Our Trip to California....

I am going to make this short and sweet as possible....I promise... ;)










Well we left for CA on Wednesday night...stay in St. George (parents 2nd house)...then drove to CA on Thursday. We got there checked into our dodgy hotel (we didn't get shot while we were so it wasn't as bad as we thought) then went to the race track. We got to the race track...met up with Charlie, Dave Wells, and Scott Jennings (Scott is a race track legend...look it up if you don't believe me)....then we found out Ant had an oil leak so they were going to tear into the engine...while they did that I went to look around....only to find out Miller Motorsports was there and I wanted to see why they were all the way in CA when they are based out of UT. Found out that they were having a Yamaha racer school there and they were in charge of it....since they were doing that...they had a pro AMA Superbike Racer there by the name of Josh Hayes....so I naturally, not shy went over to introduce myself to world famous Josh Hayes....4-5 hours later we were still talking (when he wasn't making a couple of laps)...he was a great, super nice guy....not to mention his wife is a racer too...and that is really cool too.

Friday...Ant spent the day at racer school....I just helped out the men wherever they needed help...mainly grabbed them lunch when they wanted it too....Did I mention we also shared a garage with the ONLY American to win in the Isle Of Mann? Well we did...his name is Dave Roper (look that one up to while you are at it)..... then at the end of the day...they had a race for first time racers.....so naturally Ant was in the race and took 2nd overall....so that was great..
Sat...Ant practiced....then it was race time (a couple of hours later) so Ant did he warm up lap...then got to the starting line (grid)...and oh noooo Ant wasn't moving...what was wrong???? Got down to the garage (I was on the hill ready to film) and come to find out he was out of gas...he forgot to fill up. Well after everyone's comments of "you won't be doing that again...you will check the tank 5 times every time you go out on the race track now" (if I had a dollar every time I heard that on Sat, ha ha) But mainly it was a LOT of support from everyone. So that cheered Ant right up.




Sunday.....Practice and after a couple of times of checking the gas tank...Ant got to race!!! Overall he took 2nd place in his race and he dropped 14 seconds off of his lap time since Friday...So he walked out of Willow Springs a happy man.






Monday...we went to 6 Flags...and there was NO ONE there... I think the longest we waited in line was 10 mins tops...but most of the rides we just walked right on...it was fun. Then that night we drove down to Long Beach and stay with Charlie.














Tuesday...we had a great breakfast at Charlie's place...Thank you Annette it was great...and then we got a personal invitation to see this guys motorcycle collection...it was amazing!!! He maybe had I am guessing about 5 million dollars worth of motorcycles...and the worse part about it is...there wasn't that many bikes....maybe 20-30 bikes....that just shows you how valuable this bikes were. It was great...then after that we drove back to St. George.....Then on Wednesday we just woke up and went home..



There you go...the short story of our trip....I promise a lot more happened that I could write about but I don't want to put you to sleep more than I have. :)

Guess who's back...back again.....

I am home. Which is kind of a bummer because we had the best time on this trip. I will be posting photos and a HUGE post about it this weekend. Hopefully I will have everything up on Sunday. Got to go...back to work.

Last entry for a while....

Well unless someone has a laptop and the internet while we are in California this will be the last blog entry untill I get home. But don't worry I will have plenty of video and photos to post when we get back. I am not sure though what I am more excited about...the fact that Ant is racing, or the fact that we are going on vacation to California, or the fact that we are going to 6 Flags, or the fact that I get to spend sometime with my hubby???? I guess I would say it is all the above. I have so much to look forward to on this trip. :) It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. ha ha

You guys have a great rest of your week and if I can, I will check in and update everyone on what is going on.

California here we come...

right back where we started from.....I love The O.C. why did they have to cancel that show...anywho that is not why I am here... I just wanted to say that we are off to California tomorrow night. I am so excited for Anthony and happy to get away for a while. I am really looking forward to going to 6 Flags. It is one of my happy places. Well I have to make this short and sweet cause I am headed home now to pack...then Bunco...WOOOT WOOT.

