a day in the life

We woke early Saturday, and were out the door by 6:30am.

We hit Starbucks about an hour later and the coffee (and donut for Sam!) helped.

By 8:15 we were enjoying a cold morning in Basalt - at an expansive soccer complex with an excellent playground framed by bright green grass, golden aspens and my favorite deep blue Colorado sky.

Hamp's team eked out a victory and the sun finally did it's job so we could take our sweatshirts off.

By 10:45 we were back in Glenwood Springs.

We browsed a couple of retail places, a consignment shop, the book store and the candy store... making purchases at the last three!

Then we felt quite lucky to get the best, rooftop table at Juicy Lucy's Steakhouse for lunch!

With time to kill, the boys talked me into stopping for Mini Golf... and why not?

They sped through 18 holes and I wonder if the real motivation behind Mini Golf is getting to spend $.25 at the end for Skee Ball?!?! I can't blame them... they earned enough tickets to win little whoopee cushions, so that made the drive home pretty comical.

By 4:00 we had made our way to Rifle.

We stopped in to Synergy Gymnastics for the big pre-comp/team gymnastics fundraiser and expo... it was amazing to see Sam's progress in both skill and strength.

And then... what better way to end the day than dinner with friends?

We made it home by 8:00pm.

Gabe was so happy to see us, and we were happily exhausted.

It was the best mix of scheduled activities and spontaneous adventures that we could have hoped for - and it was good.