Saturday Nov 18th

Riding bikes around our little lake.

She is just too perfect.

I don't remember if I ever posted any pictures of Will without training wheels! He could do it the month before at Kayli's house on uneven grass and going up and down small hills, so we already knew he could. I was just too lazy to take the training wheels off his red bike because it was already too small for him, and instead waited until we found a deal on craigslist for one his size. HE LOVES TO BIKE! All day, every day, every hour, and life is pretty rough if that rhythm is interrupted.

 Apparently our ward has an annual Turkey Derby. It was so much fun! We got a pinewood derby car from the bishop, after hacking at it with a hand saw and then sanding it down and painting it, we proudly brought it to the derby. Only to discover that this stake takes it's derby SERIOUSLY. Thankfully for us, a nice man, (not the nice man who brought his car in a PADDED BOX) had brought weights and weighted tape that we added on to our car so that our weight was up and we didn't lose quite as deplorably. Will said "Next year mom, I don't want to win fourth. I want to win!" So...we've got a year to work on our derby skills! The food was pretty great too!

Speaking of crushes (Will's Josephine crush?) that little guy next to Ruth, his name is Eric. They held hands for the first time at the Turkey Derby. And then they kissed. For real. On Sunday he brought Ruth flowers and when they wilted in sacrament meeting he was so distraught that his mom (who had to grab something from home anyway) let him pick out new ones from home to bring to Ruthie. He told his mom that he loves Ruthie and when he asked Ruthie what she loved she told him "bubblegum" (for real, the girl is obsessed.) He started crying to his mom and his mom helped him rephrase the question, so when he asked Ruthie if she liked him, he was very satisfied when she said 'yes'. Also---while these stories are adorable and the kids are the cutest---what is with five and six year olds LIKING EACH OTHER?!?!?!?!?

Poor Will was absolutely enthralled and in love and basically twitter-patted over the whole derby. He needed engineer parents--Sterling and I are hopeless!

I think that is our car on my left. I need to post a picture of it from my phone in all of its glory. I agreed to whatever the kids wanted painted on--butterfly, rainbow, hearts, flames, black cloud, stripes, etc. It was definitely the most imaginative car there!