Not too many people know we went on a trip to Reno, NV last weekend for fun! Is Reno that fun? No, we just had never been to a lot of places that way and thought we needed to see what it was all about. So we left on Friday evening and stayed in a little town called Beatty, NV that night.
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They had a neat Ghost Town close by that we visited the next mourning before driving through Death Valley. Death Valley was pretty and the sand domes were too, but we thought there would be more so we didn't take pictures or get out and walk on them, whoops! We were in too big of a hurry to get to Yosemite. Well, we made it to the road we are suppose to take to Yosemite, but March is still Winter and the road is closed until late April or May. So we sadly weren't able to go there.
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We continued driving North and we made it to Lake Tahoe, which was very pretty, but we didn't know what to do there and it was very cold, so we jumped out took a picture and went on to Carson City (Nevada's State Capital).
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In Carson City we saw the Governor's Mansion (which was all decorated for Easter), we played at the Children's Museum, and drove around down town to see some Carson City history (this was something Danny was interested in). We stayed in a nice hotel and went bowling to make the trip a little more fun for the kids. The next day was Sunday, so we went to a ward there in Carson City and then drove to Virginia City which was another Ghost Town where in the 1850's, 400 million dollars of gold was found.
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The town is now a tourist place to visit.
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We then drove to Reno, we weren't too sure what to see here either. We saw the temple and state line and saw that Reno looks a lot like ID we were a little surprised, I guess we thought it would look more like Vegas, but it didn't at all.
On our way home Monday we drove through some smaller towns we've heard of, but never been through like Fallon! It's great to say I've been to all these places now! Our big adventure happened on our way home on Monday. After we passed Walker Lake we were headed towards Tonopah and we saw there were still three cities on the map we would be going through before getting to Tonopah. When we arrived at the second city and saw there were no gas services (there wasn't any in the little town before either) our car was already on empty. We decided to just keep driving and see if we could make it to the next town, we made it! But there were again NO SERVICES! We still had about 20 miles to go before Tonopah and our gas light was on! So we just kept driving and were happy to see Tonopah about 6 miles away when our car finally couldn't go any further! I was still very impressed we made it that far. I just told Danny to hitch hike in to town and try to hitch hike back. These workers/drillers picked Danny up brought him to town and drove him all the way back, we tried tipping them, but they wouldn't take it. We felt very blessed, they were great guys!
Our trip was more driving and seeing than anything, but we had a lot of fun and I was proud of the kids for traveling so well! They just enjoyed staying in a different hotel every night. And there favorite was in the 1 star motel in Beatty that was actually a mobile home made into a hotel. It's so nice how little ones are so easily pleased!
This is the picture of the ultrasound if you can tell what is going on...Baby A, her head is on the left and her legs open from the side like this < and nothing is hanging (we are looking at her backside).
Then Baby B, all you see in this picture is his legs opened at the top left corner and his looks like an upside down u and you can see a little something hanging from the middle, not the smudge coming out of his leg(this is also his backside).
This is me pregnant with twins at 4 months along.
This is me pregnant normally at 4 months along. (I hate that I was sticking me tongue out, but this it the only picture I have at 4 months pregnant).
On Monday Hanna was invited to her friends Hannah Montana birthday party. The girls were to dress up like Rock Stars. It was fun getting Hanna ready for the party and Max enjoyed helping her too. Max reminded us of her earrings and necklace and then he put them on her. (Please excuse Max, in the background).
Van enjoyed the cake, A LOT! He didn't know how to eat one at his 1st birthday just a few months ago, but he sure knew how to this time!
Last weekend we went camping with my mom, and Danny's brother Tom and family. We wanted to go to the Valley of Fire like we did last year, but they were all full so we drove to Overton and found a camping place called Echo Bay.
It was really close to the lake so we took a walk down to the lake and the kids put their feet in and threw rocks. We just went for one night, but we had a good time together.
Breakfast Time
Max and Zachary
My dad and Debi came into town last weekend and brought Hanna a red radio flyer big wheel with a big flag for her birthday. After Danny put it all together Hanna and grandpa were out back and Grandpa asked Hanna, "How do you like your new big wheel?"
Hanna: "I said I wanted a princess bike. (Pause) This one like boy."
Grandpa: "Oh, well maybe for Christmas you'll get a princess bike."
Hanna: "Oh ya, I like my big wheel." (Happy)
I didn't hear their conversation my dad told me about it, but luckily he found her funny. I was a little embarrassed that she would say that, but I guess that's where children are brighter than adults and just say how they feel.
I was happy with the big wheel because she can start using it now and Van can play on it too. Most 3 year old children can only sit on their bike and do nothing else with it for a year. She's been having a lot of fun with it and so has Van!
My dad and Debi have been fostering a little boy Jaden, he is Debi's nieces baby. They're not sure how much longer they'll have him, but they have grown to love him, he's a cutie!
The other day Van didn't like what I gave him for breakfast and I turned around to grab something and he pushed his highchair try and fell out, landing right on his lip! He started screaming and his mouth was full of blood, I was a little nervous because I couldn't see where the blood was coming from. After the blood stopped there was his big fat lip; poor baby!
Max bore his testimony in sacrament today (with Danny's help), he did such a wonderful job! He told Danny on his own that he wanted to bare his testimony and while he was up there he wasn't silly (which usually happens when he speaks in front of people) and he said everything Danny whispered to him, I really enjoyed it
On Monday I saw on my friend Melissa's blog that her little 3 year old girl could ride her bike with no training wheels! Max saw the pictures and said, "I want my training wheels off my bike." So that night Danny practiced with him for a few minutes and then put the training wheels back on and said, "he's not ready yet." So on Tuesday Max was determined to ride his bike, so I took the training wheels off again and went running along side of him just holding the back of his shirt, but I was worn out quickly! When Danny came home I told him if you just ran with him he could do it I just can't run for too long. 
So Danny took Max up the street and told him not to petal just to put his feet out to get his balance, and Max did it! Max kept riding down the street with his feet straight out. The next day we practiced some more and on his way down the hill he started to petal. Here are some pictures of Max riding his two wheeler!
