Tour de Palm Springs

As most of you know for the last 2 years Todd has participated in the Tour de Palm Springs. The first year he rode 25 miles and the second year he rode 50 miles. Well this year on Valentine's Day we rode as a family. Yep you guessed it we moved up in mileage for the third year and rode 100 miles. HA no way we rode 5 miles and my butt is still sore from that seat. Anyway the girls had a blast. They had their Valentine bags with pez candy, a princess wand, a magna doodle, snacks and their bike race bottles (that is what they call Todd’s bottles when he rides so they have to have one too). After we were finished the girls had black asphalt particles all over their face, in their eyes and up their noses. We had no idea they did not complain about it. I guess we will have to put the screen on next time. Anyway we look forward to riding 10 miles next year.

On the route
Watching all the other riders come in.

Happy Valentines Day!

Every year my mom has a Valentine's Day party at her house. Everything is ALWAYS so pretty and she always has lots of yummy heart shaped goodies. The guests usually include myself, my girls, my Nana and Papa and Little Mary. We always have a great time and find ourselves looking forward to it every year.4 Generations

Heart Shaped Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup

Camp Out in Our Backyard

So McKenna has been begging Todd for months to have a camp out in the back yard and we just now had the time to do it. McKenna said she was ready for bed at 6:15 and she even gave us a fake yawn so we would believe her. They had some fun with flashlights and reading stories. I thought for sure she would only last about 45 minutes. They seemed to be asleep by 7:30 or 8. Knowing that it was going to be in the thirties that night I went out there at 10pm and told them to come in because it was just too cold. McKenna was snoozing away and Todd said he didn't feel cold at all and that they were fine. At about 11:30 Todd called me because she had to go to the bathroom (he had to call because I still had to have all the doors locked.) I asked her then if she wanted to go to bed in her warm bed or keep camping and she wanted to go back outside. So they went and I didn't see them until 6:45 the next morning. Of course Todd is very proud of his "little camper" and is still talking about it.

Happy 4th Birthday McKenna

Well McKenna turned 4 on Friday. I can't believe how fast time goes. She wanted to go to the snow so we went to Big Bear. We had some drama but we also had fun. After the 3 hour trip up the mountain due to the crazy amount of people doing the same thing we found the perfect spot because no one was there. It was difficult to walk in the snow because every time we took a step we went in knee deep but we were not turning back we were going to get some sledding in no matter what. The girls were fine because McKenna was so light that she just walked along the top of the snow and Addie was in the front carrier with no intention of getting down. Todd took McKenna on the sled quite a few times and Addie and I found a log to sit on and took some pictures and video. Once McKenna got snow in her boots she was done. We made a snow cake out of snow and brought 4 candles to light but it was too windy for the candles to stay lit and too cold for McKenna to even care about the cake so there the cake sat. On one of my many road trips with my Nana and Papa my Nana made snow cream (ice cream made from snow) so I wanted to share that memory with McKenna, Addie and Todd. Todd liked it so much that he put it in a cup and drank it like a milk shake on the way down the mountain. The next day we had some friends and family over for a small celebration. McKenna had a great time and we did too!