Sacramento

We headed over the mountain to Sacramento this weekend to celebrate Micah's birthday and get away for a family trip. We were craving some sunny, warm weather, which you can normally count on this time of year in California, but there was cold front and it was pretty chilly. I was bummed that we had to wear jackets and bundle up, but we still managed to enjoy ourselves. And it was nice to see the green grass and blooming flowers. I am SOOOOO ready for some warm weather!!!

On Saturday we went to the Sacramento Zoo and to Fairytale Town (which is the coolest kids park I've ever seen). Yesterday it poured rain all day so we spent most of the day at IKEA before driving home in a blizzard (seriously).

We stayed at the Embassy Suites and Owen slept on the fold-out couch in the living area. He thought it was fun to have his own room, plus Adler didn't wake him up when she cried in the middle of the night.

Here's Owen at the zoo on a very fun concrete slide. I really love this photo.

Mean spider....

Just how a 33 year old should act....

Owen liked petting the animals.

The Sacramento Zoo is small, but perfect for Owen. He saw tigers, lions, giraffes, chimpanzees, snakes, zebras, and birds.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Fairytale Town is a kids park across the street from the zoo that was built in 1959. Everything in the park relates to a fairytale or nursery rhyme. I like that the park is "old school" with interesting play structures that Owen could relate to. Here's Owen sliding down the Old Woman in the Shoe.

Owl's Treehouse

The Crooked Mile.

Owen captured us on his pirate ship.

The Hare and the Tortoise

Mother Goose

Grandma's Here

My mom (a.k.a. Grandma) was here for a quick weekend/Easter visit. We started off the weekend taking Owen and Adler swimming. This was Adler's very first time in the pool and she was very chill. She's game for just about anything (except eating solids or drinking from a bottle, but that's a different story).

Here's the proud Grandma.

Owen was so excited to spend time with his Grandma. He dominated her time all weekend.

This is Owen checking out the Easter Bunny for the first time. I think he was expecting a little bunny, so he was impressed with how HUGE the Easter Bunny was.

On Easter morning we actually had to hunt eggs inside the house because it was too cold outside for the Easter Bunny. Seriously. We filled the plastic eggs with lots of goodies......crackers, hotwheels, coins, and a little bit of candy. The first egg Owen opened that contained candy Owen stated very seriously, This is not healthy. Then he closed the egg and kept hunting. I guess he's actually listening when we talk about healthy food. Who knew?

Adler went to the doctor a few days ago for her 6 month check-up and is 18 pounds, 9 ounces (90th percentile) and 26.5 inches long (75th percentile). She is sitting, laughing, babbling, loves her brother, and reluctantly drinks from a sippy cup. No bottles or solids please.

The Saturday before Easter we took Owen to the community-wide Easter Egg hunt. Check out all the people. We were actually running late and ended up having to park forever away from the fields. We had to run as fast as we could to make it in time and we were all out of breathe by the time we got there.

The egg hunt was over in about 40 seconds. Here are Tessa, Orrin, Ryder and Owen showing off their goodies.

Owen eating the eggs.

Adler slept through the whole thing.

Grandma being silly with Owen and Ryder.

Happy Easter!

We took the kids to see the Easter Bunny yesterday and Owen was thrilled! More pictures to come of our fun Easter weekend!

March Madness

I'm just catching up with some pictures from March.
Who's that??? Just Owen and Micah getting creative with a used chip bag.

We took Owen spring skiing last weekend.

We just stayed on the bunny slope again, but I think he's almost ready for the big lift!

Adler has found her tongue. She loves sticking it out and playing with it.

These pictures are from Owen's last day of swimming lessons.

The most exciting part? Getting candy from the instructor at the end! This boy is obsessed with candy.

Micah and the kiddos doing a little work in the yard.

Indoor picnic.....this is what we do when it's too cold outside and Owen requests a picnic.

Owen sometimes likes to sleep with his bean bag.