Picnic In The Park

Rocky Mountain National Park, that is.

Last night Wilberforce and I decided to pack our little lunch bucket and head up to the mountains for a picnic, complete with a blanket and everything!

We drove 20 minutes further up the mountain than we had planned, but we found a great spot on a private drive (don't arrest me!) and hiked a hundred yards to a little spot in the evening sun with a great view.  Picture perfect.

Wilberforce had a spazz attack for no apparent reason. 

...and it continues...

Appetizers - veggies and homemade roasted red pepper hummus.  Wilberforce's favorite! 

The entree - chicken lettuce wraps.  I made mine with peas and sprouts and mustard.   Wilberforce did sprouts and buffalo sauce and something else which I can't remember.  He's obsessed with buffalo sauce. 

They were tasty. 

Me.  Wonderful cool sunny evening on the mountain!

Dessert - double chocolatey quinoa pudding with fresh Colorado peaches!

Mmmm...yeah boys, that's what I'm talkin' bout!

Wilberforce needs a toothpick. 

 So our trip up the mountain was awesome.  We got to see a few new places, spent some quality time together, and got to enjoy a little bit of mother nature that most people dedicate a summer vacation to travel to.  Oh Colorado, you are my China Doll.

Wilberforce made cinnamon zucchini bread tonight.  All by himself.  I didn't help one single bit!  He said it's the very first thing he's ever baked completely on his own.  I haven't tasted it yet, but it's the recipe we've used three times before, so I suspect the bread turned out fabulously. 

Wilberforce took my picture today.  That's all. 

I told Wilberforce to show me his muscles.  He was shy.  He thought the neighbors were watching...then suddenly...

WHAM!  There they were.  He's gonna kill me for posting this picture.  I like that he's holding my lovely pink water bottle. 

These are my muskles.  A mean, lean, P90x-ing machine!

I don't do pull ups on the pull-up bar...I use the bands during the workouts...the bands are still effective, me thinks? 

Will's been watching a documentary on Arnold Schwartzenager during his body building days.  This is my attempt at showing up Arnold.  I need practice. :)

We started doing P90x2 this week.  It's hard.  The first workout, I got so frustrated at trying to balance on the stability ball that I ended up kicking it at the TV and pouting in my room for fifteen minutes.  Today was Wilberforce's turn to kick the stability ball around the workout room from frustration.  In three months, we'll be old pros and will laugh at the beginning days when we had to write a big fat "zero" next to the number of reps we completed.  Yeah baby.

And that's all for tonight.  Wilberforce and I have to go back to work tomorrow.  Boo.

I'm gonna go eat myself some of Will's zucchini bread.  Get excited!