Weekend Recap

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Wow! Another great weekend! If this keeps up I am going to get spoiled. Had a good game Friday night, my plans went well. Saturday I got to rest some in the morning, then off to the park for some fun, later some swimming at the Y and a nice dinner. Sunday had a nice walk in the park followed by some bike practice for James, then I got my bike out and did a little riding. Overall just a nice relaxing weekend.

Saturday I took the kids to the park, along the way stopped and bought some tennis balls. When we got to the park I took James to the tennis court and tried hitting some balls with him. For simplicity sake I gave him one of our racquetball rackets. He did a pretty good job for his first time out. It wasn't easy for me to take something off my shots, I am so out of practice I am just used to slamming the ball every chance I get. James got some some good shots in though, I think it could be a regular thing for him to do moving forward (which I know his Grandpa Pete will love).

When got home on Saturday we asked the kids what they wanted to do and Daniel said he wanted to go swimming. Sow we took the kids to the Y for some swimming. Emily wasn't exactly happy at first, but she got used to it after a while. And it is time for Daniel to ditch his swim floats. But it was a good time overall. James is slowly getting better as a swimmer in general. We followed that up with a nice dinner out, then watched a movie at home (Hancock, which was a nice little movie with a cool twist thrown in).

Sunday morning we went for a walk in Monument Valley Park. It was a nice little walk, not too stressful, but enough to get the blood flowing. Then we got James bike out and had him practice. He actually did better than I thought he would. He has the hang of it, he just needs practice and get in the habit of looking up and not focusing on the little things, it tends to distract him and cause him to get wobbly. But I think that if he gets a little more practice we can get to a point where we can do some family bike rides, with the little ones in the bike trailer.

Which motivated us to get our bikes out and try and air them up. I was able to get mine aired up and working just fine. Kim's bikes didn't work so well. But she did get the Diamondback aired up enough for her to ride over to her Mom's house. I took a short ride, enough to show me that my muscles are not ready for a any century rides right now, but it felt good none the less.

So a good weekend, lots of exercise and some relaxation time. Lots of fun for kids, at least outdoor play in the sun fun. We keep this stuff up and we might be in danger of all getting fit and in good shape! It took a little longer than I might have wanted to gain this momentum, but we have it now, and the key is to keep it going. One thing I am not doing is focusing on a specific goal like we all hike Barr Trail or something like that, instead my focus is on slowly changing our habits so we develop better ones.