We finally all (except Katy) made it back to Tahoe for the first time in a very long time. After the first night, we thought we might have to go back down because Elizabeth’s feet up to her knees were swollen. Fortunately, a walk through Page Meadows fixed that. The dogs had a good time as well. Margaret took all of the pictures. This may be the best one.
As things slowly get back to normal, we had an Easter celebration. Again, the Easter Bunny hid way too many eggs. The kids had a good time hunting them all over the front and back yards. I am sure that some were never found.
We celebrated Katy’s birthday. It is hard to believe she is 14. High school next year. We celebrated at the Springer’s.
We had Sam’s birthday party for the family in the hospital. It actually turned out ok. Special Patient Services provided us with a private patio and drinks and ice cream. We provided the cake and pizza. The Maxfields also came. Shortly after the party, Sam, Katy, and Margaret all got to go see the Life Flight helicopter. I’ll post a few pictures when I find my camera.
Margaret turned 10 today. Double digits. With all that has been going on with us the last few weeks, it was nice to celebrate her birthday. She was at school and girl scouts most of the day and then went home with her grandparents for a sleep over, but the little we did see of her was nice.
Today was a big family ski day. We spent most of the day on the slopes. We all made it to the top of Alpine Bowl today together. This was a first. Katy had done it many, many times. Margaret and I did it last year. This was Sam’s first time. The only one that didn’t thoroughly enjoy it was Pokie. The second time down, Margaret went down the top section on her bottom then hit a mogul and flipped over. We thought she might be hurt, but she turned over and was laughing (it was actually pretty funny to watch). It was a great day.
We (everyone but Susan and I) went ice skating at squaw. Sam was a natural. Katy and Margaret had a lot of fun.
Another great Christmas has come and (almost) gone. We all were up by 6:30 and then opened presents for a very long time. A lot of shovelling by me and everyone played with their new toys as much as they could. All-in-all a good day. We all watched the kid’s new movie tonight (Wall-E).
We are in Tahoe for Christmas this year. This is the first try at this. We will see how it goes. Although, a bit later than previous years, we decorated the tree tonight. We have Marcella here to help as well. I will get my first white Christmas. We have about 5 ft of snow on the ground with 1-3 ft expected Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
We all went to Santa Cruz for Katy to surf. Of course, she did really well. We took the new kayak over there as well and Elizabeth took it out into the bay so she could get a closer look at the surfers.
