Love the weekends

Another great weekend.  It wasn't the 80 degree weather we had earlier this week but the sun was definitely shining and we took full advantage of it.

Friday afternoon, one of the neighbor girls came by to see if Grevin could come out and play.  They have been playing in the rocks outside and wrestling all week.  This time, she taught Grey how to drive...

Saturday morning, we got out of bed early-like usual- and rode our bikes downtown for coffee.  I love being so close to downtown where we can sit and enjoy a coffee and a blueberry muffin as we people watch early in the morning.  When we got back to the house, we packed up and headed out for our monthly hike.

I am not sure if I have mentioned it but for my New Year's Resolution, we are hiking a new place each month. So far, January-Sugarloaf Ridge State Park; February-Jack London State Historic Park; and then this weekend in March, Lake Sonoma. 

Lake Sonoma was amazing.  We hiked for over two hours and only saw 2 other hikers (twice when we passed back by them from coming up from the shore access trail) and 2 people on horseback.  I was amazed at how many people were out on the lake, even water skiing in March...I mean, it has been warm this past week, but BURRRR! They have a great campground so we are planning on camping there later this summer.  Great hiking, water access...hmmm, now we just need a boat!

"Come on, let's go!"

The whole family

Giving daddy wet willies...

Dropping sticks into the lake

Doing what boys do best...

If you look closely you will see the lake in the distance...down the BIG hill that we had to hike back up!

We also dog sat again for Bruno and Grevin had so much fun playing with him again.  He liked to sit really close to Bruno until he licked him and then run away laughing.  It was really really cute :)

After our hike, we headed over to the Wings for a belated St. Patrick's Day where they made yummy corned beef and cabbage. My cousin's wife had posted on her blog about making an Irish Creme Cheesecake so I decided to find a recipe and give it a shot.  It turned out pretty yummy if I do say so myself-very similar to a New York Style Cheesecake with a hint of Baileys.  The boys played hard and thought it was pretty funny watching Bruno and Bella run around chasing each other.  Once the boys fell asleep the adults even got to play some games.  Fun times for EVERYONE!

Resting before dinner

Grevin and Andrew are finally at the point where they want to play with the same things...good thing Michelle got a two seater!

Swinging

Michelle and Andrew had just put together their new water table so Grey had to help test it out.  He liked it so much we got one the next day!

We were so exhausted by Sunday, that we just hung out at the house, taking lots of long naps!  We did make it to Costco but that was about it...I think I am ready to go back to work just to relax....