Alright....I've got some time so I think I'll continue with my update on our lives so far this summer....if you can call it that. It's kind of more like a long spring. Anyways, here's more of what we've been up to.
Washougal Motorcross
We have been excitedly awaiting the weekend when the Nationals moto-x would come here to Washington. As soon as Jaime got off work on Friday, we headed down to our Vancouver hotel. We ended up getting stuck in ridiculous traffic from Fife all the way past Olympia. I thought I was going to ram someone with my car, and I very seldom get "road rage" so it was bad. Sometimes I wonder if I should have a concealed pistol license. Haha...anyways, once we got out of that traffic, we cruised down there pretty quick. We checked-in and had some pizza delivered and just had a nice relaxing night.
At 2:00am, I woke up to Jaime leaving the hotel room and returning a few minutes later with a bag of ice to his stomach. He was in a lot of pain for some reason....Bad pizza? I don't think so, because I felt just fine. The pain got worse and he couldn't lay still. I got online and looked up the closest hospital thinking we were going to have to go to the ER and most likely miss the race the next day. He said he could handle it, so I left the hotel and drove around looking for a store open at that hour to get some medicine. I finally found a dump gas station with a creepy attendant who was more than excited to have some 'company.' When I got back, Jaime was still in rough shape so he took the medicine and then we went for a walk around the hotel grounds. The hotel workers forgot to lock up the outdoor pool gate and I really wanted to go for a swim!....but Jaime wasn't up for it. After walking around for an hour or so, he seemed to be feeling a bit better. So we went back to bed at about 5:30am. 7:00am came way too fast and it was time to get going to the race in Washougal. Thankfully he was feeling a bit better and we didn't have to go the ER.
Once we got there, we met up with Andra, Dustin, and his brother Bryan. The Washougal MX track is so awesome! It's like 2 miles long and has some really cool terrain. Here's some pictures from our day at Washougal.
Me and Jaime at one of our many viewing spots
Andra and Dustin in one of the tunnels that goes underneath the track.
Me and my 8 month pregnant twin (her tanktop says 'Reed Fan')
Watching the race from the shade
Me and Andra snapping pictures during the 250 race
Nice tank-top! Someone let her cut into the front of the food line because of her shirt.
First race of the day about to start.
We got pelted with chunks of dirt at this spot.
Me and Jaime
Pano of the part of the track
Twins.....and baby boy Davis
Poor Jaime still wasn't feeling all that good.
Justin Barcia!! Can't wait till he steps up to the 450's.
We walked all over that track checking out the views from different spots. We finally found the perfect spot to watch moto #2. We could see the gates and see who got the holeshot, and then we had a view of a few different sections of the track including front row to horsepower hill.....A long steep hill after a huge jump.
Here's a short video of lap one of moto #2 going up horsepower hill. They shook the ground!!
Moto 2 about to start!
One lap two, Trey Canard wrecked hard right in front of us. It was surreal. I can't believe how hard he hit the ground. I felt so bad for him! He was laying there yelling and crying. I had a feeling he re-broke his femur, and that ended up being exactly what happened to him.
Trey Canard is DOWN. Poor guy broke his femur again.
Here's the medical crew taking him away to get checked out.
Lots of people!
My Washougal bling
Chad Reed
TwoTwo
Little Naches camping
Most weekends we try to get out of town and go camping. We've been lucky enough to go a few times already.
Jaime getting ready for a ride
Leave it to Todd to gather some firewood!
Jaime going off a little jump he made in the campsite
Me and Aaron with his new gopro
Brent, Jaime, Aaron, Me, and Dustin
We had some fun with aresol cans on the fires too.
Jaime's 31st Birthday
Jaime had his golden birthday this year! He turned 31 on July 31st. When I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday, guess what he said......yup! Dirtbiking. So we gathered up some friends and family and went over to Greenwater/Naches area.
Before we left, I took Jaime out for his birthday dinner to Cheesecake Factory and gave him his birthday presents. He had been talking about this silly dirtbike GPS thingy called the "Trail Tech Voyager" for months and how cool it is and blah blah blah. Well I looked it up and found out it's actually a pretty nifty device. Soooo.... I bought it for him! Everytime he brought it up, I'd shrug it off and say "that's way too expensive, maybe we can get it later" "let's wait for the 2nd generation one to come out" "maybe you can get it for Christmas" etc etc. But I really had it for him already. When he opened the present, you should've seen his face! He was so excited!
Happy Birthday Boy and his Voyager
Jaime at his birthday dinner....I can't take him anywhere.
The next day we headed out to the mountains. Instead of taking Chinook Pass over, we took FS Road 70. If you don't mind hundreds of potholes or driving slow, its quite a bit less miles. We found a sweet campsite right on the Little Naches River with room for plenty of people.
Brent and Jaime going for a night ride.
Saturday morning I woke up with a huge migraine. I could hardly walk without stumbling over myself. I was pretty bummed because everyone was about to leave on the big ride for that day. I took some medicine and laid in my hammock for about 45 minutes. I started to feel a little bit better so I decided to go for it! I could always turn back if I puked inside my helmet. Haha.....thankfully the more time that passed, the better I felt. It ended up being one of the funnest rides I've ever been on! Aaron, Brent, Jaime and I rode all the way over to the Cle Elum area. Here is the spot where we turned around. I needed to get back to the river to work on my tan! =)
Brent, Jaime, Me (Aaron taking picture)
Amazing views from up here.
Back at the river with everyone else for some fun in the sun.
View from our river spot.
Franco, Jaime, Aaron
Me and Jaime cooling off
That water was freezing!