Talk to you tomorrow. :)

Good Morning...

This is little bit long (about 3 mins) but it is worth it....it is so funny

What a great weekend....

It started so fun and ended amazing!

On Friday night:Tiecen and JD came down, then Alicia Valgardson Weeks came over and we had Pizza and chocolate cake. Then while we were eating my cousin Jennifer text me telling me that her and Kirk were going to make the drive down for some yummy chinesse food in Spanish Fork. So they stop in and hung out as well.

Saturday: I had two bridial showers to go to (the Jensen one was the best), then I had to book it up to the Motorcycle dealership to get my bike washed for my photo shoot. I had so much fun at photo shoot. Kay was awesome. I told her that I was nervous but then by the time they got my bike in and I got all dolled up I was no longer nervous. She made me feel so comfortable and it was so much fun. She is a great photographer. Once she gets the pictures posted on her website I will put the link up and you can go check them out. The ones I saw, turned out good! The whole time during the photo shoot she kept telling me how much she excited that they are turning out so fantasic...so I really want to see how they turned out.

Sunday: I woke up at 5:30a.m. (I stayed in bed till 6) and met a couple of the guys from the motorcycle shop up in Salt Lake at 7:45 to go eat some breakfast then go for a ride. Homer made us some homemade biskits and gravy with some sausage...and it was so good. Then a couple of them were on dual sport bikes, so once we got to the dirt road, Casey and I went for a ride. I took him down to Fairview then through Fairview canyon (one of my favorite places to ride) and then to Huntington and back. By the time day was over I covered enough milage that I could have gone to Vegas!! From my house to downtown Vegas it is 380 miles....yesterday I drove 375 miles!!! If you were to count ALL the miles I put on over the whole weekend it was 515 miles. It is a new record for me. WOOT WOOT.

I am ready for my close up......

So this morning I got a phone call from our friends wife who is a photographer. She asked me if I I wanted to come up with my motorcycle and have a photo shoot with her tomorrow night. She said that the pictures are for some posters that she is having made for something that she is doing on the 24th of April. Which I think that she is going to be at the big motorcycle convention that they are having in Salt Lake, and she is promoting her photography or something. So on Apirl 24th everyone that is going to go to the convention gets to see an oversized poster of me on my bike. Ha ha Lucky. She told me come with my hair and make up done, cause they want to do a bunch of me off the bike too. Oh great...for those of you who really know me....know that I don't wear make up. So that will be interesting to see the outcome. Maybe if she sends me a copy of the photos I will post one on here. LOL

Dyno test#2

Ant is at the Triumph dealership as I type this about to run his race bike on the Dyno for the 2nd time. The first time he got 49.7 horsepower which is about right considering how high we are and for the first try. But last couple of days he has been rebuilding somethings here and there and today were are hoping for 50+ horsepower. I am sure if we were at sea level he would get a lot more...so next week when he is racing in California....oh yeah...it should run sooooo awesome.

Tiecen...and MotorGP race....

WAHOOOOOO Tiecen is here!!! It is going to be a good week. I am so excited to spend time with her and her daughter Olivia.

I forgot to post this yesterday but........

GOOD JOB Ben Spies on your first official MotoGP race!! I thought it was funny that your new number is 11, you started in 11th position, and you ended in 5th place that gave you 11 points. LOL

Also Congrats to Nikky Hayden too.....way to come in 4th!! You really gave Dovizioso a run for his money.

GOOOOOO REEEEALLL SALT LAKE!!

I am looking forward to go to the Real home opener game. I am also looking forward to having lunch with Jacie while she is in town this weekend. I am not sure what day we are going to get together but it will be good to see her. She is getting married here in Utah and she is going to be in town to work on some wedding stuff. I am trying to help her out where I can but she hasn't really asked for much other than finding a DJ. Lucky for her I know a couple...I just don't know if she wants to pay their price they are asking for. I guess we will find out. ha ha

Ant is going to be working on the motorcycle all weekend so I am pretty much going to be flying solo all weekend. I am very proud of him though...for building this motorcycle from the ground up..he has done an amazing job. GREAT JOB BABE! :)

Slow work day....

