I suggested to go hiking on Monday morning.  We meant to leave the house earlier because of the weather, but Stuart and I woke up late and we dilly-dallied a bit too long.  We arrived and started the hike at 10am.  I was hoping to take a different trail this time; we climbed up a small hill but then we took the wrong route that led us back down.  We hiked 0.5 mile thus far.  Then Stuart decided to take the lead and returned to the one we did last time.  This was a tough uphill hike; the first part was quite bare, so we were already in the heat.  As soon as we started, the boys told us that they were tired.  Stuart and Logan were usually the ones leading, but somehow a quarter into our hike, Connor got a burst of energy and decided to lead.  He was so determined that he stayed ahead of us the remaining of the time and would not let Logan pass him when Logan tried.  The hike was tough; I had to pause multiple times during the uphill, and I was often the one trailing behind.  I remembered that the first time we went on this hike, the boys took a few snack breaks, but this time, either of them asked for a snack or a real break.  Logan had complained a few times, but he did restart and kept on going.  We finished this 3 mile steep trail in 1hour 15mins, and we were exhausted.  Connor was so proud to be the first to finish.

    In the afternoon Rohan came over to play with the boys.  While they played some video game, I took a nice nap in the backyard.  Then we headed over to the swimming pool and it was a perfect hot day to go into the water.  Stuart did not feel like swimming, so I got in the water to play with the 3 boys.  After a couple of hours at the cabana, we returned home to prepare for the Warriors game.  Stuart barbequed for us and we enjoyed the dinner while watching the Warriors.  It was a stressful first half, but we could finally relax a bit with the 2nd.  We were happy that the Warriors is going to the final.