Fort Collins badminton tournament

The boys and I travelled to Fort Collins today to take part in their badminton tournament.  The boys got to play together for the first time in a tournament. I also got to play with both of them as well.

They did take a silver in the boys under 15. To be fair there were only 2 teams, and the opposition were much older, but they did surprisingly well and enjoyed themselves.

Mid shot

Cody goes for a winner

Tyler tired after the final point

Medals for the boys

Storming the castle at Castle Rock

Siew Gin was invited to a Malaysian Pot Luck in Castle Rock, and the boys and I took the opportunity while we were there to climb the rock itself. I have been past this place many times, and wondered if it could be climbed, so when we had the chance we gave it a go, It is a fairly easy 1.5 mile hike to the top and has a loop so you can come down a different side than you go up.

Enjoying our food

More stairs on the trail

Tyler holds up the rock

View of Pikes Peak

Climbing a smaller rock

Broncos 7k

We don't normally do many family runs together apart from Bolder Boulder, but this year I spotted that the Broncos were doing a 7k run which finished in the stadium, had nice finisher medals, and a broncos jersey as part of the package.  You also go to meet some of the players at packet pickup as well.

The race was fun, could have done with one more water stop, but overall everyone made it without too many complaints and we finished in just over 1 hour (well 1 minute over).

Getting our jerseys signed

Sea of orange at the start

Getting close to the stadium

Siew Gin made it

Winning team

Elitch Gardens again

We had to go to the Broncos stadium today to pick up our numbers for the Broncos 7k race on Sunday.  We still had a couple of guest passes for Elitch Gardens, and as that was close to the stadium we took the boys.  They got to choose the rides, so tamer than usual but I think they enjoyed it more.

Ready to ride the swings

Waiting in line for the mine ride

Siew Gin and Tyler

Dragon Wing

Karate Party

Cody and Tyler were invited to a Karate Party by their friend Zak.  The boys had a lot of fun and a couple of the games were won by the Millsers. In one game Cody managed to beat Tyler as they were the last two standing. It was unusual to see Cody so determined to beat Tyler.

Tyler leaps for USA

Punch drunk?

Practicing their moves

Camping at Cold Springs

We finally got to camp as a family at the end of the season.  We normally camp in Estes Park, but this year availability was limited so we went to a campsite near Blackhawk.  We stayed for a couple of 'cold nights' and managed to get some hiking in.  Cody and Tyler collected a lot of firewood and we managed to make a big fire on Saturday night so they could eat S'mores.

Ready to eat

On the trail

Fire

Indoor Skydiving at iFLY

Cody had a birthday party this weekend and i thought Tyler and I can have some bonding time. So, i suggested that we go for indoor skydiving and surprisingly, he said OK.

It was quite a drive down to Lone Tree and some wait before we went in for our class which was a short video asking us to keep our chin up, straighten or bend our legs and relax!

There were about 10 of us. 9 of them were boys ages from 6-10 and then there was me. So, of course i was more determined to show them that i could be better than them! :)

Tyler and I had a great time "flying". Seemed kinda natural and we promised to be back for more.

Tyler went first

And then i went

This was high flying with the instructor

Wheeee!!

Here are some videos of our flight.