Memorial Day weekend activities

Wow, what a weekend the Soots family has enjoyed. Talk about fun in the sun! It all started early Friday morning with Amanda having a school musical (High School musical). This is the light house tower next to Hickam Elementary School. All of the seats and grass areas were taken by eager parents watching their kids perform

This is the Radford High School posting the colors for the Pledge of Allegiance

The entire 2nd grade class singing and dancing to the music. These guys put a lot of work into their play and they all did really well. Amanda was so proud to be in a musical play.

Jake wanted his picture taking by the statue before school started.

Jake and his new friend Katelyn, who moved into the neighborhood a few weeks ago, a very cute and nice 6 yr old girl. They play very well together, I think Jake likes her.

Jake asking me for something during a BBQ with Ben, Dev, Marita and Robert. Oh yea Katelyn was able to attend as well. It was a very good evening of friends, food and laughter with a little Wii action thrown in.

During the BBQ Ben & Dev totally surprised me with a retirement gift! An awesome jersey and shorts with the Hele Mobile Broadband team logo. These are by far the best jersey and shorts I've ever worn while riding. Thanks guys!

This morning we headed out 30 mins later than normal to allow the roads to dry from the nights rain for a 45 mile ride. Today's ride was at a nice recovery pace to Iroquois Point. I've been there before to watch a kids triathlon, but never on a bike. Looked like some good new training grounds. Good week on the bike with 120 miles on the bike. (7 hours 49 mins; avg heart rate 140; max heart rate 178; avg speed 17 mph; max speed 43 mph; calories burned 7800).

After today's ride, I was able to get the bike cleaned up and over to Ben's Bike Shop to replace the extra long shifter/brake cables and housing. This is the factory cables and grey housings.
reminded me of a bird's nest on the front of my bike

This is after Ben's magic and a nice cable kit from Jagwire road racing. As you can tell much cleaner and the black housing match the bike much better than the grey cable housings. Thanks Ben, it's awesome!

To top of the weekend - tomorrow Jake, Amanda and I are heading out bright and early for the Atlantis Submarine ride in Waikiki. This will be Jake's first time (Amanda has done it several times). It's an amazing experience to see all the underwater sea life.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.