Free weekend for the Millsers, no way!

On Thursday, over dinner with the Chandrasekaras, i realized we were faced with a free weekend with no plans! We made plans to have Indian food but only to find out Alan has a run the next day, so i had to cancel(very uncharacteristic of me, especially over authentic Indian food!!).

Anyways, i figured a free weekend was a good chance to catch up with people. I made a few calls and made impromptu plans, some fell thru, some worked out. 

Saturday morning, due to VERY short notice, we managed to sneak in a hike at our local Coal Creek Trail so that Tyler and Mateo can meet while we catch up with Adam. The boys as usual had fun racing each other down the trail, catching bugs, watching wildlife(birds and squirrels, ha!) and oh, rediscovering "treasures".

The kids checking out the fishes in the stream

The boys rediscovering their treasure.. and for once, we had stuff to drop off!

Tyler picked up a new pair of glasses!

Then we came back for a quick lunch and nap while i baked some chocolate cakes. Haven't baked in weeks, so, had to do it! 

Then when Tyler woke up and finished his homework, we went out for a Mommy-son activity. I promised to take him to watch The Avengers. We managed to get Mateo and Vero to join us but alas, a few minutes into the movie, they had a power outage and Mateo left. We stuck around and enjoyed the rest of the movie. Tyler is a big fan of super heroes, so it was fun for him to experience it on big screen. When asked what his favorite part of the movie was, he said, "It was when Hulk roared to wake Ironman up! So funny, mommy!" and of course that made Hulk his favorite also because "Hulk is so strong!". We weren't too familiar with Captain America, Thor(or Thorn as Tyler calls it, tee hee!) or Hulk and thought we'd ask Uncle Damith about them when we see him next. 

He was quite excited to go see The Avengers

While i had my one on one time with Tyler, Alan spent his time with Cody in the pool, working on his swimming which is hopefully coming along.

When we got home, the Heides were already at our house, hungry and demanding for food! We quickly put some burgers on and fries and some veggies and fruits and called it dinner. As it was still nice out, we moved our table onto the deck to enjoy the outdoors. The wind did curiously out of the sudden pick up to try to chase us back in, but we refused to move!! We enjoyed catching up with Jim who we don't see very often and the boys got to show Sienna their rowdy sides, which disgusted Princess Sienna no end!!

The kids practicing t-ball

Dinner on the deck

Sienna has captivated an audience

Quiz : how fast does it take to mess up the front room?!

We had a slow start on Sunday morning because i refused to get out of bed. The kids finally managed to persuade me out of bed at 8:30 am! After breakfast, Alan came back from his run and we got everybody ready to go to Denver to meet Hans to check out a new Malaysian restaurant.

It is always fun to meet Hans at restaurants as we like to critique their food together and make observations about how restaurants are run. Anyways, after that we walked a little to go check out a farmer's market. It was a super hot day and when we got back to the car, i found out it was 105 F!!! Ugh.. no wonder i felt like melting!!!

Me and the boys

My fellow foodie who makes me look normal

Alan and the boys

The heat knocked us out and the kids and I passed out for a 3-hr nap! When we woke up, it was still quite hot and we thought ice cream was in order. And since we had a little time before dinner, we also went to get some new pajamas for the kids!

So, as i said.. free weekend?? what free weekend?