Christmas Time!

We drove back from Minnesota last Sunday and Monday and have finally slowed down enough to post some pictures. We decided this year to decorate for Christmas. We usually don't since we are home only a few days before Christmas and then leave shortly after to go back to MN. But having kids makes celebrating a priority! So we did the full traditional family Christmas. We took snowmobiles to get a tree, decorated it, baked, visited family, while squeezing in unpacking from moving me and Palmer home...busy busy busy. We are so glad we did it all though. We're still enjoying our tree (with my lovely tree skirt and matching stockings)and it feels a lot more like the holidays.

From Duluth to Milwaukee!

Garth's first race was last weekend. He never ceases to amaze me. He had a couple rough qualifiers in the stock class.
In his first qualifier-his goggle strap broke and he had to pull off the track for a new pair (w/out goggles you get disqualified, safety issue). Luckily his mechanic is on top of it and had a spare pair in his backpack. He still managed to pull a 6th place finish out of that one. Then in his final-he had to start in the second row but powered through lap by lap and finished in 3rd, less than a second behind 2nd!
Podium left to right: Dan Ebert (2nd), Tucker Hibbert (1st), Garth (3rd)

In Garth's Open final he had terrible visibility, so wisely chose to play it safe and ended up 8th at the checkered.
Today he's in Milwaukee, WI for round 2 of the AMSOIL circuit. Palmer and I stayed home to cheer from behind the computer screen. Then we'll be on our way back to Idaho for the holidays with family.

Season Kick-Off!

This weekend marks the kick off to what hopes to be a great season of racing. Garth races at the Spirit Mountain ski resort in Duluth, MN this Saturday and Sunday. For live timing and scoring of the races click HERE. It's a live feed of info received from transponders on each racer's sled. Each time the snowmobile crosses the finish line, info is updated.
Watch at these times for Garth
(STANDARD TIME! DON'T FORGET TO MAKE THE NECESSARY TIME ZONE ADJUSTMENTS!)
-Saturday: Pro Stock
Round 1: 3:00pm ST
Round 2: 4:40pm ST
LCQ: 6:00pm ST
FINAL: 7:30pm ST

-Sunday: Pro Open
Round 1: 10:30am-ish ST
Round 2: 12:30pm ST
LCQ: 2:00pm ST
FINAL: 3:00pm ST
or check out the complete race weekend's schedule HERE

There will be at least a couple HEATS in each ROUND so if you don't see Garth #48 in the Pro HEAT you are watching, keep watching, he may be in the next one.

It all sounds a little confusing but if you want to watch/listen and have a question, just call me...It's pretty exciting watching the live timing if you aren't at the race. I've watched it that way before and was on the edge of my seat the whole time!

Other fun links:
Live webcam of race venue: CLICK HERE
Garth's Team's Website: CHRISTIAN BROS RACING

Fighting Sioux!

We went to our first college hockey game last weekend. Palmer loved loved loved it. We had lots of fun too. The stadium was super nice. We were there from 4 until 10:30pm and Palmer was into it the whole time. We might have a future hockey player on our hands...