Saturday, February 7, 2009

Good Bye Old Friend

I, for some strange reason, seem to be surround by friends and a husband who love to throw things away. I mean it is the highlight of the day. Flemming can not wait for garbage day and finds it insulting if we do not have a full can. He loves to eat the last of the cereal so he can throw the box away. Things like that......Now I know my readers and I know that most of you are like that and yes you probably all know that that is just not me. I would not call my self a hoarder, but I do not get that same thrill. Actually sometimes it even pains me......like today

My family is growing up. I guess that is what kids do. I have had so much fun with these two items that we are giving away today. We really do not need them as much as we need the space in the garage, but some how I feel like I am giving away a piece of me. Silly I know, and convince me that I am not giving away my memories, and than one of you thrower awayers probably need to tell me just to "get real" or something like that..... So for now, I will just post a picture and some memories and say "Good-bye old friend, you sure have been good to us"



We bought this when Maddie was just 1. We have had a lot of fun family bike rides with this. This is a two person seat, but really with our girls it would just hold one and then all the stuff that they would bring along. When I am old and grey I hope there is a Burley for adults that my kids can pull me behind with their bikes.




I call this a tag-along-bike. Flemming bought it for me for Mother's Day 2006, so it has not been in the family as long as the Burley......but still has great memories. I used this with Kate for two summers. She could ride a bike with training wheels, but just could not keep up so this was the solution. I would highly recommend this bike. I think it really taught her how to keep her balance. In fact she got so good on sitting back there that she would multi task, take drinks, do her nails, listen to music. Good times, were had on this bike.

So off they go, some of my favorite things. I know that they are going to a great family that will hopefully enjoy them as much as we did, and I am off to look for my next favorite bike accessory. Most likely it will be a car rack for 5 bikes....but how are we going to bring all the "stuff" with us on our bike trips :)???????

Monday, February 2, 2009

Crystal Trees

It has been a while since I have been in a good ice storm. Despite some of the traffic headache it can cause, it really is an amazingly beautiful sight !!! I kept telling the kids it was like being in Narnia and half expected the Ice Princess to appear. One day we had clear blue skies that helped the beauty of it all. I was out with Maddie and she said "now I know why the color for faith is White*, because this white is so perfect" Gotta love that kid!!

(* At church each of the Young Women ages 12-18 have 8 different values that they concentrate on. Each value has a color associated with it......thus the Faith being White Comment)

Here are a few pictures of our "Crystal" Trees


Kate's Fort


The first thing Kate said when she saw all the moving boxes was, "MAN am I going to have a great fort". I really thought we were passed that stage and had no desire for the mess, so we just kept saying, "No Fort". Well about day 3 of the snow days last week, I finally gave in. She was so thrilled with her fort. Now the tricky part will be convincing her that it needs to go......