POV update

So I was able to get out and use my new toy yesterday. One big problem I discovered is that when I put the camera in the harness, the wheel on top of the camera that changes the camera from video to still shots will turn, so I have a lot of 1 second videos where I start the video, put the camera in the harness, and that will turn the wheel and stop the video. I was able to get two videos though. On is skiing and one is biking. The skiing takes place on the back side of Brighton, and the biking is the rhythm section at the I street jumps.
After I watched the videos, I realized I had a runny nose, so I sniff a lot in the videos. I apologize for the excessive sniffing. I can see that I need to take tissues with me when I bike and ski. The videos are a little shaky, so if you get nauseous easily, don't watch cuz I don't want puke all over my blog.




If you thought that last one was too shaky, well this one is worse.



So as you can see from the second video, I need to change the camera angle for biking because no one wants to stare at the handle bars.

POV camera

I've started biking more since I am unemployed. And often while I'm riding I think to myself, "Why isn't someone chronicling my awesome biking skills with a camera?" I can't figure this out, but I've come to the conclusion that if no one wants to film me, I'll just have to do it myself. That's why I need a POV camera (Point Of View). The problem I can't buy one cuz I don't have a jorb (ironic how it all ties together). So I've had to make my own.
This is what I have come up with:


It's three straps I bought at recreation outlet, and a piece of cardboard. I wear it like a baby bjorn. It looks pretty dumb, but I think it works well. Judge for yourself:




Now I will regularly update you on my amazing biking.

DDR

Erin and Ginger have devoted a corner of our apartment to DDR. This is how they start the morning on any given day.

St. Patrick's Day Update

It's a St. Patrick's Day miracle! Erin recently went to the store and bought Ginger some yogurt. So This is what Ginger ate most of yesterday:


When baby eats something with this much blue food coloring in it, guess what color it is when baby is done with it? That's right, shamrock green.

St. Patrick's Day

We went to Discovery Gateway in the morning as a family because admission is free today. It was pretty packed when we got there (at 10:00) and it was really packed when we were leaving. Ginger it was okay. Everything there was meant for kids a little bit older than her. So most of the displays are about 5 inches too high for her. The display she liked most was the car.


While the car was her favorite display there, the most interesting thing for Ginger was when she saw a bird outside by the helicopter.
On the way home we stopped at the taco stand on the corner of Abravenel Hall. Of all the taco stands that I have frequented in the Salt Lake area, I think these are the best. I would highly recommend stopping here for tacos.

playing

Ginger has started feeding her toys and other inanimate objects that look like animals. She offers them food and drinks from her sippy cup.


You can't tell but she's giving her dog a piece of banana.


This is our neighbor's ceramic cat.

St. George Bike Trip

This past weekend I went on a bike trip without the girls. The trip was organized by a guy who grew up in across the street from my family in Draper. It was a was interesting group because it was a 16 people in total and not many knew each other before the trip. We all came together because someone invited a friend, who then invited another friend.
We arrived in St. George Thursday night. We stayed at a condo in the Green Valley area. The first day (Friday) we rode the Barrel trail, and the Bear Claw Poppy trail twice.

Barrel trail and Bear Claw Poppy trailhead

Saturday we rode Gooseberry Mesa. Gooseberry is an interesting place because it's covered in a network of different trails. I don't know for sure where we went. I do know we did the Hidden Canyon and the North Rim out to the point where we stopped for lunch.

After lunch, the car that I was riding with decided we needed to head straight back to the car and head home. two of the guys in the car live in Idaho and they wanted to get back at a decent hour. the rest of the group rode on the south rim. It was funny when we took the jeep trail back to the car because it only took us about 20-30 minutes. It took us about 3 hours to get to the point. That may not be surprising to anyone who is familiar with Gooseberry Mesa. We took our time and often tried different climbs over and over.
Anyways, I got home Saturday night around 9pm. I had been feeling a little sick most of the day but started to feel really sick when I got home.

bike rides

First I want to answer the question that anyone who reads this blog might have. Why do I have so much free time to write blog posts? Well, this is what you do when your a stay at home mom, I mean, dad. I finished school with my master's degree in December, and now I look for work and watch my daughter. I do a little more of the latter than the former though.
Anyways, on with today's post.
Ginger and I often go for bike rides up memory grove then city creek canyon. When I say we go on bike rides, I mean I tow her in the baby trailer. It's good exercise for me, and she enjoys it more each time we go. Today when I had gone as far as my little legs could take us, I tried to take her out so she could run around. She shook her head and pointed up the trail, indicating she wanted to keep going. When I told her I was too tired, she offered me her water.



I gladly took a drink. I then did some stretches on the pavement. Ginger is at an age where she copies everything we do. I mean quite literally everything. If I hug Erin, then Ginger wraps her arms around Erin's leg. If I am typing on the computer, she does the same. So when I sit down on the ground to stretch, she wants to do the same. I often spit while I'm biking, and so Ginger does too.

Ginger stretching and spitting

I guess this means that we have to be on our best behavior from now on.