Spin baby Spin!

Thanksgiving break is here and that means mountain biking most every day for my family. The rides are usually inspired by my dad but me and Carlos have been more than willing to go. For me the best part of the ride is the creek crossing and wondering if Carlos is going to fall in. For me and dad it is no problem because we have been riding for a long time but Carlos has yet to figure it out. One of his spills was a foot in the water while the other one he actually fell off the bike and over the damn which was absolutely hilarious. Also we have been juggling a lot and playing soccer we have indoor today at the grade school gym which should be awsome. Meantime I'm pigging out on monster cookies!

TTOWN

So it was back to the old stomping grounds and I didnt know what lay ahead of me only that I was sure the weekend would probably include lots of excercise and a competitive atmosphere. I wasn't far off either after drinks and appetizers we did battle on the ping pong darts and pool table. Then we had family trivia as my parents and my brother and I tried to name countries capitals and by the way; michael and dad look up the capital of Switzerland because you were wrong. The next day me "carlinho" and my dad went mountain biking in the paradise behind our "casa." After which a fun activity of painting the lines and artwork on the soccer field took place followed by "Carlinho" trying to bend it like "Bobbinho." After a great steak dinner at Lone Star the ping pong battles started as we battled singles and double with the four of us. scholar in me took over and me and Carlos learned all 49 African countries. Then today I was kindly reminded that i could get my ass kicked by a bunch of women as i endured a grueling and quite painful abs class with my dad. Later that day I went to a two hour lesson on raquet stringing my new career choice. Then some shooting around on the newly painted field with Carlos and a quick nap and it was time to drive back just in time to play two hours of indoor soccer at Edwardsville which was fantastic since all the soccer players from the team were there since they are done with their season which gives me people to rough up on and they were losing more than they should of probably which always makes me in a better mood. It is late and I have Elementary special ed in the morning so I'm going to hit the hay as we backwoods folk say.

Oh yeah and I beat my dad in Yahtzee! cant forget that.....