Lots of Busy Weekends

Our night and days are so busy lately. Every weekend is extremely full. Jason still has the same job, and I'm still training for my first 1/2 marathon. I'm on month 5 (out of 11). Everything is going well. The kittens are keeping us busy, as well. Izzie is taking charge (over Scout). She steals Scouts sleeping spots and loves all the attention she can get. Izzie now sleeps in the game room, when she wakes up, she sits on the corner of the couch and cries until you pick her up.

The cutest thing is that she carries around this little blue monkey (that was Roxy's). She plays with it, sleeps with it and carries it around the house. It's the cutest thing!

Here's the battle picture:

Scout completely crashed out on the back of the couch.

Me & Izzie. They are both big cuddle bugs.

Izzie cuddling with the monkey. Giving it a big hug.

last weekend, we went to the Lincoln Showcase. My work did the signs and we got free tickets. The Showcase is a big show that gives out samples of different types of local foods. It was a lot of fun. We went a couple of years ago and Jason got so sick, from trying so many types of foods. This year, we didn't eat so much, so fast. We took our time and enjoyed the food. There was a lot of wineries, a couple types of beer, lots of pizzas, Italian, Mexican, and a ton of bakeries. It was so much fun, and the best thing is that it was completely free!

This week, Jason took some time off of work and worked on some stuff that he trying to do my make a game. it's pretty big and takes a ton of time. He's making the board from scratch (it's about 4'x7') and painting and everything. He's doing such a great job. I'm so very impressed what his imagination can bring to real life.

Since, he had some time off of work , we decided to go camping this last weekend. We went to Lake Berryessa. Neither of us had been here before and wanted to check it out. The lake was so dried up and everything was so dry. We still had a lot of fun and were able to relax a lot!

Here is our camp site area. Our little dinner table:

The view from our camp site. The lake was suppose to be right up to our site. Look how low the lake is.

We had to go for a hike to try to get to the lake. We had some animals watching us.

Here I am after we went swimming. It wasn't too cold or anything. It felt really nice to jump in.

Here we both are after the swim.

We didn't want to set up a tent just for one night of camping, so we camped in the back of the truck. It was pretty comfy.

Right before we started getting dinner and a fire ready before it got too dark. We had such a great night!

Jason warming up the chili (that I made the night before). Yummy!!

The next day, we drove to the other camp ground (about 20 minutes away) and went for a hike. Again, the lake was so low and everything was so dry, we weren't expecting to see anything cool. We ended up seeing some lake otters hanging out. They were so cute swimming around.

Here's the other side of the lake. It was a nice day out!

We hiked back to the truck and drove home. We were excited to see our little girls (and of course, Mickey). This is the longest they've been alone (even Mickey). They all did great!!They were so excited to see us. They all got a lot of attention. We un-packed and relaxed the rest of the day.

I am starting something new. Once a month, I will be cooking dinner and dessert from another country. Saturday, I will start with French. I'm pretty excited. I hope everything turns out ok. That will be my next post.