Interesting Video Series.

Funny.

Ray Ray Bloggin'.

Hey guys,

Rachel updated the baby blog today. It was her first post with a picture, she was very excited about that fact.

www.holohanbaby.blogspot.com

Chris

Results From Yesterdays Survey.

Yesterday I did a survey seeing which baby names, of the ones we like, you guys like and the results are in.

Boy

Keegan-15
Oliver-7

Girl

Ayla-17
Harper-6

Funny thing is Keegan and Ayla are the names Rach picked and Oliver and Harper were mine. So I am choosing to take this extremely personal. I love you all...except the folks who voted for Rachel's names over my names. Cheers.

Chris

Need your Help.

Ray Ray and I are thinking of a couple of different baby names that we like, but we can't decide.

We were thinking that we will post the ones we are thinking of here and we would love your feedback, please comment on what you like. Reply with which name you like for a boy and a girl.

Boy
-Oliver
-Keegan

Girl
-Ayla
-Harper

Runs with Coyotes.

When Rach and I first moved to AZ one of the things that freaked me out was the coyotes. I wasn't sure how they react to someone walking or jogging by, will they attack a person? Everyone assured me that they wouldn't bother me, but I'm a Florida boy, I don't know coyotes.

So yesterday I was out for a jog and on my way home I saw 2 coyotes on the road with me. To be honest I was a little unsure because I've never seen them out like that. They looked at me, I looked at them and then one of them did something to settle my mind that they weren't about to attack. It took a dump in the road. I mean, I'm not a scientist, but I am sure that when any mammal is about to attack they don't take the time to squat and drop a deuce. So now I know the coyotes will leave me alone. Comforting. Cheers.

Chris

Hello Baby.

Last week Rach had her 2nd ultrasound and it was amazing. Just to see the face, fingers, toes, arms, legs, heart, brain etc... was one of the most exciting moments of my life.

Funny thing, during the ultrasound, my heart started pounding and I couldn't catch my breath. Does this mean I will pass out during the birth? I never thought I could be one of those husbands. We'll see. Haha, I hope I don't pass out.

I am loving the process of this child growing in Rachel's womb. Absolutely amazing. Cheers.

Chris

Drives Faster When Your Not Dragging the Bank Along.

Ray Ray and I paid off our Jeep last Friday and got the title in the mail a few days ago. I can't believe we paid it off so fast.

Thanks Dave Ramsey for making us believe we could do it.

This past Jan or Feb I read Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover" and really wanted to get our finances in order. We only had 3 debts, the house (which is on the market and we can't do anything more than that), about a grand on a credit card and our Jeep. It hit me that we had more money wrapped up in our debt than we had cash which gave us a negative net worth, which in turn meant that we were broke. I didn't like that.

So I put the Jeep on Craigslist and was hoping to get rid of that and get a cheaper car with no payments. Rach told me not to do it, but I'm a bit obsessive, if I am into something I am totally into it and at this point in my life I was into paying off debt.

One day I thought to myself I should just as Dave, so I called the show. He said something to me that I rarely hear him say, he told me if I like the Jeep I should keep it, but just have it paid on in 18 months. So we decided to keep it, but to attack it with everything. We stopped going out to dinner, buying clothes, going to the movies. An we actually were able to pay the credit card and the Jeep off in 6 or 7 months. Freaking amazing.

If you haven't read "Total Money Makeover", you really should. Its great at getting you excited about how to wisely use money. Basically, if you have the cash, buy it, if don't, don't. What a concept? Cheers.

Chris

End of Summer, Hello Mexico.

End of Summer

Friday was the end of summer camp for the 2009 season. It was a great summer. Our programs ran smoothly and our summer staff was awesome. I was so impressed with the work that our summer staff put in, great job guys.

Mexico

I am going to Rocky Point, Mexico tomorrow to film a video with the missionaries for this summer, Dustin and Brittney Patrick. We are driving tomorrow, filming and spending the day working with the Patricks, spend the night in some condo they can get for free and then coming home sometime on Tuesday. Should be a fun trip.

Dustin and Brit are good friends of ours and I am looking forward to seeing where they work and what they do first hand. Cheers.

Chris

Post Tour Pics.

Found this site with some great Pics of this Tour de France. Click here.

Awesome.

Dear Mr. Burton and Mr. Depp,

Thank you for making wonderful, freaky, visually stunning remakes of old movies. Freaking brilliant.



Chris

New Team.

The other day Lance Armstrong announced that he would be starting a new cycling team from 2010 sponsored by Radio Shack. I think it will be cool seeing how they perform as a new team. There is lots of speculation about what riders will be part of this team, but nothing is set in stone yet. Should be cool.

Chris

Tour de France Final Weekend.

This is the first year I have really followed the TdF. I have watched every stage, at least fast forward through them to the good parts, its been so much fun to watch.

Tomorrow they race the last 'real' stage of the tour, with a huge uphill finish on the Mont Ventoux. The final Km averages 10 percent grade, brutal. Sunday ends in Paris with a circuit race on the the Champs Elysees.

Contador pretty much has it in the bag, barring any injuries or crazy mishaps during the stage, however you never know on a huge climb, if someone has the legs they can battle it out. Its very unlikely, Contador's a freaking billy goat.

Thank you TdF for all the fun for the past 3 weeks, its been great. Cheers.

Chris

Photo Shoot.

By way of a few strange emails I ended up getting booked to take some photos for a company called Pace Sportswear, they make cycling caps and custom full kits. So last Friday I took a handful of my summer staff and did a photo shoot with some of the caps they sent. Here are a few photos that we took. Click on the images to see them larger.

Sucks.

5 cyclist were hit by a van in Ottawa the other day. Sucks. Here is a link to the article.

I always have to remind Rach that I try to ride as carefully as I can when I am on the road or on the trails for the matter.

Please always drive really carefully when bikes are present. Cheers.

Chris

Half-Blood Prince.

Rach and I went to the new Harry Potter movie this morning and I loved it.

From the way it was shot to the music it tells the story amazingly. I have been wondering for years how they will tell the story of the huge books in a 2 hour movie, but they did a wonderful job of condensing the story and still getting the important information to the viewer.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

New Blog.

Ray Ray and I will be documenting her pregnancy on a new blog www.holohanbaby.blogspot.com.

Just got it set up today, so more will be added this week. Cheers.

Chris

1 in 8 Million.

The NY Times has a series of short films about people in the city. This is one about a cyclist, but the they are all worth checking out. Check it out here.

On the 4th of July there is a parade here in Prescott and we, UCYC, pick up the horse poop. We dress up and make a big show out of it, its a ton of fun. Here is our team.



We were Trojan warriors and built a Trojan horse. The secret of our horse was that the back end was cut so we would pick up the horse poop and put it back in the butt of the horse. It was pretty funny. Cheers.

Chris

Missing Dancers.

Ray and I are watching So You Think You Can Dance tonight and I really miss being around dancers. There is something in their spirit and how they carry themselves that I really enjoy and miss working with.

Also while watching I realize that while I really love music there is something about music when its backing a great dance that makes it complete. I mean I don't even own and stereo at home, I rarely listen to music, but watching a creative performance backed by a great song makes something that is way bigger than just a song and a dance. I like that a lot. Cheers.

Chris