Snow bunny

Apologies for the radio silence but I have been trying to figure out which of the 650 pics we took I should use for this post. President's Day weekend was a most amazing 5 days. We went up to Yosemite to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary, Valentine's Day, Ella turning 4 months, and Benny & Foxie's first time in the snow. The original plan was to spend 3 nights. After what should have been about a 4 hour trip, 9 hours later we arrived at the Tenaya Lodge. Just like for our wedding, it started snowing on Friday and the road conditions made it a long trek but we just saw it as a part of the adventure. Ella was amazing - not a peep out of her, she just went with the flow. The rest of the weekend was like a fairy tale - so so so much snow we had to stay an additional 2 days and took full advantage of the beauty that is Yosemite.

Ella was fascinated with the snow
Benny & Foxie too

On Valentine's day we went on a dreamy sleigh ride

And on Sunday, we went to the Ahwahnee and showed Ella where we got married The more it snowed, the more beautiful it was and the more fun we had

Surreal landscape all around us

Ella stayed warm and snug as we hiked around

Happy family
Believe it or not our car is somewhere under there It was truly a trip of a lifetime and the best part was getting to experience it not only with my wonderful husband but also with Ella and our pups. Ella was her happy self the entire time and not once held us back in doing what we wanted. The pups LOVED the snow and couldn't seem to get enough.

*Watch for our best pics yet coming soon, I just need to narrow down the Yosemite pics a bit more (ONLY 500 are allowed in a Picasa album :) )

Snow bunny Part 2

Just 2 days after we got back from Yosemite, we headed back up to the snow - this time to Lake Tahoe to do some snowboarding. We took turns hanging out with Ella while the other went riding. Luckily we had our friend Steve with us so neither one of us had to ride by ourselves. Ella did not disappoint and was just happy to chill. I got to try out my new snowboard - and while I was a bit wobbly the first day, I felt much more confident on it by the second. You see, my new snowboard has something called Magne-Traction - this crazy wavy edge that is supposed to have better control and edge hold. It took a bit of getting used to but it was sweet. Most likely this will be our only trip this season and it was great that the awesome snow at Kirkwood didn't disappoint. I can't wait until Ella is old enough to snowboard :)