The Simonson Life: Week in review.

It's been a bit of time since we've been able to make an update but here is just a taste of the fun we've been having. Sit back and relax because this is a long one.

Two weekends ago our good friends, the Snyders, came to visit. We had a great time hanging out, going hiking, and playing at the park.

But lets be honest, the real winners of the Snyder visit were Ally and Lilly, who wore Dana's arms out with a weekend of swinging on our play-gym.

We had a ton of fun hiking at Rock Bridge State Park. While hiking in the park we decided to explore the Devil's Ice Box, a cave within the park. Of course Lilly had to be carried because she didn't want to get her pretty shoes wet.

After the hike nothing was cuter than watching the girls try and eat melting ice cream.

This past weekend was also full of good times. To start, and for those of you who haven't heard yet, Larry crashed his bike into the back of a parked car! He's not hurt and no damage was done to the car or his bike. We were just out for a nice leisurely ride around town and we were going really slow up a big hill, and of course Larry wasn't paying attention. Larry flipped completely over the front end of his bike and landed on top of the trunk. To add insult to injury the car alarm started going off alerting everyone in the neighborhood! After Larry left his phone number with a friend of the owner of the car, and Dana discovered that Larry was fine, she got quite a laugh at the whole ordeal! It's only too bad nobody got a picture of it or a video, it was hilarious!

This past weekend we also made an attempt and making some pizza from scratch.

Now although it didn't look the best, it sure tasted great!

Finally, we decided to take a day trip to beautiful St. Charles Missouri for a little romantic getaway. However, we didn't exactly make it. Along the way we stopped in a town near St. Charles so Larry could participate in the Tour of Winghaven. The plan was for him to race and then as soon as he was done we were to be on our way.

Although there was little excitement throughout the race, the finish proved to be extremely exciting. As Dana stationed herself to get a picture of the racers coming through the roundabout before the finish, she noticed the little figure in front of the field looked very familiar.

(Click on picture to enlarge)

Larry had broken off the front of the field, about a mile from the finish, and had gained enough lead that he was able to win the race.

(Click to enlarge, Larry is at the top of the road, about to finish)

Since we were now going to have to stick around for the awards ceremony it meant we would not be able to make it to St. Charles. Oh well, we'll have fun anywhere! And Dana decided we might as well celebrate.