Birthdays, Graduations, Vacations and Family, oh my!

Ah, the blessed return of the laziest blogger around - I'm back!!

So much has happened since my last blog in April. Grace turned 5, Emma turned 3, Grace graduated from Nursery School, both sets of parents visited (at different times!!), we took a vacation to Lake Tahoe and so much more. I will try and hit some highlights and make a real effort to post more often, no really, I am going to do it.


We took a mini-vacation to Lake Tahoe. I have always wanted to visit so we decided since we live so close now, we should go and see what all the fuss is about - wow, we were blown away by the beauty of it. What a gorgeous slice of America. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed lots of time in the salt water pool at the hotel, played in the sand at the beach, rode the gondola up to the top of Heavenly Ski Resort where there was tons of snow still and overall we had a great, relaxing, fun family time.



We were so lucky to have both sets of our parents visit us. My parents visited for a couple of weeks in May. They were here for the conclusion of Grace's nursery school including the end-of-year festivities and graduation and we took a trip to Napa Valley.

The girls had a great time with them and loved all of the attention. They played lots of games and read lots of books and overall just soaked up the time they had together. We were sad to see them go, it never feels as if the visits last long enough, but we were so glad that they were able to visit us!


Then at the end of June my in-laws the Pooler's came to town for a visit. We had such a great time with them. I feel very lucky to have in-laws that I genuinely enjoy spending time with and I always feel like I can learn so much from them from being a good Christian, a good parent and an overall good person.

While they were here we spent a lot of time at home playing and reading and learning but we also took them to the Farmer's Market, Muir Woods and Napa Valley. We were so sad when they left and now we have no family visitors to look forward to :(

We have had a wonderful and busy last few months. I am making a vow before you all that I am going to blog more often.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18