Mary and I attended a free class about proper nutrition during long bike rides. It was really informative and I took lots of notes for the 100 mile ride I had scheduled for May. Plus, it's always fun to hang out with Mare!
Snowy days make the children ecstatic, no matter when they happen!
My big sis had major surgery during the end of my SG stay so I tried to help her out when I was back by taking Brigg while all the other kids were at school. It was pure fun to have these cuties at the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum with me one afternoon — they were hilarious and energetic and very entertaining.
Any outing that ends in ice cream is a good one! Brigg talks to me about seeing dinos and getting ice cream with Luke almost every time I've seen him since. I'll for sure have to repeat once we get on a school schedule in the fall.
Rode my farthest yet on a sunny Saturday with Joseph to prepare for my century. It was a hot, windy day which was fine for a few hours but really wore me out after about 45 miles. I was feeling really unsure about riding 100 a month later, but then we stopped and ate a subway sandwich and drank a huge fountain drink at the gas station and I felt so much better. I barely made it to 60 which I hit right by our house but it was a huge accomplishment for me!
Looking sweaty and battered after my ride but I'm always up for rides with my guy. He is tough and makes me work but he also keeps my going and knows what I need to feel encouraged (FYI he's not allowed to tell me that stretches which feel like an incline are in fact not an incline at all which his fancy Garmin tells him. If I feel like it's uphill and not flat he just needs to go with it :))
Earned a fantastic sunburn after 5 hours in the saddle. I remembered sunblock on my arms and face but totally forgot about covering my thighs — oops!
Beautifully written book which I'm adding to a favorites list
Tye and Mason were in town for a quick weekend and we decided to hit the curiosity museum with like 1000 other people one Saturday afternoon. We took Cec's 3 young ones with us and had quite the group of kids! I had a hard time keeping track of everyone but luckily they all stay with each other and I never lost anyone! We were sad that the rain rolled in while we were there because the kids really love that zipline out on the playground and only got a ride or 2 in before we were getting soaked out there.
Cutest Water Works girls all decked out at the museum. I don't think they even did much with water in these outfits but just wanted to get all dressed up in them!
I spent a good part of the spring going through storage spaces and long neglected areas that needed organization and order (plus I wanted to do a garage sale in June so wanted to go through all rooms and all storage before doing so). It paid off big time — one box was full of books and I wanted to get them out on shelves or donated to my sale pile and when I pulled out Asher Lev all this cash just fell right out of it! It was $600 dollars and such a huge (amazing!!) surprise to find. I knew I loved that book :) I remembered it was cash from a freelance project Joseph did like 6 years ago and we had wanted to save the cash for an emergency stash and then somehow completely forgot where that money had gone — classic moron move, but it's helpful to have it now!
One day I was feeling particularly crafty I turned the cushions from Bentley's beat up anywhere chair into this fluffy pouf. I had the fabric on hand and just had to buy some extra padding to complete it. It's messy and not stuffed well but the kids love it and use it all the time so I'm glad it worked out.
Reading fun night at the kids' school. They dressed up like favorite characters from books (Laura Ingalls Wilder, Percy Jackson and Pinkalicious). My last year to have these 3 all at the same school :(
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