Goodbye

Tony... I have always like TLR, but lot's of people loved to hate him. The Cardinals have enjoyed great success under him, and have been one of the top teams with 2 world series titles in the last 5 years! Hopefully we get somebody else good...

Took Cayle to a church Halloween/Harvest Festival tonight with Justin, Melinda, and Macklin. They had a bounce house that the kids loved! But not Cayle, he was fairly frightened by it I believe. Cayle did enjoy playing some of the games, especially dropping the beanie bear through the holes in a board.
He also loved playing in the nursery area! He loves to play, but does not like it when there are lots of other kids that are loud and have lots of energy. He likes to survey his surroundings for a bit first before he jumps in to play.
He looked super cute in his lion outfit!

World Series!!!

What is going on in this game???? It's absolutely crazy!!! The only bad thing seems to be that the Cardinals can only tie it, while coming from behind, but seem hesitant to go ahead and take the win by scoring a guy from third.... Bottom of the 11th now, hopefully they can figure out a way to get a run for the V!!!!!


Update!!!!! HOMERUN FOR THE W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAME 7 HERE WE COME!!!!!!

St. Louis is

going crazy! I can't believe the World Series is back in St. Louis already! It seems like just a couple years ago that I was there. Well, I guess it was actually just a few years ago... (2006) (So happy I'm not a Cubs fan...)

Cayle and I got our bags packed tonight for our trip. We leave early Friday morning for STL. We got all our stuff into 2 carry on bags. Now that's pretty efficient packing for and adult with bike gear and a 1 and a half year old! Our bags are packed and we're ready to go.....

Goings On

12 days till my race in Missouri. The Berryman Epic 56 miler. I'm almost ready. Sounds like my bike is coming together nicely. That would be 11 days till Cayle and I's 2nd time on an airplane together.

Parent teacher conferences are finished. Finally. That's nice to have over for sure.

So much fun watching the Cardinals in the post season. Hope they continue to play as good as they have. This could be a 2006 flashback. That would be fun!

Going to head to Denver this weekend for a bit to visit with Natalie's brother Ronnie and his wife Michelle. Looking forward to that, and getting some good food (Olive Garden) and seeing a shopping mall... some of the things we miss out on living in the mountains... not that I'd trade by any stretch of the imagination. :)


Some of my favorite pics from our trip up on Hardscrabble a couple of weeks ago...I love the contrast of the solitary pine against the bright yellows of the aspens. The yellow leave covered dirt road surrounded by the changing Aspens.

My wife and son enjoying the beautiful scenery and time together sitting on a log in the grass with the mountains in the background.

2nd annual Oktoberfest

Friday night we hosted our 2nd annual Oktoberfest Party. Last year we got a lot of Fall Seasonal beers, the theme this year seemed to be Pumpkin Brew. There were probably 6-7 different pumpkin seasonal ales. Lots of good different tastes. The weather thankfully cooperated great! It had been rainy/snowy and windy all week, but cleared up very nicely for Friday! It was definitely chilly, but felt great as long as you were sitting around the fire!
The conversation around the fire pit was very lively all night long. Neighbor Rob even stopped by for a while. It felt pretty good sitting by the fire, but when you got too far away, it got cold fast!
We had tons of food, and it was pretty fantastic! I made caramel corn and it turned out great and disappeared quickly!!! The food really complemented the drinks and the season!

Oh yeah! The Cardinals also wrapped up game 5 against the Phillies! 2nd round baby!!!!

Go RedBirds!!!

Everyone (myself included) thought the Stl Cardinals were done a month ago! Not so much anymore, although they could have helped themselves greatly by winning a couple of their last games. Looks like they have the win tonight to tie the Braves, so whatever happens tomorrow, at least they made an interesting season out of it! Never know what may happen if they make the playoffs. Reminds me of 2006 when they just snuck in.... and thanks to the Detroit Tigers, we all know what happened that year!

Go Cardinals!!!!

last couple days

The Cardinal game on Sunday was fantastic (thanks for the anniversary present babe!) They won! Cayle did pretty good, but it's a long time for him to sit still. After the game, Natalie had gotten us a hotel room where they had a pool. Cayle loved playing in the pool. He loves the water! Bonus: We got to get Coldstone while we were in Denver! LOVE IT!!!!
He has this new thing he does with his tongue. He loves to stick it out while he is playing and crawling around...
A couple of weeks ago, we bought some play sand for Cayle's turtle. Now that the sun has been out a few days, he loves playing in his sandbox! However, it seems as if his favorite thing to do with it, is to throw the sand out into the rocks.... Oh well, we have a couple extra bags of sand I guess. He loves to get messy!
Saturday afternoon we went for a short hike up Spring Creek road which is just behind our house. It's a little dirt road that climbs up on Hardscrabble and is heavily used by motorcycle riders. But after you get up high enough, the motorcycles pretty much disappear. Cayle road along in the backpack. It was a beautiful day! Sunny and 70.My attempt to photograph some bright orange flowers growing in the high country.

We have some veggies coming up in the garden! This is very exciting, as it is our first gardening attempt. So far coming up are carrots, romaine, leaf lettuce, spinach, green onions, and just tonight I saw the peas poking through the dirt. The radishes are going to be ready to harvest in a couple weeks already.