The past week's gone by quickly. The kids, dogs and I picked up Matt from his trip on Thursday evening and continued on to Grand Rapids for the long weekend. AJ and I went to the Public Museum of GR, we all played outside when the weather got nice, talked Grandpa into taking us for ice cream (AJ says,"He always says yes."), went to a parade and the kids swam like fish. Matt's gone to Mexico again today after having only one night in his own bed. I'll be glad when the frequent travelling is over.

Awesomness.

I introduce my new bike, a Trek Equinox 7. Fast as lightning, weighs less than Erin. Just look at it in the last of the evening sun...

Hi everybody, I know it's been a long time since my last post. I'll try to cover everything.

Matt's still travelling back and forth to Mexico for work. He's there until next Thursday. AJ is in the home stretch at school. I think he'll be sad when it's over. Erin's learned how to pedal her big wheel, but is too distracted by it's sound and light buttons to pay enough attention to not crash.

It was warm this past Friday while we were at the Plys and AJ and Erin got to play in the lake for the first time this year. Saturday I ran the Fifth Third Riverbank Run in Grand Rapids. I took 5th place in the women's Clydesdale division (145-155lbs.). I was pretty excited when I logged into the site for results and saw my name on the leaderboard!

I have money saved up for a triathlon bike, but I'm waiting to purchase one until we feel more secure about GM's future. So, I've got it stashed! I did buy a jogging stroller a couple weeks ago and I love it. Erin loves to ride in it. While AJ's at school, Erin and I can go for a run and be back in time to pick AJ up.