Every day in Tahoe was so much fun. We continued to hang out at the beach, hike and spend time at the pool. We had a really fun beach day with the Clarks, McLeans and Willbanks. We rented paddle boards, (my favorite) and took turns with them. 

We went hiking with Susan and the Clarks up to the fire lookout point. It was beautiful!

On Thursday we were having a relaxing morning and were about to get ready to go to the pool when Marv happened to look at the rental paperwork. Turns out we were supposed to be leaving that day and be out by 10am (it was already 10:15 when we discovered that). They had another family coming in so we all started rushing around packing. An hour later we were out of there! Matt and I had planned to drive to Salt Lake City the following day and had made a reservation on Priceline. We weren't sure what to do and it was too late to drive all the way to Salt Lake. We ended up driving to Elko, NV. Ever been there? It's really horrible. We stayed in a disgusting hotel and couldn't get out of there fast enough! On our way to S.L we stopped and checked out the Salt Flats, the kids thought it was pretty neat but Tully kept asking if we were at 'Salty Lake' yet. Next stop Denver!

a.m. oreo's

I think I have mentioned before that I. am. not. a. morning. person. But of course my kids are morning people. This morning I heard some noises coming from downstairs around 6:20 am. I had a bad feeling that  it might be my children so I stumbled blurry eyed down the stairs. As I rounded the corner I see my kids sitting under the pool table, giggling with chocolate faces. An almost empty package of Oreo cookies by their side. Now, I realized later when I had a chance to wake up a little that I should of grabbed my camera. But at the time I was mad. Very. Mad. I herded them back upstairs making all sorts of empty threats along the way. I put them back in bed (did I really think that 2 kids who had just consumed several oreos each were going to go back to bed?) I realized a few minutes later that this obviously wasn't going to work and I let them get up and play. And so begins day 5 of vacation, let the memories begin.

Tahoe!

We have begun our month long summer trip. Our first stop is Tahoe. This is our 3rd year coming up here with the Clarks and Byerly's (Matt's Mom and Stepdad.) We have been having a ton of fun! Hiking, swimming at the lake and hanging out by the pool. Today we started off the day with the kids riding ponies. Then we met up with the McLeans and went Geo Caching. Lot's of fun, we found 2 of the boxes and the kids were all excited. We spent the rest of the day at the pool and I think the kids are throughly exhausted! Looks like a early night!

Disneyland

Me,food & Matt loving our kids on purpose.

Matt always says that there is no record of me on our blog because I am always the one behind the camera. I was inspired last night at Scott's Douglas's Birthday, by Katy McDaniel's AWESOME cold noodle salad. I searched a couple of websites and combined the recipes that I found on one of favorite blogs http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/03/my_most_favorite_salad_ever_ever_ever_ever/ and a recipe from  Recipe Zaar http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Asian-Sesame-Noodle-Salad-With-Peanut-Dressing-Vegetarian-154432  plus a few changes of my own and this is what we got. It was really good and VERY filling. I did it all while watching old episodes of Little House On The Prairie so I am a pretty happy girl right now.

Ahh, life is good. I am still watching Little House On The Prairie while Matt implements some of the things we learned at yesterdays parenting seminar. At the moment Tessa has decided she is not sleepy so Matt just gave her a task. She is chilly so he just brought her a jacket. Now she is not happy and is feeling very sleepy. I am glad Matt is loving our kids on purpose, I just don't have the energy right now.

Today

Well Tessa caught Tully's flu just when I thought we were in the clear and everyone was healthy. It's so sad to see your kids sick and know that there is nothing you can really do for them. Here is a picture from today. She really wanted to eat but couldn't, she ended up falling asleep on the couch with a cracker in her hand.

Tully has been cracking me up lately. He has always been kind of secretly funny. I always find things around the house that I may or may not understand but Tully always knows exactly what he is doing or playing. This is what I found today.

George with a gas mask and monkey bank with rubber band head band and earrings . Of course.