The Anniversary

Not only a good band from the midwest, but also the event of the day.  I have been married for four years to the most amazing friend, wife and mother I have ever met.  She has given me the two gifts that I cherish the most in my life, Everett and Audrey.  She has also given me about a million smiles, a few tears and a lifetime full of memories.  Happy Anniversary to us.

Yesterday, Anniversary Eve if you will, Jesse and I flew up to Idaho to meet with Terry, Max and Craig from FLY Racing/WPS.  They have a first class operation all the way, and I am pleased to be aligned with them for the ninth straight season.  Oh, and Idaho is such a great place.  I love it up there.

With some time to start anew, we are all excited about the approaching season and getting ourselves into the best possible place before the gate drops in Anaheim.  We are busy, busy, busy right now building bikes and getting schedules set.  We have a few race bikes and several practice bikes for sale if anyone is in the market.  You can always reach me via e-mail (team@teamsolitaire.com) for this or any reason.

Hope everyone is having a great week!  RC

The Perfect Day

This may be mundane to those of you without kids, but any parent will understand.

Today was the most perfect day I can remember.  I woke up with my daughter at around 6:00 AM (okay, so it didn't start of perfect as I like to sleep in).  I spent almost two hours playing trains, reading books, eating breakfast and just loving on my little princess before she was ready for a nap.  About that time my son work up, so I put her back to bed with my wife and Everett and I played golf, soccer and baseball in the front yard for an hour.  

At ten, I took Everett to soccer practice and we had so much fun.  At his age, I still get to participate (bonus!) so I have as much or more fun than he does.

When we got home from that I took a nap, as I was sleep deprived from a recent trip.  This afternoon the whole family went for a hike, along with Jake Marsack who has been staying with us for about a week.  Now I am in bed and ready for a week of preparation leading up to the US Open in Vegas.  But today was probably about as perfect as they come.