yosemite

we spent the last weekend in yosemite national park. we caravaned up there really really ridiculously early on friday morning and i almost managed to stay awake for the whole trip. we stopped at starbucks in fresno becuase, as kris says, they have the best bathrooms. or she wanted a latte. :) we arrived in the park around 11 and finally made it to our campsite around 1. we had to stop twice for construction.

we spent the afternoon setting up shop and waiting for the smiths to arrive. when they got there and we unloaded them, the boys went off in search of firewoood and the girls reads magazines and thought about cooking. we had chicken and beans for dinner followed by cookies and of course smores. it got pretty cold that night but thankfully kris brought mr. heater. we played improv games around the fire and i fell asleep while everyone else was talking (i was tired and cozy in my blankie. what can i say.)

saturday we got up, ate our eggs in a bag, and headed into yosemite valley to fish and see some waterfalls. jeremy, lance, kris and jennifer fished while i laid out on the "beach" (just another day in paradise). they didnt catch anything, so after our picnic we drove around and saw nevada fall and bridalveil fall. we actually got out and hiked to the base of bridalveil. that mist was COLD!

saturday afternoon the boys and jennifer played bocce and i finished my fourth and fifth books of the trip. kris and jennifer decided that if there was an olympic event for speed reading or replying to email i would win crazy amounts of gold medals. since there isnt, and even if there was i imagine we will all be boycotting this years olympics, whether or not you think that is actually going to make a difference in chinas treatment of tibet and whoever else they are bullying. we ate taco soup for dinner and then played new games around the fire such as the land of nod, the ball game, and riddles. it was pretty fun. i managed to stay awake for all of it which isnt that great a feat considering the 11 hours of sleep i got the night before.

sunday we woke of, ate the eggs in a bag again, and started packing. jerimiah and jennifer took a different route back than us. we got to stop in the snow play area and have a small snowball fight and make a teeny tiny snowman. like a true girl from kansas, i was wearing flip flops in the snow. it was the first time jeremy and i have been in the snow since we moved out here.

the trip home was rather uneventful. we got home to a broken air con (when we replace it this week it will be our 5th air con in the 2.5 years we have lived in our apartment) and a miffed cat. cricket had fun with auntie sarah but was mad that we left her all weekend. also she was mad because she is forced to wear a fur coat even when it is freaking hot in our apartment. thankfully this week the apartment manager is working on fixing up the building for an inspection in a couple weeks so the air con and the outlet (which is the real problem) will be fixed this week.

yosemite was fun. the fresh air, good food and great friends were perfect.

!m!