3FT

At our house, "3FT" stands for "Forced Family Fun Time" and our kids never really seem to enjoy it until it's over - then they usually decide that they had the absolute best time ever!  Today was no exception.

We volunteered at New Life Family Services Walk-a-thon at Lake Nokomis.  New Life was our adoption agency and we wanted to give back, so Micah and i worked in the crafts area and Matt and Sam hauled boxes from the "baby shower" area to the U-haul.  

We now have matching New Life t-shirts. But what made it most memorable was after the walk-a-thon we rented these bikes . . .

 Matt wasn't exactly fond of the helmet . . .

 But he loved racing his sister around the lake . . .

 Sam and I are tooling right behind them in a tandem bike for two.  What made this the best time ever was that the ship had bikes just like this and the kids have such good memories of playing on them, only these were bigger and that made them better . . . until Sam and I got a flat!  Arg!