Tahoe

Thing 1 and her cousins playing in the snow.


Getting warm again after a rough snow ball fight.
The girls loving on their papa. They had so much fun while they were there. Playing in the snow and swimming and playing with each other. Thing 1 loves to be with her cousins.

November is the first month that B does not have a single day of call and he even has 5 days off, not including weekends or Thanksgiving day or the day afterwards. So this month has been heaven sent for all of us. Last Friday we left to Reno when B was all done with work and Sat. morning headed to Tahoe. Thing 1 and my family were already at the lodge. They stayed there with us through the holiday and then B and I were all alone for a day or two till my mom brought Thing 1 back to us. It was such a nice break. A vacation away from home is so different then just hanging around the house. I wanted to get away so B didn't get the bug to do any painting and what not around the house. Not that I don't want to finish painting the living area, I just wanted to make sure B got some rest. He works so hard and I just love him so much.

Our anniversary is in Dec on the 21st, but since I won't be able to go anywhere far away we celebrated up in Tahoe. Everything was perfect. It snowed the weekend we got there but later in the week it was clear and even a bit warm. It didn't feel like middle of Nov at all. I can't believe we have been together for FIVE years. It seems like yesterday we got married but so much has happened since then. I love him even more now then I did back then and I didn't think that was possible.

WE SAW A BEAR!!!!!!

While we were there my mom was taking my niece Mikey to the clubhouse and when they got in the garage Mikey said, "Look, Nana, a bear!" Sure enough there was a bear. I always look out my car window like a little kid looking for a bear when we go to Tahoe, but till now I have never seen one. They ran back to the our condo and we watched him from the balcony. He sniffed around outside the parking garage for a bit then ran off down the hill. He was so cute. It was too dark to take a picture unfortunately. He was FAT, perfectly round and fuzzy. We were all on the watch after that though even more then usual just in case he came back. No matter how cute they are I prefer to be at a nice distance from them.