Charlee is 1!

I can't believe my baby is 1 year old!  It's depressing and exciting all at the same time.  I think her brothers enjoyed her birthday more than she did.  They kept asking when Charlee was going to open her presents.  

You'll notice in the background that there are boxes.  That is because we have to move!  We were told on Monday that we are being "kicked out" of our house and moved onto a newer house on base.  They are tearing down the houses like mine and building new ones.  Many of our friends and neighbors have already been moved to new houses.  It stinks because we will be PCSing at the end of the year.  Two moves in one year.  Oy.  

Bike ride/fiasco

As some of you know, Jason bought me a wonderfully nice bike for Christmas.  We got it out of layaway a few weeks ago, but the weather has been too bad to take it for a ride.  Well, yesterday it was finally warm enough to melt almost all the snow.  After running around all day with the kids, I asked Jason if I could take off for my first bike ride on my new bike.  I was practically bouncing with excitement.  I had been practicing on our indoor bike trainer and especially practicing clipping in and out (I have special bike shoes that "clip" in to special pedals on the bike).  I got the bike outside and tried clipping in on the grass, just in case.  Well, I apparently had not practiced enough with the new clips because I simply could not do it.  I fell over numerous times before finally losing my pride and fetching Jason to help me get on my bike.  He held the bike while I clipped in, then let go and I started pedaling.  I rode about 16 miles, the whole time worrying about what I would do when I needed to stop.  It was getting kinda dark and I saw a car up ahead (only about a block from our house) flashing lights at me.  I panicked because my plan had been to slow down and try to clip out on our front lawn again, so if I fell, it would at least be in the grass.  Anyway, I realized it was Jason and the kids in the car and I tried to stop, but did not do so correctly, and of course, crashed on the pavement.  I threw a temper tantrum (embarrassingly enough) and ripped my bike shoes off and walked home in my socks, walking my bike along side me.  Now in addition to having a sore butt and calves (from the workout) I have a sore elbow, knee and ripped pants from the wreck.  The worst part is my sore pride from my lack of clipping ability and my toddlerish tantrum.  Jason was shocked, saying he's never seen me act like that.  Oops.

Well, my good husband took the clips off his own shoes and his own bike and installed them on my shoes and my bike (I am more used to that type of clip, buy was stubbornly trying to use a "nicer" road clip).  Anyway, this picture is of me right before this whole fiasco started, when I was still naively dancing with excitement.

OK, so for some reason today it won't load my picture.  So, it will maybe be coming later.

Creation

Anybody and everybody who reads this blog, please follow this link and watch the 2 minute video.  Heavenly Father has blessed us so much with the desire and ability to CREATE!!  How valuable we all are to each other.  We can bless each other's lives so immensely with what we choose to create.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k