Happy Thanksgiving

SK8 Park

Noah went for his first trip to the big skate park today

















Bubble wrap fun




Paddded seat



Lilly loves the bubble popping sounds

Kid Pics

Lots going on lately. We broke down and bought a family wagon (minivan) I have to admit it’s pretty sweet though I miss the element. Noah has made a couple of trips to the zoo lately.





Not a lot of picture of Lilly, she always seems to have demon eyes in pictures, I was able to tease a smile out of her yesterday though.



Noah is still all about his bike



I even had to true his wheels from all the jumps he has been hitting



He has made a few trips to the Concorde skatepark

My Girls

Lillian Reed Nicholson

Lillian Reed Nicholson

Born July 3rd 2009 at 11:01 am.

Update?!?!?

Sorry I haven’t posted in quite a while. Life has been so busy at the Nicholson’s home its hard to take the time to type a few sentences. My time has been occupied with getting ready for our new family addition and trying to get some major chores done before she gets here around July 4th. In the last few months I have completely re-landscaped our entire front yard and, Ive been studying for the LEED exam that I’m supposed to take next weekend.

Work has been super busy for Tara and I booth. I’m knee deep in a new Music Building for the University of Tennessee. These days we are both very thankful to have work at all though.

Of course I’ve been doing a little bike riding when I can. I’ve done a little commuting, a few mountain bike rides but I’m mainly interested in riding the downhill bike these days. We have a fairly regular Sunday Windrock session going on plus I’ve slipped in a couple of weekday evening sessions at the Rock. I took a trip to Diablo Freeride Park in New Jersey last month, that’s was about the most fun bike riding I have ever done, riding the ski lift to the top of the mountain then blasting back down over and over. Lift assist mountain biking is truly the “crack cocaine” of cycling.

Noah has really taken to his little wooden bike. He and I do regular rides nearly every day.



He can coast and carve turns pretty well especially considering he’s just 2 years old!



We’ve been wearing out the neighborhood pool since it opened. We think Noah wll learn to swim this summer.

Noah is 2

Noah had his second birthday last week and got his first bike!

PMBAR

Looks like I have lost my PMBAR partner. I’m having difficulty finding anyone interested that’s not already committed to something that weekend. So if you’re free May 2nd and have the aversion to go spend 7-10 hours traversing up and down some big mountain trails shoot me a message. I’m hoping for a solid mid pack finish but a serious effort will be placed at the after party

Extreme Sheep Hearding?!?!?!?

NAHMBS / Skatepark tour

John, Jeff, Shawn and I went to the "North American Hand Made Bike Show" This weekend in Indianapolis. Along the way we sessioned the Louisville, KY skate park and the Indianapolis skate park.

The show was impressive I got to meet James Bleakey of Blacksheep Bike who is responsible for building several of my bikes over the years. lots of other cool stuff, so much I don't know where to start or stop so ill just skip it. This head badge summed the whole show up for me "A Sheep in Wolf's clothing"


We hit the Loisville park for a few minites on the way up and then played around at the Indianapolis park after the show

Coon

I went to Raccoon Mountain last weekend with Eric, Thomas, and about 15 other K-town folks. It was a blast of a ride followed by another stop at Sugar's to top it off.

Sometimes I’m embarrassed I live in Tennessee

It's a Girl !!!

If you haven’t heard yet the Nicholsons are getting a new addition to the family. The male to female ratio in our family is about to even back out.

Its been a little warmer lately and Noah has been wearing the wheels off his trike. Looks like he’s getting a 2 wheelerfor his birthday next month



Noah is very attached to a Hot Wheels motorcycle, he won’t go anywhere without it right now.




I built a little back yard ladder drop/jump this weekend.



This is the best mainstreem beer company comercial I've ever seen.

Picture Update

Here are a couple of recent Noah pictures, He is getting taller every day though he doesn’t seem to be gaining much weight. His 2nd birthday is coming up soon, I think he’s getting his first 2 wheeler, he’s outgrown his tiny tricycle.






I’ve done some riding lately, Thomas, Eric and I went to Pisgah this past weekend. We saw our friends John and Shawn racing in a 36 hour mountain bike race while we were there, turned out the came in 2nd at the event. I hadn’t been to Pisgah in awhile; it’s always a great place to ride.









Most of my riding lately has been at the Skatepark and the local dirt jump park (Bigfoot) I’m really having a blast doing this kind of riding, the skill translation to the MTB trails is helping take my riding up a notch, if only I could just pull some fitness together too.





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Snow

Noah got to play in the snow for the first time this week