Another Adventure

We had so much fun on our Father's Day adventure,

we decided to do something a bit crazier

Tuesday night.

We finished dinner early

and decided on a bike ride.

I commented that I wish we had further to ride than

just our neighborhood.

Then remembered that there is a gravel road that

runs beside the highway outside of our neighborhood.

My father-in-law lives 1.6 miles south of us,

on the same side of the highway.

So I suggested we take this

gravel road and see how far it takes us.

IT WORKED!

It was a LONG and BUMPY

ride, but we got there!!

We did make it on to pavement at one point,

and 

stumbled upon another critter...

No he is not trying to touch it - 

he is giving it bunny ears...

(insert eye roll from mommy here)

Unfortunately, by the time we got there 

we realized it was going to be too dark to ride back.

So daddy and papa grande loaded

all the bikes in the back of papa grande's truck

and then daddy went back and

got the suburban to pick us up in!

HAHA!!

Since the babies are in the trailer,

we kept trying to decide if they enjoyed the ride

or not.

Ms. Priss was TIRED from a long day

and a little extra cranky and weepy.

As we were making the 2 min car ride

home, she started just 

bawling!

She was so upset that we were

leaving our bikes at Papa Grande's!

She had not seen daddy leave

to take them back to the house

and get the car she was riding in...

and she was NOT convinced that the

bikes were already back at the house...

It was too funny,

but makes me think she likes our 

bike rides!

And you can tell by the lack of pictures of this 

adventure...

I didn't take my phone with me!

I am not sure we will do that particular trek again,

but we have discovered that 

all of the bikes and the trailer will fit

in the back of the truck so we can 

load up and go on another path.

The hardest part of that though...

not the bikes,

the carseats!

UGH!

Belated Mother's Day

Mother's Day

As you know we spent Mother's Day celebrating 

the reason I am a mom!  

R's 8th birthday.

And considering how late I was getting 

my mom her birthday

AND 

Mother's Day stuff this year

(horribly late!)

It is only fitting that mine was late too...

Last week after church, we stopped by the 

sports store and got my Mother's Day present. 

(I cannot NOT comment on my sytlin' 6 yo here!!

I am loving the outfit - 

he picked it all out himself - 

however, 

we did have to request that he change out of his

khaki cargo shorts and into blue jeans)

So once we got this contraption home,

daddy spent the next day or so cleaning and 

checking my bike 

(that hadn't been ridden in probably 9 years)

and his "new" hand-me-down bike from his dad

(who is about 4" shorter)

We finally got the chance to go for our first EVER family bike ride.

The set up!

The cargo/passengers.

And we are READY!!!

(not the most flattering picture of me,

and I considered not posting it, 

but everyone else looks great in this pic,

so here it is...)

Daddy and R ventured up this hill...

J & the cargo and I waited at the bottom for our adventurers...

Show off!

R wobbled quite a bit at the top and all I could do is hold my breath!

 It was fun and we can't wait to do it again!!!