new bike and trailer!!

first time in the trailer!!

the kids and i carpooled with my sis and eli to their house for the rest of the week. we are excited to get to spend some time with them at their house and explore the state park that they live in with my new bike and bike trailer!! it's my birthday present that i have finally...barely...had time to purchase–that's a whole other story!!

eli, claire and wyatt watching a "show".

we started today playing inside and watching a "show". we wanted to wait until jason got home from work before we went on our bike excursion in the park. we also went to a couple of stores because i still had to get wyatt a helmet.

ready to load up!!

every one's excited!!
(well, except eli...he's been on quite a few bike rides, so he knows what to expect!)

here we go!! :)

we had a fun ride, and my legs were burning when we got back!!! there are some hills in that park and i was pulling my weight plus about 60 more. if i can get into some sort of routine with this, maybe i can get into shape...we'll see!! the kids were a bit squished in the trailer. we had to come back sooner than we wanted because they started pushing and bonking heads a bit. so i may be getting a seat for the bike as well. it was really fun aside from that! ;) looking forward to riding again tomorrow!!!

two too cute in blue

even though i have no photo proof, my sis (ree) and nephew (eli) are here! they have come to visit us for a couple of days and then we are heading to their house for the rest of the week and then hopefully camping the coming up weekend!


this morning ree, the 3 kids and i went to church. i didn't purposely put them in blue, but when i noticed how cute they looked together (and how "eastery" for the end of september...oh well! that's what happens when it's still near 90 degrees!!!), i felt i should take their picture. claire does actually have her easter dress on–that her nana made her!! (love it!)

phone talker

depending on his mood, wyatt enjoys talking on the phone. matt left today for a canada hunting trip with his dad. he called around bedtime in order to get to talk with the kids before they went to bed, in hopes that wyatt would be in a phone talking mood!! thankfully i had talked the phone call up and he was ready and excited to get the call. he looks so grownie talking on the phone!!

our cuties

just thought that they both looked so cute in this picture! :)

claire (20 months old)

horsie mama

horsin' around with my munchkins!
(for the record, claire was smiling,
she and wyatt bonked heads just before this was taken!)