Awards Banquet

The SDMA had their end of the year awards/points banquet in Rapid City, SD. The boys got their end of the year points trophies. Their trophies this year were plaques with their names and pictures. The boys love them, but would have liked the huge ones instead :) Brayden ended up getting 5th in Pee Wee Open points and 2nd in Pee Wee 4-6 points. Jace got 3rd in Pee Wee Open points (he would have gotten 2nd if his bike didn't break down in Belle).

Brayden with his Pee Wee Open trophy.

Brayden and 4th place, Nathan.

Jace and his 3rd place trophy.
Top 5 in Pee Wee Open.
Top 5 in Pee Wee 4-6. Brayden got 2nd. Brayden and Parker holding up their trophies.

The banquet was a blast. Just with that we could have stayed in the motel with everyone else, but we had to go home so Brett could finish our track. Oh well. Maybe next year!

New Track

Brett added on to the boys' track last weekend. Is was in much need of getting bigger. The boys were getting bored with the old one so Brett put some pretty big jumps in the new part of the track. He didn't think they'd be doing the jumps the first day they rode! I guess he was wrong!

So I guess Brett needs to build them bigger! My kids are CRAZY!!

Belle Fourche, SD

We had a winning weekend!! Jace won both his motos in the Pee Wee Open Class and Brayden won both his motos in the Pee Wee 4-6 class! It was an exciting weekend!
This is Jace doing tricks while going across the finish line.
Brayden ready to race.

Jace on his 65. He is the 3rd one.

We had Hermosa make up motos after all the Belle motos were finished and Brayden won his and Jace had bike problems. Brett had to push him across the finish line so he could get some points. It was a bummer. He would have won that race too!

MY TURN!!

On Sunday we had a race in Belle Fourche, SD. When I say WE I really mean WE! This weekend was the Mother's Race! Since I have NEVER ridden a dirt bike before I practiced a little on Jace's 65 the week before and I also had my very first wreck. Brayden thought that it would be funny and swerve in front of me with the 4 wheeler. My first reaction was PULL THE BRAKE or I was going to hit him!! Instead of pushing down the foot brake(back brake) I pulled the front brake!! I went sailing over the handlebars and to the ground I went. The ground came in very slow motion and I put my arms out to break my fall and landed on my hands and knees and rolled. I heard Jace yell, "DAD, Mom wrecked" and he and Mattison came running over to me. They found me lying on the ground cracking up laughing. Mattison though that I was crying, but I was laughing so hard I had tears coming out of my eyes. The first thing Jace said was, "Mom you're not supposed to put your arms out to catch yourself. You are supposed to tuck and roll!" So I guess it is a good thing I didn't break anything. Brayden felt really bad and had a little lecture from his dad.

That was my last day of practice before the race. Brett told me that I had a name to uphold so I'd better go :) YEAH RIGHT!!


So here is the race!

We just drew for our gate pick.
I have my gate pick on my helmet.
Here are some of the Moms. There were 11 that raced.
Lining up at the gate.
Racing. We had to do two laps. The first lap was a race and then the second lap we had to stop at 5 flaggers to get cards. The best 5 card poker hand won.

Some of the ruts were like a foot deep! I can't believe how fast my boys go through this stuff! They would have lapped me twice before I got finished!

Jace is telling me to give it gas.I look very uncomfortable!

Finish line. I MADE IT!! I didn't even wreck, I screamed down a couple of the huge hills, but other than that I was good.

I ended up getting 9th place in the race and 2nd in the poker run. I thought I did good. Being it was only my 4th time ever on a dirt bike! I'll do better next year.

Race Day

We had a race today in Hermosa, SD. It rained the night before and helped get the track wet. (Hermosa is usually a dust bowl so we were glad for some moisture. Too bad it rained way too much and it got horribly muddy! So they started the races to see how it would go. Jace and Brayden went out for practice and were doing really good until Brayden wrecked into a face of a jump and Jace crashed into him. I don't have a picture of what Brayden looked like after he wrecked, but I am sure you could imagine. After practice there was a riders meeting and the Pee Wee Classes got canceled for the day.

