Accomplishments..

Asher has mastered riding his bike without training wheels!!

Ian, beat all of ours odds against him-- he has five staples in his head after a tumble while playing with some friends. We've always thought he would be the first one to get stitches.. but Elena took that position, and then Emma and Esther respectively. So, I guess it's fitting that our oldest boy gets the first staples?
We've had a little too much fun teasing him.. he's been called "Staple-head" and "Frankenstein." Ian's only wish is that he could have gotten his staples the week before so he would have had them for Halloween.

Esther.. she's still mastering the art of being a cute 4 1/ year old..

Some of the troop taking a little ride down the street..

And here they come back!

Finally.. a picture of all seven kids together!!
(This was the best one.. despite the sunshine behind Kayla)

Our three bike riders..

Kayla's got a new way of "transporting" her siblings..

This, of course is practiced under the very careful, covertly watch of Dad.
It will never practiced in front of Mom.

Here's a great picture to show just HOW busy our family is..
kid's riding bikes, running in and out of the house.. it's definitely never boring around here.

Now here's a lesson.. we have two four-year-old's and one bicycle..
how do you make it work?

Balancing only goes so far..

Pushing your sister..
but that gets old after awhile.

Riding behind your sister works too..

But switching around and making your little sister sit in the basket could work too..

Or, you can just fit both of you on the seat!
That way ended up working the best!! =)