MOm gets wired for Power

MOm has gone full Pro, her bike now features a PowerTap computer. Dad thought it would be fun to monitor MOm's heart rate and power output, so he put the PowerTap on her bike and we set out for Little Mountain.

Here are the #'s

Distance- 20.55mi., Time-1hr51min., Avg. heart rate-150bpm

her#'s for Emigration canyon climb- Dist-7.7mi, 56min, avg watts-91, Avg hr-161bpm.

Anyway those are the #'s

In Me news- I like to eat black beans for dinner and turkey and watermelon, pretty much anything actually.

And I like to stand up against the fridge and pull off the magnets... that is all.

MOm rides Emigration

Yesterday we rode Emigration canyon, its only MOms second road ride but she's pretty strong. from the house its about 16miles to the top of the canyon.. just over 2hrs round trip for MOm..Dad says thats a good first time.

We ran into Uncle Dave and he took this snap of us at the top.

where did the week go?

I can't believe it has been a week since my last post. Its been pretty rainy here.. with moments of sun. I've been doing my normal activities, going to the park, little gym, strolling around the neighborhood... On friday I went with Dad and Shaun to Sugarhouse park for some Boccie, that was pretty cool.


Today is family day and the weather looks nice, perhaps we'll go for a ride or go to the park for a swing.
Winnie thinks my chair is pretty comfortable. He likes to rest in my chair after I have my milks

Dad works the weekend

Today we're going to to Sugarhouse park to watch some bike racing. Uncle Dave and Sean are racing in the morning so we're going to watch them and pick up Dad's race #.. Dad has a 3day dash for cash ahead of him, The goal is for Dad to win as much money as possible. So i'm helping Dad get his stuff ready.


I got a new toy the other day... G-ma terri sent me a shape sorting set! pretty cool, thanks grandma.

New Plate

Yesterday the fedex man deliverd me my own plate! pretty cool. It's got a picture of me and my name on it. when we were in st.G dad went for a hot pedal and we spent some time by the fountain in the back yard.. so here is the proof.

Dad gets Diaper Money at State Crit!

Saturday morning Dad and I went down to Pioneer park to pick up Dad's race # and watch Uncle Dave Cole race.

While we were down there I met Uncle Dave Harward and we watched the ladies Cat 1-2 race.

Aunt Tiff won the race and became state champion!
Dad wasn't racing till 3pm so we went home so i could nap. Dad went to his crit and MOm took me to aunt Amanda's on her way to work...Dad scooped me up after his race and we went home so I could have dinner and take a bath.

Dad's Crit

Saturday was the Utah State Championship Crit, the winner of each race would be the State Champ for their respective categories and have the bragging rights that go with it. Dad was racing the final race of the day, Cat 1-2, 90minutes of pain on a one block circuit with 50 guys. The speeds are high, Dad's average speed was 27mph for the hour and a half.

The race started with many different teams sending guys off the front of the race trying to establish a break, a break is a group of guys that ride off the front of the race. 20minutes into the race Dad put in a hard attack(at least that what he tells me).

Dad was off the front for a lap, this pulled a few strong guys out of the pack and soon Dad was in a ten man break.

It took a about 40 minutes but the break lapped the field, so now With 30minutes left all Dad had to worry about were the 10guys he was in the break with..everyone else was a lap down. This was great for Dad cause suddenly he had teammates to draft off and keep him out of the wind..Dads team rallied around him, leading him around the last 2laps, driving it as hard as they could, the idea was to keep the pace fast so that no other teams could attack.Coming into the last corner the group started sprinting, Dad gave it his all and came up with a fine 3rd place! Nice job Dad! thanks to FFKR for the great team work!( thanks to Steven for the pics)

Diaper Money!

Big Boy Bottle Style

I'm holding my own bottle now, for real though.. no assist from my stuffed animals.

here is Dads new favorite blog- L'Autobus, he anxiously awaits thursdays, to get his weekly laugh injection.

Dad gets slammed!

Apparently some joker thinks its funny to say things about my Dad. We just found out that some blogger is calling Dad a sandbagger and sketchy.. If you're reading this(blog guy)..Dad says you're a sketchy sandbagger!.. the only thing Dad bags is himself.. on a cold bike ride.. in april...with his buddy mitchell P.

Working with Dad a.k.a Tricked

yesterday was filled with activities, that's always how it is when grama is in town.

