Czech Christmas dinner and Christmas party 19. - 20. 12. 2015

It has become a tradition to host Czech Christmas dinner and then Christmas party with friends. The Czech Christmas dinner has changed over the years, we started with friends no kids, now there were 7 children, 9 adults. The dinner was nice, but no way we could actually eat at the same time... :) The next day we had other friends over. We played traditional games and had fun. Adam was very good baby :)
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Uz se to stalo tradici, ze poradame ceskou vanocni veceri a vecirek s kamarady. Ceska vanocni vecere se za leta trochu zmenila, zacinali jsme s kamarady bez deti, ted jsme meli 7 deti, 9 dospelych. Vecere byla dobra, ale nehrozilo, ze bychom jedli ve stejnou dobu... :) Nasledujici den jsem prisli dalsi kamaradi. Hrali jsme tradicni hry a uzivali si to. Adam byl velice hodne miminko.
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Monterey 5.12. and San Francisco - Alcatraz 12.12. 2015

Trips with Adam are little bit more challenging, but that wouldn't stop us. The main challenges are feedings and diaper changing. Since my mom traveled quite a distance to visit us and help us, we also wanted to show her around. One weekend we went to Monterey aquarium and one weekend to Alcatraz.
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Vylety s Adamkem jsou trochu vice narocne, ale to nas nezastavi. Hlavni prekazky je krmeni a vymena plen. Jelikoz moje maminka cestovala dalku, aby nas navstivila a pomohla nam, tak jsme ji take chteli ukazat okoli. Jeden vikend jsme vyrazili do akvaria v Monterey, druhy vikend pak na Alcatraz v San Francisku.
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Thanksgiving - Yosemite 26. - 28. 11. 215

Last two years we went to Yosemite for Thanksgiving. Previous years we stayed at heated tents in Curry village, this year we were debating if we should go at all. We had 3 weeks old baby and my mom with us. In the end we decided to go, and we upgraded our stay, we reserved a room in the Ahwahnee hotel. On the way to Yosemite we stopped twice for feeding, but otherwise Adam was taking the long drive relatively well. The dinner went well too. I pumped milk ahead so in case he gets hungry, we can feed him from bottle. On Friday we tried to go for a hike to Nevada falls. It was snowy, icy and cold, and we had to change our plans and tried to stay indoor as much as we could. On Saturday the weather was a little bit better and we managed to see the lower Yosemite falls before we headed back home. On our way back we stopped only once.
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Minule dva roky jsme vzdy jeli do Yosemite na Den Dikuvzdani. Predesle roky jsme byli ubytovani ve vyhrivanych stanech v Curry village. Tento rok jsme premysleli, jestli mame vubec jet. Meli jsme sebou 3 tydenni miminko a moji maminku. Nakonec jsme se rozhodli jet a ubytovali jsme se v hotelu Ahwahnee. Na ceste do Yosemite jsme museli stavet dvakrat na krmeni, ale jinak Adam snasel dlouho cestu relativne dobre. Vecere taky probehla docela dobre. Odstrikala jsem mleko dopredu pro pripad, kdyby mel Adam hlad, tak jsme jej mohli rychle nakrmit z flasky. V patek jsme zkusili vyrazit na vyslap k vodopadum Nevada. Bylo nasnezeno, namraza a zima a tak jsme zmenili nase planu a snazili se zustat vevnitr co to nejvice slo. V sobotu bylo pocasi o neco lepsi a podarilo se nam projit se k spodnim Yosemitskym vodopadum nez jsme vyrazili na cestu zpet. Na ceste zpet jsme zastavovali jen jednou.
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Corn maze, Pumpkin carving, Sharks game and Hike 23. - 25. 10. 2015

My mom arrived to help us with our expecting baby, and while we wait for the baby to show up, we try to show her some of fall activities in California. On Friday we went to corn maze, on Saturday we first carved pumpkins and then went to Sharks ice hockey game, and on Sunday we went for 7 mile hike in Rancho San Antonio.
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Maminka prijela, aby nam pomohla s ocekavanym miminkem. Zatim co na nej cekame, vzali jsme ji na nejake podzimni Kalifornske aktivity. V patek jsem sli do kukuricneho bludiste, v sobotu jsme vyrezavali dyne, pak zasli na hokej a v nedeli jsme vyrazili na 11 km vyslap do Rancha San Antonia.
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Baby Shower 13. 9. 2015

