April Snapshots

April is just speeding along and I have numerous photos that I want to share, because otherwise they're just going to get lost in the shuffle.  And since Ben has decided that reading the Thiem Famly blog is one of his new favorite things, I figured I'd better put up some of this month's snapshots.  The photo from above is from our last weekend of skiing at Alpine Meadows.  I've also got a short clip from skiing, click here to watch it on YouTube.  Below are some photos of the following day while skiing with Meg, Dan and Dan.  I love that we went all the way out to Estelle Bowl, nothing seems to slow Megan down.   

The boys got their new Kuk Swool Won belts.

We went to San Diego for spring break, the boys enjoyed some solo time with Miles and Lisa, who spoiled them rotten with trips to the beach, Legoland and the movies.  

A spontaneous campout at the property, best kind of camping since the caravan is parked there, we got Thai take out, brought some Rippon wine, build a fire and hung out.  We promise to take the boys there soon, but this trip was a brief getaway for an early anniversary date.

And finally, since this is already too long...  some photos from our short trip to hang out with Tim & Lydia and their boys.  We took the ferry to Angel Island, something I hadn't done since my days in Kings Mountain.  Fun to see the boys all interact together.  So there you go, there's April in a nutshell.

s'mores

Some s'mores action for you, what I love about the photo above is the very obvious marshmellow in Josh's cheek while he roasts another one.

And I promise he's drinking a root beer in this final photo, but can't you see this same image in say 15 years?

a photo a day/March

I'm happy to report my photo-a-day challenge is complete.  We already know I take a lot of photos, but it was nice to have a challenge that was to capture anything, some of the photos were for Outside Inn blog agenda, some were instagram photos, but many this past month were of the family.   And I leave you with a photo of me taking a photo, by my friend Kathy (who was my photo-a-day challenge mate).  I promise the family blog will continue ticking along, but perhaps not quite as often.  I love that my business blogging agenda includes the term "consistency" and my family blog for the last 6 years has been a 2-3/month blog (with the exception of big vacations), so I think I'm going to go back to my consistent routine.

a day of cooking

So in my previous life as a stay at home mom we did all sorts of baking in the kitchen.  In my current role as a working stiff, who takes lots of photos and is trying very hard to fully embrace Dan's agenda of as few processed foods as possible and reducing the number of foods we eat w/ ingredients we can't pronounce, I spend a bit more time in the kitchen, but it always seems to have a purpose, less about time with the boys and making yummy treats.  So this morning Ben declares, "Let's have pancakes for breakfast."  So I put him to work and he did the whole process, thanks to the Joy of Cooking.  The photo of Josh shows his role in the process- smiling goofball.

So the pancakes were a hit, so after I got home from work the boys declared, "Let's make cookies."  After a few cookbook options and a receipes with ingredients we didn't have, I found a receipe in the Paleo Cookbook "Mocha Bacon Brownies".  Turns out they were flourless (not that we've removed gluten from our diet), but the bacon and coffee ingredients had me, and Ben was more interested in the chocolate.  The photo below shows what happens when you stiry with gutso after sifting cocoa powder into a bowl.

And finally here's Josh holding a sample (Peg, notice your china!).  What a delightful day of culinary adventures.  (The rest of my day's menu included: green juice, left over chili with corn bread and fajitas for dinner).  So there you go, Day #30 of a photo a day and I'm still having trouble posting just one photo.

Welcome Home

So we drove to Colorado and back again, totalling 2634 miles round trip... around 36 hours of driving.   We took a detour to Tahoe on our way home, spent a bit of time this morning skiing in a wet blizzard.  Today's photo of the day is Dan standing on Lower Our Father.  My photo got shared on the Alpine Meadows Facebook page.  Only 2 more days of my photo-a-day challenge and then I will take a breather from over loading my family blog. 

Welcome to....

Photos from the car window....  working on my photo-a-day challenge through Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and finally California.  More fun though are the You Tube Videoes I put together with the Go Pro footage from Crested Butte.  Click here and here to see us skiing the North Face.

cheers to friends

So my photo-a-day mission today will just have to do with the iphone selfy and the virtual glass of wine... but it's a day of toasting good friends and good times.  Thanks Beth & Mich for the lunch date, I love that my college freshman friends are still a part of my life, even when we live on different continents.  And the photo below is the bottle of wine from Mike & Mihky and a silly Ben behind, cheers!