Dad did an airport run for the Price family(dana,DP,ryder,payton), shipped them off to Hawaii. Then he needed to drop of a display in Park City so we decided to make it a lunch adventure.
We all went to PC and had lunch at Windy Ridge cafe..after lunch Dad delivered a display to White pine Touring, this is where the tricks started.
first it was" i just need to pop into Cole sport, then "I should check the PC mail box while we're here"
On the way back into salt lake it was "I'm just going to deliver these hub bodies to Spin Cycle real quick"
We did squeeze in some fun though, in Holladay we stopped at So Cup Cakes for an afternoon pick me up.. Yum!

Lose 6lbs this week!

Dad is on a Forze gps diet this week*, Forze is a bar made by the nutrition company that Dad reps. Dad has his own crazy Forze crash diet.. Coffee, Forze as needed and nutritious salad for dinner, He eats half a Forze bar whenever he get hungry.. then for dinner he has a big salad full of vegis and a chicken.

his thought process is it takes the same will power to cut alot or a few calories, so he goes hard at it and gets the pound off.
Say what you like about Dads madness, he knows what he's doing... or so he says..

*this diet is not recommended by PHLI or Forze

Why loose weight? race season is here and Dad wants to maximize his power to weight ratio.

(pic 2) Dad's team having a meeting before going full NASCAR on the oval at Rocky Mountain Raceway

Shell-ed on Big Cottonwood Hill Climb

This past Friday was really warm so dad and his buddies decided to ride Big Cottonwood Canyon. So Dad set out with Joel, Luke and sean.. all featured Uncles from my blog.





Sean is still mad about us beating him to the top of Emigration...twice, so he's always trying to put the hurt on Dad when they ride.. plus Sean is a hammer head so he rides hard from the time he leaves the house till he gets home

As soon as Dad and friends hit the road Sean drilled it off the front of the group, here is a pic of him riding away.

and another(headless horseman



Dad encouraged Sean to pace himself as the ultimate goal was to climb Big Cottonwood, which is a mellow 16 mile canyon...anyway..

Apparently as soon as they started to climb Big C, sean disappeared.. not off the front but shell-ed off the back like soft shell crab at dinner time. It wasn't long(1mile) before Uncle Luke suffered the same fate... all the while Joel and Dad were catching up on each others lives as it had been a bit since they rode together.

Dad ended up in the DOg House that day though cause he was late to get home which made MOm late for work.... Bad Dad!

Training with Power

Dad has been teaching me about training with power, he goes out and collects data on his Power Tap.. when he returns I get to analyze the data.

I guess you just plug the thing into ones mouth, I'll get it eventually

Ramp Test

Dad is helping his friend Dave get faster, so on Friday Dave came over for a Ramp Test. Dave rode his bike in place while Dad slowly increased the resistance. He kept making it harder and harder till dave cried...I guess that's how one gets fast.


MOm and I tried to have a photo shoot.. I kinda cooperated.




On Monday I have my first photo shoot as a baby model.. MOm has a friend who make baby slings. MOm and I are both so cute that she asked us to model for the catalog.

Uncle Jamal is back

Uncle Jamal surprised us with a visit, He wanted to clear his head so he jetted out of LA to spend a few days soaking up the good life in the promise land.

Mall Crawl

Dad went out without me today, I guess Dad should have his fun too... even though MOm say he's always having his fun. Apparently group rides make guys tired and they sometimes lean against buildings for relief.




Since Dad was out on group ride for the day, MOm, Trish and I went for a Mall Crawl. We cruised the mall for a few hours then MOm dropped me off at home while she went out to Nordstrom Rack to score some deals

3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour

When Dad told me we were going for a 3hr chariot tour I had to pull this Gilligan face... Just kiddin, the camera still mesmerizes me so I make these crazy inquisitive faces.

Since Mom was going to some crazy auction with Trish, Dad dragged me out for a few hours. It was my nap time and I usually go down for a three hour nap anyway so this was perfect, I slept off 40 miles and Dad got tired legs.. that's a perfect example of killing two birds with one stone.

Disco! Disco!

No wonder I'm not sleeping through the night yet, My sleeping area is like a discotheque...So I get up and party at night..Disco Disco!






.Dad got up on the shoreline yesterday, he said its 90% ride able and snow packed, super fun he says.. give it a few more days and you'll be able to ride over to city creek or it will be totally melted out.. depends on the temps