[May 15-16, 2010] Weekend Fun!

Quick recap of our weekend activities...

We went to a friend's house for dinner for yummy ribs and potatoes!  

Here are Ashley and Sophia...this is quite a rare picture since Sophia is actually smiling at the camera.  I tricked her into smiling by showing her the pictures of herself after I take them.

On Sunday, we brought over donuts to my parents to thank them for letting Ashley spend the night on Friday night and watching her Saturday morning so Jeff and I could go for a bike ride.  

We had one of our fastest rides yet...almost 13 miles, 1000' of climbing, an average speed of 13 mph (I'm slow at climbing hills), and finishing in 58 minutes.  Plus, it was my second ride with my clipless pedals and *knock on wood* I haven't fallen yet!  The 1st ride I had some issues with the position so this was my first full ride since putting them on. My goal is to finish that ride in under 55 minutes.

Here's a picture of my bike with my new pedals on it...finally I feel more like a real cyclist instead of a faker with the pancake pedals you see people using to ride their beach cruisers!  Now, I'm not embarrassed to ride with other people :)

Ashley has been a little hesitant about learning to ride her bike, so my dad had the idea to have her ride the tandem with him to get her used to balancing on the bike and to be able to enjoy riding a bike rather than worrying about falling.  She was a little too short to reach the pedals at first, so he modified it to help her reach them...she loves riding on it!

 Jeff was brave enough to drive it with Ashley as well!

Hopefully, this will encourage her to learn to ride her own..,my hope is she can ride with us on the weekends when she gets older.  Of course, she'll probably be too cool to do that by the time she's ready!