Seeing an Earthquakes game has been on our to do list for many years, but the games are always pretty late in the evening and […]
Generation Z
Bootjack Loop
A magic hike in the redwoods into the top of Muir Woods on our way down to see a Bay FC NWSL game
First Shearing
All action at the ranch!
Miracle March Delivers Again
After skiing in sweaters and mountain biking gloves for a week over spring break the weather turned cold again this last weekend and March delivered […]
Third Weigh-In
The girls gaining wait very nicely at their third weigh-in. Angel was impressed with Max’s progress with the ladies, quite complimentary on his bracing, especially […]
Sugar Bowl Spring Break
We ordered the weather for the kids’ spring break up in the mountains: highs in the fifties (teens in celsius) on the slopes every day […]
Daylight Saving Ski
A couple of days up in the mountains to start daylight saving time
First Weigh-In
Lots of laughs for the photographer!
Tahoe School Week III
When the powers that be decided to force the planet into remote schooling back in 2020/2021, we figured if we were going to be remote […]
Welcome Snugglepuff and Shirley!
Today we welcomed Snugglepuff and Shirley – Max’s two 4H ewes for his sheep project this season – to the Valtenbergs household. These two are […]
Sugar Bowl Powder Adventures
A double batch of storms hit Northern California over the past week, delivering a whopping 60 inches (1.5 meters) of cold smoke to the Sierras […]
More Storms!
This next round of storms were borderline: much warmer than the blower pow delivered by last week’s onslaught, but we had a free weekend so […]
Powder and Ice
The weather gods delivered for MLK long weekend up in Tahoe: we were greeted with ankle to boot deep powder all over the mountain on […]
The Coral Coast
The Fijian government holds a majority stake in Fiji Airways, so to entice travelers to experience Fiji as they transit the Pacific the airline doesn’t […]
Christmas in Adelaide
The last time we spent Christmas in Australia with Granny Jenni, Pops John and Steve was 2014. Way too long ago! So after the AVS […]
A Christmas Carol
The 2023 AVS Christmas performance with Wild Man as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. So much work for the teachers (thank you!), but it […]
Early Christmas
Fun to bring in the Christmas cheer with Greg and Kathi before we head south for Christmas by the beach…
First Turns
First turns of the season!
First Volleyball Home Game
Great to see our little number 12 and the rest of the girls in their first home game of the season…
Powder Haus Thanksgiving Week
Great to get up to the mountains for our first snow at the new cabin. The kids made the most of the half inch that […]