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Fall 2011 Update

A lot has happened since our last post and want to bring things up to date.  I will post photos after we get home and get a little more organized. We are currently at Crystal Mountain having done the Peak 2 Peak Mountain bike race.  We will be leaving this morning for home.


Soccer season started back up in September for the boys.  JJ's team is again coed and they are playing well.  They  have really made progress since the spring season.  Brendan is now in U6 and doing well, he likes practice more than his games.

On September 11 we went to Addison Oaks County Park and raced their Fall Classic Mountain Bike race.  Everyone had a great time.  JJ took third place in his race.  It was around 7 miles long, the longest he had done to that point.  They had barbecue pulled pork sandwiches, etc.  It was a lot of fun.

Brendan turned 6 on October 10 and had a party at Chuck E Cheese.  My parents came and joined in the festivities.  Never thought I would see them there.  It was a small party, but Brendan had a great time.  I really like the pizza!

So that brings us here to Crystal Mountain.  We got here on Friday afternoon.  It was raining most of the way up and did stop briefly when I pre rode the course.  A really fun course, the most difficult part is the last two miles.

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