Our trip to NV and CA

We spent over a week visiting family in Nevada and the Bay Area. We did so much that there is no way I could recount all the events. Instead I am including a bunch of pictures of the highlights.


In Reno we stayed in my sister's home along with her husband and dog (Trinity), my mom and her dog (Charlie), and my brother. My mom drove up from the Bay Area and my brother flew out from NJ for this family gathering. My sister has a fabuolous new home they moved into last summer and this was our first chance to visit. The days were very hot and dry. Wink suffered some dehydration and poor Lissi got very constipated because they weren't drinking enough. To entertain Cal, we visited the train museum in Carson City. We saw a ton of trains. Some worked and others were stationary. Cal really enjoyed watching the trains, listening to them, and taking a train ride. We even got to push a push car to push ourselves along a short track.


My sister and her husband have a new hot tub, which they turned down to a warm tub for our visit. We were able to actually cool off a little and relax in the bubbles in the afternoon. They also had an outdoor firepit that we used to make Cal's 1st s'mores. Unfortunetly, Cal didn't really experience true s'mores since he just wanted the marshmallows and didn't even want to warm them in the fire.
Cal enjoyed all the attention and got a kick out of his auntie and uncles. During one evening there he was having a difficult time at the restaurant (he needed a longer nap and was letting the world know his wrath) until auntie and uncle started to entertain him. He laughed and laughed and made the most ridiculous faces to amuse us all.

We visited Lake Tahoe on the 4th of July. The water was too cold to get more than our feet wet, but Cal enjoyed walking on the beach. He also tried a sparkler for the 1st time.







We stopped in Sacramento on our drive from NV to the Bay Area. We visited with my cousins and their husbands, along with baby T. Baby T is about 6 months older than Lissi so they are at pretty different developmental levels now, however, they should have a lot of fun together in the future. Lissi and Cal both really warmed up to the women and I wish we could have spent more time together.


The kids had a great time visiting with Grandma and Grandpa. All 6 of us went to the zoo together one day and celebrated Grandpa's birthday. Cal and Lissi both swam in the pool twice and Cal is getting much braver in the water. Lissi continued to impress us with her splashing skills and her determination to swim without help.

We spent one lunch with Wink's grandfather in SF. Although he speaks very little English and we do not speak Chinese, we had a good visit. Lissireally liked him and spent several minutes "kissing" him and playing with him.

We were also able to visit with our friends P and his mommy and daddy. P is a natural musician and was teaching Cal about the drums. They played quite the duet together and Lissi had a good time grooving to the music. :)

Overall, it was a very good trip. The kids were fantastic and slept very well. Everyone was healthy (praise God!) and enjoyed seeing family and friends.