Cafe De Valentine 2013

Tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition:

Family Came To Visit

Last week the Courtney and the Whitney's came to visit.  Dolly brought her awesome hair with her:

 The kids enjoyed some Dolly time:

 Just Dance was fun:

 Jim got caught up on his Medical journals, and so did Everest:

We decided to torture Ever and took her snowshoeing on a really cold day.  The wind was bitter:

 She fell asleep despite the cold:

On Saturday skiing didn't happen because it was feared the snow was just ice.  Kind of sad.  Actually really sad, because then we were forced to go to a casino.  Seriously.  Sad.  But I guess it was kind of fun because....

....there was a cat convention, and a diva's day out:

And there was bowling, which was fun:

And look at this!  I did awesome!  It was a miracle:

Ever really appreciated the dog magnet.  She spent a lot of time entertained in this spot:

On Sunday afternoon the boys, Rob, Court, and I drove up to Sand Harbor.  It was chilly, but beautiful.  Thank goodness for Tahoe.  Reno-Tahoe = not good.  Reno+Tahoe=awesome:

 Whit and Jim had to leave on Monday morning.  Court and I went walking with some friends (she is totally in with all the girls), and then did some shopping.  She even got to see Clara in action at gymnastics.

It was great to have family here.  Now they all need to come back in the summer when Reno (Tahoe) is at it's best.  Thanks for coming everyone!

Sledding on MLK Day

The youth hosted a family sledding day up at Tahoe Meadows on MLK day.  It was a beautiful day.  It was warm, too warm for coats, and by the end everyone had shed hats, scarves, coats, etc.  The hill was somewhat dangerous. Some brilliant nitwit dug a huge pit in the middle of a run that caused multiple injuries, until one of the more responsible YW took matters into her own hands and filled it in.  There was also a fairly large jump, that looked pretty jarring to me, but was popular with the boys.

Lucy and Ellie:

 Clara ready for action:

 Lucy didn't do much sledding, because I think like me, she doesn't find it terribly fun.  It is kind of painful.  But here is one of her runs:

 Some of Anders wild rides:

 Tucker sat out for awhile.  He was not happy after his drop into the pit:

 Clara and Anders took a breather to enjoy cookies and hot chocolate:

 Tucker finally recovered from his injuries and had at the jump:

 You will notice Laurel hard at work filling in the pit:

 Clara spent most of her time playing.  Soffia and Clara made some hot cocoa art:

 And then Clara, Soffia, and Kaisley built a snow fort:

It was a very fun way to spend a day out of school, and the not so cold weather was nice and gentle after a week in Hawaii.