Dinner and Bikes

So I had visions of many family bike rides this summer. I pictured myself on a cruiser, not too girly, biking around town, maybe running to the grocery store or for coffee, you know, like I lived in a small European village (You can blame house hunters international for creating this monster). Anyways, I insisted to Guy I needed it and he somehow agreed. Fast forward to today, to make this vision reality I had to buy a new bike, a basket for my bike (ok, two baskets, one for the front,one for the back-don't judge I'll need lots of groceries and Libby needs to ride somewhere!). I also purchased a bike seat for Sloane and one of those add-on bikes for Stell.
Luckily for my new vision, the weather was gorgeous and our good friends asked us to dinner on the patio tonite at the golf club close to our house. I knew instantly this was my first opportunity to bring out my inner European villager and we would ride bike. Again Guy agreed and I promised the kids we'd take a family bike ride (finally!) after dinner. So I get dressed for dinner, of course I want to look nice for dinner but have to bike. When I came down I asked Guy what he thought of my "sporty biker" look, he said, "You look good, but I don't think a long necklace, earrings and sandals are real sporty" He obviously didn't notice I was wearing my hair in a pony tail and my earrings were JUST hoops. We eventually made it the few blocks to the restaurant. We were both surprised that we were kind of tired and sweaty. We had a beautiful night looking at the golf course, eating good food, and good conversation. I'm pretty sure I was shiny and had a sweaty upper lip but nobody seemed to notice-those are truly good friends!
When we made it home the boys were all out waiting for the bike ride. They were anxiously waiting to ride but nobody had shoes or helmets on or knew where they were. After all the bikes seats were attached and tires pumped we were ready to try out this new Nelson bike train. We were one helmet short and somehow convinced anxious Stellen to go without it. As we're lining up to leave, Sky yells from the garage, "I found a hockey helmet will that work?" By this point the bugs are out and its getting dark. Of course Guy and I are stuffed from dinner and exhausted but I'm so excited to finally create this family memory I envisioned we forge ahead. As we are riding I am trying to keep the smile off my face to avoid bugs in my teeth, but I cant. My life is WAY better than any of those villagers on House Hunters International!

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