Giddy for platinum

Saturday we spent the day in Mesa starting out the morning with a bike race, Tour de Phoenix. Spencer, his dad, and two of his brothers all rode (72 miles). It was a beautiful day for such an event. I dont have pic's of them all, but here is Spencer (white/red jersey) and his dad (royal blue/black) at the start. His older brother Taylor is somewhere further up lined up with all the platinum racers(he is good and races alot).

Spencer did really well and finished with a platinum time! His first platinum and he is excited as you may guess. His dad also finished platinum as well as Todd (a friend of ours from Globe) and of coarse Taylor did. Kimball finished as a gold and did great also.

Then we get the next generation of Hansen cyclists ready for the kid/family fun race of 4 miles. Caden has been excited for a month or two knowing this was coming and has been riding his bike along side Spencer on his runs. Here they are getting ready to go line up. (L to R) Quinten, Caden, Barrett and Jill

Also there on rollerblades was AJ who bladed the 4 mile course! Barrett ended up settling for the 1/4 mile course, Quinten and Jill finished and at about the 3 mile mark, Caden got a flat. He was disappointed, but after we talked to him about him doing his best up until that point, he was happy. Grandma Hansen was riding along with Caden, so he wasn't totally stranded out there. Thanks Grandma!

Daisy ~ the sweetest spectator there

Post race the kids were running wild, enjoying the free snowcones, snacks and jumping castle. It was a fun morning.


Later that evening all the adults met up at The Landmark Restaraunt in Mesa for Lincoln's birthday dinner. Mom and Dad Hansen treated and it was a great place to eat. A common favorite for the evening was the delicious raspberry sherbert between entree's to "cleanse the palate"! No pictures to share, but thanks Mom and Dad Hansen.