don't judge me

Our kids don't know how to ride a bike. Neither of them even own one.
And Tanner, cough cough, is nine years old.
Don't judge me.
I know.
I feel like its a huge parent fail! I mean who doesn't teach their kids how to ride a bike!!??
We take them to Disneyworld but don't teach them how to ride a bike!?   


But. Here's my excuse. We don't have sidewalks.
We don't have a neighborhood.
We don't live on a safe street.
So there. Safety first!

For reals though, that makes it inconvenient for bike riding. We could haul bikes to the church parking lot every day, but that's kinda inconvenient too.
But we decided it was well enough time to teach these munchkins the art of bicycle riding.

Tanner just had a bday and Kams is in two weeks so we claimed it as a bday present. Daddy took them to Walmart tonight and they picked out exactly what they had expressed they wanted. Tanner wanted a green bike, and Kambrie wanted princess style.
They were adequately equipped with safety gear too...elbows, knees, hands and heads fully protected!

We took off to the church parking lot and after an hour of one hesitant, and scared boy learning and practicing over and over, he felt the success of becoming a BIKE RIDER! Wahoooo. It's official. Tanner can ride a bike, by golly!

I'm so proud of him. He is aaaaaaalways so hesitant to try anything new. But perseverance is the key and he always gets through it.

Kam reeeally wanted to do it independently too. The bike is a little big for her so we'll have to take some extra time with her. I just love her little go-getter attitude on everything. She and Tanner are so opposite it's funny.

It was such a fun night, perfect weather, and great memories as a family together!! Thanks dad for taking the lead on this and making it happen!!! We sure love these kids!!!

Other random news in the Kirk household...
Dressed these two for church last week as twins.  First time doing the matchy match thing. 
It's pretty cute :)

Over Labor day Gpa Kirk came for an over nighter and then they all headed out fishing for the day.  It's their tradition.  The kids LOVE fishing.  They had a blast.  They brought home some yummy fresh lakefood that night!
We love having Gpa Kirk visit.

 

 

I love this pic of my lil sis.  She's pregnant with her 5th and is due the exact time as our birthmom M.  It's been fun to have our ultrasounds done on the exact same day, and compare with each other along our journey.  I think Kim is a little bigger than M but it's fun to see them both!!!  It makes it so much fun for me.  I get to compare my growing belly from brownies while they have a legitimate reason for their expanding waist line! 

 

This pic was the day I drove to St Louis for the ultrasound reveal.  I remember standing by Landon's car door feeling soooo nervous! 
Good memories.

 

 

Two weeks ago Landon got to go to New York for a work trip.  It just happened to be while the US OPEN was going on.  Luckily he was able to grab some tickets and attend several of the nights he was there.  He got to see Djokovic (#1 ranked player in the world) and Serena Williams (#1 woman in the world) and several other players.  He said it was quite a multicultural experience!!  I'm so glad he got to be there!!!  I was sooooo happy for him.  He LOVES tennis and he deserved a little break from reality and to just go enjoy himself.  What a cool experience he'll never forget.

 

Standing out front of the Arthur Ashe stadium.

 

 

This is so random but I thought it was so cute. 

Tanner and Kambrie...oh how life changes so quickly.  I feel so blessed to have my life!!