An Early Birthday Present

Ben got an early birthday present today - a new bike! For the past week or two we've been driving around town looking for a new bike for Ben. We finally found this great Trek bike at our local bike store. He is so excited today. In fact he's still in a state of shock because he doesn't understand why we got the bike today and not next week on his actual birthday. Anyway, he loves riding bikes. Last summer he spent a lot of time on the local bike trails. In fact, near the end of last summer he outgrew his bike. So instead of going out and getting him a new bike before the winter our neighbor across the street loaned us an old BMX bike until we were ready to buy him a new one this year. So he's pretty stoked to get this new one. He's already taken several rides today in the 40 degree weather. And just think - this time last year he was just learning to ride with no training wheels. Time sure does fly.