Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Fun Family Times

 Will got into town just before noon on Saturday and we played as hard as we could (some more than others) all Labor Day weekend.

First we took him to Idlewild Park, down by the Truckee River.

We walked around the park and saw a bunch of people outside the rose gardens hanging out with their phones. It was a Pokemon Go thing. We didn't know people were still playing that!

We also stopped at the workout bars to see who could do pull ups and pull overs. (Not me.)

We had lunch at our house with Faith and Collin and then walked up to Las Brisas Park, where we all had more fun than Charlotte, but it was great to see her in the swings and fun to take her down the slides.




It was so great to see Will. Ivy even stayed with us this weekend because Will stayed with us!


Sunday we went for a hike at Jones River Trail. It was fun and watching Collin with Charlotte in the baby carrier reminded me of all of our hikes as a family with Bill carrying whoever was smallest at the time. Really heart-warming!


There was a point when we decided to give Will some great profile pics for Hinge (which he refuses to do anyway!)


Faith and Charlotte wore their "Taco" and "Taquito" shirts that I gave them for Mother's Day. They finally fit!

She's cute no matter what you put on her.
We then went to eat lunch at the hospital in Carson City, which is possibly the fanciest hospital we've ever been to and has a great grill. Afterwards, we were going to do some go-carting in Carson City, but the place was too busy and we were all tuckered out. The guys ended up going to a place in Reno later that night while Faith rested at home, I did crafts and Ivy did homework at our house.

Monday morning Faith called when I was the only one awake. I went over to her house to watch Charlotte while she showered and work on my craft some more. It was a fun playdate! Then Bill, Will and Ivy came and we all went on a walk around the Sparks Marina and Scheels for a Ferris-wheel ride.
Will and Ivy waiting for our tiki masala pizza. Lunch was at an Indian/pizza fusion restaurant!

Will left with all the burners. Luckily, we didn't see many around our house after Burning Man, but we did see lots at the airport. They were unmistakable - super dusty and dirty people. The airport was having them put their luggage in large plastic bags because it was so dirty.

3 comments:

HW said...

Oh I love that you got to be with all of your kids! They are such fun, beautiful and smart people! WHO besides resident's wives eats at the hospital cafeteria when no one in their family is admitted? That must be one seriously fancy hospital! Hahaha! I was so relieved to see the skies looking clear and blue instead of smoky. (And so lucky I got to talk to you before Faith's shower!)

Paige said...

I zoomed in on a lot of photos of your son, and saw no sign of a mustache. Is he toying with us? That can be a fun activity. But what has changed in his physique? I really need to know. Charlotte is a cutie. Thank you for reporting on your schools and on the end of burning man.

kirsta said...

Will shaved the mustache before coming here and without taking any pictures of it!! He said that people were thinking he was much older than he is and were calling him "sir"

Fun Family Times

 Will got into town just before noon on Saturday and we played as hard as we could (some more than others) all Labor Day weekend. First we t...