We had our second spring break vacation in April. Following the great experience from last year, we went on another trip to the Estes Park.
The sight at the Rocky Mountain park was magnificant. Here we marked the starting of our week.
The house we stayed at had a little cabinet on the side. The roof was covered with snow later in the week where the kids were sliding down.
We went on an easy hike on the first day enjoying the scenary.
Another tradition for our trip has been the horse back riding. The weather was so cold that my phone battery almost died.
It snowed during the night. We got to play in the snow during the day.
We went on our first snowshoeing trip.
We set out to the lakes and reached the first one. However, we got on the wrong track, went through the lake, and went back instead of going forward. Nevertheless, the lake was great to walk on. Later in the day, we were told that it was actually not safe to walk on the lake during this time of the year.
We took it easy for the rest of the week. I had quite some time to go geocaching with Max, with Renee joining on the second afternoon.
We went to visit Boulder. The trail in the park had these rocks stacked along the way.
We took on another small trip and visited a small fall. Renee and Max climbed up with me. Actually, they climbed up quickly and I had to follow them.
Max and I took turns to step into the water for the picture.
As we were driving around, we saw the mooses hanging around the downtown.
Renee joined us on the second geocaching trip. We found some big ones with travel bugs.
I joined Max on a small school trip to visit In n' Out, where they learned how the food is made.
For earth day, we went to clean up the school and learned to getting rid of weeds.
Cub Scouts pack had our two-night camp out with the fishing as the main activity. Max learned how to cast the line!
I am not too much into fishing but it was cool watching the three kids sitting there calmly.
In the meanwhile, Renee is spending quality time with mom, visitng our favorite Dim Sum place.
Another major hit for this year's camping is the water bottle rocket.
We signed up Max for a swimming class that has exercise everyday. It really helped Max improve his skill.
I saw this when cleaning up the Pack storage and took it home to try it out.
Renee earned two awards in her Chinsese class.
During the week that I was between jobs, I took over the kitchen. Renee and Max got interested in cooking with me.
In one of the weekend, we hiked over to a park nearby called "Little Yosemite".
We also went to pick cherry. Unfortunately, I had tooth surgery so couldn't each any.
We then went to pick strawberry. This is the first time and I have to say strawberries are so much better than cherry.
We also tried to do some peach picking. It was not nearly as good as the other two.
Lastly, we visited the annual Art and Wind Festival in town. Here is the big ride they took on.
Max got really interested in kite flying. We took some material home, put it together and he learned to do it in the park
