The Conley’s are not stellar bike riders.  Period.  When I was little, all I did was ride bikes-EVERYWHERE!  Around the neighborhood, to Kerr’s pharmacy to get candy and Icee’s and when Hardee’s opened in south Olathe, you better believe we rode up there to get french fries!  We were pros.

In preparation for our annual back to school donut ride to Price Chopper with the neighborhood, I had the tires aired up and trial runs completed around the block.  This was going to be our most successful ride yet!  In the past, it’s been an absolute disaster most of the time.  Either the kids can’t make it up the hills or their chain falls off or they aren’t experienced enough so they take a scooter or walk instead.  The one year Reece got enough courage to ride a bike, she slammed into a pole just yards from our house and we had to ditch the bike along the path and walk the rest of the way.  And when Morgan was going into 8th grade, she flipped over the handlebars and broke her wrist and skinned up her face.  That one was REALLY SCARY!

Honestly, I’ve made it my lifelong motherhood quest to make this bike ride work.  I never give up.

I am so pleased to report that we DID IT!  All 4 of my kiddos made it to Price Chopper and back and there were absolutely no incidences!!  I have such a feeling of PRIDE today…GO CONLEY KIDS GO!  It’s going to be a great school year, I can feel it!

And a sidenote….getting your kids up at 7:30 a.m. to ride bikes when you still have one last day to sleep in before summer ends is not easy!