4luvandlife

On father's day edy said "da da" for the first time. I don't need to write any more. It doesn't get any better than that. It is, however, further proof that she has a heart for the dramatic. We began to suspect this sometime about halfway through her week long labor and it seems to be getting stronger as her personality begins to surface. Whatever dramatic production she is putting on I am getting tickets to because she puts on a great show.

The boys went up a size in bikes. Henry went from 16 to 20 inches and Wyatt went from 12 to 16. They can both go like the wind now. Wyatt about blew my doors off the first time coming out of the driveway with his "16er". Henry put about 25 miles on in the first 3 days with his "20er". Last week we rode down to st. Anthony falls to celebrate the bike path being extended to the river. He rode 14 miles! And he could have done more. Henry has fallen in love with the trails at Theo worth. Been on them 3 times and it's hard to get him off them when it's time to go. Wyatt rides in the baby seat but we call it the Woogie seat I asked Henry if he wants to try a race. He says he will try it in three years.

H and i saw this. got some LEDs and a soldering iron and played around a bit ourselves. maybe get to a variation of this someday.

winter riding is fun. but skiing is more fun. living as close as i do to what sounds like some great cross country skiing at Theodore Wirth Park i figured i better get out there. found a pair of Atomic skate ski boots today at closeout prices. i can rent the skis and poles at Three Rivers Parks all over. Theo Wirth, Baker, Hyland and more. let it snow and let the racing go year around.

haven't been biking much. a baby will do that. when it comes down to time with baby E or riding baby E wins out. every day she is new and different. i did finally try my first cyclocross. you know you are livin when you think you may be dying.

Been a long time since this blog has rock and rolled. work has been crazy and baby E arrived on Saturday Aug 14th. had to drop in and record the impressive ride by H yesterday. when we left the driveway he looked at me and said, "We're going to go on our longest ride ever today". i loved it. the conviction made it sound like we were about to ride across the state. he did do his longest ride ever. 9.6 miles! rode to Cedar Lake, stopped at a playground, around Cedar Lake, and back home. my little man. you are a great big brother H.

added to the ipod for a boost to the 2nd half of the season: a double order of cheese as Woo would say, "let's do this"