It's Official - We have a 2-wheel rider!

Micah is officially a 2-wheel rider!

But I want to back up and tell you why, at age 9, he isn't already a 2-wheel rider.

When Micah was 2 years and 7 months old, he was given a "big boy" bike for becoming a big brother (Caleb was born). It was not the smallest bike, but the medium sized bike with training wheels. He got right on that thing and rode like he had been on one his whole life - no fears at all.

Then a few years later we took off the training wheels and after many trys and a "really bad" (Micah's words) fall that included blood and skinned knees, he gave up the bike. Didn't touch it again.

This past Spring, we got everyone a new bike. Micah's was purchased without training wheels. He tried a few times, but was very discouraged. It's hard to learn to ride a bike on a gravel driveway that goes around an inclined circle. So he gave up altogether.

Well, daddy worked with him 2 days and we now have an official 2-wheel rider.

And you can't stop him from riding his bike. He can't believe how fun it is, how much faster he can go, and how good the wind feels when you're riding. Those are all his words! He can even turn around a pretty tight turn without having to stop.

Way to go, Micah!

Blue Angels! WOW!

We haven't wasted any time getting out to see some of the sites in the Dallas area. With boxes stacked very high in our garage and many not unpacked in individual rooms, I still wanted to get out a see the air show. I LOVE air shows! I have since the first time I saw one years and years ago. I even got to meet one of the Blue Angels a long time ago. So, we packed up the kids and off to the Fort Worth area we went.

Micah and Caleb went bungee harness jumping (I'm not sure what it was really called) and Sarah and I went down the world's largest inflatable slide. It scared me to death! I had no idea how high it went up and the "stairs" if you can call them that were inflatable and you had to hang on tight to the "rail" to even get to the top. I screamed the whole way down! But it was fun.

Gram and Grandpa always wanted to go see the air show, so they came with us and made it a family affair. It's one of the reasons we came out here, and it was great to do something with them. Grandmother and Granddad didn't go with us, but they weren't left out. After the show, we all went out to dinner.

Talk about a full day of homeschooling! WOW, there were so many different planes and so many soldiers willing to answer all of your questions.

What a fun day with family!