Thursday, March 29, 2012

Spring Break cont...

With all the rain we had been getting for Spring break, Lake Tahoe was getting lots of snow. We decided to take advantage of it and get some skiing in. Following are tons of pictures from our trip, it was a quick one but we had loads of fun.
Here we are at our usual stop at a park in Tahoe City.
A park in Truckee we played at - the kids loved the play structure here and the skate park. Cooper wanted to go buy a skateboard so he could try it out. Cameron was wearing Roxy out.
Roxy enjoying the snow
Cooper took Cameron & I to this snowman he built in ski school earlier that day
The boys @ Mt. Rose - Reno in the background
Eddie enjoying some relaxing time @ Squaw Valley
The kids & I @ the top of Squaw - Lake Tahoe in the background
Top of Squaw with dad
Gotta relax those muscles after all that skiing - Roxy wanted in
The gondola ride to the lifts @ Squaw
Taking a break
Us
It's always nice to get away for a few days. Sometimes it seems like the only time we really relax. We are all rested and back to work & school. It's hard to believe only 2 more months until summer.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Spring Break

We are officially on Spring Break! Not quite sure what we have planned, we got more rain last week than we had gotten all winter. We know 1 thing for sure....we are off school & work and loving it! We hung out yesterday & the kids played & played....here is Cooper working on getting air
Cameron has it down
Even Billy showed up to play for a while
a rare shot of all 3
Ahhh....it feels good not to be rushing out of the house this morning. We shall see what the week has in store.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Great day for a drive

We took a drive out to the beach on Sunday afternoon to take Roxy (and ourselves) for a walk. It was beautiful out there. The kids & Roxy loved running down the beach & running from the waves. Cooper collected 2 pockets full of shells and we did a great job at wearing Roxy out.
Here is a little shot from a pit-stop we made on the way home
Roxy had just gotten let off her leash...
ahh...some birds to chase
oh darn...I left a picture out of Roxy booking down the beach. That girl is fast. We are guessing 30mph..we gotta clock her
Love this shot.

Scooter time

It's like we owned the place. Since the skate park opened a few years ago we have never been there alone. For some reason this past Saturday everyone decided the sleep in and we had the place to ourselves. It was really awesome for the kids to go all over the park and not have to worry about running into anybody. It gave them a chance to try things they normally can't because it's to crowded or won't because sometimes trying new tricks with an audience can be intimidating.
Ready to ride...

Cooper catching some air
Cameron getting air
A much needed rest down in the bowl (getting out of these bowls can be harder than some of the tricks you do in them - I took some great pix of that :-) )
It was a great day for getting pictures of them and we took a ton. We left there with both boys sweaty & worn out....a job well done!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Beautiful day

Great day for a bike ride. We have been having some beautiful Spring weather basically all winter. I'm sure soon they will start complaining we are in a drought, but until then we are loving every minute of it.