20 Miles and 3 Patches

Patch #1....Dave's back tire goes flat at mile 2.5

Patch # 2.....Dave's front tire goes flat at mile 5. Are you kidding me?! Maybe we should just head home.

Patch # 3....Pack's Pumpkin Patch, mile 10. We made it!!!

Every year we go to Pack's Pumpkin Patch for our Halloween pumpkins. We usually drive but this year while I was out on a ride with the little ones I found the patch via back roads....so, this year, we decided to save some gas (almost a gallon, hehe), get some exercise and bike to the patch. With all the flats Dave kept getting we almost gave up. Luckily we kept going and even made it back home with a patch to spare. Anyway, about Packs, I love it. They have so many free activities for the kids. There is an awesome hay maze perfect for little ones. Emma ran and ran and ran some more.....we didn't think we were ever going to get her out of there. The girls had fun looking for the perfect pumpkin. Emma picked out a beautiful 20 pounder with no flaws. Dave said no. I suppose he wasn't willing to pull it back home :)

Three little ghosties

sat on their posties
eating burnt toasties

telling big boasties

.....cutest children's Halloween book ever.

This weekend we also went on my longest bike ride ever.....53 miles!!! We started from our house, hopped on the parkway trail in Farmington and got off in SLC and then headed up to the State's capital. We had to climb three KILLER hills to reach the capital. I guess it was actually just one killer hill we took in three different sections, but anyway....they weren't very long but they were so stinkin steep. I was actually really scared to try the first one because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to make it and then wouldn't be able to clip out and would end up rolling with my bike back down to the bottom-I can be dramatic at times :) Well, I made it. The picture is of me gloating at the top. I'm going to let Dave post more about the ride so keep checking his blog for more insights on our ride. It was a good one.

While we were biking I realized why I love family bike rides so much. They are a free (gotta love that) activity where you get to spend quality time together while outside and while getting some exercise. Perfect.

So, you girls will love this next story, while we were biking Dave made the comment that next month would be the perfect month for me to get pregnant because I would be able to do the century (I would only be 5 months prego) and then pop out the little one just in time to run the half-marathon. All I could do was stare at him....and shake my head a bit. However, last night I got to thinking. If Dave was a woman (haha, funny thought) he might just be able to pull it off. The boy is tough. Between three of his jobs and his internship he put in a 92 hour work week and still got in 70 miles of biking while pulling a 55+ lb. trailer. Wow.

Sunday we went to a Wilson lunch/dinner at Dave's cousin, Jen's, house. Dave's uncle is back from Iraq for a couple of weeks so it was a great opportunity to all get together. It was such a wonderful evening. It was fun to be able to visit with family we haven't seen for quite awhile. Jen, the best hostess ever, had the kids all bring their costumes and then had little treat bags and crafts for them. Below are Braxton, Hyrum and Emma working hard on some cute Halloween hats.

It was a great weekend! It really was :)