Riding to school

Sophie can ride a bike!  It's very exciting and the hope is that it will help her get to school faster.  She tends to stop a lot on her scooter and on Monday all the kids were late for school because they were waiting for her.  I decided to let Luke and Claire go with Glen today and I would help Sophie - she can ride her bike but has a hard time starting when she stops.  We made it about 2 blocks and she stopped and told me her knees hurt and she was too tired to keep going.  She has no problem riding that far if it's to go play at the park or go to grandma's house...for some reason she wears out fast when she's going to school.  I guess we will stick with the scooter for a little longer and she can leave 10 minute earlier!  Silly girl.

New Bikes

Todd and I decided it was finally time to just get the boys good bikes.  We took them to Sports Authority and let them pick out new bikes.  They were so excited to have "real" bikes.  It took about 2 times up and down the sidewalk with Todd then Luke was riding like a champ.  Sure he didn't learn to ride a bike until he was almost 8 - but when he decided it was finally time he picked it up fast.  

 

On a side note:  did you notice both of our cars parked in the garage?  Yippee!  I didn't think the Durango would fit but with a little space management we've got them both in. 

Just a few things

This weekend I went on a great bike ride with Traci up Southfork Canyon. After the ride I quickly threw my bike on the rack and headed home. About a half mile down the road I noticed my bike wasn't in my rear view mirror....oh no! I of course didn't think and just freaked out so I flipped a u-turn and busted back up the road....then I realized that my bike wouldn't have fallen off but would be dragging behind me so I quickly pulled over. I'm pretty sure I did more damage in my freak out. The good news is that only my handlebars were damaged and I think that with some new tape it will be usable until next year. I don't want to spend the extra money on the parts this year since I'm not riding much due to marathon training. It almost made me cry - my bike is my favorite possession.

Friday was Pioneer Day and work was slow so I left a little early and took the kids to the pool. We had so much fun swimming and playing in the water for a few hours. I saw a girl from the gym who had her first baby a few weeks after Sophie and she was wearing a bikini showing off her 6 pack. I got so self conscious. I don't know why I can' just be happy with how my body looks in my late 30's and after 4 babies. Not that I had rock hard abs before I had babies :) I swear it is so hard to just accept my body how it is and be happy and not compare myself to others.

Poor Sophie is not sleeping well right now. I hope it's just her little teeth finally coming in. She hasn't been falling asleep fast and she has been waking up in the night. I sure hope as soon as her second tooth breaks we'll get a break from this and she'll start sleeping again. It might be time to move to 1 nap soon too.

I finished my 2008 blog book last week. I am very excited about how it turned out. It's over 260 pages so I know it will cost me quite a few bucks...but it is such a great family journal. My kids absolutely love reading about themselves and hearing stories and seeing pictures. I'm excited that all my time on here as well as the time it took to make my book perfect are paying off.

Life is good!

A Fun Filled Weekend

Man this weekend was jam packed ... I didn't have anytime to blog at all! Friday night was the fathers and sons camp out for our ward. Todd took both boys this year which was FABULOUS. I made Todd a nice healthy foil dinner with turkey burger and veggies and sent some hot dogs and marshmallows for the boys (not so healthy...oh well). They had a good time, but it was very cold and none of them got any sleep.

Our girls night was super fun and my little ladies have some adorable hair bows now. Thank goodness that I have so many friends with mad craft skills. My speciality was hot gluing the ribbons on the clips in preparation for the bows or flowers. It was so much fun and I tried really hard to limit the amount of super yummy treats I consumed (don't worry Traci's recipe is coming soon).

Saturday morning I got out on my bike and we rode up to Southfork. It was my first ride since last November and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Which is probably why I ate a bug on my way down the canyon! I was so much fun riding with the ladies and I still have a few more months of beautiful fall weather here. I love my bike and I love that I have such a great group of friends to ride with.

Then on Sunday it was my week to teach and Todd was set apart as Ward Clerk. So he has 6 hours of meetings to look forward every Sunday morning from now on. I'm not sure which will be harder for me: getting Todd out of bed before 7:00 am or getting all the kids ready and to church on time by myself.

When we were leaving church the minivan battery was dead so we decided to walk home. It was beautiful outside. The kids were hilarious. They kept saying we didn't know how to get home and that we would NEVER make it home. Silly kids. So today I got to go get a new battery. Ugh!

I promise that I will set aside more time to blog properly....pictures and everything!

Tayson the Biker

Yesterday the kids were playing out back while I fixed dinner, a normal occurrence when there is good weather. So I was watching out the kitchen window and I see Tayson coming from Lucy's house on her bike. What in the world!?! We bought Tayson a bike 2 years ago for Christmas and he has refused to touch it and said he isn't old enough to ride even with training wheels. This has always been a hit to my pride since I LOVE biking. My kid being the only neighbor kid on a big wheel was just embarrassing. Especially since he's 2 years older than Lucy and she has been riding her bike for a year like a champ. So I went outside and asked him who taught him to ride a bike and when he started riding a bike and he says "I don't know I just did it". Well let me tell you I am so excited that he can ride a bike and can't wait to go to the store to get him one of his own. I asked him what kind of bike he wants and he said "One just like Lucy's, but without princesses on it".