I had given up...

... on ever having Kathleen learn how to ride a two-wheel bike.  There are many reasons why in the past three years we have started and never made it very far--pregnancies, too many hills, to scared, can't deal with girls emotions, sickness and more excuses--but for some reason today was magical!  It was a beautiful day and the kids and I were all outside swinging and eating raspberries right off the bushes.  Yummy!  Everyone was as happy as could be when Brandt said, "Hey Kathleen, lets teach you how to ride my old bike!"  She eagerly answered, "Ok".  So, while I went in to make dinner, they set to work.  Within 20 minutes I heard yelling outside.  I went to check it out and it was happy yelling!  She could do it already.  (I figured she would eventually be able to just jump on and go.)  So after dinner, we put the bikes in the van and went down to the church parking lot for some practice.  Josselyn and Brandt just had their scooters so they could help out their sister and Kathleen had the bike.  Odette was happy for a bit with a sucker and then thought it was awesome to chase after the kids.  She was so funny crawling across the grass as a shortcut to the other side of the parking lot.  All the kids wanted to be in a movie!  This family outing was way better than any Friday movie night!