Life is GOOD!

This is going to be a bit backwards...I thought I knew how to load the pictures in the order I wanted but they are exactly opposite of what I was thinking so we will go backward over the last week. Beginning with the end of our 75 mile bike ride yesterday! This is the group we "rode with". I put that in quotes because we only rode back and forth across each other's paths through out the day.

Pictured left to right--Sandra, Tami, Cindy, Dennis, Tucker, Jason, Rachel, Justin. What a great crew. It was a beautiful day for a ride!
Jas figured out how to use our bikes to together as a "kick stand" at one of the rest stops...Sheesh I love those bikes! About 20 miles in we were cruising, making super great time! Then dun dun dun...Jason flated. Then once he got his changed and we went to start again, Sandra's was flat. Tami had a bit of a bad attitude when the flat first happened. Rude. It was just that littlest bit of competitiveness and watching all those people ride right past us...poor excuse. When Sandra's tire was flat also then we just laughed...what else can you do? After all, it was a RIDE, not a race...just training for next weekend!

This next pic is the "pre-ride" pic of the group.

Isn't Jas so cute? tucked in there behind the other guys? And yes, Tucker is a kid--he is 11! He is an animal! He rocked the 75 miles and is ready to do a full century now!

Sandra, pre ride...

Jas pre ride...see how pumped his legs are? that was before we even started riding! His legs are freakin amazing!

This was the sunrise before the Tour de St. George. That was the ride we did yesterday 10/16/10.

Now for last weekend!

This is the two Les'...Les Cox invited us up to Springdale to celebrate her birthday. We had a delicious and FUN dinner at Pizza Noodle!

Here we are outside their hotel room at the Desert Pearl...the grounds and view were AMAZING! (Sandra's photography skills got that orange flower right over my head...love it!)

Jas and Sandra and I left from Les' house in St. George on Sunday afternoon and rode our bikes...our goal was Springdale, we made it to within 5 miles of Springdale before the two Les' picked us up. It was only 36 miles but it was a tough ride...up the hill out of Hurricane with a head wind made me eversograteful for Jas breaking the wind for me!

Isn't that the most amazing view? Riding bikes in Washington County is always beautiful! The fall weather is PERFECTION too!

Thanks friends for playing with us and riding with us! Love you all!

RIDE TO EMPOWER

I have registered to ride my bike 100 miles in the Ride to Empower on Oct 23, 2010. It is a fundraiser for Breast Cancer. Rather than retype my reasons I have copied and pasted the email I sent to family and friends here:

----- Original Message -----
From: Tami Fullerton
To: Tami Fullerton
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:25 PM
Subject: I am eversograteful for breasts!

I am forwarding this to my whole address book. This is the email I sent my mom from the "official website", but I think it says most of what I would want to share with anyone I know about why I am doing this...the only other piece I want to add is that not only did my mom's youngest sister survive breast cancer, only to pass from Ovarian cancer, but breast cancer has also affected an aunt and cousins on my dad's side. This history makes me even more passionate about the issue and even that much more grateful for breasts! I don't plan to solicit more than just this, so don't worry about any pressure. If it speaks to you and you can donate please do. If not then please know that I appreciate your friendship and support in so many other ways!
If you think others might be interested in riding or donating please forward this on.
Yours in Good Health,
Tami

Help Me Ride to Empower
Dear Tami,Won't you help us ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone? This October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I will be riding in Breast Cancer Network of Strength's Ride to Empower. Please make a gift to help Breast Cancer Network of Strength continue providing its indispensable programs and services to anyone touched by breast cancer. Click here to make a donation
Mom, I am riding a 100 mile bike ride on Oct 24, 2010 in support of Breast Cancer Support. It will be a very challenging course--starting in Springdale and riding down through Toquerville, around Quail Creek and Sand Hallow and then out to Apple Valley before returning to Zion. It will be beautiful, but it will have more elevation gain than any ride I've ever tried! I am riding in honor of Aunt Kathi, who's loss we all feel so deeply, and who's example we can only hope to come close to emulating. I am riding because I am so grateful for breasts (their life giving properties, their aesthetic and artistic properties, the enjoyment they bring to babies, husbands, who-have-you)! I am riding to support a cause I deeply believe in.
Here is a copy of the way the money raised is used: When someone's world is turned upside down by a breast cancer diagnosis, Breast Cancer Network of Strength is there, 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Network of Strength is here today to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone. The YourShoes 24/7 Breast Cancer Support Center is a free, confidential resource for information about breast cancer and support. It is the only 24-hour hotline staffed by trained peer counselors who are breast cancer survivors and has interpreters available in more than 150 languages. Breast Cancer Network of Strength does not raise money for research. Instead, we're here today for those who can't wait for tomorrow's cure.
I can personally relate to this cause because when I was diagnosed with my tumors a web based support group was so beneficial to me. How much better would that support have been if I had been able to call and talk to someone who has been there? The support throughout life changing health experience is invaluable. If this is something you feel like is worthy of your support as well I'd love your support. Be it financial, emotional, or by just being you...no pressure, but I thought this was worthy of support and wanted to share that opportunity. Please feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might want to know or help. LOVE YOU!
Your help truly makes a difference in the lives of those touched by breast cancer, and I am grateful for your support.Sincerely, Tami Fullerton
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