Saturday, November 3, 2012

Good to be home!


Ah yes, those lil' white legs must belong to us! 

Collecting rocks in Homer
 As November begins, I find myself still reeling from October's whirlwind. It's amazing all that can happen in a month! After living in McCarthy for the summer, re-entry into the world of fast cars, bright lights, and demanding schedules is bitter-sweet.

Our first stop after leaving McCarthy was Homer, an awesome little sea-side community where friends of ours live. I certainly could have stayed for the week, but our weekend trip ended too quickly, and before I knew it we were on a plane for California.

Once home, we exchanged Carharts and beanies for tank tops and flip flops and made our way to San Francisco for the Nike Women's Half Marathon. Talk about culture shock! Going from running alongside bear tracks to running alongside 25,000 other people certainly makes you realize you aren't in Kansas anymore. And just to be certain there were plenty of people for us Vials to take in, the Giants and the 49ers were playing home games that day. Go figure.

Explore'n with Grampy
Our next stop took us to the Central Coast where we got to enjoy some downtime in the sunshine while visiting family. Although Riley couldn't get enough of her cousins and Grammy and Grampa, the toll of all our travels caught up with her and she came down with a nasty cold. Poor thing. It didn't stop her from learning how to climb, and later, slide down the stairs or getting showered with good ol' Grandparent love though!  

Learning about life with Grammy


No child is too small to go biking with Dada


Although the sun and good company beckoned us to stay, we knew it was time to get settled back into our Tahoe home. It was so hard to leave that glorious sun though! And wouldn't you know it... just as we made our way over the summit in Tahoe, the first snowstorm of the season was in full effect. Goodbye flip flops, hello snow shovel.

Icicles! 
Now we find ourselves quickly adapting to our ever-curious daughter and our lack of baby proofing throughout the house. Every nook and cranny is in the process of being explored (by child) and scrutinized (by mom), and envisioning countless accidents has prompted me to do some serious redecorating.

getting into everything and lov'n it! 
The end of the month brought us the cutest lil' turkey that ever was. Riley went trick-or-treating with a bunch of kiddos twice her age and had the time of her life. She was determined to walk and hold her candy, which the girl scored on! Do people really think an 11-month old will eat king-sized snickers? Good thing there's extra sugar in the house now, 'cause our little turkey will be keeping us plenty busy this Winter!


Having fun with Cousin Maya the Giraffe

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