New Spoon

Tanner tries out the new spoon his Oma sent him. We're thinking its still a bit big!

Sunday Ride

Top of Lower Gold Camp Road
Photo of Dharma and I mid way through our Sunday ride. We did 24.8 miles and over 2600 ft of climbing.
Philly here we come!

Mountain Biking Ute Valley Park

Dharma visited us this weekend determined to squeeze in everybit of riding she could. We did two road rides, our first (and only) training rides together in preparation for the LIVESTRONG Challenge is August (http://philly07.livestrong.org/suryacox). In addition, we spent Saturday morning goofing around Ute Valley Park and having a lot of fun on our Mountain Bikes. The photos below are from our road ride through Garden of the Gods Friday morning.

Fun with Daddy

Playground Time

Chillin' at the Playground

LIVESTRONG Challenge...I'm IN!

As I mentioned below, my sister is participating in the Philadelphia LIVESTRONG Challenge ride in August. I was so inspired by her efforts, and have decided to join her! We will be doing the 70 mile ride together, and raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation in honor of our uncle Jim to help those whose lives have been impacted by Cancer.

James Dill (May 17, 1946 - April 25, 2007) pictured with Tanner last May during our visit with him in Florida. I hope you will consider supporting our efforts! http://philly07.livestrong.org/suryacox

Dharma will be visiting us over Memorial Day weekend, and we will officially kick our training into full gear. We are planning on doing some good mountain bike and road rides while she is out here, and begin getting ready for 70 miles in the saddle (ouch)! This should be a fun summer full of training...I'm doing the Prospect Lake Triathlon in June, the LIVESTRONG Challenge in August and I've got my eye on the Denver Half Marathon in October. Here is to staying healthy and injury free!

A long one

This week was certainly that, a long one. We were cooped up indoors due to some nasty weather and even nastier colds. Thankfully, we are all on the mend, and the weather looked up yesterday afternoon enough so that we got out front to play for a bit. Tanner met a new friend, she is our neighbors granddaughter and will be living next door for a little while with her family. She and Tanner were pretty excited about giving each other high fives. It is pretty amazing that such simple little things bring such joy.

Tanner woke up to a great surprise yesterday afternoon...an edible bouquet. Oma surprised our sick household with a get well edible bouquet full of melons, pineapples, grapes and strawberries. YUM! Tanner was quite pleased not only to find a balloon when he got up, but also a boat load of fruit he could go to town on. Heaven!