Quick Trip

The kids and I headed to Lake Tahoe to meet up with some friends and get in a little skiing.  

We were there just a day and half but we really enjoyed it. 

The slopes were empty.  Which was great for us!

Here are the kids before we left to ski.  We quickly found out we way over dressed!!  We were burning up!! We had to take a trip to the car and drop off all our gear. People were skiing in shorts.  

Owen picked it up super fast.  

 We made one very bad mistake.  We didn't put on sunscreen and boy did we pay for it!  It was so warm for skiing. In the 60's.  We came home burned and tired.

 Check out this guy... look carefully... he is skiing in his swimsuit with no shirt on!!

My hand grabbing onto the bar because I have a fear of heights.   Lots of praying and deep breathing on the ski lifts.

 Is this a crazy view or what.  So beautiful!

 It was a very painful ride back from Lake Tahoe for Owen.  He started complaining of an earache and as we made the descend down the mountain.  The change in altitude caused Owen to be in tremendous pain.  We did  a lot of praying.  We finally made it home and landed in the ER.  Double ear infection for this guy.  His face says it all in the photo.  Poor guy....we had to wait 4.5 hours in the ER waiting room with a two year old girl who was having tantrums.

A bit of a rough way to end the weekend but God always gets us through it!

Week in Review

We were so fortunate to be able to hear Gitta Ryle, a Holocaust survivor, at a Remembrance Service.  I saw a flyer and didn't want to miss out on this very special opportunity.  Gitta was born in Vienna in 1932. She was the second daughter of a Jewish family.  After Kristallnacht, her mother registered Gitta and her sister with a French humanitarian group that rescued Jewish children throughout Europe.  During Gitta's seven years in hiding she moved to several different locations.  At the end of the war she and her sister were reunited with their mother and eventually immigrated to the United States.  

Her story was amazing

                                                         We were so touched by her story      

                                                          Here is Meg giving her a hug

 This is Gitta smiling because Owen gave her a hug too!

                                   
A little art here and there.  Owen even got in on this one.  Meg and I love little projects.  We find them fun and relaxing.

 Time to let them dry

 Super fun brushing off the dried tissue paper

 Final product

 They remind me of stain glass windows

 This is not a very good picture but this is bus #14.  And bus #14 passes me everyday when I am out on my run.  I have never met the bus driver but we seem to have an understanding.  He looks for me and I look for him. And when we see each other we give each other a big smile and wave.    

 Owen and his buddy on patrol

 Owen and his guys.  Owen wears a hat... they wear a hat, Owen wears a vest... they wear a vest... Owen wears sunglasses ....

Owen is so sweet and shares his "kit" with his buddies.  Here's a pic of his buddy trying on his gear.  Check out those night vision goggles on Owen's helmet.  He made those out of toilet paper rolls!  He worked so hard on those things. Spray painting them and everything!  I have to say they look pretty realistic.

Meg and Astro.... quite the pair.  

Reber Round-Up

Meg made her horse back riding teacher some cookies. 

 Sweet Meg in her happy place

 At the library this week I told Owen to go pick out a book.  He came back with this.

We had a good laugh.  I told him to find the poem in the book that went by that title.  Here it is:

 Freshly baked banana bread!  A treat that makes everyone happy.  No Sad Underwear around here when there is banana bread!

 Letters that the kids write

 This weeks thrift finds.  This cute little metal bird tin that I got so Meg had a special place for all her new markers!

 Found these little glass houses from Amsterdam - I love row houses!  they make me so happy!  They remind me of our time in Europe.

 Cloudy days

 Cutie Camper spotted while out running

 The whole family came out for a Sunday run with me before church.