Future Rider?

 
Too cute not to post!

First Day of Preschool!!

 

 

 

Yes, my little Natalie started Preschool today- CRAZY!!! She goes to this cute school called Hand in Hand Learning Center Mon, Wed, & Fri mornings. As you can see in the picture, it's a house that was converted into a school. I love their little chalkboard in the front with messages to the parents. When I was taking a picture of her this morning, she had to get a picture of her cool new Dora backpack she picked out. She's very proud of it.

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Just some more pics to keep the Blogophiles happy

Before and After

We just finished our landscaping in the front and thought it would be interesting to compare it to when we first bought the house

 

 

Mercy Employee Picnic

 
 
 
 

We'll Miss You Grandpa

Richard Hodson Shepherd
1923-2007

Pies and Baloons

Monroe Hot Air Baloon Festival

 
 



 

Janesville Pie Ride

FREEDOM!

Audrey went to Nursery for the first time on Sunday and loved every minute of it... so did we!

 
 

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No explanation is needed for this picture. But in the interest of good "messy" fun, please submit your captions to this picture and I'll post the winner on the next update, and tell the real story.

 

Tiny: The Miracle Bunny

We put in our garden this last weekend. I was tilling and all of a sudden this tiny little bunny came flopping out of the ground through the tiller tines. It was a miracle that we didn't kill it. We must have run over the burrow. Natalie named her Tiny, because she is so. We but her under a hosta and now her Mom stands guard next to her all day long.

 
 

TREK 100

Nicky's new years resolution is complete. We were truly inspired by the incredible generosity of our good friends and family. Nicky and I together were able to raise over $1,200 towards the fight against childhood cancer. We had a great ride despite the thunderstorms, hail and flat tires. We even got to catch a glimpse of Lance Armstrong. We rode with over 3,500 other riders. It took us about 6.5 hours of riding time and 8 hours alltogether with rest stops, lunch and ... breaks for the hail, etc. It was a great time, we would invite you to do it with us next year. Here are some pictures of our journey and a link to the complete set of pictures (click on the first picture to be linked to web album).

TREK 100

 
 
 

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Bleeding Hearts

These are fabulous little flowers that come up in our garden every spring. The detail is incredible.

 

 

Audrey Swinging

Saturday's 60 mile ride

We worked our way up to our 100 mile ride today with a 60 mile ride. It was a Beautiful day.

 
 
 
 

 

Give a shreek!

Cold Day at Wrigley

I went to Wrigley Field on Wednesday with a couple of friends from church. It could not have been a worse day for baseball. Imagine the worst possible weather you can think of where they would still play the game. Windy, but not blowing the shingles off, rainy, but not enought to puddle significantly, cold but not cold enough to snow. I have not been that cold in a long time. But we had a good time

NATALIE

Coloring Easter Eggs