What a Payne

Vanessa is now a Payne! :) She and Josh got married this past Saturday in Iowa. What a fun wedding! Congrats and hope everyone was feeling OK on Sunday morning.... the keg beer, Dos Eqius, and Tecate were free-flowing most of the evening!

Theo Wirth

Cyclo-cross race in Theo Wirth this past Sunday. There were 103 riders in my class - several more than last weekend. Newman, Bill C., and Ray all rode. It was nice to have spectators there along with the fam (thanks Mollie, Hagen and Chad). Beautiful fall colors. Fast race - best I've felt during a race, even though I felt like I was going to throw up beforehand. 

 

Beer & Wisconsin

Ani's 1st beer...? Well, not really, but it was her 1st Grantoberfest!

Also, Monte was in South Dakota the majority of last week for work, so Ani and I took a short trip to Wausau, WI to see the Bueno family. They just had their little boy, Gage, 3 weeks ago. Funny to see the difference in size between the two...

 

She's a Star... for 3 seconds

Yes, Ani did make her TV debut last Saturday morning! The video is below - she shows up about the 3:21 mark, so I'll spare you from watching the entire thing (unless you want to learn how to make a juicy lucy in your own kitchen).  

Cyclo-Cross Recap

Short legs make for bad crossers. Good cyclo-crossers make it look incredibly easy. Dry courses (Saturday) are much easier to ride than wet, sandy, muddy ones (today). Running in sand sucks - but running in sand with your bike on your shoulder.... impossible and energy-depleting. Mountain bikers are more courteous than cyclo-crossers. Road bikers are too skinny. Running, biking, and jumping over stuff makes you really exhausted. People watching cross races shouldn't drink the free coffee. My shoulder hurts from carrying my bike - lifting 20 lbs. repeatedly on your shoulder hurts. I like cross.

TV Debut

Ani will be making her TV debut this coming Saturday... 

Jana, Ani and I did lunch at the 5-8 Club today. The restaurant is celebrating their 80th anniversary this year with all kinds of festivities. So today, an employee approached us and asked all about Ani, how old she was, etc. She commented that they didn't regularly serve tables with 2 younger gals and a baby and asked if we would mind being filmed for a spot on Kare 11, a local news station. 

A few minutes later, a camera man came to our table and filmed Ani just hanging out in her car seat. I think it's just going to be a quick snippit of her in a video collage showing other 5-8 Club patrons, but still - it's her 1st TV appearance, so that's kind of cool. Such a random thing! 

Ani Jo

Here are some recent pics of our little peanut...

Monte's 1st cyclo-cross races are this weekend. The Legolas will be making its debut!