The kids were happy to see their favorite racer is back on his bike after knee surgery. 

Monster Energy Kawasaki's James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., won today's opening round AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF at the 13th Annual Giant RV Motocross National Presented by Yamaha at Glen Helen Raceway. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Austin Stroupe, of Lincolnton, N.C., picked up his first career win in AMA Motocross Lites.

Stewart was dominant on this day and went on to post a solid 1-1 moto finish to notch his fifth overall victory of his AMA Motocross career. Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Mike Alessi, of Victorville, Calif., finished 2-2 for second overall while Red Bull Honda's Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., was third with a 3-3.

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Trampoline and Tumbling State Meet - Bakersfield, CA

We spent this past weekend in lovely Bakersfield, CA, with Olivia's gymnastics team.  Her main sport is traditional artistic gymnastics (bars, beam, vault, floor), but her coach thinks the girls get some value out of competing trampoline and tumbling (T&T) during their off season.  There isn't a lot of pressure on the girls during this season, and they only practice the events literally minutes out of their 18 hour a week practice schedule, but they all did fantastic.  Most qualified in all three events (trampoline, tumbling and double-mini) for JO Nationals in Kansas City, MO, in July.  Our Livie Lu had a good meet.  She's the 1st place Level 5 9-10 year old State Tumbling Champion, 2nd place double-mini (one judge gave her a 9.9 on her first pass - wow), and 3rd place trampoline.  Her team mates took the 1st place spots in DM and tramp, so her gym did really well.  As usual, when the meet was over and we all wanted to congratulate her and revel in the moment, she had thoughts of only one thing - food.  Oh well, I'm actually grateful it all doesn't go to her head.

As you can see, gymnastics takes us to the most interesting places - we've already been to Tulsa, OK, and Sacramento, CA, so far this year - all places I've been dying to spend my travel dollars.  I may not love every city we've landed in, but for Liv, it's all about the travel and hotels - handstands in the elevators with her team mates, sleepovers in the rooms, breakfast in their jammies, dinners in a large group at the restaurants - she loves it all.  Robbie and I got to skip some of the hotel hullaballoo this weekend by staying in his parents' RV, which was conveniently located in the RV park right behind the hotel where the other girls were staying - thanks Nan and Do.