Look What I can do!

Today, Alex accomplished a great feat. He learned to ride his bike without training wheels. He is getting so BIG! He came into the house and asked Aaron and I to take off his training wheels. We agreed and went outside to take them off. He was so excited he could hardly stand it. We took his bike out to the middle of the road and I helped him get on. He started riding with me running beside me and he says "Watch how fast I can go, Mom" and proceeds to speed up. I start yelling for him to slow because we have not yet learned how to stop, turn, or even get off the bike. Luckily, I caught up to him and told him we had to start out slow until he could learn all the fundamentals of bike riding. It didn't take him long and now he is riding like a pro. He is so proud and so are we! Way to go Alex!

Raspberry Days

It has become a tradition in our house to drive to Bear Lake and join in on the celebrations of "Raspberry Days." We loaded up the trailer and headed up Thursday night. There is always a small crafter's fair and the kids, well mostly me, likes to wander through and see all the fun crafts. We even found a booth there selling "True Hawaii shave ice" so, of course, we had to stop. Hmmm, they were good, but still nothing like the shave ice we enjoy in Hawaii. Oh well, it still hit the spot on that hot, sunny day. The next day, Grandma and Grandpa McGee came up and we all spent the afternoon playing in the beautiful waters of Bear Lake. The kids are so amazed that they can see the bottom and had fun walking far out into the lake. They had fun finding all the little seashells along the shore and bringing me their collections, which I discreetly left on the beach when it was time to go.

Saturday night, we all headed out to the rodeo. That was a lot of fun and the kids even got to go down and compete for a prize. They tied a ribbon to the tail of a calf and set the kids loose to chase the calf down and try to grab the ribbon. We were laughing so hard! At one point, Adam was really close to getting the ribbon and Alex ran so hard. It was a great night!

We had a great weekend up in Bear Lake and can't wait to do it again. Plus, we bought some YUMMY raspberries and came home and made this:

Now we have delicious raspberry jam that we can enjoy all year long!

Here is our home away from home

Aaron and the kids enjoying their shave ice

Playing in Bear Lake