It's almost a full moon

Yesturday morning was a morning it will take a long time to forget about. About 8:00 in the morning Aden and I decided to go on a bikeride and take Seth and Ashlyn with us. We loaded all the bikes up and the kids and headed for "fun". My bike had a flat tire so we were going to have to have it fixed.I went to one bike shop and they weren't able to repair it, so we drove clear across town to another store. Managing four kids in a bike shop is somewhat of a challenge, I kept imaging dominos and bikes =). Anyway, they fixed my bike and we loaded back up again for the third time now. I stopped to get some drinks for us and the kids ended up spilling sticky juice all over the car and then one of the kids accidentally kicked open the console in the middle (pushed up to make room for Aden up front). All the contents fell out onto the floor. Eventually..it's 9:45 now...we made it to the park. While unloading the bikes from the back of the truck, Seth had a coughing fit until he gagged himself and threw up. He said he felt okay and it was just because he coughed so hard so we continued on. About 1/4 mile away from the truck, Seth's bike chain fell off. I had to straddle my bike (I couldn't leave it on the kickstand becuase Heather was in the baby seat on the back) and attempt to put the chain on myself upside down. 20 minutes later...as Aden and Ashlyn have vanished off into the distance by now...a nice man stops to help me put the chain on. We get it fixed and caught up to Aden and Ashlyn now, but another 1/4 mile and it falls off again. By this time, I've had it. The 5 of us pull off onto the side of the road and luckily the man who helped us the first time stopped again. As I was helping him put on the chain, I accidentally pinched his fingers. Oops. About 15 minutes later, the chain is back on the bike. Well, during the fixing, Ashlyn had parked her bike in front of the man's truck...and when he left he ran over it! AAHHH!! So, I had Ashlyn run back towards the truck and of course half way back Seth's bike chain fell off so he ran back to the truck too. Finally, I get the two remaining bikes loaded into the truck and all four kids, and Zeke the dog. Zeke had been swimming after the ducks in the pond and was wet when he went into the car. Being a dog, he shoke and got muddy duck water all over us. When we got to Aprils to drop off the kids, I dropped Seth's bike and broke a traing wheel off. It was definitely a very trying day for us but in the end I was able to laugh at it. I took the rest of the day off and avoided any activity other than playing video games. =)