our new home (clean!)

our house isn't usually this clean, but i took advantage and took some photos! more photos are in the link the to the right.

tahoe fun with the grandparents!

thanks to some friends of ours who have a house in tahoe, we were able to take a last minute trip to tahoe with grandma and papa. we stayed only two nights but it gave the kids a chance to at least see snow once this year...and they got to see some snowfall as well - although light. the kids sledded, everyone tried to make a snowman, hot cocoa for the kids and movies in our warm home, but the highlight may have been snowball fights with all of us included - even grandma and papa!!!

mahala's friends

backyard friends (salamanders) that mahala adores. she has become quite the play date for kids who are also bug/lizard lovers!

ethan's visit

vineetha, anoop and ethan came by to see our new place. the kids had a blast playing together....in the video, ethan makes a score despite noble's fancy goalee moves! and even vineetha had to get in onthe fun :) the kids also spent some time digging who-knows-what but they had fun doing it.

cinderella!

noble loves our new vacuum cleaner AND the cinderella costume that a friend passed down to us. poor "cinderella" always had to do the work, right?