CORE #4 Monroe, WA May 22nd

On May 22nd, Ryan competed for the 3rd time in the CORE 4x4 off-road competition held in Monroe, Wa.
The weather that day was pretty iffy. It was raining when we left Bothell which didn't bode well for the rest of the day. Fortunately, it stopped raining but the clouds didn't go away.
Ryan and a few of his friends competed in their buggies. There were 3 events: Rock crawl, Obstacle course and mud drags.

First round through the rock crawl Ryan rolled his buggy, he was the first of the day too! No damage done and the crowd loved it!

He kicked butt on the obstacle course. His mom and dad were able to make it down for a little while to watch which was great.


He really needed to take another run at the rock course because his earlier roll over meant he didn't finish and wouldn't get points. The weather finally broke and it started to rain and hail. Wet rocks on the course would make it much more difficult to make it through and get a good time. But I helped talk him into trying one more time. He did awesome! I was so proud of him and I was really happy his parents got to see him do something he loves so much.

He ended up placing 2nd overall in his class! Yay Ryan!

The starting line up.

V8 Chainsaw guy. Pretty crazy. And Redneck.

Cool truck.


Ryan's friend Justan on the rock course

Ryan's first try on the rock course.

Getting picked up and lifted out after his rollover.

Almost to the finish on the obstacle course.

Second time on the rocks.

Almost done! Good job Ryan!

The dreaded mud drag. He did a great job!

Aftermath of the mud.

Playing around after the competition was over.

I'm not good at this right now.

I've not been keeping up with this. It's been over a month since I posted and I hate it.
I've taken so many cool pictures but putting them on the computer, re-sizing them and posting them on here seems to be too much work.

Well the wedding is only 10 days away. I'm super excited for it to get here. I'm so over planning it. NEVER want to do that again. I've been all stressed out lately. I hate it. Luckily, I have most of everything done. I just need to make the programs, place cards for the reserved tables, pick up my dress(from downtown, where I dont want to go), make a wedding song playlist for my ipod to play at the wedding.... Just little stuff, but still makes me stressed. On top of that, the weather for the big day looks iffy. Cross your fingers it does NOT RAIN!!!!

Well, we haven't been up to a ton lately. Just working, planning the wedding... Ryan finshed the buggy so we've been wheeling a couple times. yay! Went to a Subie meet in Woodinville on Monday, had some bugers and went on a drive with the other Subies. It was fun. I've been trying to talk Ryan into us getting a doggy for a while now, and I think my chipping away at his resolve is paying off! We might get one in the next 6 months, and I'm VERY excited. I can't wait to adopt a dog and give it a good home. :)

It's likely I wont update this till after the honeymoon. I will try though.

So, here are some pictures from the last month.

Engagement pictures from Ryan's sis in law, Whitney. Love them!

Some pics from wheeling Ryan's buggy!


Woodinville Subie meet, Monday June 29th.