President's Day Weekend

We had a relaxing weekend at Steve's brother Al and his lovely wife Pam's. They live in a beautiful old home in Winona that could easily be a bed and breakfast. Pam also makes a wonderful breakfast. We also were happy to spend some time with both of their girls and their families on Sunday. We spent some time with their boys when we were in Tahoe in January, so we feel "in touch" with their family now!

We enjoyed a delicious Valentines dinner at the

"Signatures" restaurant in Winona on Saturday evening.

Jerry, Sabrina, Jaina, Leanne, Emily and Chet

John, Jenny, Rebecca, Joel and Clayton

Lake Tahoe

We enjoyed a getaway with the family to Lake Tahoe. It was a combination of skiing, relaxing and babysitting. Our condo was directly below the gondola leading up to Heavenly.

Dane insisted Grampy have a birthday cake there too.

It was fun to have Lee and his kids and Jared visit us.

Sledding on Sunday afternoon before Lee, Selina, Peyton and Jared had to leave.

We took a stroll through Heavenly Village Sunday eve.

Dane loves to help Uncle Benny play the guitar...

He has some big shoes to fill!!

We enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Lake Tahoe from the mountain

Dane gets some ski lessons from Daddy.

Cheering from the sidelines. Here are couple of his greatest cheerleaders.

Ready to ride the gondola up to where the pros ski.

(For more photos, see Mike & Amanda's Blog )

The beach of Lake Tahoe at sunset.

More 50th Birthday Bash

On Steve's birthday, this is what he was greeted with as he arrived at the front door of the bank. Pearl acted so innocent that but one would have to think that those pictures didn't just come out of his employee file. Anyway, it was a fun day with lots of "ribbing" from staff and customers.