Toby is Learning the Alphabet!

Check out Toby's alphabet and counting skills-

Group Ride with Infinite Cycle-

Greg and Marlan saw an announcement on Infinite Cycle's website about a fun bike ride around Riverton, Daybreak, and Herriman on Saturday August 22, at 6:30 am. I wanted to go too, so Ben agreed to watch Toby. At the beginning of the ride, we all rode together. At the intersection pictured above, 2 of the riders decided to grab their friends so they turned right while the rest of us kept straight till 114th.

Here we've made it past Daybreak and are heading west on the long stretch of road north of Herriman.

If you look in the background, you can see Herriman in the distance.

I was having fun taking pictures of everything. For instance, here is a picture of my shadow.

When we turned left onto Bacchus Highway, we stopped for a minute. Greg said he felt faint and he went and laid down on the side of the road. Luckily he was feeling better after a while and we got going again. Unluckily, there was 2 or 3 huge hills coming up that had Greg walking them instead of biking! Greg had problems this bike ride because he hadn't ridden in a long time.

Someone painted "Almost There" on the side of the road, near the top of the last hill.

At the top of the hill, taking a breather! Then it was pretty much downhill from there! Marlan hit the speed limit of 35 mpg! At the Rose Canyon Road 4 way stop, Greg turned towards Riverton while Marlan and I continued up through Emmeline Drive and down.

We met Greg back at the start, the Infinite Cycle shop by Bangerter Highway. Greg had ridden 16.25 miles, while Marlan and I had gone 21. I got to tell you, I love my bike! I had such a good time and I rode in comfort with my nice comfy bike! I hope we do that again some time - maybe every Saturday! I think I could even take Toby next time...

Toby "takes" photos

For Josslyn's birthday, Ilene and I got her a miniature digital camera. Today, Toby found it and was playing with it. Cuteness ensues.

Herriman Beach

I just found out that Herriman had a small lake with a beach! When Greg and I did "Parade of Homes" last summer, we saw what looked like a lake being built, but I had forgotten all about that till now.

So I got directions and went to see it on my bike with Toby. The sand is a bit rough on the feet and the water is a bit cloudy, but it was so neat! I love living near a beach!

The bike ride only took about 20 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't think to put on a swim suit (even though I had Toby in one!) so I didn't get to swim, but next time I go, I'm swimming!

We walked the whole shoreline! It's a really small lake with only half of that with sand.

At first there wasn't a lot of people. But as the morning wore on, the parking lot filled up.

We had a blast at the Herriman Beach! I can't wait to go again! So far, this has been the funnest summer I've ever had!

Backseat Car Organizer

So I got it in my head to make a backseat car organizer and I wanted to make it in one day.

So I went to Walmart and went through the scrap fabric for sale and found a yard of black cotton fabric and one of green. I figured that would be enough to make my organizer (and it was).

I went online to check out the different ideas and found one I liked (positioning my pockets and stuff in the arrangement I wanted, of course) and with not much preparation, got to cutting and sewing!

It wasn't a hard sewing project and I think the average sewer would have no problem with this project. I solved the one problem of sagging by sewing a pocket for a wooden dowel at the top. Now Toby can have his toys and snacks where he can reach them!

Something I might do differently next time is sew on ready made stuff, like a pencil case.