Easter Goodness...

Today was Easter, if you were not aware. I'm not a particularly "religious" man, not in the traditional sense at least, but I do give thanks on days like today; the weather was beautiful, I was with my daughter, we went for a bike ride, I spent time with my family, I gave thanks for love, I took my first ride in my new team clothing and I ate some very delicious foods (which meant I took a second ride on my rollers this evening to burn some calories). All in all, if there truly is a God- he smiled on me and my family today. For that, I am beyond thankful.

Masidaughter posing happily with her favorite new friend... which makes Masidad exceedingly happy!

Oh yeah... super cool new team kit for the year! A very big kudos to the Blue Squirrel for another fantastic kit design. It's a kick ass kit and I hope to get fit enough to make it go fast this year.

A nice cool pic of the two of us in the middle of downtown San Diego. I asked Masidaughter if she wanted to go home, or if she wanted to head through downtown and keep riding... she opted to keep riding. My heart is still skipping...

It was a really beautiful day today and the Bay was the perfect backdrop for the cutest co-pilot in town.

It's a good thing she has a sense of humor- she'll need it with me as her father.

I just had to do the generic team rider shot... I couldn't pass it up. Dig the kickass team cap too!

There was an Easter egg hunt for the kids...

... and one of the kids got older...

... but he can still blow out candles!

In the end, it was a great day.

I hope that your Easter/ Sunday/ weekend was equally enjoyable and that you had a little something to be happy about too.

Tim

He's here!

I'd like to take a moment to introduce you all to Gianluca;

Gianluca Rosengrant is the newest Masinephew! At 6lbs 12ozs, he's built more like a climber than a sprinter... for now. I took the same path- skinny as a rail until I was about 23 years old- so he's got time to fill out and become a sprinter like his uncle.

Mom and Dad are both doing fine- seen here a few days ago at one of my other nephew's birthday party;
My sister Sara and brother-in-law Harry are both very excited about this first child, as we all are. He's kinda cute, so I think we'll keep him.

Speaking of nephews though, today is also the 1st birthday of my other sister's son;

Jackson- "Jack"- Carter is one year old today, on the day his newest cousin is born! How cool is that? Both sisters had their first children on June 14th! That's pretty freakin' cool, if you ask me!

Jack is a great boy and is almost always smiling.

With the arrival of Gianluca today, I now have 4 nephews! My brother's wife is now pregnant with their third child too... so I'll either have a 5th nephew (they have two boys already- Orion and Nolan) or my first niece (on my side of the family).

Here's Orion and Nolan with my sister-in-law Cheryl, during my sister Sara's baby shower a while back.

So as you can see, I'm working on a great team of future stars here. All are getting measured for custom frames so that they can begin training soon- leg shaving lessons will begin shortly. (Can you see why I'm called the "crazy uncle"?)

Tim