Work today is lame....and slow....and boring....did I mention how lame today is? ha ha I have a project that I am working on, and it isn't hard it is just really boring and lame. ha ha ha I wish I was with the Anderson's in Zions canyon hiking around. THAT would be fun. :) But on a lighter note...tomorrow I am going to ride the motorcycle to work, and on my way home from work...I will take a detour so it is longer ride home. :)

17 days till Ant races in Willow Springs, California. :)

Ok I wait till tomorrow to post this.....

But I can't....this is brillant!!! Look at this commerical for my favorite motorcycle........

Isn't that the most beautiful bike your eyes have ever laid on? I love it!!!!

More GREAT News....

I just got some GREAT news that one of my good friends Tiecen Clements Anderson is going to be in town next week!!!! Can I tell you how excited I am to see her?!?!?! I am SOOOOO FREAKING EXCITED!!!

Here is a little history of our friendship......

Her and I became good friends in Jr. high school (Intermediate school if you are from NZ). When we went to High School (College, again for NZ folks) we ended up at different schools and lost contact with each other. Then last year I had thought of a great memory that I had with her and I thought....I should see if I can find her on Facebook....I miss her. So I looked and BAM! There she was. We got talking and come to find out she just recently moved back to Utah from California. So for the next couple of months we practially spent every night hanging out and catching up. We became great friends again. :) Then I got the news that her hubby is going to go back to school and they have to move to Florida. That was the only school that offers the classes he wants to take. It was a great day for them, but very sad for me (I cried when she left). Then almost every week (execpt maybe 3) I have written her a letter and sent her some kind of activity to do in the letter...like word search or a coloring page for her little girl Olivia to color. I thought sending a letter would be so much more fun to get than a text message...besides who doesn't like getting letters?

So now you have a little bit more understanding why I am so excited to see her. I love her and she is such a great friend....I can't wait till next Tuesday now. We are even going to have a sleep over the weekend..like we did on New Years. I am such a little kid right now, cause I am filled with so much excitement. I LOVE YOU TIE...and I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!!

Congrats to Scott.

One of my best friends...Scott D. and his girlfriend just had a baby girl. Easter baby. :) I just wanted to express my congrats. to them...even though I don't think he reads my blog. ha ha Scott is so happy...when he called me this morning...I don't think I have ever heard him this happy in a while.

So.....CONGRATS Scott...I am so happy for you and your girlfriend.

Congrats to myself.

So I have been trying really hard to eat better, and go to Zumba at least twice a week. I want to get back into better shape. So last night I went to the gym just do to a little 30 min workout. When I was done I thought that maybe I should weigh myself and see where I am at. I got on the scale and came to complete shock!!!! I even had to weigh myself twice to see if it is true, and it was!!!! I have lost a total of 12 pounds!!!! I am so excited and happy!! I am sure it might go up because I will be the first to admit my weight goes up and down depending on the time of the month, but for now let me enjoy this moment. :) I am so EXCITED and HAPPY!!! I am only 4 pounds away from what I was in High School. Even though that went up and down too, depending if I was doing Swimming and Lacrosse at the same time or other things like that to keep me very active. But I am almost half tempted to go to the mall tomorrow and try on a size 4 jeans just to see if I can do it or not. If I do, you know how unbelievable that will be to me?!?! I don't even recall the last time I have ever worn a size 4 jeans. I know in high school I didn't even fit into that size. So today I am going give myself a pat on the back and say....keep up the good work.
P.S. I love Zumba even more!

Chocolate cake party...

My idea of having some people over for some chocolate cake is not going to work out this weekend. So let's do it next Friday night. :) So anyone who wants to come let me know (so I know how much to make), and plan to come next Friday at 7:00. It will be lots of fun. :)