Motocross - neighbor style

Last night we headed out to Deseret Peak to watch motocross - the last race of the season - and cheer for the neighbor kids, Kylee and Trevor. It was a wild race against the clock to get off work early, pick up Bouncer (Dad's dog) who's staying the weekend, pick Erin up from Amber and collect Brynlee and McKade, rush home, change clothes, load chairs and snacks and finally hit the road so we could be in Tooele for the start of the races by 6pm. Of course it is a motocross scene and it was no real surprise that they were still practicing when we got there at 6:15 and racing didn't start until after 7pm. It gave us time to be silly in the stands and eat concession food before the racing started.





Kylee and Trevor have been racing all season and doing so good! Kylee ended up taking second place in her race and Trevor took third - I think - because Trevor's real action was his crash when another rider came down on his bike and they both went flying. I've never seen his mom, Jeri, move so fast! Luckily both kids were OK and went on to finish the race. I got photos of Kylee and her lead between the 3rd place rider. Go Kylee! And Trevor's very professional-looking move in the corner where he checked where his fellow rider was. Nice move Trevor! I thought the one with his name and number reflected in the camera flash was very cool...




When those we came to watch were on the track, Erin and cousins Brynlee and McKade were cheering so loud and chanting their names. It was doubtful that they could be heard over the noise of the racing bikes on the track and the fact that we were halfway up the stands but dang it was cute to watch from where we were sitting!



Of course the night would not have been complete without the inevitable question from Clint: "Hey honey, should I come out of retirement and show them how it's done?" Um... no honey! I had enough stress watching you as a younger man and worried you would get hurt every week for years and don't really miss those days much... Sorry!

After the sun went down everyone got cold and started vying for spots on laps to stay warm.





Fun times were had by all and the kids were still full of energy when we loaded in the car to head for home. That might have had more to do with all the sugar and junk food they ate, though! I thought it was funny that Erin and McKade said they weren't tired and Brynlee said she was as we headed out. Guess who was awake and chattering my ear off while her seatmates were snoozing all the way home? Yep, Brynlee! Of course that was after the 10 minutes of "she's touching me"... "no, he's touching me" that reminded me of my own childhood...


The long ride home made for an early night for the sleepover but I was the only one not complaining since it made the morning much easier to handle for me! Thanks, Drury's for inviting us out to watch the races!!


Erin, what was your favorite part? When we got to go up on the fence!