weekend at home

it was nice to enjoy the warm weather at home this weekend. with Mary coming up to watch Alina on Monday, I was able to take off Saturday with Helen too. pretty nice to have a weekend off together, without having to take any vaca time. hopefully we can do more of these this summer. yesterday we went shopping, and bought some perrenials for our garden also. we'll see how many come back next spring. we enjoyed the evening home together, and this morning we drove over to Vail for a 10K in their trail series. although the course was poorly marked, Helen won! Alina and I got to hang out at Larkspur, and then see Helen come in to finish. it's nice to see how much more lush and green everything is in Vail. amazing what a 1000' elevation differnce will do for the trees and plants. when we got back I went out for a nice big ride. the Colorado Trail is in great shape already. Helen's runs today will set her off for a good taper week until San Juan on Saturday.