Thanksgiving 2008

OK have a great day

A star is born!

Big Z has been chosen to sing a solo at his Christmas play this year. He will be singing Little Drummer boy. Big Z loves to sing and dance so this something fun for him.

BUT does anyone remember The Christmas play of 2006!

During one of the songs they were singing Big Z and D.G were standing next to each other ( 1st mistake). During the song DG turned and put his hands around Big Z's neck and was pretending to choke him. If that was not all, what did Big Z do ? He turned around and licked DG down the face. It had the audiences laughing so loud. Wish we caught that on video.

SO I will keep you updated on his perform ace. Only Big Z knows what he will do on stage.

My brother Danny

This is my brother Danny.

This is my big brother Danny. He has been fighting melanoma since Nov 2007. He has had to have several surgeries under his arm for the melanoma. If you are reading this , please all I ask of you is if you can say a prayer for him. He has been standing tall and bravely as he faces this terrible disease.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Nationals in Lancaster 10/3-4

Big Z raced his his first Nationals this last weekend in Lancaster, CA.
We went there not expecting much since he has only been racing for 3 months. On Friday, they have a "Pre-Race"race, Zeke took 1st in his qualifier then 1st in the main. He got a 3' trophy for that win. Mike and I were amazed and overwhelmed at the number of people who attended.
So on Saturday morning, Zeke took 1st in his qualifier. The weather was really bad, it was so cold and rainy. The track was so muddy and many of the riders were falling. We just told Big Z to hold on tight and pedal. Big Z went on to finish 1st place. Wow! we were so excited. We never thought that would happen.
On Sunday, Big Z got to ride in his "Lap of Champions", He was so proud of himself. Now that he has 7- 1st place wins he moved to Intermediate class. Now he will have some more advanced riders to race agaisnt.
It's all good - winning and losing

One thing I wanted to comment on that I saw too much of over the weekend- parents putting way too pressure on their kids to win. We saw parents lose control and really yell and treat their children badly. Both Mike and I felt bad for those kids and promised that we will throw a rock at each other if we lose it and do the things we witnessed.

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State Finals On Saturday

Saturday Sept. 13 was a very exciting day for Big Z. They held the State Finals at the Orange Y for BMX riders from all over Southern California.

Big Z raced in the 5and under novice class with 31 other boys and girls. He have to pour it on and made it into the semifinals placing 4th. The main event only has 8 racers .

Try to visualize this in your head. I was sitting next to the finish line ans close to a turn called the tower turn. Big Z didn't get his best start so he was in 7th place. The racer in 1st place is going around the tower turn and falls. Rider 2 falls over rider 1. Rider 3 comes around and falls over them. This happens with riders 4,5,6 and you guessed it and Big Z. I was in the stands yelling "Big Z slow down, slow down, go around, go around." Mike helps Big Z at the start line so he missed it all. Now back to the story. ABA rules states that the racers can not get any help getting up. So here's this pile and 4 and 5 years olds on the track all crying and here comes the only rider left standing to pedal right over the finish line. Well they decide to rerun the race for the 2nd- 8th place awards . This time Big Z placed 4th but was awarded the 5th place. Big Z was sad and disappointed about his finish. BUT over all, he did great and has to remember he just started racing 9 weeks ago.

Sorry no pictures - it was way too confusing.