Virginia City

Carson drove us up to Virginia City last weekend, and it happened to be the weekend of the Camel and Ostrich races, so it was pretty crowded. Barrels of Candy store. They have super yummy taffy, but out of all the flavors they offer, I really just like the plain

New Ice Skates

Savannah is loving her ice skating classes, so she got some new white skates. They look amazing.

New Hairstyle

We had a primary girls activity last night and we played games and tried different hairstyles. I found this idea from a video on youtube. It was easy and turned out very nice.

Savannah's pencil cup

Savannah requested a new pencil cup for her desk. She picked out this unique design and Tucker printed it up on his 3D printer.

Savannah's ice skating classes

Not the greatest pictures, but here's a glimpse into Savannah's ice skating class that she started a couple of weeks ago. They are at the Reno Ice rink just down the street from us - she goes every Monday morning. She is really enjoying meeting new

New 3D Printer

Tucker used some of his birthday money to buy a newer, bigger and better 3D printer. He's super excited to print new things. These are some random shapes and animals that he has been printing out to test the colors and make sure everything works properly. There'

New Landscaping

Some before and after pictures; this is the paver path being prepared next to the driveway and through the back fence. This is after this is after, from the streetview before paver path finished Before after before after we widened the driveway on both sides pathway from side yard goes

Visit to Visalia

We went to Visalia last week to visit family. We went out to Mooney Grove Park to go to the Tulare County Museum, which has been around since the 1950s. Some of these pictures are out of order; the above photo is inside the Emken House. This is a marker

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These last few months, I've been working on our robot for my lego robotics team, Mindstorm Masters, in FLL (First Lego League). Our robot is tasked to move around a field with different missions on it, and complete those missions to earn points in a certain amount of

Savannah with Snowball

Comments savannah (Oct 06, 2021): snowball is sick now and unsure of survival. we will hope for the best though

David Wally's Hot Springs Resort and Spa

We were invited to spend a few days at the David Wally's 1862 Hot Springs Resort and Spa near Genoa. Scott and Lori had some timeshare points they wanted to use up, so they got a couple of rooms there and invited us to spend some time there

National Automobile Museum

Reno has a great automobile museum, and the last time we went to the National Automobile Museum was probably 10 or more years ago, so we decided to go today. It was great 10 years ago, and it's still the same today. The museum layout and Main street

The new slime shop! SavvySlimeAndEssenti

Hey it's me again! Guess what? I just opened an Etsy slime shop called SavvySlimeAnd Essentials! (no space) I try to make all my slimes at a good price, but cheap enough to get business. Right now I am also trying to get someone to support my business,

The new interest in slime...

Hi, its me, Savannah! I just wanted to make a blog post of what has been going on in my life, and I have actually found a new interest in... SLIME!! I like slime because it helps me keep focused and also lets me have something to have in my

Carson's robotics club

Carson was invited to be a coach to a robotics club for 9-11 year olds. He has been attending their meetings twice a week now for about 4 months. We made a robot to complete some missions around a map with the missions spread around it. Each mission is worth

Galena Creek Trail

We drove up the Mt. Rose Highway for about 7 minutes and went to the Galena Creek Trail. The air smelled so fresh, and there were multiple trails to choose from. Lots of beautiful trees and lots of big rocks to climb on.

Tucker gets a flytrap

Tucker has been wanting to get his own flytrap plant for a couple of months now, and we did see them at Walmart at one time, but not anymore. We just happened to go to Winco for some groceries and there they were, right next to the produce section; and

Building a hamster maze

Tucker got some cardboard together and started putting together a hamster maze. So Savannah got her own materials and made one of her own. Now, whenever Snowball comes out to play, we have a nice box with obstacles for him to walk around in. Tucker says, "We call this

Carson loses a ski

Once the chair lift started moving, one of Carson's skis got caught on the ground and came off, but the chair lift kept moving forward. So when he got off the chair lift, he had to ski with one ski. Luckily, the staff gave it to the next

Lakeport, CA - visiting with cousins

We went to Lakeport, CA to stay with Scott and Lori and their kids Brianna and Bethany. We did a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt. (We put glowsticks inside the plastic eggs) We went on a nature walk through the Anderson Marsh Historical Park. Doesn't look much like wetlands, does

Skiing at Mt. Rose

We live about 20 minutes from the Mt. Rose ski resort, and a lot of the kids' friends go skiing and sometimes the youth groups from church go skiing for their activities. We found some used skis and Savannah's friend Vivien let her use her brother'

Griffith Canyon Petroglyphs

After extensive quarantine and isolation while some members of our family were sick, we needed to get out.  Our searching for places that weren't too far away lead us to Griffith Canyon Petroglyphs in Spanish Springs / Sparks area. It is an unmarked trail off of a dirt road

New Pets: Cherry Shrimp

Our ghost shrimp have all passed away, so we replaced them with two cherry shrimp.

Playing in the snow

Last week, we had a couple of huge snowstorms. Tucker and Savannah built forts all over the neighborhood. This is a fort Savannah built with some neighbor friends in front of their house. This one is in front of another neighbor's house.... This one is in front of

Painting Steamboats

I have always been into art, and during Covid I have had lots of time on my hands. This steamboat is what I decided to make. I used our 3-D printer to create the blank, and used paintbrushes and palettes from my Aunt Andrea for Christmas. When I made it