Two Wheels

I taught Shannon how to ride a bike without training wheels the other day. I then forced Riley to get on the bike he got for his birthday two years back that he'd never ridden. Why not? Because it has hand brakes.

This fact wasn't too big of a deal until Riley's Dad decided to teach him how to use the hand brakes. His advice? "Whatever you do, don't brake with the front brake only, it'll flip you over the bike and you'll break your neck!" Niiiiice, Ken, and now he wonders why Riley wouldn't go near the bike.

Of course this incident is right up there with Ken yelling, "Everybody be quiet, there's a big storm coming and there might be a tornado!" as the emergency alert sounded on the local TV channel. The boys had had no problems with storms before this incident and now they freak out if it so much as sprinkles!

But I digress. Here are a few pictures of Shannon riding Riley's old bike minus the training wheels:

Starting out.

Getting going.

Making a turn.

Taking a shortcut through my lawn.

Very proud.

The boo boo he got putting the bike away, not while riding it.

I Could Go On and On and On...

I could really bore you to death with the long story about how I just wiped out my computer and rebooted everything from scratch and how it took about five hours before I had everything re-installed and my wi-fi working after talking with tech support from two different companies only to finally get back on the internet to discover that I'M STILL GETTING SECURITY CERTIFICATE ERRORS AND THE SAME SIGNALS THAT CAUSED ME TO WIPE OUT MY COMPUTER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

But you don't want to hear about that. Trust me. So instead, I'll let you listen in on a conversation Riley and I had this afternoon:

"So mom, Cows get Mad Cow Disease from eating other cows, right?"

"Yep."

"So what do chickens get when they eat other chickens?"

"Mad Chicken Disease," I answer, of course.

"And snails?"

"Mad Snail Disease, just like Gary on Spongebob," I replied.

"And worms, they get Mad Worm Disease, right?" asked Riley proudly.

"You got it!"

"And ants get Mad Ant Disease!"

"Oh, no, ants don't want to eat other ants!" I exclaimed. "Then they'd end up with Mad Aunt Kellie Disease, and NOBODY wants that!"



Love you, Aunt Kels!

What Corey Thinks

Here are a few things that Corey had to say today:

1. "Hey, the moon looks like a backwards C!"

2. "My poop looks like a little j!" (The other day it was an exclamation mark.)

3. "Born to be wild!" sung as he coasted down the driveway on his big-wheel.

4. Shortly thereafter it was, "Bad big-wheel, Bad! You hurt my foot and I don't like you anymore."

5. Telling me a story today, Corey began, "Chapter One..." It was a long story, too, deserving of all five chapters.

Ten Loooong Years

So today was our 10th Wedding Anniversary and we celebrated it by, well... saying, "Happy Anniversary, wow, we're really old!" In honor of our anniversary, I'm going to let YOU GUYS give us your memories of us in the 'ol comment section. Yep, all two of you. Get to work.

My Trip In Pictures

After dropping Corey off with Grandma, Riley, Shannon and I went to Texas to see Aunt Shannon. We also visited with the Flynn family and completely forgot to take pictures. I know, we are not good people.

On the way back to Nebraska we had an unexpected stop over in Stillwater, OK, when this crazy storm came out of nowhere. You know that green iridescent color clouds get right before a tornado hits? Blow up the picture... It was an exciting night to say the least.

Back in Nebraska, Uncle Casey took a day off and we all went to the zoo. The boys loved the animals and Corey loved all the signs (in foreign languages, no less, talk about heaven.)

I also took Riley, Shannon and their cousin Spencer to Meadow Heights, my old stomping grounds. Shannon proceeded to go off the boards for two hours and learned to do a flip. I also went off the boards the entire time because Riley and Spencer, (who had a high fever unbeknown to us at the time,) didn't feel like swimming much.

And finally, I got to spend a day with Leigh, who I haven't seen in years. I also met her adorable little boys, but once again, I forgot to take pictures. You'll have to trust me when I say they are the cutest little things. So is their mom, as you can see. Me, not so much.

What Happens In Texas...

Argh! Day five of our trip, and the kids are a little tired of seeing me in a bikini. Maybe tired isn't the right word, how about inspired? All the way back to Aunt Shannon's after an hour of swimming, Riley began the contest:

"Mom's butt is behemoth!"

"Mom's butt is big as a planet!" countered Shannon.

"Yeah, well Mom's butt is so big that it has it's own gravity!"

"Mom's butt is so big that if you fit all the people in it, they would faint!"

The contest continued, but I tuned them out when I realized that I couldn't argue with them one bit.

Texas

I dropped Corey off in NE the other day and took the other two boys with me to TX. We made it to San Antonio this afternoon and are enjoying the excessive heat and sunshine. Will blog about it next week...