Biking, Biking and more Biking

About 4 weeks ago Lucas started to ride his bike on his own!!! We got him the bike for his 5th birthday and rather than getting the right size we got one size bigger than what he needed. We tried all last summer to get him to ride his bike but it was really just too big for him. This spring when he was finally tall enough to sit on the seat and touch the ground he was riding it within a couple of weeks. After riding around the block the first time with his dad he said, "Dad, I think I love biking as much as you do now." :)

Speaking of biking, we went to our first Motorcross event at the Rocky Mountain Raceways and even though it was spring time it was snowing, blowing and freezing. Steve was out of town so the boys and I went by ourselves and after watching the guys on bikes warm up for an hour we had had enough. The competition had not even started when we left but by the time we got to the truck all of our fingers and toes were FROZE! We finally warmed up right before we got home so we decided to stop for some ice cream.

A couple of Saturdays ago Steve and I took the boys to grandma Judy's house and we took our bikes downtown for the Tour de Brewtah. We got to ride around to four different breweries and received a pint of beer at each one. Needless to say I was feeling no pain at the end of our ride.

The Tulip Festival

Last month we met up with some of my MOPS friends at Thanksgiving Point for the Tulip Festival. Even though a lot of the tulips had not bloomed yet it was still a beautiful day and we enjoyed walking around and just being amongst friends.

We have enjoyed watching our little friend Danee three days a week for the last month or so. I did learn right away that it is tough going from two to three kids and especially a younger kid who is not quit as independent as Landon at three years old. We will be watching her up until the end of this school season when our schedule gets a little bit crazy with vacations, swimming and other summer activities.

My "Bleeping" Blog

So I am not sure what the deal is with my blog but it has really been frustrating me lately - hence the lack of my blogging. Some times it will put in a bunch of spaces between my pictures and even though I go through and delete them and save my changes, when I go to view my blog the spaces are still there. My Easter blog was really a pain. I went in like three times and added text but it would not save the text. Don't think I was being lazy I was just fed up. Hopefully it was just that particular post, I promise to try again.

Happy Easter Weekend

One Busy Weekend

Last weekend was such a whirlwind I am not quit sure how I managed to fit everything in....well everything that is except a birthday party that I had written down the wrong time for. It started Friday afternoon when the boys joined me in helping set up for my MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) rummage sale. They were so content to just hang out and even helped set up the toys that I let them each pick out a toy from the sale. After our volunteer shift was over we hurried downtown to the Salt Lake Expo Center where I had to pick up my bib number for a bike ride I was participating in the next day. We then met the Armstrong family at Squatters Pub for dinner before then heading over to the Energy Solutions Arena for a little indoor football. We met up with the Williamson family at the game where we enjoyed cheering on the BLAZE for a while before leaving early so we could get home and hit the sack.

My Saturday started around 4:30 a.m. when I had to get out of bed and out the door in order to make it to Sarah's house and on to the starting line for our 6:00 a.m. bike tour. This was our second year riding the Armstrong's antique tandem bike the 26 miles of the Salt Lake City Marathon course. One day I may be crazy enough to try running the 26 miles instead but until then I am content to sit behind Sarah and let her do all the pedaling. ;) JK!!!After finishing the ride in 1 hr. 40 min. Matt picked us up and took me back to the truck where I was then off to catch Lucas's soccer game. I was so glad I did not have to miss his game especially since he again scored a goal and we were joined at his game by Grandma Judy, Angi, Mia & Deja Williamson and Sarah, Sean, Gracie & Isabel Armstong. Lucas felt like such a stud to have so many loved ones cheering him on from the sidelines. Once the game was over we headed to Chic-Fil-A to grab some early lunch and let the kids play. When we got home I realized that we were late for our little friend Danee's birthday party because I had written down the wrong time. Instead the boys did yard work while I did stuff around the house.

Sunday morning I got up early to meet the Armstrong family at their church where baby Isabel was being dedicated.

After church Steve and the boys met up with us and we went to brunch at Blue Plate Diner. The kids got to play around outside while we waited for a table. The yummy food was definitely worth the wait.

After brunch we headed for home where the boys had a little time to play before it was time to get all gussied up and head to our friend Mia's 5th Birthday Party. Most of the kids got to ride in a limo to the Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake.

Luckily it was nice outside so the kids got to run around and play in the courtyard. There were numerous fountains and yes Landon and Lucas decided to walk through a shallow one just as I was not looking.

After leaving the party we went and bought the boys new shoes and then it was finally time to head home to unwind. Luckily Lucas was about to start Spring Break so he had plenty of time to relax at home.