Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year, New Rides

This week we've been getting quite a bit of use out of the girls' new bikes.
Let me rephrase that. Courtney loves her sparkly new pink bike but is scared to death of how tall it is. So... Darren revamped Alexander's old bike {completed it with a girly basket} and she's as happy as can be. It is still VERY slow going... I got to walk my bike on our first excursion to the park {which is less than a mile, but took us almost 3 hours!} XanderMan is our pro and such a good sport. He is always so kind to help Courtney and encourage us along.
Today we rode to the entrance of our neighborhood to let the kids play. I love it-- it feels like a tropical oasis in the middle of the desert.
Beautiful AZ in the wintertime
Yeah, yeah, I know... you can stop laughing at the weird lady on her pink cruiser. I must say, it is still an exhilarating rush to ride. The day was absolutely perfect and Alexander and I had a fun 4 miles around the loop!
Darren was the CSN-V {Courtney Support Non-Vehicle} on the way to the park today. He's the most accomplished biker of us all, and training to do another race {Tour de Cure} for Diabetes this year. fyi, if you want to make a donation to the Tour de Cure, you can at:
http://main.diabetes.org/goto/DarrenRoos

2 comments:

Veater Family said...

What a beautiful place you live in. I love it.

The Garbison family said...

You look great on your bike!! If I were in Maricopa still, I'd go riding with you. What a cute family!!