First time on my road bike....

Today I took my road bike out for my first real ride with my friend Cass. For those of you who have not ridden a road bike, you use these shoes that clip into the pedals so your feet are secured right to the pedal. I was new at using the shoes and I have not really taken the bike out for a real ride with the shoes. It was an uncomfortable feeling having my foot stuck to the pedal so I had a bit of anxiety when we started out. Sure enough when we got to the first intersection Cass told me to break on the left as we stopped. I unhooked my right foot and was thinking "break left" and so naturally I leaned to the left but my left foot was still hooked into the pedal so I fell at the stoplight in front of who knows how many people. So I got up and while getting situated again I fell again!! And that is why I have this picture of my bloody leg. Though this is not my only injury it is the most dramatic. The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful, though I think I did fall one more time. So even though I fell three times on my first ride at least I got back on the bike!! Thanks Cass for the great ride, it was an awesome work out and I am looking forward to doing it again!!

Lake Powell

The Bearnson Family took the annual trip to Lake Powell last week. This is the first time in quite a few years that most of the kids were able to make. Braden was in San Fran working so he was the only sibling missing. The last two years it has just been me and Trevi with my parents because Ryan was gone for something the others were gone too. It was tons of fun and we were able to find a spot close to Bullfrog so we didn't have to waste time finding a spot. Ezra and Easton did a great job and both of them loved the water. When Ezra would get in his floaty he went into an anti-social mode. He is normally super smiley and he would just look at us like don't bug me. Last year Trevi was intimidated by the lake but this year she was always the first one in and the last one out. She even tried some tubing. It is probably the last family vaca before Alex leaves and it was a great one. Lake Powell never disappoints!! P.S. That is Ryan and I on the jet ski, sad, somehow we didn't get any pics together.

Busy, Busy

This weekend Ryan's mom and I made raspberry jam. Doesn't it look so yummy! I love doing these fun domestic things and Ryan's mom is always teaching me when we get the chance! This is my feeble attempt at taking a good picture of my jam with my crappy camera. How did I do Heather??

The kiddos chillin at the parade.

For as long as I can remember this Dolorian has been in the Cruise-in. It is sort of nerdy in comparison to the other cars, but has become a classic in its own way.

It has been a while since we updated. We have been in Logan since the July 1 and Ryan has been having a great experience on his first rotation. He has been lucky to work with a really good doctor. Over the 4th we went to Salt Lake and spent time with Ryan's sister and brother and all the cousins. That weekend we went to the Cache Valley Cruise-in Parade. I was able to see some of the the roommates this week and go to the pool with Katie, Libby and cousins. We have been having a good time but it will great to get back, 13 days left...