Our new family tent

Matt just can't wait to start taking the family on camping trips. He sold his boat trailer and bought a tent last week. He put it up this saturday in our backyard to see how it looked and so that in case the first time we go camping and it is pouring down rain we will know how to put it together quickly! Lydia told a friend last night that it was as big as our house. Of course it is not that big but it will sleep all of us in it. The kids thought it was neat. We took it back down after they played in it for awhile so it is not still up in our backyard!

Mountain biking in Boyette

Matt loves biking, both mountain biking and road biking. Recently he started riding his bike to work(initially it scared me) about 2-3 times a week. He loves it and it is a great way for him to get excercise. Two week-ends ago he went mountain biking in Boyette(near Tampa) with a friend from church(Rodney). They had a great time. They rode a new trail that had just opened and Matt went down a really steep hill(yes we do have some here in Florida). Some day Matt hopes to have the whole family mountain biking.

Noah is 4 years old!

Last Wednesday Noah turned 4 years old. We celebrated his birthday last tuesday. We had a nice party with my mom (mommom), Matt's parents(mum and grandpa), Aunt Laura, and Aunt Emily. Matt grilled out burgers that were tasty and then Noah got to open his gifts. He was so excited about everything he got but his favorites were the spiderman rollerskates, the forklift, and Peter and the Wolf sound track. Matt of course got Noah machine legos. Mommom made the very cute birthday cake. Noah looks so big in the pictures. He doesn't look like a baby anymore.