Mohican 100

Ryan raced in his first 100 mile mountain bike race this past weekend.  He has been training very hard for months, and it paid off.  He finished with a time of 9:15, well under the 10 hour goal he set for himself.  Out of the 124 finishers, he was 51.  We are very proud of him!

While he was racing, we drove up to Cleveland to visit Jess, Dan, Beck and Mylo.  The boys had a great time playing together.

I got to spend some time with Jess, and even got my hair done : )

Summer adventure #1 completed, next up Guatemala!

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Chitown

We made a trip to Chicago last Saturday.  The main reason was for Ady's birthday party, but it wasn't until the afternoon so we spent some time downtown in the morning.

The ubiquitous picture at Cloudgate.  It was in need of a cleaning!

At the party, Brooks and Hudson were the only boys there, besides their cousin Tyler.  They had a lot of fun making their mosaic.

  

Of course we had to make a stop at the Lego Store in Water Tower Place.

We enjoyed our lunch at Xoco, great tortas and churros.  The boys had goat barbacoa, I had carnitas, and Ryan had beef short ribs.

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End of Summer Fun

We took a trek to Cleveland for the long weekend.  While we were there we went to the Memphis Kiddie Park, where the boys rode the oldest operating steel coaster in North America, the Little Dipper.  Beck loved it, I see a trip to Cedar Point together in the future.

We also visited the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, and the Cleveland Zoo.

  
And we went home via Cedar Point where Brooks was tall enough for Millennium Force, Gemini, Magnum, Gemini, and Blue Streak.  He loved them all.  Hudson was tall enough for Iron Dragon, along with the kid coasters.  We have a couple of small coaster enthusiasts on our hands.  The park was not crowded, and most rides were a walk on.  It was a good day!