Grass Valley

After Lake Tahoe, we drove two hours to visit the Papa family.
We put the kids in a little pool out back, but Gavin's swim diapers were buried too far in the car for me to dig out. His regular diaper was filled to the max with pool water. Pretty Sweet!


We stayed at a couple of hotels on our way home. One in northern cali as we were visiting the Papa's and one on our way home in Selma to break up the trip.

Emerald Bay - Lake Tahoe

Emerald Bay was really pretty. We dropped Tyrus, Jeff, and Katelynne off at a beach a few miles north of Emerald Bay. They kayaked from the other beach and met us at Emerald Bay. We had a nice relaxing time at the beach. The hike up and down though is ridiculous. It took us about 45 minutes to hike from the beach up to the parking lot. Jeff and Tyrus were carrying the kayaks and it was really hard. Finally a couple of guys caught up to them and offered to help. It was really nice.
You'll notice a pic of Kylie and Jeffrey wearing life jackets on dry land. That is when we are hiking to the parking lot and trying to lighten our loads. Rachel also wore one the life vests and carried a bag. Sherrilynne had about a million bags that she carried. Alyssa carried Jeffrey and he fell asleep. Katelynne carried the oars. I pushed Gavin in the umbrella stroller (which was loaded with bags also) with one hand and held Kylie's other hand to keep up her pace. She walked the whole distance except for about 5 minutes towards the end where I carried her and still pushed the stroller. It was quite a hike, but lots of fun.

Here is a pic of Kylie at Chevy's Restaurant enjoying her birthday hat.

Here is a pic of Gavin in one of his favorite positions!

Rise and Shine! Nathan, Kylie, and Brian waking up with the help of some cartoons!

Gavin and Daddy enjoying the water.

Happy Birthday to Kylie

Kylie turned three a little more than a week ago while we were vacationing in Lake Tahoe with the Kettley family. She had a Mickey Mouse Party with her cousins. They played "pin the nose on mickey", freeze dance, and we had a pull string pinata. She wore Minnie Mouse ears and her cousins wore Mickey Mouse ears. We had ice cream cake, Mickey Mouse sugar cookies, and some goodie bags for the cousins to enjoy.

Here is Amanda and Rachel with frosting on their noses while Brian, Kylie, and Jeffrey are enjoying the goodie bag favors.

When we sang Happy Birthday to Kylie she was so excited. She put her hands in the air and had a huge smile on her face. It was so fun for me to watch her excitement.

Happy Birthday to Kylie

Here are some pics of freeze dance, the pinata, and gift opening.