The Kids' First Race!

This weekend, we all took part in another 5K race as part of the Lake Tahoe Marathon weekend. The 5K was the "stroller friendly" one, but we all sure felt the lack of oxygen with the thinner air at the high altitude up there! Still trying to recouperate!




The kids are ready for the run!
Bundled up in the jogging stroller,
and a pile of puffs ready to go!









Dan and the kids on top of their
podium for their 1st place finish
in Dan's division!









Karen's turn!














The whole family!

Charlie's First Haircut!

I finally dragged Charlie in to get those cute but messy curls trimmed a bit for his big first of many haircut trips, so we can get some wingless pictures for his upcoming 1st birthday! Alli was a good coach and he had a ball, and loved the water bottle sprayer!

The "Before" shot ... a little messy!

"What do you think you're doing with those scissors?!"

"Look ma, I have wings!"

"mmmmm ... water bottle ... mmmmmm"

"I'm one cool dude. Get in line, girls."

Boy loves his beans!

Happy First Day of Autumn!

Still beautiful out here in CA, doesn't feel like fall yet. But happy first day of Autumn anyway!

We took one last dip in the elephant pool this afternoon before it gets put away in the garage until next summer!

First Alli has to shovel out the bugs out of the water because we don't want to swim in dirty water, heaven-forbid!

Then she has to get into the freezing cold water

Charlie just being his cute personable self!

Alli shovelling water onto Charlie to get him wetter!

Alli drying off on her 'beach'

Alli in her 'Downward Dog' pose to get the top of her hair dry ... oh my ...