Family Bike Ride

So we've been biking as a family twice now and have failed to successfully take pictures. Before I forgot, I got Sarah to grab her phone really quickly and take a quick picture. The two boys are somewhere out of the picture. It's pretty fun. In our busy rural city we have found a nice little 'trail' that is wide and paved and long. We go up it from the middle, then turn around and go all the way down it. The first time I had Tensley in front of me and Addie sat in her carseat, in the trailer. Both times the girls did great. The boys do great too, and Sarah now knows she doesn't want a fixie :)

Busy spring

Quite a week we've had. Camping, wall-building, tummy-rolling, surgery and a great find (Among other things) :)

Addie turned 6 months on June 4th. She loves her baths....and her toes.
Orson finally learned to ride on two wheels. He took his time, but he loves being on just two.
We got rid of his herniated belly-button this week. The doc restricted him from lifting over 5 lbs. and playing in water (he can wade) for 10 weeks. Pretty crazy, but I've never had belly stitches.



Here is the wall I just finished with look-alike railroad ties. I put a bunch of dead-men in and everything. Glad it is finally in!
So I can't remember if I ever posted the first wall I built last summer. I decided on the interlocking brick since I had such a negative experience with railroad ties. So far I am still happy with them.


Addie likes to automatically roll no matter where you put her or what you are doing. She sleeps pretty well on her tummy too.




This is the great buy. I've been looking for a solution to hauling bikes while going camping.

This is us camping over Memorial Day weekend. Quite a fun maiden voyage for our pop up.



So I've been building walls, or rebuilding walls. While I dig up old railroad ties or dig a trench for a dead man, I pull up roots from the quakies and find these things. Not sure what they are but they seem to attack my tree roots. How do you get rid of them?