Sunday, April 25, 2010

Tahoe

Last Wednesday, we drove up to Tahoe to spend a long weekend with Granny and Grandpa at their timeshare. I worked a half day and drove up after lunch. It was a good thing we didn't leave any later, because it snowed all night long. We woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow.

Below is a picture of Granny, Ryan, Connor and Grandpa taken Thursday morning outside the condo. It is snowing!

When I told Connor and Ryan that we were going to Tahoe and it might snow, the first thing they told me they wanted to do was make snow fairies. It was nice that there was fresh snow for it.

And then they wanted to make a snowman, but were disappointed we didn't have a carrot for the nose. In the picture you can see Connor is eyeing the snowman. Just moments after this picture was taken, Connor killed the snowman.

Connor is on a mission in this picture. We are off to go sledding. Just down the street is a golf course that had some hills. We walked there to sled.
The kids LOVED sledding down the hill.


Grandpa had fun too!
Later that day, we went a Kids Conservation Festival for Earth Day. The kids got to learn about worms, composting, making electricity with a bicycle, bugs in water, and pollution.
On Friday, it was sunny and a lot of the snow was melted. Connor wanted to touch the water in Lake Tahoe to see how cold it was, so we went to a nearby beach in Incline Village.

It was a "warm" day in the 50s and there were people wearing shorts, tank tops, and in the water. It needs to be warmer than that for me to go swimming in Lake Tahoe! In the below picture Connor and Ryan are "touching" the lake.



Grandpa tried to teach the kids to skip rocks in the water, but they had fun just throwing them in.
After we got back to the condo, we went out for an "Adventure Walk" to find wild animals. We found a fly, bird, squirel, worm and a woodpecker (or "nailpecker" as Connor called it).
On Saturday, we went to Reno to enjoy a bbq and a great time visiting with Aunt Mary, Uncle Len, Cousin Kelly and her kids Carleigh and Jianna, and cousins Dani and Cody. The kids spend all day playing together and by the time we got back to Tahoe, Connor and Ryan were ready to crash.
We drove home today. We had a great time, but it always go by too fast.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter

On the Saturday before Easter, we went to an Egg Hunt at a local Sunnyvale park.
All the eggs were gone in less than 3 minutes.
Connor and Ryan were proud of their loot.
After the hunt, we drove up to Rohnert Park for Easter. The Easter Bunny found the boys at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

After church on Easter Sunday, we went to brunch at Mutti's house. Below is a picture of the Great Grandma's with the Great-Grandkids.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Happy Hallow

On April 2, we went to Happy Hallow to check out the newly renovated park. We went on all the rides, but didn't make it to the zoo. That will have to wait for another visit.


At first Connor and Ryan were scared to try the roller coaster, but they changed their mind and ended up loving it.

They even have a race course with wiggle cars similar to the ones we have at home.