Update

Well things haven't gone exactly as planned with my departure. I was hoping to leave around April 8th or so, then my bike got damaged which set me back a few days, then my Grandma passed away shortly after. Eventually I made the decision that it would be stupid to head out for a week and drive back for Ian's birthday party and another load of stuff. Now I'm just waiting to hear that I have a place to move into once I arrive in SLC. So far the right house hasn't come up yet, so the waiting game continues. I may drive out, dump all my non-mountain biking gear in a storage unit and hit the road to southern Utah for a couple weeks of riding in St. George and Moab as it's getting warmer there by the week. Many people don't realize how hot it gets in Utah, especially central and southern Utah. Moab, which is more central, sees 90's in May, 100's in June through Sept. Take the fact that the ground is solid rock with little shade and those numbers feel 10deg higher than actual.
Anyways, hoping to hear good news about a house soon. Earliest departure would now be next Monday the 3rd.

Ian's Birthday Party pics/vids

These kids are growing up so fast. It seems like a year ago Ian was just turning 5, now he is 7! This was a big year because he got his first real gun (redneck children here). A nice little Rossi .22/4.10 combo, perfect for learning how to shoot and hunt small game.
The kids:


Ian with his gun:

Trying it out for the first time:

Vids on youtube of him shooting it (total of 5). Link to first one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6wTIPs3aA&feature=related

More bunnies!

Growing so fast, check out the new pics within a week of the last ones!
and a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbCNKL8SYSI : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOuLlw4nR1w

Another sign I'm getting older

At one point in my life I would've done all sorts of bad things to these little guys, but apparently my old age is softening me up a bit cause now I'm all mushy feeling when I see things like this.

I found a nest of baby bunnies at Carrie's house...they are so adorable! Just look at them.

Move update.

So I was going to leave today, Thursday, but on Tuesday Carrie and I rode to her son's baseball game at Peoria Heights school, and some jerk backed into my bike and bent my rear rotor and derailleur! The sad part is they didn't come forth like a decent human would've, and nobody else would even fill me in on what happened. I guess us mountain bikers are just nobodies and don't matter to the rest of the world. So with parts on their way I've got to wait until I get the bike fixed back up. Probably be heading out Monday, drive to SW Utah around Hurricane and St. George area where the weather is perfect this time of year. Mid 70's every day, sunny, very little rain, and tons of great mountain biking! I'll spend a week or so there before I head to SLC where I'm dumping off my gear and bikes before heading back to Peoria for another load of stuff and more importantly, Ian's birthday party. After that I'll drive back out to SLC for good! So, that equals about 4,600miles in a matter of a couple weeks...bummer.