Rio Strada Racing in Folsom, Ca.

Team Rio - Elite 3's rippin' the first turn in Folsom's Cyclebration last weekend!

2010 Soccer Season has begun!

Drew is still on a 6 & Under co-ed team called the Red Devils, no it was not named after her! She seems to have made some progress with the concept of the game! Maybe it was the month long World Cup games, with the exception of one game...cala boca!

Brady has moved up to the 8 & Under Boys team, Scorpions! Just like Drew, Brady has also figured some things out! Derek has been helping the coach. Derek's biggest goal with the kids, to not play just the ball. So far, the team gets it and it showed in their first game! 2-2 tie but last year it took some 8 games to score just one goal!

Kid's & Bikes go hand in hand!

First Day of School - 2010

Finally the two awesome ones are attending the same school! Pretty exciting times for both!

The family drive to school! Everyone is happy and ready for the first day!

Guess who has been ready for school for a VERY long time!?!?

Drew scoping out the kids in her class! She knew a few from her pre-school days!

Brady was also excited to attend his first day as a First Grader! Time to step up and be a big boy

Summer coming to an end...

For some reason I always get a laugh out of these silly things!
We spent the afternoon at Funderland, a place that offers a bunch
of fun rides for kids!

Kids can ride all day long as many times as they'd like and they rode and rode and rode!

Then the day was followed by some yummy frozen yogurt!

Kids have had a great summer too by the way, from long bike rides, to trips, their first gymnastics summer camp, playing with cousins, swimming like there was no tomorrow, eating yummy food, playing with loads of friends!

Now we're just in the process of getting school supplies, uniforms, day care and after school programs ironed out, soccer practice begins this week as well, plus a few road races for Derek to finish off the season!

Family Training!

Who said that training wasn't a family affair? With thousands of miles logged in, one of my favorite rides are the ones where my family comes out and offers support for a big race! Derek W., I still love my kit as you can see!

Nothing like getting water sprayed in your face while hitting a lil bitty hill! Thanks Brady, Drew and Melissa for the efforts and time! Lets hope it all pays off in the end right?!

Another summer trip to Dillon Beach!

Sorry for the huge gap in posting pics and updates! Just been busy watching the Tour de France, kids, World Cup and riding bikes in the area etc. More pics to come in the very near future!

Happy 4th of July 2010

Whats a 4th of July without fireworks right?!

In keeping with tradition, those are hard to break here, we hit up our freinds, Bruce & Kim's house, as we have been for the past 4 years. For Drew, taking the plunge in the pool from the wall was her goal before getting to the party, goal met! She it not once, but several times! CRAZY GIRL!

While lil sister Drew was busy jumping in the pool, Brady was just excited to get to drink a WHOLE can of soda!

On the 3rd of July, the city of Colfax celebrated their festivities! Tia Dani took Drew to get her face painted, which lasted a good 24hrs! Thanks Tia Dani!

We'll miss you Forrest

In February of 1997 Forrest was born in our apartment, he then lost his buddy Pepper, then got in a new house, saw Melis and Derek get real jobs, got a new buddy in Minka. Then later came these lil people who eventually turned into Brady and Drew! Lost his buddy Minka, but innately Forrest knew where to find Minka. Now they're together! We'll miss you Forrest!

Summer time!

So the past few days has been hotter than two rats humpin' in a wool sock! How to stay cool? Many different options: Gym pool, Rec Center, Slip & Slid and a water hose at the front of the house.

These options arent the super special option of a pool in our backyard, which isnt a financial option. However, these options work, the kids have fun and laugh, so what else do we need? A $50,000 pool???? Naaaaahhhh!

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From broke to dope!

Here she is, the new frame! Looks like a new bike doesnt it?!

Our Kinder Kirl & First Krader!

This is by far one of the cutest pictures I have taken of Brady in a long time! Dude just doesnt like cameras nor pictures! So this one is ultra rare and worth the wait!


Then there's Drew, camera whore basically! She loves to have Daddy take pics and can pose really well! One thing is for sure, they are getting bigger and are growing at rapid speed!

Crash pic scene!

There you have it! Thats me setting up for a perfect roll, in white, just to the right of the light pole! Note the guy behind the finish line with the beard....then find him in the next pic...

...just look at the poor guy, the face first dude still attached to the bike! Filho da puta didnt even see it coming it looks like! I guess I can be thankful to years of Judo and BMX for my falling skills..for what its worth right?!?

Kudos to the photographer who pulled this one off!

One bike, turns into 2 bikes...kinda!

No words, just horror!

Dead bike...walking?!? Nahhh, "dead bike, dead!"

My heart is broken!

Lots of new pics on the Webshots Page!

Last weekend was the weekend of the year, our good friend Stephanie came out from St. Louis to catch the Tour of California and also get a dose of family life with us! The link below will send you to a few shots, some cool, some funny, so be prepared! Thanks for coming out Steph!
http://community.webshots.com/user/dereknovaes

Brady had his first Open House this past week! WOW, what a change in his writing and math skills! he has made such strides and we're looking forward to First Grade!

Guess what?!? Brady lost his first tooth today!

There's the big huge hole! It happened this afternoon, Hollie from the kids day care pulled the thing out! GROSS!

Brady was ready for the Tooth Fairy to come tonight, let's see what she brings!

Funny Moments

So Brady has been working hard at pushing out his first tooth! We think the time has finally come! We're guessing that it should happen sometime by the middle of May!

The craziest daughter we know! Yeah, she's out there alright! Maloqueira!

Webshots Link

Below you can see pictures of Melis' Birthday Party!

http://community.webshots.com/user/dereknovaes