Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride MS 150

The Best Team in the State, Team MS Speedy. From left to right: Todd Eppley, Brent Lloyd, Curtis Eppley, Chris Eppley, Geoff Eppley, Tyler Pace we also had Quinn Heap not pictured.

Curtis stopping in at the lunch stop. Brigitte, Kayce (Quinns wife), and I worked at the lunch stop handing out sandwiches to all the riders. The lunch stop was at mile 72.
Tyler coming up to the finish line on Sunday. This man rode 100 miles on Sat. in less than 6hrs.

Talk about Team Speedy
Chris, Todd and Geoff out on the ride, don't they look good, and not to mention Bright!
Todd, Chris and Quinn coming across the finish line on Sat. Tyler, Curtis, Brent and Geoff came in sooner than the rest and I didn't get there picture. Todd and Quinn rode with Chris as he was having trouble breathing, good thing for Geoffs inhaler. At mile 72 where they stop for lunch, Chris was ready to quit, but with the patience of his dad and a little pushing (todd rode beside him and pushed him up a few hills) they finished and they were so proud to make it, and I was sooo proud of them. They all rode 100 miles on Sat. and then Todd, Geoff and Chris rode 40 miles on Sun. and Tyler rode 75 miles on Sun.

It's been FOREVER

Over the past month and a half alot has been going on at our house. 

 Chris has been going to Physical therapy and doing very well. He is trying to get ready for the 150mile bike ride at the end of June, and be ready for Scout camp the first of June.

  Nathan played spring soccer and his team won every game they played. He also had his state gymnastics competition were he won two gold medals and one silver, he has decided to take the summer off, but wants to go to the BYU gymnastics camp

Geoff has been playing soccer on the SF club team, he did very well, as a team the only scored 6 points the whole season, but he had a great time playing. He has also had Orchestra concerts and Choir concerts. At the end of June he will be touring with the choir to Canada, he is very excited.

Todd has been hard at work remodeling our kitchen with new cabinets, countertops,and sink. he had to move the sink and the stove as they were in the oddest place when we moved in 7 years ago. He has also been traing hard with the boys to do a 150mile bike ride the last weekend in June.

I have just been tending kids and working on the tile backsplash in the kitchen. I have posted some pictures of the finished kitchen, but didn't think to take before pictures, so just think in your mind white cabinets with black trim, white countertop and beige sink. I'm so proud of Todd and thankful for all the hard work he has done.

The tiny tiles I had to put up one by one, just kidding they are on a 12x12 sheet.
Don't you love all the papers on the fridge?  Yours looks just the same you know it!
The stove and the sink needed to swap places, who puts a stove under a window?  But I guess thats what you get when your house is 108 years old and still standing.
All done, Todd just kept saying I hate concrete walls, seriously it was a pain to drill into.

WHEW!!!

Christophers surgery pics

Go BYU casts, he told them what color he wanted and it was NOT red.

He was so loopy from the anesthesia, he told Todd three times he was going to go to sleep, but just blinked his eyes then opened them and repeated the same thing. He wasn't in much pain until 8pm that night and then it was really painful all night. Todd stayed up all night with him and made sure he had everything he needed and when he needed it.

The before surgery pics, look at those BIG feet!:)

Waiting to go into surgery, we arrived at 9am he went in to surgery at 10am was done at 1pm and we left the hospital at 4pm. What a long day!

Standing on his own two feet for the last time for three weeks.

New News

Ok, so I have been a complete slacker on updating my blog, I am always telling others to update there blog and here I sit with everything still old news.
There has been alot going on over the past two months and there will be in the months to come.
Geoff has been working hard in school to improve his grades and has done very well. He also tried out for the freshman soccer team and made it, his postition is middle defender. They have been practicing hard and can't wait for there first game(not sure when that is). He has also been training hard for the MS 150 bike ride in June, today he rode 24 miles.
Chris has been having trouble with his feet so we took him to the Doctor and found out he has two extra bones in both feet, he will be undergoing surgery on the 23rd. He can hardly wait to get this taken care of so he can get back to playing soccer without pain. He can't put any weight on his feet for 3 weeks, so that will be challenging. He has also been training hard for the MS 150, he rode 16 miles on Wed. and 24 today.
Nathan has had two gymnastics competitions where he won 3 gold and 3 silver medals, and he has another competition on the 21st in SF. He will also be playing soccer here in the next month so he is very busy.
I am a total soccer mom, I love it!
Please forgive me if I told you to update your blog and mine was still old, but I will be back on top of things again.