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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Excercise I like...

I bought a bike from a neighbor yesterday, and then promptly went to Walmart and bought a trailer for my two little ones to ride behind me. I tried it out this morning. It was alot of fun! I haven't been bike riding in literally years. It was a smooth ride, but wow, what a workout. William weighs nearly 25 lbs, and Kaitlyn is 35 lbs. You do the math. That's how much weight I was pulling.

I never thought our neighborhood was that hilly, but when you're pulling 60 lbs behind you, every little rise is a serious strain on your muscles. (At least it is on my wimpy muscles :) It took me nearly 30 minutes to completely cool down when I was done. I haven't worked that hard in a while. It was great.


So, I decided that after dinner each night I'd go bike riding with Alan and Sarah on their bikes, and my two little ones in the trailer. I went again tonight with them and it wasn't as hard as this morning.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Spending time with Daddy...

Last night we took the kids out on the deck and roasted marshmallows and just spent some time together as a family. We looked at the stars and talked about things at school, and just cherished our time all together before Tom left. Sorry for the bad pic, but it was dark. Tom left today for a 2 month military school in Missouri. He will be gone until December 13th. He'll miss Halloween, Thanksgiving, William's 1st Birthday and our 11th anniversary. It was very hard to let him go today. But we just got webcams for his laptop and our desktop at home, and so we'll be able to see each other through them everyday. That will help.

Welcome cousin Joshua!!

I know I'm a little late posting this. Sorry everyone, Tom just left for two months today, and we're all a little sad... BUT we're so excited that baby Joshua is finally here! He was born on October 12 at 7:41 pm was 8lbs 15 oz. and 20 inches long. What a big boy!! We wish we were there to see him. Another cousin to add to the fun. (Johnny, we're expecting another "cousin chaos" post of Joshua as soon as possible. :)

We love and miss you Ben, Mary and Joshua!!

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