River set up
Our bitchin truck...with some photoshop. Just a little.
Jaime riding around
We all piled in a couple cars and headed up to Ravens Roost for the sunset. We got up there just in time to watch the sun slip behind the horizon. The view up there is amazing....I highly recommend it.
Piled in the back of the truck. Gotta keep Bugs warm!
Jaime, me, and the sunset
I love Ravens Roost
Sunset smooches
Me, Bon, and Bugs. She's not very good at picture-taking
Bon and her baby girl
Jaime and his birthday cake (brownie with a lit match)
On Sunday morning, Jaime and I went for a drive up some logging roads. We saw a huge herd of elk including about 5 baby elk. They were so cute and we got to listen to their moms call for them. Eventually, we came to a huge washout high up this mountain and were forced to turn around.
We look pretty haggard after camping for 3 days.
All loaded up and heading back over FS 70 to Greenwater.
When we got home, we headed over to my parents house for pizza, birthday cake, and story telling. I'd call that a very successful Golden Birthday weekend for Jaime.
Don't even get me started on the weather so far this summer. I'm very disappointed. With the lame winter we had I thought for sure we'd have a nice hot summer in store for us. I was wrong. But.....I can't complain! We've had some good times so far this year even with the unseasonable weather.
27th Birthday
Andra and I turned 27 on June 26th. Thankfully, that fell on a weekend so we were able to get out of town and really celebrate. We decided we wanted to go camping with the whole family (minus Damion who's in Utah). Unfortunately, Aaron's lame boss made him fly to Kentucky or something right before the weekend. If I ever meet that man, I'm gonna kick him in the shins for pulling that stunt at the last minute.
Everyone else made it including Mom and Dad!
We got one of my most favorite campsites out there, right on the river with a beach that has 15+ hours of sun exposure a day.
Dustin, Jaime, me and prego Andra wishing she could ride.
Dustin, Jaime, me and Brent about to go for a ride.
View from the campsite on the Little Naches River.
Jaime and Dustin playing in the river.
Boys doing their firewood thing
Our sunbathing area
Dustin and Jaime racing sticks down the fish ladder.
Little fire ring on the shore
Little snake. I got him with his tongue out! Super macro focus...he was so tiny!
Jaime and Dustin being bored and making up things to do. They drug this tree over to the river to make us a bridge.
Uhhh...that didn't work.
Hinckley's love hanging out in the sun.
Heaven on earth.
Hanging out on the beach
Brent, Andra, me. Andra is about 7 months pregnant in this picture
It was a great successful trip! I crashed my dirtbike pretty bad and got my arm pinned between my rear tire and fender. Burned my elbow on the exhuast pipe and some other bruises. However, I was thankful my arm was pinned there because it held me up on the trail. I was dangling off a steep rocky slope that fell way to a cliff. Gotta love those Naches trails!
4th of July
I am so mad at myself for not taking more pictures!! I carried it around in my purse the whole time and only took it out once or twice. The day or two before, Andra and I got to have a "raft day." This is when we blow up the raft AND the double tall queen air mattress and then spend the day on Lake Wilderness swimming, talking, eating, chilling, reading, etc. Twin time......These days are the best.
Me blowing up the raft
Me doing all the work while Andra stands around being pregnant. =)
Our sweet set up. We oar across the lake and tie up to a log.
My festive 4th of July sparkle toes
On the night of the 4th, we had a BBQ over at Kevin and Christie's. It was pretty awesome, especially because the neighbors all compete to have the best firework show. So we just sat back and enjoyed. While Andra and I were at the lake, Jaime, Brent, and Aaron went to the reservation and spent a bunch of money on even more fireworks. I swear we have enough to last us for next year too.
Andra and me playing catch
Aaron nailed this picture. It's my favorite!
Big seal bomb! Those shook the ground.
Jaime recklessly shooting rockets.
Amazing shot Aaron took with moon and palm tree firework
That's all for now....I'm tired. I've got quite a bit more to update, so stay tuned.
This is incredible....to say the least. I still cannot believe this and I've watched like a thousand times. And he gets back up and finishes the race?! This is yet another reason why he is my favorite rider.
Aaron and I headed up to Mt. Rainier at 3am to watch the sunrise. But the main purpose of our trip was so Aaron could take some awesome photos of my BMW.
On the way up there, it was still dark and there were a few spots along hwy 410 with huge elk just standing by the road. Pretty scary since I've hit a deer before and knowing elk are like 3x bigger than deer. At one point, we slowed to a stop and saw a huge bull elk with like 10 points on each antler. I've never seen an elk that massive! He sat up and watched us for a few seconds and then off into the woods he went.
Further into Mt. Rainier National Park, we saw a black bear!!! I've never seen a bear in the wild before so I was pretty excited. (Thankfully I was in my car or else I would've been scared out of my mind). Aaron got some pictures and even a video!....which I will have to post at a later date.
It was surprisingly cold up there and I was very glad that I wore a hoodie, gloves, and shoes. I almost left the house in my normal summer footwear.....flip flops. I would've been very upset with myself. Anyways, the sunrise was very pretty. Not a cloud in the sky! Thankfully not many crazies go up there at 3am so there was no traffic and I was able to park my car in the middle of the road for pictures. Here's a preview of what Aaron's done! I can't believe how awesome they turned out.
This one is probably my favorite
Me and Mt. Rainier
Aaron taking some pics of the mountain
I think he should sell these to BMW or something. Too bad my car is considered "old" so they'd probably have no use for them. Kudos to Aaron for the amazing pictures. Click here to see more of Aaron's Beemer pictures
I've got some other blogs to catch up on! We've been very busy so far this summer.