While we were packing up getting ready to go, Jace had a bright idea and took his pedal bike out to ride in the mud. This is what he looked like after.

Brayden was the smart one and went into our camper to change. I don't have any pictures of him, but I wish I did. He was way muddier than Jace and Brayden didn't even ride bikes after practice.

They ended up doing the first motos for all the other classes, but canceled the 2nd motos. These are pictures of some of the other guys that had to race.

We seen this a lot today.

This was another trooper.
This is the hill that everyone had to park on. Some also slid down it and had a lot of trouble walking up it! (I was one of them)I wish that I would have taken more pictures (like a family picture), but Brayden was already clean and Brett was hosing off dirt bikes. But I'm sure you get the idea:) Next time I will get lots of pics, but I really hope that there is not going to be a next time!!

Elk Hunting--Opening Day

September 1st, 2008


Brett and I had gotten General elk tags this year and we were very worried that we weren't going to get an elk this year.

Good thing I am a really good shot!! 252 yards!

Brett, unfortunately, didn't get his that day. There is still a lot of elk season left though. He should get one too! I am sooo glad! Elk meat for the year! YEAH!! Hopefully he can get one too so that we don't run out!! (My boys eat A LOT!)
This elk actually still had velvet on his horns! Some was hanging off the back and there is still some around the bases. When Brett and Ryan packed his head out, the velvet on the tops fell off!! :( Oh well I still have pictures!
Bridger got to see me shoot it and everything! He is a great elk hunter. Very quiet! The other two boys were staying the night at a friends house so they couldn't be there. Probably a good thing though. It was a very long hike back to the truck and Brett was already packing Bridger.

Brett and his friend Ryan had to pack my elk out in quarters because we didn't bring our rhino! BUMMER! From where I shot my elk to where the pick up was, ended up being about 1 mile! To keep a very long story short, Brett and Ryan put in about 12 miles a piece that very memorable day!! He also fell like ten times and was soaking wet (because it started raining when they began to pack it out). Bridger and I stayed in the pick up. I did nothing but one trip carring the backstraps and tenderloins. Sorry guys! I felt bad, but they didn't seem to mind.

They are both pretty sore today.

I am just glad I don't have to buy beef anymore!!!!!

YEAH!!!!

Weston County Fair

Pig Wrestling!!

My boys wrestled a pig on Tuesday in Newcastle. They loved every bit of it. It was a team that included Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece. They were in the Pee Wee division.

OK. So if you don't know what "Pig Wrestling" is let me educate you. HA HA

First, you get a team of four people. You start out with one hand on the fence and they blow the whistle and you take off running toward the pig and try to catch it. OK wait. I think I forgot to tell you that the "Pig Wrestling" is done in the mud. (Mud up to your knees if you are 5-7 years old.) OK. So as you are running to catch the pig you are also trying not to fall on the mud. Hilarious! When you catch the pig you are supposed to go and put the pig into a barrel (butt in first). Then when you get in into the barrel all team members must raise their hands to stop the time. You get 1 minute to get it in.

1 minute seems like forever when you are a little kid out there trying to do this. Jace, Brayden, Hunter and Reece didn't end up getting the pig in the barrel, but they had fun trying anyway. Brayden actually ended up losing his shoes in the mud. So after all the teams went, Brayden went back out there to try to find his shoes. He found one, but could never find the other. Oh well. I sent him in there with old shoes anyways.

This is what Brayden and Jace looked like after they got done looking for the shoes.

We had to go and find a hose to wash them off in. I got to do that. Lucky me. They were disgusting and the mud took a little while before it would come off. But it finally did. I brought them a change of clothes so they wouldn't get my truck all wet. We went to Pizza Hut after. The boys were starving. I guess it took a lot out of them :)

They have another pig wrestling match on Friday, in Sundance this time. Hopefully they will do a little better since they had some practice. I'll let you know how they do. I will video it this time.