End of Summer Weekend

What a weekend with lots of fun.

The weekend started with a boys sleepover of four additional boys. They rode bikes, played games, ate pizza, drank soda and ate lots of candy and cookies! I heard so much laughter coming from them all and it couldn't have gone any better. These boys have been friends since the oldest ones have been in VPK and the little brothers have now become friends. And my friend Katie had twins two years ago so now the littlest brothers are now friends!

Saturday when all the boys left we ended up heading to the beach and Bryce joined us. We were going to meet some friends but the weather started to get nasty so we ventured off to my parents for some swimming...in the rain! It ended up clearing up so we decided to try the beach again and was able to hang out with Briana, Ethan and Maddie for a while before their looked to be more rain coming in.

And Sunday we went skating and skated our way into the new school with Crystal and T! I even skated. I was shocked to see how much better the boys have gotten on their skates to since the last time I saw them skate. The all played in the games and races.

And as the night grew closer we got our clothes, backpacks and everything laid out to begin the school year.

The Duo

Brothers, teammates, best friends.

Gold Cup Qualifier Number Three

We woke up, the sun was shining, packed up the car and headed to the track for the Gold Cup Qualifier.

First up was Ben up against a group on six two year olds all racing to the finish line. Our little guy all smiles raced his little feet so fast and ended up with the number two spot!

And then their was Bransen's race. It was a tough day that didn't go as planned. First moto he came unclipped. Peddled his hardest to get back in the front but did a great job of keeping up with the pack with the setback.

We only had moto number two left. He showed up, shot out of that gate, was a bike or two lengths ahead of the second place all the way into the third turn. There I was at the finish line waiting for him to be the first to turn that corner and see the finish. And he wasn't there. He gave up. His feet were tired.

I'm not sure what happened but I know it was a hell of a race. Maybe it was the heat, the running around between motos (lesson learned) being tired from a busy weekend. We learned lessons, we cried and we're bringing it all to the track for the Championship!

Okeeheelee Local Race

We packed up, loaded up and hit the road Friday afternoon to head down to Okeeheelee for the Gold Cup Qualifier on Sunday. We decided to make a little weekend trip with the boys out of it. Brayden stayed with his Dad for a few days and went with my parents on Sunday to the Tampa Bay Rays game.


The drive down was wet but we got settled into the hotel quickly. We were all exhausted so we all headed to bed once we got in. And our morning started out early!

The hotel was close to an airport so it was awesome to be able to look out the window and see airplanes and jets flying in and out. The boys spent the majority of the morning and afternoon swimming in the pool with our BMX friends.

We headed to the track later afternoon and were hoping that the weather was going to hold up and the rain would go away. Bransen and Ben got some good practice in and as soon as it was race time the sky opened.  They race rain or shine with no lightning so we waited until the rain stopped. It never really stopped but was more of a drizzle so they raced. The boys both had great races even with the wet clothes and wet track. We ended up wrapping up later than we expected, went back to the hotel room, ate dinner and called it a night.

Lots of rest was needed for the Gold Cup qualifier in the morning!

Popsicles with Granda Me

These three have been lucky and have been able to enjoy some of their summer vacation spending sometime with our sweet Granda Me.

From breakfast together, to running around the house playing and outside in the pool, to sharing a sweet treat these boys have been some forever memories this summer.

And I know ones that she cherishes very much and will always hold close to heart.

Afternoon Park Play

Summer time park play with brothers!