swimming in squaw

we spent a lot of our long weekend in reno, actually up in tahoe. we got to spend a little time at the resort at squaw creek doing some swimming with family and friends. and it was fun and the boys loved it. that's the whole story. 

family photos

we took a little family trip to reno and while we were there had professional family photos done by our good friend, nick and his wife, anna. that was worded weird. anna is also our good friend. ha. everything kind of came together last minute and now we're all a little sad that not all of the siblings were there for the photos, but we did have all the grandkids together. so that's something. we took the photos up at squaw in tahoe and i think they turned out just really wonderful. here are a few of the pics (maybe more than a few) and i only included ones with our immediate family in them although there were lots of really great ones that we're not in, of course. per the usual... i highly recommend nick. click the link below to check him out. 

nicholas dunne photography

random reno

here are some random reno cousin pictures, that are important for you to see! 

the lake at papou and yiayia's new house

matt and kate took beckett and clayton to play at the park and i just now noticed when downloading these pictures that beckett is barefoot like some hillbilly child. delightful. matt... kate... an explanation for this? 

getting ready to run through the sprinklers. first he loses the shoes... now this?

we also all went to check out the university because it's been TEN years and a lot of stuff has changed. i have a very special place in my heart for unr. even though i have never technically used my degree in elementary education,my college years totally shaped my future life. so many of the most important people i know today, i met in college. the school is looking really great... it has a beautiful new library and student union. my only regret is that i left my wallet at home... with my old student id... with so much advantage cash still on it. i assume that stuff never expires? anyways, we took the boys to play at the quad, where my college graduation was held, and i sat and reminisced about some of the best times and it was nice.