in other words, baby birthing and poor training and every other obstacle aside, not only did the little red riding hood not kill us, but we killed it.
and, as usual, it was totally awesome. mostly because the little red riding hood means hours of pedaling and talking and singing john denver with sallee, which i could do every day of the week and not get sick of it. the weather was also perfect, the rest stops were well-stocked with chocolate and red vines and peanut butter sandwiches and delicious diet coke and, in a stroke of amazing luck, emdawg was at the finish line. that's two out of three times she has met us at the finish line of this ride. and that is friendship. plus, we got crowns.
i think i have mentioned before that the little red riding hood totally changed my life when we first did it four years ago and it was really fun to be back and to think about doing that ride for years to come, some day soon with our own little girls in tow. (we figure baby claire can do 18 miles by the time she is two years old. right?)
and, as if that wasn't enough, i managed to squeeze in a few other things during my 50 hours in utah.
like, lunch at greek souvlaki and dinner at mazza with the grandparents and uncle john. some of my most favorite food.
and a bonfire and s'mores with some of my favorite grown-ups and one of my favorite babies, kyle, who is not a baby anymore at all, but who is running around and saying words and generally slaying with his adorable-ness. holly and evan taught him how to say my name ("fwancie!") and my heart almost melted.
plus, for my other main event, i got to meet ms. claire and snuggle her and sing to her and change her diaper and feed her bottles and tell her about all the things we are going to do together and see her be blessed and then eat delicious pulled pork and eclairs (get it?) and homemade root beer to celebrate. oh, and don't worry, sallee and i wore the same dress to the blessing. great minds and all of that.
and then, almost as soon as i got there, it was time to go home. this happened when i picked up claire to say good-bye.
i felt the same way.
2 comments:
That is so awesome!!! Looks like a blast and though it makes me hurt and yawn just thinking about it---someday I'd love to do it!!
Awww! Looks like your trip was so much fun! I'm actually getting ready to get in it to win it on a ride of my own and could use a little (or a LOT) of training advice! It's just a charity event, so it's good times for a good cause, but I'd still like to cross the finish line alive--any advice!
Also, I'm officially back in NYC, so if you're ever heading this way, let's try to meet up! I'd love to see you again:)
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