The White Family

10.12.2010

Family Reunion

Here are some pictures from our fun weekend in Fort Worth with the Quinn side of the family in early October.

On our way to Fort Worth we had Julia try out the wireless headphones that came with the car so she could watch her DVD while we listened to the radio.

Enjoying Pop's company in the back seat on the way to the baseball game.

Julia loved spending time with Katelyn.

At the entrance to the Fort Worth Zoo. It had been an entire year since Julia had been to a zoo, so she was in for a treat!

Lindsay, Kolby and Shane

Gigi, Kimberly, Pop, and Katelyn

Gigi, Pop and Julia

Checking out the meerkats

We spent that evening at the hotel pool. We had pizza and cake to celebrate Grandma's birthday.

Julia enjoyed the pool, thanks to Daddy who was willing to get in with her despite the frigid water temperature (it was supposed to be heated but wasn't).

Larry's side of the family

Elaine's side of the family

9.29.2010

Julia: 2 years

Here are the stats from Julia's 2-year check up:

Weight: 25lbs. 6 ozs. (20th percentile)
Height: 33.7" (40th percentile)
Head circumference: 48.5cm (80th percentile)

Julia wanted to get up on the table while we waited for the doctor to come see her. She had her shirt up, all ready to get her check up.

9.21.2010

Recent Video

Here are some recent videos of Julia...

Fun in the baby pool at her birthday party, and counting in Spanish.

Julia loves her "cooter" that she got for her birthday!

Julia is really enjoying being able to play outside more in the beautiful fall weather. Here she is on her slide, and playing golf with Daddy.

9.20.2010

The day after Julia's birthday party, we headed to Lake Tahoe for our "babymoon" trip with 2 other couples who are also expecting. Megan and Travis are due in December with their first girl and Kristen and Israel are due in January with their second girl.

We had a wonderful time and packed in as many activities as we could in 5 days. The weather and scenery were beautiful. The highest temperature during our stay was 73 and the low was in the 30s.

The first evening we were there, we headed to Steamers for great pizza and beachfront views.

Left to right: Israel, Travis, Kyle, Melanie, Megan, Kristen

Day 1: We rented bikes and rode along the Truckee River from Tahoe City all the way to Squaw Valley and back, which turned out to be 16 miles. It was a gorgeous ride, and the weather couldn't have been better.

Under a ski lift at Squaw Valley

We ate lunch on the patio at River Ranch, which sits right on the river.

Day 2: We were going to kayak, but it was too windy so we headed to Donner State Park to see the Donner Museum and have a picnic lunch on Donner Lake. Then we drove to historic downtown Truckee to do some shopping that afternoon.

Our picnic spot

Day 3: We toured Vikingsholm in Emerald Bay. Then we had lunch on the south shore of the lake and continued all the way around til we got to Sand Harbor Beach, then back to the house. We drove the full perimeter of the lake that day.

Beautiful views from the parking area at Vikingsholm.

The 1-mile downhill hike down to the castle was a breeze!

The 1-mile hike straight uphill back to the car wasn't as much fun.

A look-out point on our way to lunch.

Sand Harbor Beach

Day 4: It was a much calmer day on the lake, so we decided to kayak. That afternoon, Kyle and Travis toured historic Thunderbird Lodge. The rest of us stayed at the house to rest. That evening we went on a nice dinner cruise on the Tahoe Gal to celebrate our last night of the trip.