Lake Tahoe Vacation

This week we are having a wonderful vacation in Lake Tahoe with Brian's parents and brothers. So far we have hit the slopes and the casinos, but no one has been too lucky. This place is so beautiful and we are so lucky to be able to go on a wonderful vacation like this. Brian went skiing the first day with his brothers and I stayed off the mountain so that they could have fun and ski the hard stuff. On Monday I decided to join them. I didn't get off to a very good start since once we got off the lift and I looked down the mountain I almost cried and asked if I was allowed to ride the lift back down, of course the answer was no. I had a feeling we might have been going somewhere that I didn't want to go but I trusted Brian. When we first got on the lift there was a sign that said "No Beginers" and I asked Brian if I should really be going up this part of the mountain and his response was that the sign was just a joke. Well the joke was on me because I have never been so scared in my life. After a slid on my butt half way down we finally found a green trail and I started to have fun and I actually stayed upright. Brian was very patient with me and is a great instructor, but I'm never going down that part of the mountain again. Today we went on a hike to a really pretty lake and tomorrow we are going skiing again. I love being on vacation.

A night at Cabo Wabo

Little did I know what I was about to get myself into
Scenic Views

My tuck position to gain speed

The lake we hiked to

Nanny Mondays

I really do have a great job. It's like being a stay at home mom with all the ups and downs of taking care of brilliant little people, but then at 6:00 I give the children back and go home or stop and get a mani-pedi, like I did today, since I have no real responsibilities at home. I also get to sleep in on the weekends (this is one of my favorite things in life!) Lately since the weather has been getting nicer my new friend, Mandy (who is also a hip young nanny), and I have been taking the kids to all kinds of fun places in the city. It's so nice to have a friend that I get along with who watches a little girl the same age as Clementine and they live across the hall. Mandy and I discovered that it really is a small world because Mandy and I both lived in Atlanta and we danced at the same studio, kinda crazy right? Anyways, Since both of the girls don't have any plans on Mondays we decided every Monday we would go on some kind of adventure. Trust me going on the subway with a 4 month old and 2 year old is probably adventure enough for most people. We went to the zoo one week, then last week we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and explored a new playground in Tribecca, and yesterday we went to the Natural History Museum. New York City wan't just made for adults it's truly a kids playground as well. There are a hundred more places that we have on our list to go and with summer coming up there will be all kinds of free outdoor kids concerts. So any of our friends who would like to visit feel free to bring your little ones. At the museum we went to the special butterfly exhibit and there were hundreds of them flying all around us. It was really neat and if you have a chance to go in one of those butterfly chambers I recommend it but it is really hot inside the chamber (not to mention I had a 15 lb. baby strapped on so sweat was rolling down my face.) I can't wait to see where we go next.

Brooklyn Bridge

Butterflies at the Museum

We were all a little overheated by this point

The Zoo

Rainy Weekend Sewing

This weekend was so rainy and yucky out and Brian was on call Saturday so I decided to sew all day and get caught up on a bunch of shows on the DVR. Eventually I'm sure you will get sick of seeing all my sewing projects but for now I'm still in the very proud and excited stage of my work.

Scrub Hats for Brian

Little Ruffle Shirts and Matching Skirts

A few onesies for little Jude

Speaking of here is a new picture of Jude

Vodka or Whiskey in a Teacup?

This weekend has been great and very productive. I love feeling like I accomplished a lot over the weekend. It started out with a wonderful italian dinner with friends on Friday night. After dinner we headed to a secret bar for a birthday party of a co-worker. I'm telling you I never know where we are going to end up when we go out these days. This bar was way downtown and there was no sign or even a door to this bar. A man was just standing by a gate that led down a flight of stairs, through an alley and to a back door. Another strange thing was you had to be 25 to get in, but I'm not really sure why. When we went in it was packed and the drinks were served in teacups, beers on tap came in mugs and bottled beers were served in a brown paper bag. Where do people think of these ideas? Well it's never a dull moment at the bars in NYC that's for sure. So it was a fun Friday night.

Saturday and Sunday the weather was amazing and since we have had so much snow we were feeling the cabin fever set in a little. We went shopping/walking all around the city and stopped by my favorite burger joint on Saturday where we spotted Gia and Ashley from the Bachelor a few tables away. Then today we went an awesome bike ride through Central Park. I can't wait for it to get about 10 degrees warmer so we can leave the jackets at home.

Today is also my Dad's and Stephen's birthday so we just want to send out warm birthday wishes to them and we wish we could be there to celebrate. I'm sure they enjoyed their weekends since UofL and UK both won their basketball games. Happy Birthday, we love you.