Guess who

This is a picture of the newest member of the Majors peleton completing a 4 mile mountain bike ride. Any guesses on who this fearless youngster is??????







Of course it is our little Allison. We have been mountain biking twice and she has had a blast. She is already talking about getting a mountain bike so that she can ride over the rocks. This is the spot where she mustered the courage to ride into the river. The first time that we went I pointed to and told her that was where I rode in the river and got wet. I started to turn around to go back but Allison was off her bike surveying the situation. She was nervous and scared the first time down and needed about 5 minutes to make up her mind to try it. Right after she hit the cold water and realized what had just happened and how scared she was she had a good cry. Luckily she figured out that the other side was not as steep and she makes sure that when we ride that she rides in the river 3 or 4 times.

Alli taking a much deserved rest.

New photos of Zachary and kids

The three musketers. Aren't they cute! Allison 71/2 yrs. , Spencer 5 1/2 yrs., and Zachary 2 weeks.

The kids like this one because they say it looks like he is getting ready to karate chop someone. :)

Here he is only a week old and already deep in thought. So much like his daddy.

Zachary coming home

Allison and Spencer picked out the cute outfit for Zachary to wear home from the hospital.

Zachary - his first ride in the carseat on the way home from the hospital.

3 kids, 1 hike and 15 frogs

Spencer and I went running/hiking the other day at the Watchung reservation and found a little pond with about 15 frogs. The pond was about 6 feet wide and not too deep so we could get up close and personal. We spent a good 20 minutes catching and observing the frogs and having a blast. It is great to find something where you can be a kid again. The frogs that I remember catching were at the sewer behind Meadowlark Elementary back home. Watchung is definitely better than the sewer.

How we managed to not fall in is still a mystery. A couple of days later we went back with Jen and Alli to continue the fun. Alli had just as much fun as Spencer and I did and Jen provided the adult supervision. We have been making a real effort lately to get the kids outside more (they are a little too comfortable in front of the computer and TV) and Watchung is only a 5 minute drive so you can bet that we will be spending a lot more time there.