Biking and neighborhood party

Micah and Amy decided to join us on another biking excursion! Little did they know we were setting them up! We started out in decent time with brunch at our house, then hit the road with the bikes. For those of you who don't know, we hope to ride the entire 100+ miles of state bike trail as a family eventually. We're over half done, after 4 years of working at it. It's great fun and great excercise, and we thoroughly enjoy it. We did 15 miles this time, from Sparta to West Salem. Just more than half way, we stopped at a park to let the children romp and eat a snack:

 

After we were done with our bike ride and had some supper at the park in West Salem, we headed home. There was just enough time to grab a couple things and run again--this time to the surprise party! The neighbors had wanted to get together to "chivaree" Micah and Amy and welcome them to the neighborhood. So we did our best to make sure they were home (by taking them biking) then went down there with an assortment of bowls and spoons and banged away. They were surprised, all right! Since it started to sprinkle just as we got there we moved the festivities to the shop instead of in the yard, and shared snacks and treats and time visiting. It was great fun!