Team Hoyt !

The Early YearsRick was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen deprivation to Rick's brain at the time of his birth, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. Dick and Judy were advised to institutionalize Rick because there was no chance of him recovering, and little hope for Rick to live a "normal" life. This was just the beginning of Dick and Judy's quest for Rick's inclusion in community, sports, education and one day, the workplace.Dick and Judy soon realized that though Rick couldn't walk or speak; he was quite astute and his eyes would follow them around the room. They fought to integrate Rick into the public school system, pushing administrators to see beyond Rick's physical limitations. Dick and Judy would take Rick sledding and swimming, and even taught him the alphabet and basic words, like any other child. After providing concrete evidence of Rick's intellect and ability to learn like everyone else, Dick and Judy needed to find a way to help Rick communicate for himself. More...
With $5,000 in 1972 and a skilled group of engineers at Tufts University, an interactive computer was built for Rick. This computer consisted of a cursor being used to highlight every letter of the alphabet. Once the letter Rick wanted was highlighted, he was able to select it by just a simple tap with his head against a head piece attached to his wheelchair. When the computer was originally first brought home, Rick surprised everyone with his first words. Instead of saying, "Hi, Mom," or "Hi, Dad," Rick's first "spoken" words were: "Go, Bruins!" The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season. It was clear from that moment on, that Rick loved sports and followed the game just like anyone else.In 1975, at the age of 13, Rick was finally admitted into public school. After high school, Rick attended Boston University, and he graduated with a degree in Special Education in 1993. Dick retired in 1995 as a Lt. Colonel from the Air National Guard, after serving his country for 37 years.The Beginning of Team HoytIn the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles, coming in next to last. That night, Rick told his father, "Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped."This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days. More...
In a triathlon, Dick will pull Rick in a boat with a bungee cord attached to a vest around his waist and to the front of the boat for the swimming stage. For the biking stage, Rick will ride a special two-seater bicycle, and then Dick will push Rick in his custom made running chair (for the running stage).Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, "The thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once."The 2009 Boston Marathon was officially Team Hoyt's 1000th race. Rick always says if it comes down to doing one race a year he would like it to be the Boston Marathon: his favorite race. Dick Hoyt hopes that he is able to push Rick in the Boston Marathon when he is 70 years old (2011)! Neither Dick or Rick are ready to retire yet.
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peeing your pants

there's this certain crazy thing that happens almost every time brittney and jeslie are in the same room. one of them will pee their pants. you can guarantee it. and that will make the other pee their pants laughing at the other. it's quite a show.

My sister has been gone for quite a while now and oh how i miss her. She went to college to get educated and play softball in las vegas. But she'll be home in 22 days!!! and she'll be here to stay! i miss her so much. i can't wait till we can stay up late and watch movies together. I can't wait to melt her face off when we play guitar hero! She gets all my dumb jokes when they don't make sense to anyone else. She'll do crazy things with me that no one else would dare do. Super ultra hecka mega hug me through the web! i love your guts whitney!

MVP Girls Basketball all-star

Courtney received most valuable player for junior varsity last night at her basketball banquet which is so amazing...she earned her Maine !!

hiking waterfalls

we just cant get enough hiking in i think were hiking baffons or something so kyall addie jeslie amy and me britt went hiking again on monday it was so pretty i just loved it ..i even hugged a tree

adventures of moab

we headed of to moab and had a blast hiking and swimming and being tards is was so beautifull!!it was so cool once we got to the top i saw a bird and i got so close to it i thought it was going to eat me but it didnt i love moab its just peachy.

basketball

So, our basketball team went to the state finals this year and it was grand! We lost but it was still loads of fun. We took second and that's pretty darn good. Anyway, this is a sick picture of me getting a loose ball.

the kong cone challenge

Brittney is fantastic. 5:04. try and beat that.

X games

a while ago we decided to begin the ultimate adventure: training for the x games. we were getting pretty good on our rollerblades so we decided to move on to something new like tandem biking. As you can imagine we were fantastic at this escapade so here are some excellent pictures of our training.

I decided to pick up piano about a month ago look how far iv come...

elf yourself

go down to the bottom of the page where it says single ladies and liston to the song with this video its funny

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

ward volleyball yall !!

Our ward is the bomb! we made it to reginals in volleyball and even though we only won two or three games we had a blast !

spotlight cuz shes the light in our life :)

today's spotlight is on the one and only courtney giles! courtney is a devoted young women who never backs down to the challenge whatever it may be. she is a mighty viking a truly marvelouse soul her beauty practicly knocking every young lad off their feet she keeps it real with everyone she meets.as her potential is at its peak she reaches it each and every day ..straight a's to be egzact! she is an inspiration to us all a true hero what a girl .happy birthday !!! love your friends brittney and jeslie ...have a wonderfull day..

birttney's fiasco

so on saturday night o major adventure happened and it wasnt such a lovely one,while driving addie home i drove into her garage door and busted it all up and my parents car it was bad all the neighbors came out and started laughing but i didnt think it was so funny .i seemed to mix the gas pedal with the break pedal thats how it all started.now im in trouble with my parents for a while and its no bueno

preference

so courtney and jeslie went to preference and had a magnificent evening! they made gingerbread houses and made gingerbread people. yum! then they went to and ate a wonderful dinner! then they went dancing and realized just how great they were at it. they had a super cool group too! courtney went with jordan and jeslie went with dane. ah man what a blast!......brittney feels left out so here is a picture of her at homecoming..

so i have a funny joke for you all... why did the monkey fall out of the tree?...and you say idk why...and i say because he died...and then i say why did the cat fall out of the tree and u say idk why...i say becouse it was stappled to the monkeys tail ! ha ha ha im so bored that it was quite funny!!

ugly sweater club

we are in an ugly sweater club at school so we wear ugly sweaters on occasions here are some piscures of them,i think we look pretty good in them