Mother’s Day Bike Ride & BBQ

Mother’s Day this year turned out to be a gorgeous day! Since I have committed to doing the bike leg of a triathlon in July with Terra, I have been thinking about ways to get in some training time. I use the term “training” lightly, of course. ;) This day seemed like a great day for a bike ride, so we loaded up the bikes in our truck and headed down to Seaward Park in South Seattle.

They have a bike trail that is about 2.5 miles long. We all rode around the loop one time together and then Kurt let me go again on my own and timed me. The trail was pretty crowded so I’m not sure how accurate it was, but he thought I made decent time and that I should be able to do the 12 mile bike in July in a little under an hour. I sure hope so!! :)

After our bike ride, we went home where Kurt barbequed up a salmon dinner for us and we ate out on the patio in the backyard. The girls decided to turn it into a ‘party’ for me, so they made posters and streamers and hung them up around the backyard. They even made a sign for the front door that read, “Don’t bother knocking, we’re having a party. Come on around to the back!” I felt very blessed by their sweet gestures. :) While Kurt was cooking and the girls were decorating, I enjoyed a nice conversation with MY mom on the phone.

It was a really great Mother’s Day. I love my family so, so much.

Bummin’ Around in the Backyard

This post will really have nothing more to it than some fun pictures. Kurt got the Quad out in the yard when Ashley and Lauren had their friends (MacKenzie and Raychael) over. He took us all for a ride. For me it was my first time on the thing! It was fun… I can’t wait to go for a real ride sometime. :)

Look at that ponytail fly!!

We never got a picture of Ashley on her ride. We’ll have to get her next time.

Spring Break Camping at Grayland Beach

We decided it was time to head to the ocean for a camping trip. We hadn’t been to the Washington Coast since Ashley was a baby, and thought Spring Break would give us the perfect opportunity. We went to Grayland Beach, which is between Long Beach and Ocean Shores.

It was really pretty there. I just loved the big flat open beach. It was cold and windy, but the scenery was worth it! Plus, it was sunny most of the week, so we managed to get warm when we were out of the wind.

We had some nice walks together as a family and Buddy had a blast! The girls had fun exploring the campground playing “Campground Hunters” (instead of House Hunters, the show on HGTV). They also enjoyed the tall grasses between our campsite and the beach. They played hide-and-seek there a lot.

We really had a chance to relax and spend good time together as a family once again. There was no cell service or wireless at all, either, so no one could even text, get on the computer or anything else electronic in nature.

Oh, how I love our family camping trips! I hope the girls will always have great memories of these times!

Can’t wait to go back to Grayland Beach!! :)

Easter 2010

The girls look forward to our annual traditions for every holiday. Easter is of course one of the holidays that we love to celebrate! The girls really understand and enjoy talking about Jesus’ resurrection and His defeat of sin and death so that we can live, by His grace, forever.

To celebrate Easter, like many people we dye eggs as a tradition. We also are regularly invited to the Ducoing’s for an Easter brunch and egg hunt for all the kids.

The weather cooperated this year and the kids had a great time finding all the eggs. Tami hosted a really nice brunch as usual. It was a great Easter!