Wednesday morning at 4:00 a.m. I woke up to 3 inches of snow. I rolled over to Jordan and told him to look outside. I could tell that he was bummed just like me, because we were leaving for Reno that morning. We missed all the excitement with the 8 or so inches of snow we get one time a year. Oh well, at least we were on vacation! We quickly drove out of the snow by Cottage Grove and were on our way to Tahoe for our first nights stay. It was gorgeous in Tahoe and we also went to see one of my relatives that has a vacation home there. The house was amazing, a view from every room and window. None of us wanted to leave. After that we were off to Reno to meet up with the rest of my family. We were able to find a babysitter for Friday and Saturday nights, which was really nice to have. Friday night we
ALL had too much fun, so Saturday night we
ALL were pretty quiet. The wedding was really nice on Saturday and it was great to see all my cousins that live in Reno. I wish we all lived closer to each other, they're a blast to be around. Sunday morning we loaded up and headed for home. Fun times! Austyn did great the entire time considering the hectic schedule she was on. And I think she slept for about an hour total in the car there and back. I was thinking she would sleep a lot more. Nope, not her. Lucky us :)
Really cool wooden bench on the shore
of Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
Huge chair in the Silver Legacy where we stayed
in Reno
Jail scene at Virgina City
We've taken a few weekend excursions lately. A hiking trip up Spencer Butte with my brothers girlfriend Kati. We were going for a moderate to easy hike. Needless to say it was not! But when we got to the top of the mountain it was beautiful. Well worth the effort. And we also went to the hills around our house with my cousin and her two girls to play in the snow. It's always fun to play in the snow!
Daddy and Austyn
The view from the top of Spencer Butte
Cousins playing in the snow. They built a
Hawaiian snowman :)
Cheese
Austyn has been great. Trying out her independence and leaning new words everyday. She learns so fast and is constantly trying to do new things. Hopefully this will work in my favor when we start potty training in the next few weeks;) She had her 18 month check-up and everything was perfect. She weighs 28 pounds and is in 2T clothes now. She's still a very big girl. I thought she would start leveling out when she turned 1, but I was wrong! I think I'm going to put her in tumbling classes soon. We went to a Birthday party at a gymnastics place and we had to most fun ever! We both loved it. She is at such a fun age right now. She's the joy of my life and I feel fortunate I'm able to spend so much time with her.
Jordan and I haven't been doing anything too exciting. We don't have anymore trips planned yet. Hopefully we'll get some camping in this year. We do have a lot of weddings to go to this year. We've been to two already, and three more to go. Weddings are always fun. Work is good for both of us. I think we are all looking forward to summer, so we can get out of the house. Summer time activities are going to be fun this summer :)
Hope all is well with everyone. Have a great Easter!
