Oh, hey. A whole month blew by. Wow.
Here are a few {million} pictures from the past month-ish…I will try to nail the highlights. Things have been busy. Really busy. Need a vacation, busy.
But enough of that…In {mostly} chronological order…
Ken jumped into a mountain bike race in Denver. Mountain bike nationals happen to be about 1.5 hours from our house this summer so Ken hopped into a qualifying race in case he wants to race later this month. He did okay.
It snowed. {Spoiler alert…It snowed a LOT this spring/summer}.
Brooke is quite the artist. One night she brought this to me. I couldn’t even come close to this!
More snow.
We ventured to Sheridan, Wyoming for a gravel bike race/camping trip. Normal camp essentials: Giant bear and lite beer.
This girl was ripping around on her bike!
It was a 100 mile race and I could bore you with details, but…. I actually raced it and had a blast. Ended up 4th overall for women and 2nd in my age group. It was a rush! Finished 100 miles in under 6 hours.
Ken raced really strong and due to some tactics ended up second overall, but with a killer workout!
That camp life.
We spent a couple of days camping with my parents-in-law and had a blast. This kid loves to camp (so does the creepy photo-bomber dog).
Got in a 7 mile run. It was GORGEOUS!
When we got home, Brooke decided she didnt want to deal with the struggles of long hair tangles for the rest of the summer, so we chopped her locks. I miss the long a little, but we are loving the low maintenance style!
Got in a few good rides.
Yanked out a baby tooth (her big tooth was coming in and the dentist was going to pull it, so we bribed Brooke with a toy instead of paying the dentist to do it and she let me pull it out).
As much golf as possible.
Some railing building.
We celebrated this girl turning 6. How it happened, I dont know.
For real mountain bike!
Her own paddle board (maybe, spoiled.)
Has yet to sleep without her giant dino!
(Yes, on her birthday we started with paddle boarding and finished with golf-her request).
Put together our porch swing!!
The rivers are raging!
Brooke got a dino taco holder for her birthday (thanks, Alle) so she has been requesting them.
More railing building.
Helpful when it snows.
Representing our race.
Home school end of the year party!
And then, for the first 3 days of summer…..yeah.
Birthday party goodness.
And extra sass.
Finally, sunshine!
We hosted a ride from our house last weekend (third year in a row). There were 28 riders who did 110 miles and 9k of climbing. I headed out into the middle of nowhere with drinks and food about 13 miles from the end (the last climb is rough). Had a little search party for a couple of guys. Another successful bike event/party!
On Sunday, Errin, Colin and I met up with my friend Kelly for our own adventure ride! It was awesome and I ended up with 84 miles on the day (with a stop for beer and fries around 60 miles in!).
Other than the normal craziness, those are the highlights of what has been happening!
Hope that you are having a great (slightly less crazy) summer!!
Fit After Little Bits 
So glad you’re back LeeAnn. Sounds like a busy time of the year! My parents are heading out for their summer (weeks) in the mountains in a couple weeks. If I didn’t have a new job I’d be joining them but NEW JOB = SUPER BUSY so no time to get away! Hope the summer will turn now so that you all can enjoy some warmer weather! 🙂