Family Moab

Family Moab
In Arches National Park

Monday, June 23, 2014

Anniversary Travels

Rob and I had a twenty-hour anniversary getaway this past weekend courtesy of a dear friend and our oldest child. Aden and Heidi held down the fort while we prowled the streets of Golden, only thirty minutes away . . . but far enough. We peacefully shopped for my folks' 45th anniversary present (three times our 15 years!) in an art store where the boys would have instilled terror in the heart of the saleswoman, and then went to dinner at a Venezuelan restaurant with plenty of gluten-free options. We stayed in a nice hotel, nodded off in front of a recent movie, and then hiked five and a half miles up Lookout Mountain on a lovely Sunday morning. We had plenty to talk about and be grateful for, recharging our batteries until our thoughts returned to our task lists and timelines on the way home. It looks like Rob and I will hardly cross paths for the coming week, so I'm glad we had uninterrupted face time to tide us over.

We watched the US soccer team snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yesterday afternoon with the kids, and then I turned on some swimming after dinner. All sports, all the time - feels like the theme of our summer thus far. We truly enjoy the swim meets, but hope to get a weekly family hike started after swim season and water polo season come to a close. Hopefully we will get Daniel up his first fourteener later this summer, and we have to get him out on his bike, as well. These long days and balmy weather (minus the severe thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes) present us with the perfect opportunity to indulge our inner athletes. Rob and I have always enjoyed doing that together - from running to single-track mountain biking, triathlons and hiking - and it's a great gift to share similar activities with the whole family.

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