Afternoon of wakeboarding on Boca resevoir with our friend Andy. Warm
and sunny, enjoying life.

Stuff all moved in to the Reno place.

Running errands with G-ma

The Beach

Ruby taking a walk on the beach.

Well, the Robinsons are on vacation. We started out our three week trip with a drive to Salt Lake City to see friends. On the way out there we stopped in the Ruby valley with the Ruby mountains behind the photographer. The Ruby mtns are great for ski touring so as soon as Ruby is up and mobile on skis we have a trip planned.

We then headed back to Sacramento where we boarded a plane for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. Ruby was able to meet her cousins for the first time. Above is a picture of Abby holding the Rubster. Ruby was a big hit.

We then loaded up the car and drove four hours to the AL/FL coast to a place affectionately known as the "Redneck Riviera", Gulf Shores. We spent four nights there hanging out with my parents, 2 brothers, and Erin, John's girlfriend. We had a blast getting sunburned, swimming, drinking, and of course playing some boardgames.

Ruby getting ready to go swimming. Meditating about the Tao of Pooh.

While we were in Gulf Shores we were able to meet up with three of our good friends from SLC that now live down in Florida due to Post-Doctoral positions taking them there. Elliot and Mary live near Pensacola with their beautiful daughter, Ellie, and Ann-Marie lives in Tallahassee. It was awesome seeing these guys in a different setting than usual. Thanks for driving out to see us.

Dads and daughters in the indoor pool.

The family on the Riviera

We will be driving down to New Orleans today and then fly back home tomorrow. Ruby is in my arms now so typing is difficult. Got to sign off now.

Reading a good book.

A cute picture

Ruby's new favorite piece of furniture. She loves sitting up and looking around. She seems to be a very alert baby. Isn't she cute?

Thanks to Lori and Hunter for passing the chair down.

On a side note, I went kayaking today after work. Got to love the N. Fork of the American River. Good times with Joe and Corey.

Tim

Ski day 2 for the Rubster

Lora, Ruby and I went back up to Truckee to visit again with the Childress and Ellis families. We had a great day skiing up Mt. Tamarack (9,882ft) near Mt. Rose, NV. Ruby bagged her first peak! The weather was exceptional, nice and warm but not too warm to really mess up the snow. Again, Ruby slept on the ascent and kind of woke up for the ski down.

Mt. Rose in the background

It was a great day out and a fun ski down. It's crazy how many people we've run into that said they did the same with their babies. One even told me that he would bring booby popscicles with him to give to his girls when they went backcountry skiing. Lucky for Ruby and myself her mother enjoys skiing as much as we do.

Ruby and Dad skiing uphill to the summit

More uphill skiing

I went skiing the following day as well. Much bigger ski down with Greg Speicher and Jim Barrett.

Ruby smiling and trying to talk

A 1 minute video of the Rubster. For all of her grandparents! Enjoy.

A few more shots of Ruby

Bath Time again!

Well the Robinsons are doing well. Ruby is growing so tall and very quickly. Many people can not believe that she is only 10 weeks old.

We got a chance to go kayaking together as a family this past weekend. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Tracy Soule for running our shuttle and babysitting Ruby. I have to admit that because Ruby is kinda cute people sure don't seem to mind babysitting. Of course Ruby would have to have a giant poo while we were on the river. Sorry Tracy.

The person who made it all happen, Tracy.

We did a quick lap on the N. Fork of the American River, a fun Class 4. We had a great flow and although Lora hadn't kayaked since New Zealand a year ago you wouldn't have noticed.

Drysuit Daddy doing doody duty.

How can you not love this face?

Happy baby after a family shower.

Just a quick little video of what else? Kayaking

A 3 minute video a buddy shot the other day. Joe and I met up with them for the waterfall huckfest. Back home just after lunch. a great morning. In case you're wondering I'm in the lime green boat with the blue helmet.


Traverse Creek and Weber Creek from Jared Noceti on Vimeo.

We are officially a family

For valentine's day Lora officially(legally)became a Robinson. It was a great gift. Now Ruby will not be confused.

It was fun.

Well, with 69 votes and many more e-mails it looks like you guys have come to the same conclusion as we had before we put the poll up. Ruby looks like her parents.
I want to just say thanks to all of our friends and family members that voted. It was really fun to see the US map light up with blue and orange. We heard from many of you via e-mail as well. Some of you from as far away as Asia, Australia, and Europe. The bottom line is no matter where you live we need to come out for a visit.

Stay tuned for more polls ranging from steak or chicken to snow or water skiing.

Tim