Tahoe!
When I drive to California, usually I just drive straight to my parent's house with stops only being at gas stations where you fill up, go to the bathroom & grab something to eat. This trip we decided to stay over in Tahoe to break it up a little. Who would have thought that I'd leave Idaho to go to Sunny California only to be snowed in. Crazy since we barely had any snow this year and whatever we did get melted in 2-3 days. We met my parents, sister, brother & his wife at my Grandma's cabin and had lots of fun. I've always loved Tahoe it's so peaceful and relaxing not to mention such beautiful scenery.
This is the coolest place. It has a rain forest, aquarium, planetarium all in one place. Allie absolutely loves going there and is still telling everyone she got to see a white alligator named Claude. She's also forgotten about the 2 hours of sitting in traffic trying to get home (that was just how long it took to get out of the city). It probably helped that she fell asleep for most of it after a long fun filled day.
Picnics at the Park
It's so nice to visit and have fun with family. Allie loved being able to spend time with her California cousins as she calls them. I also got to visit with one of my friends while Allie played with her nephew at another park. It was nice being able to catch up with her. I didn't get any pictures that day must have been to busy talking :) Thanks Tansy for the blanket and clothes for the kids they were much appreciated and will be well used.
Beach Day!
Allan flew in Friday night and then Saturday the family went to the beach. Allie has been talking about going back to the beach since we moved out of California and for some reason we just haven't gone back on our visits so we made sure to do that this time. It was such a beautiful day. We couldn't have had better beach weather. We wanted to see some tide pools but unfortunately the tide was a little to high. I don't think the kids cared they had fun playing in the sand and water. Thanks Kim for being a good sport and letting me play around with my camera to get some preggo photos of you can't wait to meet your little guy!
Easter
Started the day with the traditional finding the basket the Easter bunny hid and then I was trying to take some pictures of my kids but it was not working out so well. Oh well maybe some day I will be able to get a decent picture of the two together. We got to visit with some family friends, then went to church, came home to pack up our stuff for our trip back home the following day and spent the rest of the day at Grandma Too's house for Easter dinner and egg hunt. I found the winning egg for the adult egg hunt. It was a very nice gift card for outback steakhouse so Allan and I will have to find a time to go use that for a date. Woo Hoo! Sorry Galen.. I broke your winning streak! (He has found the winning egg for several years now)
It was a very fun trip and I loved getting to see and visit with family and friends. I will have to catch up with others I didn't get to see on our next trip out there. For now it's nice to be back home in my bed with our regular routine. (something about babies and routines and when you don't follow them you better watch out)
