Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Riding Bikes


Riding Bikes
Originally uploaded by gbchiles2850.
Every day Lily & Leland go outside to ride their bikes, as long as it's not raining. They love to line up at the top of the driveway and speed down into the street. Fortunately, we live in a cul-de-sac so we don't have to worry about traffic. They have so much fun, and it's good exercise too!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Surprise!


Leland
Originally uploaded by gbchiles2850.
I came home from my haircut today and found that Gary had gone to a garage sale and brought home a giant blow-up trampoline! Our exercise/storage/play room in the basement is now entirely filled with this thing. But take a look at the kids' faces! They've had so much fun jumping I know they'll sleep good tonight. Can't beat that for $20!

Monday, September 10, 2007

Camping


Family at William O'Brien
Originally uploaded by gbchiles2850.
We went camping at our favorite state park last weekend. We love to go to William O'Brien State Park because the roads are paved so the kids can ride their bikes, it is close to lots of fun towns like Stillwater and Taylor's Falls, and most importantly there is a good bakery just down the road from the campground! We always hike to the railroad bridge in this picture and take our family picture. It's fun to see how we've changed over the years! Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us for a day and had fun playing ball, going on walks, and reading books.

Leland's physical therapy is going very well. His balance is really improving and he is getting stronger every day. He was nervous about the appointments the first couple of weeks, but he looks forward to them now.

Lily and I have been playing school and she has been learning how to write letters and numbers. She is a fast learner and I'm going to have a hard time keeping up with her!

As always, click on the picture to see more pictures.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

The State Fair

We went to the Minnesota State Fair with the kids last week. Lily & Leland's favorite ride was the big slide, so Gary took them on it several times. They also loved the Tom Thumb donuts. They were both completely covered with sugar after eating just a couple of them! They also liked the animals, especially the chickens, rabits and horses. Leland sure enjoyed his first trip to the state fair. It's hard to believe that this was Lily's third state fair already! Time sure flies when you're having fun.