A Beautiful Sunday for Relaxing

As none of us had plans today, we decided to spend the day in Fort Wayne.  The weather was perfect for eating lunch outside on the patio at Hoppy Gnome.  Once we put our name in for a table, we walked around downtown Fort Wayne for a little bit.  While we were exploring, we found a beautiful park with a fountain and saw several other restaurants in the area that we would like to try at a later date.  We arrived back at the Hoppy Gnome just as they called to let us know that our table was ready.  We all enjoyed our lunch choices - Doug ordered a flatbread, Cameron had pork belly with mashed potatoes and jalapeno coleslaw and I chose chicken Tinga tacos.  The service was pretty poor, but the food and time together made up for that.

After lunch we headed to Putt Putt by Glenbrook Mall.  We had never played at that course and were looking forward to trying it.  Everyone else in Fort Wayne must have had the same idea as the place was packed.  We decided to try another day and stopped at Paige's Crossing on the way back home instead.  Thankfully, we got on course A with no problem and soon Cameron and I were in a highly competitive match.  We were actually tied at the end of 18 holes, but Cameron was declared the winner when he had a hole in one on the "19th" hole.  That not only gave him the family victory, but a free round of mini-golf as well.  In all of the times that we had played at Paige's Crossing, no one had ever even come close to a hole in one on the bonus green.  We were impressed.

Once we got home, we invited Grandma and Grandpa up for a round of Oh Hell!  Doug was the winner, but Cameron was close to the number one spot.  Afterward Doug started a bonfire and we set up the big screen for a movie night.  We had debated all day about what movie to pick.  There were so many good ones on our list.  In the end we chose "Body Heat."  We hadn't seen the 1981 thriller in at least a decade and it was really good.  I didn't remember all of the twists and turns of the plot which made it even better.  

We finished the movie in time to watch the last quarter of the Notre Dame vs. Florida State game with Cameron.  Just when we thought the Seminoles were out of it, they came marching back to tie the game at the end of regulation.  FSU lost in overtime, but at least they made it a game.  Cal texted us afterward and we all shared his sentiment - "New year, still hate ND!"  Even the disappointment of the Notre Dame victory couldn't ruin this wonderful day.