A Day in the Life!

     Hello everyone! Well there's a lot going in the Froelich house these days! Starting with working almost everyday for dad, mom, and Aaron, so I have lots of time for myself. This week I'm teaching VBS at our church!
     Shelby, our dog, she recently has gotten a bath, so she is one big fluff ball! Mom and I went on a walk and the hair was literally falling off of her! Recently we had our 1 year anniversary with my babies, Stave and Charlie Rose! They turned 1 on May 31, and on July 19 we celebrated one wonderful with them! We love our animals so much here, they give us lots of love, laughs, and hair!
Some things we've noticed in the past year about the boys are that love each other! They do almost everything together sleep, eat, lick each other, and love to watch outside in the windows together! Charlie is a big momma's boy, he loves to sleep in bed with me at night, sometimes he even checks on me in the middle of the night! Stave loves almost everyone, he's like a "wet noodle" my mom would say when people hold him! People always ask "How do you tell the difference between them??", well when you live with them 24/7 it gets easier.
     Every Monday I go down to Mayo hospital and volunteer with some people. I usually have lots of fun with that! Dad goes on a bike ride with mom sometimes depending on their work schedule, and Aaron is where he always is...in the basement playing video games!
     Summer is coming to an end with school right around the corner! I will be freshman this year and Aaron will be starting college at CVTC! Lots of school work to be passed around!
     Ali is doing great in Norfolk, VA still, and is rooming with her good friends Carly and Amanda! Her friend Stone just came back from Florida, and going to be there until March of next year.

The Wausau 24!

     This past weekend was filled with fun, laughs, and hours upon hours of bike racing! We started off the weekend early on Friday morning! We packed up 2 cars with 3 bikes, 1 camper, 5 people, and lots of food! We were off to Wausau, WI for much fun to be had. When we arrived it was a little past noon on a beautiful, warm sunny day!

     Our campsite consisted of 5 different families, 3 campers, and at least 5 tents full of people! On Friday afternoon the racers got all geared up for a pre-ride to check out the course. There was 4 teams doing the 12 hours duo: Mindy/Marisa, John/Doug, Jason/Eric, and Jim/Andrea, and 2 men doing the 24 hour: Craig/Jon. Also Mark did the 12 hour solo, along with Aaron Roth.

     While they were pre-riding Craig's little girls, Olivia and Isabelle, loved playing house and running around in all the campers. While they played with Katherine, my friend, and I in the campers for awhile, Aaron went on a bike ride with a young group of girls and one little boy! 

     After the pre-ride we cooked dinner, sat around the fire, and played lots of card games! After all the fun we had that day it was time for bed to get rested for big bike race the next day!

     Everyone was up early Saturday morning to get ready for the big day. The race started at 10 A.M., all 3 races(24 hour, 12 hour, and 6 hour) started together. The laps were 12 miles long, and full of rocks, tough climbs, and tight twisty root sections. The starters for the race in group of people were Mindy, John, Jason, Jim, and Craig. The bikers had to run around a little section to start their chips and it lead them straight to their bike, which they had jump on to start the race!

     Each team had their own little strategies for the race to finish strong. Some of the strategies were the people on the teams would do every other laps or every 2 laps even! After the first lap many people switched up people, Doug for John, Marisa for Mindy, Eric for Jason. Then on the second lap everyone switched up again and this time Andrea for Jim and Jon for Craig. The laps and switching of people went on for hours and hours! Mark and Aaron took breaks here and there to rest and to get more energy for more laps!

     We heard of many stories about the race course and all of the different people racing. One story that gives me the chills to the day, was a young girl, the age of 12, biked the 24 hour race solo! Her goal was to finish at least 100 miles, which is at least 8 laps, wow! 

     Many of us to pass the time went on a Walmart run for everyone, cheered loud for everyone, and many were taught how to play the card game spit! Most of the girls played the game for 3 or 4 hours straight! Aaron even set up a tournament bracket for everyone to play and we all enjoyed doing that. 

     At around 10:30 we headed down with Doug to watch dad to finish his very last lap of his 12 hour race! When he came in there was plenty of smiles, happiness(to be done), and sweat to go around!      

     We headed back to camp to get dad all cleaned up and cheer on Jon and Craig. Many of us stayed up later that night to cheer, for s'mores, and to play with all the glow sticks! Some pulled all nighters to be able to help Jon and Craig, but most went to to bed around midnight. 

Sunday morning most were up around 8 o'clock drinking coffee, eating breakfast, and still cheering on the racers! Jon went out around 8 to finish one more lap and the rest of us waited for awhile to go down to see Jon finish. Many of the 24 hour racers waited right before the finish line so they wouldn't clock in before 10 o'clock or else they would have to go and do another lap!

     After we watched the finish of the 24 hour race we packed up and headed back for home. The final stats for our group of racers was that John and Doug finished 17 out of 29, Mindy and Marisa finished  1st, and Jon and Craig finished 1st out of 13 teams! Mark finished 9 laps and ended up in 6th, and Aaron finished 3 laps. Much fun, memories, and miles biked was had! Congrats to all the bikers that participated in the Wausau 24 and especially to our little group of people who raced!