long time, no post!

We've had a busy weekend and have tons of pictures to share! It'll take me a little while to get them posted.

It all started out with a surprise early birthday gift (I turn 30 on the 26th) for me from Jon on Friday evening of a new camera (the next one up from the one that I had), 2 new lenses, and a speedlight external flash! Yay! Thank you!

We had soccer games on Saturday and Grandma and Grandpa "T" and Uncle Joe came to visit and watch the games. It was a fun day to visit and freeze together as we all turned into ice cubes while watching Riley and Payton play soccer! The kids both played hard and were 200% excited to have the extras in their cheering section!

Late that evening we loaded up the kids' new toy, a TTR 50 motorcycle/dirtbike and headed to the country so they could play. Payton loves it and is doing really well on it, Riley on the other hand is a little scared of it. I tried to ride it behind her and help her, and at one point while turning a corner she panicked and gunned the gas instead of the brake and it was all downhill from there! She was scared, I was scared... I was trying to hit the automatic shut off button and couldn't get my finger on it on the left side of the handle bars... all while we were headed for the barbed wire fence that keeps the horses in! What a ride! She rode after that a little with Jon and calmed down a bit. We have a ton of pics to share from the weekend, so I'll probably add a link to a shutterfly album for those who want to see all of them.

We had to head home early Sunday afternoon, so we only had maybe 7 hours of 'awake' time while we were down there, but the kids had a blast! (Riley and I had fun too! After you see the pictures, this will make more sense! :) I love you Honey!!!!)