Hanging out and having fun

 

 

 

California Trip

The past weekend I (Paul) went to California with my cousin Tammy to see our cousin Brian get married.  Here are some pictures of important parts of the trip.

After flying into Sacramento, we rented a car and drove down to Napa Valley and did some wine tasting.

First stop was the V.Sattui Winery		Barrel Room at V.Sattui
Did some wine tasting…		then a lunch of wine, bread, cheese and salami.
		Next, a trip to Alcatraz
View from the boat		Cell blocks
more cell blocks		Kitchen
		Now to the wedding
The ceremony		Mr. & Mrs. Gunther
Showing the Lego man a little love!		Dancing

And the next day, we flew home!

Flagstaff-Monday

 

Flagstaff-Sunday

Playing basketball with Opa.

 

Hanging out on the grass.

 

Sliding with Eve. We sent her down by herself but she didn’t really like it.

Feeding the dinosaur “corn.”

 

Nate conquered the play structure.

Nate is giving Eve a grass fireworks show.

 

After the park we rode to Safeway.

Flagstaff-Saturday

  

Eve was hanging out and watching Oma use the DustBuster. She loves the DustBuster!

Eve loves emptying the Lego bucket.

 

Ellie went to spa day at the toy store in Flagstaff. She got purple hair extensions, a butterfly hair clip, her bangs painted pink and yellow, stickers and paint on her nails, a fairy owl tatoo, fairy dust (glitter), and a flower drawn on her hand.

 

Our vinegar and baking soda volcanoes. We only had green food coloring so we had green lava instead of red. We started with a smaller jar which the kids thought was neat but then Oma brought us a wine bottle that made it even cooler. At one point it looked like a bottle of champagne that had just been opened. Eve was fixated on watching it. My brothers and I used to make these volcanoes all the time.

Flagstaff-Friday

   

Hanging out at the park. It was a beautiful and cool day. It was cloudy all day and we got a few sprinkles of rain.

Here was our set up of transportation to the park. It is a lot of work to haul around an extra 80 pounds on the bike. It makes you realize how many hills there are and my legs will probably feel it tomorrow. I was proud of myself because I filled up the bike tires myself. I had already fixed Nate’s bike chain earlier which required taking the training wheels off and then loosening the tire. Since I had the training wheels off, I had Nate try to ride his bike without them. Then Ellie wanted to ride her bike without training wheels. Maybe they will be willing to try again another day.