Fourth of July Weekend.

We started out the 3rd with a good stroll through old Elk Grove, we had been wanting to go down there and check out all the smalls shops.  No one told us though that everyone isn't open on July 3rd at 10 am.  So we went into two shops and called it a day.  Since we expected to spend more time out that morning, we went by River City Cakes to set up a wedding cake testing which will take place this Tuesday.  This was followed by much need relaxation and a nap for the youngest of our little family.  After nap time we decided it was time for more fun in the sun.



Watermelon hit the spot.

Mavrick and I talked Daddy into going swimming too.




On the 4th of July, we had an easy morning just relaxing and enjoying pancakes.  After nap time and lunch time we headed over to my Uncle Shawn's for the traditional bbq, swimming, and fireworks.








The fireworks seemed bigger and badder then ever this year.  That could be because of the 12 foot structure that was made for them to shot off of.  It might also have helped that I had a better camera to capture all those fireworks that made them look even more amazing.  Mavrick also stayed away for all of the fireworks this year, I could hear him saying "wow", "cool", and "nice" the whole time, not to mention clapping after every firework.  Here are some of my favorites.




The last day of our three day weekend we spend playing 4 board monopoly while Mavrick had a day with Grandma and Grandpa.

It's been MONTHS.

Seriously I have no idea where the past three months have gone, they seemed to just fly by like minutes in a day.  So much has happened and changed, so I will just give you bullet points of our life in the past three months and what we have been up to.  And I SWEAR that I will try and do better with the blogging thing.

APRIL
-William's 22nd Birthday, we had a birthday party on his birthday and then the following weekend we went paintballing [which is William's new past time now and a ton of fun] and then had a bbq at our house afterwards.
-Easter weekend was packed of fun, Saturday we went and had breakfast with the bunny and then went to a spring festival and then colored eggs and did a hunt.  All of which was done with my good friend Kristina Limasa and her to gorgeous children.  Then Easter Sunday was very chill. 
-Also we started getting out and doing more things as a couple in April, we went bowling and to a few parties [which is so unlike us]
-Then of course there were park days, and zoo days, and just baby play days.

May
-We started off May with going to see one of my little sister's softball game and the Spring Fling festival.
-Then there was mini-golf, iron man 2 midnight showing, a day at the lake, paintballing again, Dylan's t-ball, and then the dreaded FINALS.
-Along with that we also had park days, zoo days, and just baby play days. :]

June
-There was a visit with the Diaz's [aka my dad], some more parties, and seeing WICKED.
-We have been house sitting a lot.....which is like playing house.
-Also this month William got into his apprenticeship, we are only a week in, but as a whole it is really great. [even if that means I have to go out and do installs now]
-We went camping at Collins Lake.
-And don't forget the park days, zoo days, and just baby play dates.


Our life has seemed to finally have fallen into place.  The wedding plans are coming along nicely and we actually have the money to pay for it.  The install company is making it through with out William our main installer, with the help of friends and with me actually using my muscles.  And the apprenticeship has made the rest of our lives possible, after waiting over a year we are really ready for things to start changing.  I feel that with all this 2011 could be a great year for a house and possible a new baby.  Well and not to mention me getting my AA!!  Fingers Crossed

Snowshoeing.

Last night, we decided to be adventurous and try snowshoeing for the first time.  I was pretty scared at first cause all I had heard for the days leading up to the actually event was how hard it was, and that I was probably going to die.  Which in reality it was the total opposite.  So yesterday Jenny and Glenn [Will's sister and her husband], picked us up around 1 o'clock and we started the 2 hour drive to South Lake Tahoe.




Once we got into Tahoe we had some time to kill so we went to the Magic Carpet Mini-Golf, which is always a lot of fun [I almost won].  Then we went and had an early dinner at Sno-Flake Drive In, which supposedly has the best milkshakes in Tahoe three years running.



 
With full tummies we made our way up to the Sugar Pine Pt. National Forest and saw some beautiful views on the way up.




We got to our destination with a half hour to spare, so we spent sometime exploring the area and just having fun.






Our tour started at 7pm....yes we went on a night snowshoe hike which was amazing.  We soon found out that this wasn't actually a hike but more of a tour of the park.  It was a lot of stopping and going, and I think we might have actually learned something while we were there. 










We left thoroughly pleased and dieing to do it all again.

Northstar

Yesterday William and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary at Northstar in Tahoe.  Our anniversary was actually on the 6th but we had to keep pushing back our snow trip due to; bad weather, no  babysitter, and just bad planning.  So yesterday we finally got to go.  It was so much fun and a ton of work.  I have only been in the snow twice in my life and this was my first time snowboarding.  The day before we went we rented my gear, and William already owned his own.  We left the house about 7am to start our trek to Tahoe.

We got up there at about 9:30 and got a great parking spot and then rode the shuttle into Northstar.  I did not realize how big and amazing it actually was until we got there.  It is definitely worth the extra money.

We practiced for a while, which I now know I should have practiced more.  But I really just wanted to jump into it, I felt I would do better if we just went for it.  So we decided to take the trail that lead back to the village so that once we got to the bottom we could have lunch.  In reality this trail takes about 15 minutes, it took me an hour and a half.  By the time I got to the bottom of this LEVEL 2 hill, my pants were soaked from falling on my butt too much and I had a cantaloupe size bruise.

We made a snowman after one of my bigger falls, I might have needed a little break.

I did eventually get down the hill, but I didn't snowboard.  I came up with a new kind of snowboarding.  It was called sledding on my snowboard.  Which was extremely fun and exhilarating.

After that it was lunch time.  It was a great day so we went to our locker and dropped off our jackets and then headed to Mikuni's for lunch.

So after lunch I was pretty sore, so thinking ahead I brought a book, and kicked back and enjoyed the day from one of the couches while William went up and did some more snowboarding.  

We headed home at about 4.  Overall it was a very long day, but a ton of fun.  I really can't wait to go again even if my body is really hating me today.