Trip to Tahoe

Last week we got to visit our family in Tahoe. Wes had a fun with his cousins and with all their "new" toys. He didn't love the snow as much as Denver...mostly because it was deep and he had a hard time walking in it. We were very active...sledding, cross country skiing and down hill skiing then a few days to chill and recover! The Johnson's got a new puppy- Willow the Alaskan Malamute she was fun and exhausting too. Oh, did I forget to mention Wes and I caught a ride on one of ACI's private jets!?! Heck yes! There was an empty plane from Paso to Reno the day before we were planning on leaving..... so we hopped on board and spent 45 mins in travel instead of 8 hrs.!! A definite highlight! A little taste of life styles of the rich and famous....pretty sweet.

Arts and Crafts

While visiting friends in San Diego (Did I mention we went to a Charger Game, yeah!) they showed us something that they purchased at a cute woodworking and crafts store downtown. We went and looked but we didn't have enough time for the store to finish before we left town, so we decided to make our own. It's a growth chart or measuring stick we made for Wesley. Now as he grows over the years, we can track it. I remember doing the same thing when I was a kid at my grandparents house. They had one wall dedicated to tracking the height of us kids, and each time we would visit we would remeasure and gloat about how tall we were getting. It was great fun , and now we can share this with Wesley. It was easy to make, just took a 1x6 piece of pine, sanded and painted it white, then applied stickers. The measuring tape with sticky back can be purchased at any hardware store, it's designed to go on machinery, but it works great for this.