Family Bike Rides

I recently had a doctors appointment where I was told I needed to get back to exercising. I've been on a sort of strike for about 2 years because I was working so hard at it at the time, and there were NO results. So I gave up. At first, the medical request was quite daunting, but Joe and I put our heads together and did our best to come up with some good activities for us to do together.

Luckily, since then, a good friend has amazingly stepped in and volunteered to be my walking partner in the morning. Yes, I am waking up early and going and exercising. For an hour. I am well aware of the miracle of this fact. And yes, I have been enjoying it A LOT!

Anyway, the point then, is that Joe's need to consistently be "encouraging" (aka forcing) me in exercising has turned into more of a supporting role, or filling in as a substitute as needed when said walking partner is out of town.

Anyway, the point of this post is to share some cute pictures. One of the activities we picked to do as a family was bike riding. We were able to borrow a bike from our nephew Nick. We bought an AWESOME kid seat. And we all got helmets.The first time we put Brek's helmet on, he was so top heavy. He kept falling over. But he thought it was a lot of fun.

See that smile?!?!

And I know the picture doesn't show it, but he does love bike rides. (Well, he loves being outside in any fashion so I don't think it matters much, but he enjoys it.) See how cool his seat is? It puts him in front of the adult instead of behind. We think it's awesome!

Here's hoping we go for another ride soon!