Today Lily and I took the kids hiking to Stewart Falls. It was almost 4 miles round trip and it was of much fun. It was crazy how many trees had fallen over and were blocking the path (8 or so). I assume it’s from all the snow over the winter? Before our hike, we started with a yummy lunch from Harmon’s.
I thought it was interesting how slanted the trees in the background were.
After hiking we went straight to the Baker’s and had the most wonderful time. They are such a lovely, down-to-earth family. We had tin foil dinner and had so much fun catching up because it has been a while.
Lydia is almost as tall as Lily! She’s been growing a lot lately.
There were a comedy of errors as to why I didn’t help Lily celebrate her birthday well on the actual day, but today Lily and I had a Park City date day to celebrate her birthday. First we went to Freshie’s. Lily and I both thought it was possibly the best sandwich we had ever eaten. They fly the lobster in fresh every morning. Also, they entered a worldwide competition in Portland, Main for the best lobster roll, and they won!!
Then Lily and I went to the Park City Nursery. Lily was completely enchanted. We didn’t take any pictures there, but there were cute buildings, a creek, giant wind chimes, and amazing plants everywhere. Lily also said the shop is her new favorite shop. It had amazing candles, pots, soaps and other fun items.
After the nursery, we hiked the Ontario Ridge trail. It turned a bit serious when Lily started talking about some ideas she had (which were totally practical) and I couldn’t hide my stress about money. That launched us into a very large conversation about money. At first I was nervous the conversation would ruin her birthday, but it turned into a very raw, deep and vulnerable conversation that helped us both to reframe our internal dialogues about money in a way that was more fair, positive and true. We also unpacked some of our insecurities about money, and see each other more clearly, and with deeper love. It turned out to be a very bonding conversation.
We then went to Chimayo. The food was amazing, and one of our favorite parts was the metal goblets they put our water in. Lily got duck enchiladas and I got chicken fajitas.
Then we drove home very happy and fulfilled from our day and spent time with Morgan and Jessie. We admired their new yard they just had landscaped, and covered a multiplicity of topics as we hung out inside. Lily and I had such an incredible time talking with them. At home, Lily and I played Wingspan until almost 1:00.
What an amazing day. Lily, I love you so much, and celebrating your birthday with you today was a major highlight for me. You are loving, fun, sweet, talented, crazy-smart, beautiful and deep. Thank you for being mine, for giving me your love, and for having such a special day with me!
