Farmingon, NY

Last weekend Garth raced in Farmington, NY. Palmer and I stayed home in Minnesota because it was too far for Palmer to be in the car for. (Nice excuse huh-too long for anyone to be in the car, over 20 hours!) He has had fun though and says the fans in NY are the best! They always show up in huge numbers and cheer really loud.

In the stock class on Saturday, he got 2nd place! Yay!!! That's Garth on the left, Shaun Crapo on top of the podium, in first, and Levi LaVallee on the right in 3rd.

On Sunday, Garth got 4th in the open class. All in all a very good weekend! And a happy Valentine's Day gift to get on the podium! I watched/listened from Kari's house. Kari is one of the team owners' wives. We watched online which was very stressful. I would much rather be there in person.

Next weekend Garth will race in Valcourt, Quebec in Canada...

Valentine's Day

Thursday, my good friend and cousin-in-law, Mandi and her husband Tucker came over on Friday to visit me and Palmer on the way from one house the their other house. They are so thoughtful and brought me flowers and chocolates for Valentine's day since my husband is gone for another week racing out East. It made my day! (no vases on hand so I used the blender!)

Then the next day (Valentine's Day) the floral shop delivered some beautiful flowers from Carly and DJ, who we live with this winter, who were so thoughtful to make sure I felt loved on Valentine's Day, since again, Garth is gone.

Then the florist went back out to her van for another delivery of lovely flowers from my wonderful husband, Garth! I felt totally spoiled and totally loved. Even though Garth is gone, this was still a really good Valentine's Day!

Brainerd, MN

This past weekend brought us to Brainerd, MN for another race on the Amsoil Champion Snocross Tour. On Saturday, in the stock class, Garth made it right into the final, skipping the LCQ. Off the start, Garth was in 5th place, and by the end made it up to 3rd! Another podium in the super stock class! The second one of the race season. We were all very excited. Garth's dad, Warren, drove all the way to MN from ID to cheer on Garth and watch him race in person. That was Garth's first podium finish at a race that Warren has been there for.
In the open/mod class, Garth had another impressive show, ending up in 5th place after the 25 lap final.
My friend Emily came to the race too. We got to watch from inside the heated suites. Dwight, Garth's team owner, made sure we had wristbands so we didn't have to stand out in the cold with all the other devoted snocross fans. We felt so spoiled!
Tomorrow afternoon, Garth will start the drive to NY for the next race in Farmington, NY. Palmer and I are staying behind. It's just too far. After the NY race, Garth and his team go on to Valcourt, Quebec in Canada.
Here are two pictures from the Canterburry, MN race where Garth got 2nd. Sorry no pics from Brainerd yet.

Left to Right: Garth (2nd), Tucker Hibbert (1st), Levi LaVallee (3rd)

This is how we typically look at the races. Palmer goes in his baby sling and gets zipped up in my coat. He wears his arctic cat bobble hat (which he gets tons of compliments on) and just hangs out. He usually falls asleep!

Aspen, CO

I haven't posted about the X-Games race yet! It was so much fun! Garth ended up doing pretty well. He got right into the final, getting 3rd in his qualifyer. (They took top 5) He got a dead last start though, as usual, and fought up to 3rd. Garth is always testing my heart strength. He starts out in the back, stressing me out, and then just works his way up as far as he can. I guess it's better than starting out in front and getting passed and ending up in the back though-right? This was his fourth year going to the X-Games for SnoCross and his first year making the final.

Then in the final, just a couple laps into it, he got t-boned in a corner bending his frpnt ski. He got going again and could tell something wasn't right and got bucked off bad. Then he was out. He pulled off the track and cheered on his team mate and friends that were still in the race.

Palmer and I got to fly (rather than make the 17 hour drive from MN) with the team owners and their family. Which was so much help and made it a lot funner. We all stayed in a house together and made smores over the log fire! I loved it. I absolutely love smores. I've been known to make them at home over our electric stove if I'm really craving one.

This is me and Josie, one of the team owners' daughters (9)