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Monday, January 5, 2009
Baby's First Christmas
We came home for a couple weeks for Christmas. We stayed at my mom's since someone is staying at our house and taking care of it and our dog-Duke. We got a lot of snow and had a lot of fun! Here are some pics from Christmas morning and our stay in Alta:
Friday, January 2, 2009
From Minnesota to Idaho and Back Again!
We got to come home (to Idaho) for a couple weeks for Christmas. We were going to drive home and checked on plane tickets-sometimes they are really cheap if they need to sell them last minute. We flew home Monday afternoon and were supposed to get into Idaho Falls at 10:50pm. Long long story short we didn't get home until Tuesday at 5:30pm. And then didn't have our luggage-it was lost for two extra days. As was our car seat. So we borrowed one from the airline which was probably 10 years old with no padding and cut into Palmer's neck. Here is the only picture I took of waiting in the airport. Neither one of us was into taking pictures. I knew I needed one for the blog though. 
We had a great time home and and a wonderful Christmas. (Separate blog)
Our trip back to Minnesota was better-we sat on the tarmac for 2 hours from Minneapolis to Fargo so were late coming in. Other than that though-it all went smoothly. Palmer is a champ-I even had a gentleman come up to me after that flight and congratulate me for keeping Palmer under control and was very grateful to be on a flight with a well behaved child. 
Ironwood, MI
Better late than never right?
Here he is with Rory Beckman, his mechanic. They make a great team! We are so lucky to have him back with us this season. Rory has been his mechanic since the first year Garth raced the national circuit except for last year.
Garth raced in Ironwood, MI the weekend of December 12-14. It was a crazy track-lots of riders were injured. Some severely. Sadly, a fellow pro racer-Mike Schultz-broke his leg so badly that it had to be amputated right above the knee. It was pretty scary to say the least. Garth's goal for that weekend was to ride safely and make it out with no broken bones, or worse...
Results:
Pro Open: 4th
Pro Super Stock: 13th (his spark plug cap came off so he was only running on one piston)
Here he is with Rory Beckman, his mechanic. They make a great team! We are so lucky to have him back with us this season. Rory has been his mechanic since the first year Garth raced the national circuit except for last year.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Well, comming soon...
Garth raced in Ironwood, MI, we traveled home to Idaho from Minnesota which is a whole separate blog in itself-long delays...lost baggage...That's the very short version, and Palmer had his first Christmas! And broke his first (and second) tooth! When we get back to MN, I will catch up w/photos of all.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Hill City, MN
Garth raced in Hill City on December 6-7. It was a regional race-meaning smaller than the nationals he races. He did great! He won his open final and got 2nd in the stock final. Palmer had fun. We stayed at a fun hotel with two water slides! Garth took Palmer down the little kid slide.
Palmer does pretty good in the car. He was sleepy and didn't have his pacifier so he fell asleep sucking on one of his caterpillar's antenna. Poor baby. He is so sweet.
Palmer does pretty good in the car. He was sleepy and didn't have his pacifier so he fell asleep sucking on one of his caterpillar's antenna. Poor baby. He is so sweet.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Duluth, MN
Duluth, MN
November 28th-30th
A quick explanation: Garth races at the Pro level in the national snocross series. There are two classes-Stock and Open or Mod. Each class has it's own qualifiers and a final. That's the basic explanation. Any questions just ask...
In his stock final he got a bad start and worked his way up lap by lap, passing rider after rider to an impressive 6th place finish.
Garth had the fastest practice lap times but had a little trouble in the open final. He got hit in a corner, bending something in his steering so he couldn't finish. He ended up 14th, out of 15 because he made it further than one other guy who broke down in the final.
Overall a good weekend. Palmer did pretty well and suprised me with how fast he adjusted to life on the road. We were up in the lodge the whole day with a lot of other people who were loud, cheering, and clapping and he got used to all the action. He even napped in the middle of a race outside! I had lots of help from my lovely friends. The next weekends were even easier.
November 28th-30th
A quick explanation: Garth races at the Pro level in the national snocross series. There are two classes-Stock and Open or Mod. Each class has it's own qualifiers and a final. That's the basic explanation. Any questions just ask...
In his stock final he got a bad start and worked his way up lap by lap, passing rider after rider to an impressive 6th place finish.
Garth had the fastest practice lap times but had a little trouble in the open final. He got hit in a corner, bending something in his steering so he couldn't finish. He ended up 14th, out of 15 because he made it further than one other guy who broke down in the final.
Overall a good weekend. Palmer did pretty well and suprised me with how fast he adjusted to life on the road. We were up in the lodge the whole day with a lot of other people who were loud, cheering, and clapping and he got used to all the action. He even napped in the middle of a race outside! I had lots of help from my lovely friends. The next weekends were even easier.
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