Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Helloooo Lake Tahoe!!

Finally, getting around to posting the about Tahoe trip!! (only a month late=) 
Anyways...What better way to celebrate your 30th than to take a trip?  
 Matt chose the perfect place to celebrate his birthday, I must say' ... LOVIN' IT!!!



 on our first full day there we decided to take a road trip around the lake, stopping to take pics and take in the views at the overlooks...



 stopping to checkout the forest, look for bears, and love some trees...



 the weather was PERFECT while we were there. it was about 17 or so each morning and depending on where we were it would be 35-45 during the day...there was some snow on the ground, but not much, which was good, because if there was, or the weather would have been bad, we would not have been able to see any of these beautiful sites!!
 this is emerald island overlook
 we hiked TWO miles down a trail to lake level.... where we saw some more trees...

and a castle...

hugged more trees...
 and walked out on the pier...


more about exploring tahoe to come...

linking up with Lindsay:


Sunday, January 1, 2012

Goodbye 2011, Hellooooo 2012

Well, 2011 was a year of firsts, a year of fun, and a year with our first born we will never forget!


 Cate's first snow...
 easter...
 Matt graduated with his MBA in May!

 we had a lot of summer fun...
 at the zoo...
 Cate's first trip to the beach...


 fun Austin outings...


 fun boat outings...

 first birthday... tear...


 first trip to the splash pad...

 first swim...
 first swim lessons..
 another fun beach trip...
 and a visit to Texas State Aquarium...
 fun at Halloween...

 mama and dada took some much needed trips to some amazing places...

 Cate had her first turkey!
 celebrated Auntie Ash's 30th birthday...
 trip to tahoe...
 family pics...
a wonderful Christmas...

and ringing in 2012...


what a wonderful year we have had. Our first full year as a family of three was better than anything we could have asked for. We are so thankful, SO thankful for everything we have, everything this year brought us, and are SO excited to see what this next year will bring!
Helloooooo 2012!