Marshall and I both took off Friday, January 2nd to make for a long weekend (and we had talked about going to the mountains at one point to ski). However, the ski conditions continue to be less than ideal and both boys also enjoy being home after being away at college. So, we had a "free day" that turned into a day of various activities. We had a loose itinerary and the day turned out to be a fun day of friendly competition and taking advantage of activities in our own backyard.
We started the day with doughnuts and then headed to Coal Creek Lanes in Lafayette for some bowling. While we are not going to be on the PBA tour anytime soon, we each had some pretty good bowling at times (Marshall tied his high score of 185 for the 3rd time) and I think I had my best 2 game series in quite some time (maybe ever).
We had not planned on darts as part of our Olympics games, but the bowling alley had a couple nice dart boards and we rented the darts for $5 and played a couple family games of Cricket and the boys played a couple games of 301 (the boys had been talking a LOT about darts after playing at the Geiserts so this was a welcome addition to the competition).
Our next stop was Snarf's Sandwiches for our lunch break which was perfect because it was on our way to hiking and a Colorado sandwich shop. It seems that like everyone else in Boulder County, our idea for a hike on an almost 60 degree day was a popular one. The parking at a couple of trailheads were full so we ended up walking up along Boulder Creek in Boulder Canyon. It was a bit chilly when we started (we missed the sun), but we warmed up as we completed our 2+ mile hike. There was a lot of chatter about the history of different game consoles on the hike so it only made sense.......
That the next activity was a bit of gaming on our Nintendo gaming system at home (this was not originally in the plans), but a great stop to rest and chill out before our evening activities. Before we left, we started the rice in the rice cooker as we decided to do a Asian dinner of potstickers, edamame and chicken and veggies over rice. THIS turned out to be a brilliant decision.....
Our evening activity took us to holiday mini-golf in Westminster. It was a perfect way to wrap up our family Olympics day as well as the holiday season. I loved the lights and the music and just having us all together. Now here is where the brilliant dinner decision comes in....
The mini-golf happened to be VERY close to our favorite Asian market and while golfing, I mentioned that Tanner could run in and get a ramune drink to go with dinner. Well, this turned into a family trip to HMart to pick up not only ramune drinks, but shumai, pork buns, mochi and sake to enhance our casual Asian meal. Walking around HMart is definitely a fun experience. Everyone pitched in to make the meal and it was a fun dinner experience.
While not part of the family Olympics, we did watch #13 Nebraska men's basketball beat #9 Michigan State which was fun and a much better outcome than the bowl game we watched on Dec 31st (at least Iowa won that day). (At one point, Pickleball was going to be part of the day, but there were no indoor courts available to be booked and while we took our paddles with us to potentially find an open court outside, we had more than enough activities to fill our day.
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| full moon above the mini golf course |
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| analyzing the next shot |
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| Tanner made the volcano go off on the final shot! |
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| part of our Asian feast |
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