Lucy

It's a very sad day at my house today. My cat Lucy had to be put to sleep. She was 16 years old and was not doing so good the last couple of weeks. We spent the afternoon together planting a Magnolia tree in the backyard. This stinks!!...in the last 2 years I have lost my Grandpa, Ahma, 3 great grandparents, Patches and now Lucy. It would be nice to make it through just one year without losing someone!!!

Valentine's Day

My new friend Armie

Friday night my family and I went to my schools Valentine's Day Dance. NO dancing for me...but I did win the hula hoop championship. I think I shocked a lot of my friends when I won the contest.

Saturday we were supposed to camp at Santos but the weatherman said it was going to rain. We decided to go to Alafia instead. I tried to ride Rock Garden, but to be honest, that first downhill with the root at the bottom of it, scared me!! We decided to stick with the easy trails instead. I had a great time riding on River Loop with my sister. She was awesome and did the entire trail. On the trail, we took our time to enjoy the scenery. We checked out the river and I even touched an armidillo. I finished out the day playing with my friends and cooking weenies on the grill.

My Dad

I would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my crazy Dad!! Wow.. he's 39 years old today.

Starkey Park

Finally...nice weather!! My family and I went to Starkey Park today to get a little riding in. I usually hate riding on the road, but I ended up having a great time. While riding my bike, I started to remember why I did not like riding here. Oh yeah, I had a bad experience when I was 6. I crashed really hard going into the parking lot. My Dad had to take me to the hospital. I had road rash covering my face and my Dad thought I needed stitches on my chin. Check out my face in the picture. My first time meeting Jeff and this is what I looked like.

January

Well, nothing exciting to report for the month of January because of the weather. We got a ride in at Morris Bridge, but that's about it. Hopefully, next month will be better. We have a couple camping trips planned at Santos.

Christmas Break

My new reading chair and books Pump Track at Santos
Ripstiking around the campground

Alafia



Last downhill on North Creek

My favorite trail at Alafia

Christmas Break

I had an awesome Christmas this year. My Mom and Dad bought me a cool reading chair along with tons of books and even a book light! I think I am probably the only one in the whole neighborhood who asked for books for Christmas. Santa left me a Ripstik. It took me about (2) hours but finally I mastered it. Over Christmas break my family and I went on 2 camping trips. The first trip was to Santos. I had a great time exploring the trails, riding on the pump track, and riding my ripstik around the campground. The second trip was to Alafia. I rode about 17 miles which included my favorite trail North Creek and a small part of Bridges. The rest of my Christmas break I had fun just hanging out with my friends.

FSC #8 Race Santos/Banquet

Jeff Lenosky at Santos Bike Shop

Start of my race


Banquet


Wow, what a great way to finish out the races seeing Jeff Lenosky... his show was awesome!! I wanted to say thank you to Pua, my sponsor, for her support this race season. She's so cool, she even calls me after every race. I don't know of any other sponsors that would do that! Can't wait to race a couple more in the SERC series and I hope I can go to Alabama in May for the Jr. Olympics. I'm clipped in now and ready to race!