We had Karina's friend Bella spend the night recently. (...and then the next night, Nick has a friend spend the night, as well!) The girls made cupcakes all on their own...
Michael recently changed jobs, but he still works in the City. The kids and I decided to pay him a little visit and have lunch with him. Here is a picture of Karina on BART, on the way there!
We will visit again!
Here is Amber at her grandparents' house, opening up a birthday present. How lucky - Karina was included in this gift, and they both got the "fancy dolls" that they have been wanting so badly!
That is the time we got up to go to the snow! We went to Dodgeridge, which is in the central Sierra's. Usually, we somewhere near Lake Tahoe, but Michael thought it would be fun to go somewhere different.
He was right! We made great time getting there, and it was a very nice place. 
Rolling-pin donuts for breakfast - the only time I let myself eat donuts!
Karina going down a hill
And there goes Amber down a hill, too!
See that lodge at the bottom of the hill? That is where I stayed - I read, ate candy, and dozed off several times.
We left about 3:00 PM, and went to Nation's in Tracy for hamburgers and pie - yum!
Amber has been begging me to have a slumber party for the longest time. Finally, her birthday wish came true, and she had one on her 10th birthday. She invited her friends from her 4th grade class for a night of crazy, sleepless fun!
Daddy and his birthday girl (you may notice that Amber took this opportunity to wear 3 different nightgowns/pajamas as the evening wore on...what a surprise!)
Thank goodness for Karina. She helped with the girls a lot! 
