My Little Dirtbikers
Posted by Holly Nelson on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Under: It's a BOYS Life!
In yesterdays Valentine's post I mentioned how my kids are obsessed with dirt biking. I thought I'd share a little bit about that. Ump-teen years ago when I met my husband, he had a broken leg from a hair-scramble(trail race through the woods) accident. Little did I know that years later we would have boys involved in t he same sport that caused him to break his leg! When we had our first son, he was as wild as a boy could be. He was very active, did not watch any cartoons or any TV really. The only thing that would calm him down was to watch a dirt biking video. And thats when it all began. By the age of three we gave him his first dirt bike, one handed down generations from the family. Then for his kindergarten graduation, we didn't just take him out for ice cream to celebrate. Oh no! My husband went all out and got him a KTM 50. Everything was great until I had a horrible accident at my parents house on that thing. That is really another story on it's own. Let's just say I almost hit the calf pin, and was very close to a wooded drop off. It was not a good thing. I thought I broke my legs, thankfully I didn't. So fast forward a few years. My hubby decided they all needed new dirt bikes a few years ago for Christmas. So, we splurge and much to their extreme excitement, they were given brand new dirt bike on Christmas morning. Jeff has used the back 2 acres of our property to slowly transform it into a dirt bike track for the boys. Most of the beautiful weekend days, we will be out back for the boys to ride. In the summer, think of us, out back on the track.
Now to give a shout out and brag on someone that will never brag on himself. My oldest son, Ryan, is good friends with Mathew Weakley. When we met him a few years ago he told Ryan, "yeah, I dirt bike,too". Little did we know just how much he did! The first time I went to his house , his room was filled and over flowing with trophies and pictures of him! Oh yeah, he knew how to dirt bike alright! Such a sweet a humble child!
Here are a few picture of the boys and their bikes:
I just love this one! I love the shirt-" Eat my dirt"(summer)
Life as a dirt biking mom is hard! I got caught soaking up the sun. Hey, It was January! I was freezing!(winter)
Ryan jumping(Autumn)-Getwell track
Mathew Weakley at the 2009 Arena Cross (He place 1st) with Luke. Oh, he was so dirty!!
Ian's Student of the Month picture for school-showing what he loves most!
Sorry, I didn't have time to post pics of the rest of the boys, but even the little ones ride around with daddy!
Now to give a shout out and brag on someone that will never brag on himself. My oldest son, Ryan, is good friends with Mathew Weakley. When we met him a few years ago he told Ryan, "yeah, I dirt bike,too". Little did we know just how much he did! The first time I went to his house , his room was filled and over flowing with trophies and pictures of him! Oh yeah, he knew how to dirt bike alright! Such a sweet a humble child!
Here are a few picture of the boys and their bikes:
Ryan, in a turn(Summer)
Ian, so serious!(Summer)
I just love this one! I love the shirt-" Eat my dirt"(summer)
Life as a dirt biking mom is hard! I got caught soaking up the sun. Hey, It was January! I was freezing!(winter)
Ryan jumping(Autumn)-Getwell track
Mathew Weakley at the 2009 Arena Cross (He place 1st) with Luke. Oh, he was so dirty!!
Ian's Student of the Month picture for school-showing what he loves most!
Sorry, I didn't have time to post pics of the rest of the boys, but even the little ones ride around with daddy!
In : It's a BOYS Life!
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I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have six wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.
