I’m so grateful that our house is so close to the dirt tracks for the boys to ride their bikes on. They showed me where they like to ride today and the jump they like to do. It’s a little boys wonderland!
Ryder was the first one awake this morning and he got most of his schoolwork done while the house was still quiet. He loved it and worked so much better this way. It was nice to have a good one on one school lesson with him.
It was over 80 degrees today! I’m so happy that we’ve been having such nice weather this far into September! I hope it lasts at least another month. Ryder and Luke went out to ride bikes this evening again in the dirt with friends. Luke came home pretty scraped up on his elbows because he had two pretty big wipeouts on a big jump he’s been trying. But he was still smiling! I love that he’s trying hard things and smiling through the pain.
George and Judy left this morning to head back home. We had a fun weekend with them here! After they left we decided to go on a family bike ride. It was Luke’s first time biking with us and Brad’s first time in years biking without hauling kids in the trailer! It was such a nice ride! Luke drove off in the dirt and turned to sharp and fell, but he toughed it out and kept biking. He’s a strong kid!
Luke is a true bike rider now! He can get him self going, turn, and stop! Yay!! He did a great job getting out there again today and trying even harder. I got to ride around the block with him as well. I love riding bikes with my kids!
We didn't do much today. It was nice just to hang out together today. My dad did put on a cool light show tonight with his Tesla. We were able to connect his car lights with our house lights and they played with the music. We had a fun little dance party in the street.
I’ve been working with Luke on riding a bike. Yes, it’s pretty sad that he’s six and doesn’t know how to ride a bike yet. I am babying him more than I should be since he’s my youngest. He hasn’t been picking up on it very well and he got really frustrated today. I decided to put the training wheels on and now he’s cruising around the neighborhood. Baby steps I guess. Eventually we’ll try again. But I did get to go on a ride with him around the neighborhood tonight and it was so much fun. Luke is fun to hang out with! Kade and Ryder were at friends houses tonight and Brad and Tenley were at Tenley’s volleyball game so Luke was my buddy!
The weather wasn’t quite nice enough for a boating day so we asked the kids what they’d like to do instead. Half of them wanted to go on a bike ride and the other half wanted to go on a hike so we decided to do both!
We went for a short bike ride this morning on a part of the trail we hadn’t been on before. It had some steep hills! But there was a great view at the top. We haven’t been in a bike ride in a while so it was really nice.
We came home for lunch and then drove to Augusta to hike to Devil’s Glen. I think it may be my favorite hike in Montana that isn’t in Glacier. We didn’t see one person the whole three hours we were hiking! It was so beautiful and the weather was perfect. Even though Luke was the one begging for a hike he was really tired at the end but it was still his favorite part of the day.
Kade found a new and fun bike trail not far from the house with Jason and Grandpa today. They rode up and down a lot of hills and got a good view of the country side.
We all went to the river to explore and throw rocks which the kids always love. It was such a beautiful day, minus all the wind! We also spent some time at the mall although my nieces were pretty disappointed in it. Haha. It’s not like a Utah mall!
When everyone got here on Sunday we got out a brand new 1000 piece puzzle because my mom really loves puzzles. This one happened to be pretty difficult though! The border pieces hardly had a border to them! I think everyone helped with a least one piece but it was definitely my mom and Jihye that put the most work into it. They finally finished it today! Although it does happen to be missing a piece which is sad! But it still looks great!
The little kids played a lot on the trampoline again. They’ve all been having so much fun together! Ryder told me tonight that he doesn’t want them to leave. I’m so glad they made the long drive to visit!
