March

Alisha says: March came and went in a hurry although it was just mostly regular life as usual. Dave and I have been trying to get in a bit of fitness to get ready for a big mountain bike event that we are doing at the end of April so I did the Cactus Cup mountain bike race at McDowell for some race miles. It was a 43 mile event on some really fun trails. I raced in the open women category and came out on the top step.

While I was racing Dave was away at a conference in California receiving an Ascending Scholar award. He got a nice plaque that he took into his office before I was able to snap a picture of him with it.

Skye has really improved her skills on both her bike and scooter and likes to ride around the neighborhood which is great because March weather is perfect for daily morning and evening walks around the neighborhood. The kids are always saying funny things as they figure out the world, currently Skye calls the grocery store "Sprouts" "Brussel Sprouts". I must be telling her to "pay attention" a lot because lately she has been telling me to pay attention but for some reason she always adds "don't" to the beginning of the phrase so she is always saying "don't pay attention mom" which is really funny. She still loves to dance and lately has been watching irish dancing on youtube videos.