Whirlwind

Well... we had our first race Sunday. D didn't race this weekend but I was out in full force with "Baby" I took over 2300 pictures and would have taken more but I forgot my other battery and was running low. Tonight at 1045 I finall finished uploading pics.. After I was done I found that I had done around 640... The way it felt I had done 10,000... I have been eating and sleeping dirtbikes... Anyways we sold a few a the track and about 8 off the website.. If I figure right I have about $58,000 more to go before I can quit work.. I made a deal with myself that if I made xxx I would quit work for rolling around in the dirt... I don't see me quitting anytime soon though.. but wish me luck. If interested check them out.. I did upload a lot more than I would have but some wanted all of their pictures so they could pick the best one.. And I will be honest.. after 640 or 10,000 I didn't edit too many at the end.. I'm not seeing stars I'm seeing bikes and dirt, and butt cracks hanging out of gear.. I didn't add those pictures for the sake of the rider..

www.gearboxphotos.com ~Cathy

Wees

So far so good on the weather holding out for the race today.. It's 530 in the morning and I can't sleep. I'm a midnight person anyways but I'm also nervous about today.. I hope I don't get ran over by a herd of boys on bikes and I hope I get a lot of good shots. These little guys are from last weekend.Aren't they the cutest.. They are both 4 years old. I love this one with the dirt fluffing up around his foot and the weed hanging out the back. ( he was going about 3 mph, he was just creeping around but he made dirt) I'm not even sure he can see out of those googles. I doubt they make little wee googles..these guys are barely out of diapers..well not really but ya know.

I stopped and talked to their parents and then I went back to get a few shots.. They actually bought 4 different ones off my site. I don't remember which ones. I took like a 100 of just them and a few other little guys.

Wish me luck today and I will twitter if I get a detour.. just kiddin..

The three amigos

Last night D had the guys over to spend the night. The girls were gone so it was full on guys night.
Look at this..we have never seen this picture before.. D and his phone.. texting....NO! No?... The next pic I took was C texting too. What did we do without cell phones and texting?
They wanted to show me some tricks so I grabbed Baby and ran outside with them to capture another moment of them growing up. C is testing the waters. He is just recovering from a broken foot, he is our little accident prone child.. He is always getting hurt.

D took the water.

Then Cousin d decided to film it. I think he got wet.

This is their fun little toy.. they leave the serious business for the track.

I just don't know what to say about this... hmmmm?

Miss Emma Sue didn't approve of their behavior... She was mad at her boys for running that thing around her yard.. She was in attack mode.. Okay.. she weighs 7lbs.. she can't do too much damage. When I left for work they were looking at the practice pics and I thought they were calling it a night. I guess after I left they swam, rode bikes and ate us out of house and home.. G said they were still up at 1:30... I'm not sure what time the party ended but they were sound asleep when I got home...

~Cathy

Boys Club

Last night I got invited to hang with boys in the garage. So I grabbed "baby" and the way we went. I sat there and captured all their hidden talents... Look D is not texting..Mark it on your calendars.

Cousin D going after my car that drove away without permission.Then it showed up again with the radio blarring.I would love to have this baby.. I don't know why but it would be nice, power steering and everything..wowzaaaaa..And I guess this is what they do..inspect, talk, inspect, fix.Then the good ole bikes come out for some fun. Here is our resident, model.

Here is D with his cousin. She is home from college, very tired after a full day of work.. I just say, get used to it honey.

The big tornado watch that eventually caused rain at 7 am... They are never right. So we shall continue to play.Nasty skies.Model slash warrior slash talent contestant...He is multi-talented.

and the x games section of the night.

Then I went home and got ready for work.

Look what I get

I bought the monster D new gloves for racing. I made him lay them out so I could get a picture of them brand new. I knew it wouldn't be long before they were dirty and trashed. Then I made him model them.Then he took them off and I tried them on..too big for me. Thought maybe I could use them in the garden but not..no just kiddin. By now he is tired of the camera in his face.. So he starts swatting at me... how dare him...Then he almost pulls a paparazzi move and grabs my lens.. oh nO No...!!!!

Then I stop taking pictures and move on to another subject... Like the dust on my end tables.. but I won't show you that. Then I yell, "where is my maid?" Oh,, that's right, it's me and I need to put the camera down and do something.

~Cathy

My dirty Saturday

I woke up around 2 pm on Friday.. I finally made it to bed Saturday night around 1130pm.. I did get a 2 hour nap in Saturday night but other than that I was up...and this is how I kept myself going Saturday morning and afternoon.. I ran around in the dirt taking pictures of the boys. This is my D

This is my baby's daddy...ha ha He jumped to far, hard or just flat out crazy beyond what he could handle and flipped into a mud puddle..it was more like a pond.. He was dripping with mud.Just a little damage to his brand new bike.. he had to run and buy new handle bars..

Jump after jump,dust cloud after dust cloud.. I was two shades darker when I finally got done.

This is Cousin D.. it is his 16th Birthday Monday and all he wanted was for all the boys to go riding..

Just a few of the almost 700 something that I took....guess what I'm doing tonight.. I love it. This bottom pic has no tweaking, no cropping nothing but behind the jumper is our line of trucks..the caravan. When we left the place cleared out. We had a good time.. I had a dirty mouth... I kept telling the boys that when they would come in to rest.. I wish I had some Orbit gum with me..

Cathy

I can't wait....

I have to work til 8am then I am going home, slamming a shower (to start fresh) racing to the dirt bike track to watch the boys and I mean ALL of the boys ride their dirt bikes.. I can't wait. Monday is Cousin D's 16th birthday and all he wanted was for the boys to ride.. so D, Colton, Jared, Justin, Austin, Kyle, Grant and who knows who else is caravanning down to the track to celebrate. I packed Sunny D's, orange slices, carrots, celery, grapes and salami sandwiches for the feast, Cousin D's mom is handling the chips and cookies. We are going to have a great time... I sure hope that I catch a big second wind about 8 am and keep going. I may get out in that warm sun and have to snooze a bit..

Here is a video of some of the boys.. D was not here this day.. This is where D had his wreck last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3aiqW7Ydm4

Part 2- What do you think

I made a post earlier and explained the story of my day. Please check it out and leave me a comment I want the good, the bad and ugly. You can see more of my pictures on flickr- http://www.flickr.com/photos/swohiolife/ under dirt bikes

below is my monster D- He changed gear, helmet, boots and number this year.

this is D's dad

Here he is again on the left

Dad changed bikes and gear this year, same number.

Here in the air.

and here...

This is cousin D

and here..

and here eating his dad's dust or mud chunks as it is..

and again in the air...this was one of the first shots before his bike got caked with mud.

They were very dirty boys today..very dirty...like power washer dirty....~Cathy

After I made this post I was checkin pics on the web...I just think I need a faster shutter speed, especially when it started to get dark. I should have turned the ISO up a bit but didn't..maybe next time.