First summer night

Last evening, Pete went out and played golf and the girls and I dug in the garden and then went for a bike ride. It was our first "summer night" of the season. Colorado is such a weird weather state. We don't really have spring. Spring is just a group of weeks where some days it is winter and some days it is summer, until the summer days outnumber the winter days and it is finally summer.

Yesterday felt just like summer. During the summer Pete plays golf one or two nights a week. On those nights, the girls and I always work on the garden, eat a fast dinner outside and play until everyone is exhausted. They are great nights, that I look forward to all winter.

Yesterday it was about 80 degrees out. The girls and I worked on the garden (translation - they dug for worms and rolly pollies and I cut back the rose bushes). Our neighbors Ericka, Sophia and Nicholas came over and played for a while. Then we went for a bike ride.
Sarah is still using training wheels but she loves to ride her bike. Emily enjoys riding in her little cart behind my bike. The farthest we had ventured before last night, was to my parents house which is all of about half a mile away.

Last night, Sarah decided she wanted to go for a "big bike" ride. We rode and rode around the neighborhood and found ourselves at the entrance to the state park. Sarah was so excited to find herself there, she insisted we go into the park. We rode for about 1-2 miles on the trails in the park before heading back home. She rode all the way and was such a trooper. I was SO proud of her!

Riding around the park trails was such a surreal moment for me. When we bought our house last summer, I imagined one day riding down to the park with the girls. It was on my list of 'wouldn't that be nice if one day we did ---." Here we were, actually doing it. It was wonderful. Hopefully it was the first of many great rides this summer.
But tomorrow it is going to snow - so our next ride won't be for a few more days.