After twelve hours in the car, spending one night in Reno, the mess of putting chains on to go over snowy Donner Pass in California, and then downpouring rain the rest of the way, we arrived at the Duekers. We think that Tia was a little nervous because she didn't P or P the entire first day and she also shed like a maple tree in Autumn. Of course, once we arrived we found out that Jacob and Allison had really grown since the last time we saw them. They showed us their goggles they use for their swimming lessons during bathtime.

Laps in the tub.

The rest of the week we will be playing with the kids and planting 300 plants in the backyard - something about cheap landscaping labor. We'll see.

A few plants for the Dueker's backyard


An outing to the park