Goodbye, Nevada!

Moving Day!!! The truck came on Friday the 8th! They only had two guys come, and they were able to get it done from 9-5. I flew out to Atlanta with the boys last night (the 9th), so we're safe in our hotel room, trying to figure out how to best adjust to the 3 hour time difference (and hoping our truck arrives sooner than later)! :)

So so SOOOOOOOOO happy they ship our car!!! It's a 39 hour drive to Atlanta!

4th

We were still in Nevada for the 4th this year, so we headed to Lake Tahoe to see the amazing fireworks we heard so much about (top 5 in the nation, is what a news report said...). :) They shoot them off at three different locations around the lake. We set up camp by the main ones in South Lake Tahoe. We got there early to make sure & have a great spot, so the kids had time to splash in the water. The fireworks were definitely worth it, so we were so happy that we got to see them once!

Soaring Minden!

Joe and Sawyer went on a glider ride! They'd been seeing the signs the whole time we lived here, and it was just one of those things where they'd better do it before they leave, or they'd regret it.


Lift off!

Over the mountain to Lake Tahoe!

Kemper Family Reunion!

Joe's mom's side of the family had their big family reunion in Sonora, California June 15-18. We had a lot of fun together (aside from everyone geetting sick...)! Our first day we went to Columbia, CA, which is their small touristy mining town.



Joe's aunt had a great hook-up in the town: the candy shop. A whole bunch of us got to go inside for a candy making demonstration. I stayed out with Hunter, but Joe and Sawyer went in & got help make ribbon candy.

Mining for gold/gems:

Meeting & having a sit on Clementine, the miniature donkey.

In-Law Visit!

Joe's family came into town to visit from June 12th-15th. It was awesome, except for everyone getting sick! Monday we took them out to Virginia City to see the old mining town, but I didn't bring my camera. Tuesday we took them out to Emerald Bay to see (what I think is) the most spectacular spot of Lake Tahoe. Here's Kelsey (Joe's little sister) with our nephew Jared, and then Hunter and Grandpa Kindt climbing around the rocks at the view point:


Sawyer with his Uncle Peter, whom he basically worships:


We hiked down the mile trail from the Emerald Bay viewpoint. It turned out to be a very hot day, so the kiddos played in the icy water:

Also, that's not Spiderman ^^^. It's aunt Ruth. :) But she's just as cool as Spiderman.