Matt's team...I went from one field to the other!!! Saturday night the boys raced and they both did great!! Matt had a little spill at the start that gave Mommy a bit of a heart attack, but he got up and kept going!! Davis was a little speed demon and seems to have found a little fire in his belly!!

We went to Lisa's yesterday to celebrate my two nephew's birthdays. We had a great time...I can't believe how quickly they are growing up. I got to see the new bedding and such for my niece (due November 19th) and the room is going to look so cute - I can hardly wait to meet her!!!

My parents were gracious enough to take our kids with them because we had bowling. I bowled like poo....didn't feel great (didn't even feel good enough for wine and I had earlier in the day signed Noah's card from "David" instead of "Davis").

Knew this morning wouldn't be great for the boys and it wasn't. At least Davis got on the bus without me having to carry him (which would be a repeat from last week)!!! Matt cried when I took him to school (he also cried yesterday when I took him to church school).....lovely way to start the day!!!

Tonight it is gymnastics for Hannah and baseball practice for the boys. I know this is only the beginning, but WOW it is tough!!!

Sometimes they do listen

Every race day before my boys get on their bikes (or sometimes while they are on the line for practice) I say a prayer with them. It usually goes like this...

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Please keep Davis and Matt safe on their bikes and don't let them get hurt, let them have fun, know how proud their mommy and daddy are of them and let them kick ass (which we changed to "bootie" for Matt since we have some issues with bad words).

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

I didn't really know if it meant much to them, but I have had Davis come to me and say "Mommy, we need to do our prayer".

Tonight I was driving home from the store with Hannah and Matt while Pete had Davis at baseball practice. This is what I heard in the sweetest 4 year old voice from the backseat ...

"Father, Son, Holy Spirit Amen. Please keep Davis and Matt safe on their bikes. Amen"

The below video was after we got home and I asked if he could do it again for the camera. My Grandma must be smiling in Heaven, I know it made me smile from ear to ear!!!