Birth, Heart, Love, Place called Tahoe

The other night Mel and I were at our birthing class and we were asked to close our eyes and think of a magical place that we would want to be. The funny thing is that we were asked to do so to take our minds off of the fact that we were clenching ice cubes in our hands. I immediately went to Tahoe. Standing on the top of the half pipe, then dropping in, listening to the wind and that dead silence of snow. I chuckled because I'm holding Ice and I went to the snow. When we opened our eyes I asked Melissa where she went. "Tahoe" she said, on the beach. Just goes to show.. it's a magical place.

This is how we work

How to start....

I know, I know.....why has this taken so long to get going? Well to be honest I just didnt know how to start. I mean, SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED in the last months and I guess I was just too focused on figuring out how to cover ALL of it (which I understand now is a little daunting). So lets just jump right in and get this blog up and running.

Jedrek and I just moved into an amazing house located much closer to downtown and right around the corner from family. Although it has taken us a lot longer than expected to get settled in, we are super excited to make this house our home.
Check out the pics of our new casa. And please excuse the mess!

A trip to Mt. Lassen

One great thing about living in Northern California is being able to explore all the places that I once went as a kid. This weekend, Jedrek, bruce and I were able to take a day trip to Lassen, a place I only remember from a picture I have of my mom, brother and I. It was a beautiful drive up, passing many potential camping spots and flowing waterfalls. When we arrived to the mountain, we both could not believe the amount of snow that was still there! I am talking about banks about 5 feet above our car - it was crazy. You were only able to drive about 500 feet into the park to check out a few of the geyser that are simmering away. We took the opportunity to stretch our legs and smell some sulphur.

On our way back home, we stopped in Red Bluff for burgers at Buds Jolly Cone and a little antique shopping. We totally lucked out and a box full of camera stuff for just 20 bucks! It sounds like the lady just wanted to get rid of it, but we scored a super 8 camera, projector, an old point-and-shoot, and all these lighting kits from the 50's - ps everything was in mint condition. Check out this happy customer..