Keeping Up With the Kocubinskis: Indian Summer

And so my summary of the last several months continues...

As our summer turned into fall, we were able to enjoy another Evelyn milestone: WALKING! She took her first steps (pretty confidently!) at 11 months old. The stinker took her first steps during the short hour that I left to go to the gym. I thought one of the benefits of being at home with the kids was getting to see those precious moments! Alas, I missed this one, but I was very happy Matt got to see it. And I did get to see an encore as soon as I got home.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Before Evelyn made those first steps, we kicked off the beginning of fall by watching Matt complete his second Warrior Dash race. It's a 5k with lots of obstacles along the way including a mud pit covered with barbed wire and a ring of fire. He did great of course, and the kids loved running around in the woods while we waited for him to finish.

Max doing his own dashing

Kissy face!

My Warrior

Max goofing around with Skip

True love is kissing your filthy husband after a muddy 5k


Warrior princess

After the Warrior Dash, we decided to go visit my folks in Carson City, NV. We hadn't been there to visit them since they moved there, so I was eager to check out the town. I thought I'd be sad about them leaving Vegas, but I really liked Carson City. It reminded me of Missoula in the 80's. It was one of the friendliest places I've ever been. It was SUCH a relaxing visit. We spend one day driving around Lake Tahoe, which was gorgeous. And we couldn't have had a nicer day.

Max checking out the lake

Love my parents!


Dad trying to keep Evelyn out of the water

One of the other days we were there, my mom and I were able to go over to Reno, which is only about 20 minutes away, to visit my friend Lindsey from elementary school and her adorable daughter Grace. It was great to see them and catch up. I don't think I had seen Lindsey since high school and it was so fun to meet her little one.

Lindsey and Grace

Our attempt at getting a group shot

Other than that we pretty much just hung out and relaxed. Max and his Grammy made some cookies, we played outside quite a bit, and took one afternoon to go on a little train ride. Max was pretty excited right up until it was time to ride the train. I think he was scared by the loud whistle. But once he got on he was able to relax some.