On our way out of town one day Rylee and I stopped off at Station 41 to visit Jon.
He was so excited to see us for a suprise visit.
He fed us lunch and Jon gave Rylee a tour of the engine.
He even showed her the lights on the grass rig.
They even let her sit in the recliner. She's looking a bit too comfortable. As you could tell, she didn't want to leave!!!
Jon and Chris went on a fun filled day trip to North Star Lake Tahoe. Here you see them riding the chair lift up the mountain. No uphill riding for them!!! It's all downhill from here!!!! 
This is a view from the chair lift looking down.
They went downhill mountain biking and had a blast!!! North Star keeps their snow runs groomed during the summer for exiting downhill biking. 
As you can see, they have to wear their full dirtbiking gear to stay safe. Jon popped 4 tires and Chris only popped 1...I think.
They came away with a few bumps and bruises but with a smile, none the less!!!
Rylee will ask to watch 2 movies everyday.
You all so far know that one is "Little Saints" and the other is...get this,
"Nacho Libre"!!!! She cracks me up, Jon and I die laughing together!!!!!
We went to Livermore to watch Blake race BMX. He's such a fast kid!!! He did great and won 1st place multiple times!! 
Afterwards we hung out as a family and learned much about Mona Vie, a nutrition drink with lots of antioxidents. I'm not a big fan of the flavor. 
I think Grandpa Nick is sold on Mona Vie!!! We then watched Blake jump and do flips on the trampoline. 
Boy was it hot that day...then again, it's just like every other day!!!
Rylee loves going to the park, sliding down the slides and climbing up the ladders. She is so much fun to be around! 
We recently got Rylee arm floaties and she loves them. 
She is so independent getting in from the steps and then jumping in.
She can kick to where she wants to go, put her face in the water and blow bubbles!!!
You will rarely find a frown on this little girl!!!!!Grandpa Little recently got Rylee a DVD called "Little Saints". It is like a baby enstein video but this is set to primary songs. Rylee's favorite song is "Popcorn Popping On The Apricot Tree". 
She does the hand motions and sings along!! This is her watching intently.
Whenever she hears a song from the DVD she says, "G-V" which is TV and she brings me the Little Saints DVD. What a smarty pants!!!We recently got Rylee a red Radio Flyer tricycle for fun. We are trying to teach her that she needs to wear a helmet when she rides. 
Unfortunately the smallest helmet we could find was for a 3 year old!!! 
Needless to say, it's massive and it falls down onto her face so she can't see.
She really has a hard time touching the peddles, because she is such a peanut. She can do one push and it's usually backwards!!!
Rylee loves to do her..."Dip, dip, dip and a eat, eat, eat" song when she dips food into sauces. She likes ketchup and even more likes to stick her fingers into it and eat it plain. Silly, messy girl!!!!
We traveled to Pier 39 for some cold weather and wind. When we got there we ate gigantic yummy strawberries...wish I had the chocolate dipping sauce with it, luckly they were sweet enough without it. 
We then ventured to the end of the pier and watched the big ships cross in front of us as they ferried tourists to Alcatraz, otherwise known as "The Rock". 
Did you know that Alcatraz served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison, then a federal prison until 1963, and it is now a national recreation area. It was so windy that day the waves were crashing into the pier and scarred some ladies half to death!!!
We then walked over to see the sea lions. There weren't very many there but there were a few cute babies. Rylee loved listening to them bark, loudy!!! Jon then had some famous clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl and I had chili from a bread bowl, yummy yum!!! I couldn't leave without a big bag of salt water taffy from the Candy Baron!!!
