This is why we live in California

So it's February 15th, a 3 day weekend, and 82 degrees....gotta love living in So Cal!

We headed down to the San Diego Bay to ride bikes with the kids. Well, we ride and Luke and Tryg get pulled by Dad in the bike trailer. Unfortunately the fam was not complete since Dylan was in Las Vegas with his Dad :(.

First we had to do a little rock throwing with the boys.

It was a gorgeous day!!!

As you can see the kids were ready for their strenuous ride...

So everything was going well. We were cruising along enjoying the scenery and pointing out all the cool boats to the boys. As we approached the USS Midway, Mark slowed down to about a 2 mile per hour crawl as he tried to get the boys attention and point with one hand at the big ship. The rest gets a little fuzzy...I was right behind him and I think the bike trailer kind of clipped this big cement tree planter thing in the sidewalk as Mark sort of fell over the handlebars in a slow motion kind of way. I think my exact words were "oh crap" as I quickly got off to rush to his aid. I found him lying on his back looking a little dazed and confused. Then I noticed the blood dripping from his head! Scary!! Not the kind of thing you want to see! We had a couple bystanders offer to call 911 and one offered a band aid but Mark got up and I quizzed him on what my name was, what year it was, etc.. He gave the right answers so I guess he was okay. We cleaned him up and he wanted to continue with our day so we did. NOTE: no children were harmed in this accident. The bike trailer actually never moved and Luke's comment... "Daddy don't do that!"

Here's a picture of the nice gash in his head....

To fast forward ahead...Mark was feeling some pain in his chest and shoulder and being the loving and concerned wife that I am (and having scary thoughts of him dying in his sleep because of some internal brain injury)...I convinced him to get checked out by a Dr. when we got home. Turns out he got three STAPLES in his head and suffered a BROKEN RIB! This is a guy who used to ride BMX bikes doing all sorts of dangerous tricks and never managed to break a bone and now...this is how he does it! He may have to come up with a better story:) I have a feeling there is a U Tube video out there shot by some tourist featuring Mark's graceful encounter with a tree planter :).

Anyway...back to our beautiful San Diego day...

Next on the agenda...a picnic overlooking the ocean. A little tree climbing. Of course, the day would not be complete without another injury as Tryg was trying to copy his big brother and proceeded to fall out of the tree on to his face! He had a nice scrape/bruise to show for it. Just love this pic.. Then it was on to the promised Merry Go Round ride which they both loved! And....if they didn't cry when it was time to get off of the horsey, they got ice cream. Sooo cute... We managed to ride our bikes back to the car with no additional injuries :) And...as you can see, we had 2 tuckered out little boys. Minus the traumatic incident with Mark's head, it was definitely a day that made us smile and say..."This is why we live in California!"