Rafting down the Truckee River

We went rafting down the Truckee River up in Tahoe with Trent, Taraleigh,

(Taven watched from the sidelines), Our family and Monica. It was so much fun. At one point we almost decapitated ourselves going under the wrong part of an extremely low bridge, but we all made it out okay. Mariah (with the help of Josh) caught some little baby fish in a water bottle to hang out for the day. The weather was perfect; we got to see the beautiful scenery, get some rowing exercise and meet some fellow rafters. We even decided to continue farther than everyone else and go down the "big rapids". It was super fun, but then we had to haul the raft up the river bank and through the mosquito-infested forest to the road. After a long day we went out to dinner at a cute outdoor burger place (Mariah slept the whole time in the stroller) and then made our way back home.

Boating at Rollins Lake

Kaniesha, Mariah and Nona (Carolyn) tubing
Kaniesha, Mariah and Seth on the tube
Mariah, animal adventurer, caught a water snake!
Robbie, happy to be going home to bed...
Mariah, not so much.

This was the kids first time boating. We had a blast... Mariah loved going on the tube and Robbie loved watching everyone and going really fast. We decided to play a game, this is how it went: How long does it take to dump someone off a tube? Whoever can do it in the shortest amount of time wins. I knocked off Monica and two of her friends in 20 seconds. I think that was pretty good. Then Josh wanted to play and he knocked off Monica, her friend and I so hard that I had a headache for days. It was super fun though. Then josh was being cocky to I took him for a payback run... (see video)

Welcome!

So I decided to give in to this whole blogging thing, mainly for all of our family and friends that don't live close enough to see us often. We'll see how it goes.

I thought I'd start off with the best - sleeping moments. So quiet and peaceful... Do I need to say more?