Reno/Tahoe

My brother Seth is married!!  We were in Reno/Tahoe to visit Carlos' family and for Seth's wedding.  The kids had so much fun in Reno for a whole week.  A pirate conveniently showed up for abuela's birthday to entertain the kids, tia Veronika took them to tahoe, abuela took them all over town and the dogs became their best friends.  Even Diego who is totally scared of dogs took to gentle Mariah.

We were all there for the hot air balloon race which was super cool.  It wasn't super great waking up at 5am to get there in time, but our clocks were all messed up anyway.  We arrived just as the sun was coming up and got to see nearly 100 hot air balloons being blown up and sent into the sky.  We went up for a tethered ride as well though Charlie was in meltdown mode by then and decided to stay on the ground.

Tia Veronika took the boys swimming in Tahoe.

The wedding was a lot of fun.  The boys helped bring the rings down the aisle (and also managed to get in the middle of the ceremony :)).  I heard there was a slight scuffle as there were 3 boys (charlie, diego and eli), but only 2 ring boxes so eli and diego carried the boxes and charlie carried the actual rings.  Luckily he didn't drop them!  It was beautiful weather and, of course, the couple looked gorgeous.  I wasn't in control of any camera, but here are a few shots.

We managed to miss our flight and there was nothing for two days out of Reno so we rented a car and headed to SF.  The delay worked well for us because Veronika checked out their teeth and took them for a sleep over.  I actually got to enjoy a morning walking (and eating) around SF - what a treat!