Happy Valentine's Day

My Valentine's day began at 3 o'clock this morning as my cell alarm buzzed me out of bed. Today was our team photo shoot and I wanted to make sure I got my prescribed workout in and took as little time away from my family today as possible. I actually got nearly three hours in on the trainer and it wasn't nearly as bad as it sounds. My movie choice for this morning was "Deja Vu" with Denzel. It's an okay movie and it's almost two hours long. As soon as that was over I rolled the second tape (yes VHS) of the 1999 Tour to wrap it up. My music selections were a little random, Gin Blossoms, Bassnectar, Linkin Park, and a metal playlist I've put together. The workout went well and everything is feeling good. I've been a little surprised with my recovery over the last few days, it's been very good. I had a killer work out on Thursday that I thought would leave my legs trashed for the rest of the week or at least for Friday. They weren't, it was the exact opposite. My legs felt good, probably the strongest they have felt in a while. I've got to give Mark props, he's got my training schedule tweaked perfectly.

Like I said before, today was our team photo shoot. It went great. Local photographer, Andrew Chasteen, came up to Bicycle Alley to spend the morning with us. Is was great working with Andy. It is obvious to see that he is passionate about his photography and willing to go that extra mile to capture the perfect image. He spent most of the morning setting his flashes up just out of reach of oncoming traffic and straddling the center yellow line framing the images he had envisioned. If you're in need of a photographer, whether it be for family portraits, a wedding, or something adventurous, Andy is your man. Check out his website and then call him and book a session. I'm stoked to see our proofs and rest assured I'll have some posted on here for everyone to see. Thanks for an excellent time Andy.

Tonight is date night with my sweetie...I think she's craving a big chicken fried steak. Cattlemen's here we come! Mark, I promise I'll ride 30 extra minutes to burn off the chicken fried steak.

If You Build It, They Will Come

It's Monday already. Man the weekends go by so fast. We had a pretty eventful weekend. On Saturday we took Addi up to the Build A Bear place at Penn Square Mall. If you haven't ever been there, call before you go and see if they are having a party. It is crazy. It's like race day registration only with a bunch of toddlers. We had a great time though. Addi built a kitty cat, it's appropriatly name "Kitty." Whoever came up with the Build A Bear idea is a genius and a rich one at that. You can't leave that place without spending a small fortune. I thought we'd go up there, put some stuffing in an animal and leave. No, you have to pick your animal, stuff your animal, fluff your animal, and then dress your animal. Kitty is wearing a princess dress of course.

Sunday we had church and then I hit the road. Grahmm Smith, rides for Team Power Train, came up from Pauls Valley to ride. The weather was crazy while we were out. The wind was gusting and it kept raining off and on. We couldn't decide if we were going to get poured on or if the sun was going to come out. We were able to get Grahmm's prescribed ride in and then I finished mine on the trainer. My legs were pretty much toast by the time I got off the trainer. Between last weeks workouts and then spending all day in the wind I was definitely feeling it. It's a good feeling though. There's nothing better than getting your ride in and knowing that you worked your butt off. I'll take one of those days over a recovery day anytime.

Once I got home, I found Amie and Addi painting Valentine's cookies. Addi loves to paint right now. She's actually set a personal best for entertaining herself. A couple of weeks ago she spent a good hour sitting all by herself at the table painting while Amie and got a few things done around the house. We were both kind of shock.

Last but not least, here is the blog debut picture of Amie, my beautiful and oh so pregnant wife. I'm not sure how long this picture will stay on here because she's pretty picky about me posting pictures of her on here. But this one is AH approved so hopefully it lasts. This weekend we (Amie) will be 36 weeks pregnant. Addi only lasted a few days longer than that so we're expecting Emily anytime now. We meet with our Doctor tomorrow and every week from here on out. I think this has been the fastest nine months of my life. It's amazing how fast time goes once you have children.