Making It Look Easy

This morning before church, Max informed that he was going to learn to ride his bike without training wheels this afternoon.

And guess what?

He did exactly that.

Suburban!

We traded in the van and the truck today and brought this home:

Mmm, Crow.

Oh how I laughed at our neighbors when they humiliated their dog and made him wear booties after they got their wood floors refinished.

But it's been a mere two months since we've had our floors refinished, and I am appalled at the number of scratches our dogs have inflicted on the wood.

So guess what?

Booty- time!! Ben keeps saying the dogs look "so cute" with their new shoes (which cracks me up because he says it in this little high-pitched baby-voice). I think they look hilarious and ridiculous, but I don't care. On the plus side, they actually help the pooches slip less. And little did I know there's a whole world of dog booties...shoes for inside, shoes for outside...wow.

Afternoon at the Park

We just returned from some tubing and skiing at the park. Vancouver 2010 is a little soon, but it won't be long! ;)


Ben opted for the tube.


There was some serious teamwork going on hauling the tube and the skis back up the hill.
And then Andrew popped the tube. Oops. But also hilarious!!


After drying some tears, we found the tube still worked OK flat.

Good work, boys!


And now Andrew's at the store, buying a new tube.