Everyday we are realizing how great friends we have! Kristina, Libor, Amy and Jeanne threw to us a great baby shower, and we were happy to see many of our friends before we welcome our baby to our lives.
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Kazdym dnem zjistujeme jake uzasne kamarady mame! Kristina, Libor, Amy a Jeanne pro nas usporadali seslost na uvitani naseho prirustku do rodiny a my jsme radi videli nase kamarady pred prichodem naseho miminka do nasich zivotu.
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Yosemite - Labor day weekend 5. - 7. 9. 2015

Long weekends are usually good for backpacking, but since carrying heavy objects are off the limit now, we went at least to my favorite national park - Yosemite. On Saturday we visited Glacier point where we got married about 2 years ago, and took some nicer photos of my pregnancy. On Sunday and Monday we did short hikes. It was really busy weekend, but the worse part weren't so much too many people, but smoky conditions from a fire.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vetsinou dobry na vyslap do hor pres noc, ale jelikoz noseni tezkych veci ted po nejakou dobu neni mozne, tak jsme alespon jeli do meho oblibeneho parku - Yosemite. V sobotu jsme navstivili Glacier point, misto kde jsme se asi pred 2 lety brali, a udelali jsme par peknych fotek zachycujici me tehotenstvi. V nedeli a pondeli jsme vyrazili na kratsi vyslapy. Byl to velice rusny vikend, ale nejhorsi casti nebylo to mnozstvi lidi, ale hlavne kour z lesniho pozaru.
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Bodega Bay 15. - 16. 8. 2015

Eric and I went for a weekend to Bodega bay. We planned it a few weeks ahead, before we knew the forecast, and got quite lucky. The weekend was over 100F in the Bay area, but it was pleasant on the coast. We went for kayaking one day, and hiking the second day.
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Eric a ja jsme vyrazili na vikend do Bodega Bay. Naplanovali jsme tento vikend pred nekolika tydny, predtim nez jsme vedeli predpoved pocasi a meli jsme stesti. Ten vikend bylo v nasi oblasti pres 40 C, ale na pobrezi bylo prijeme. Jeden den jsme vyrazili na kajaky, druhy den na prochazku.
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Tahoe National Forest 16. - 19. 7. 2015

Since I got pregnant we stop going backpacking, and switched to camping. This time we went to area north of Lake Tahoe. None of us were there before, so it was a nice change. The area has a lot of lakes and mountains. We did hiked every day, and most days we even went for a swim. Petra, Miro, Eliska and Natalka joined us for most of the days, Martin just for the weekend.
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Od te doby, co jsem otehotnela jsme prestali chodit do hor s batohama, ale zacali jsme vice kempovat. Tentokrat jsme vyrazili do oblesti severne od Lake Tahoe. Nikdo z nas tam predtim nebyl a tak to byla hezka zmena. Ta oblast je plna jezer a hor. Kazdy den jsme vyrazili na vyslap a vetsinu dnu jsme se i koupali. Petra, Miro, Eliska a Natalka se k nam pripojili vetsinu dni, Martin pak jen na vikend.
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Mammoth Lakes 2. - 5. 7. 2015

I love Eastern part of Sierras, but it is quite a long drive to get there. With a long weekend around July 4th we had more time to explore this area. I reserved campsite near Mammoth lakes and Cat and Tom joined us for this trip. We went each day for a hike. The first day was the longest one, 10 miles to Duck pass. On Saturday se explored Devils postpile and Rainbow falls, and on Sunday we went for a short hike to Crystal lake before we headed home.
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Ja mam velice rada vychodni cast Sierras, ale je to docela dlouha cesta se tam dostat. Kolem Dne nezavislosti (4. cervenec) byl prodlouzeny vikend a tak jsme meli vice casu na prozkoumavani teto oblasti. Zarezervovala jsem kemp pobliz Mammoth lakes a kamaradi Cat a Tom se k nam pridali. Kazdy den jsme sli na vyslap. Prvni den byl ten nejdelsi, 16 km k prusmyku pobliz jezera Duck. V sobotu jsme se sli podivat na Devils postpile a vodopady Rainbow, v nedeli jsme sli na kratky vyslap k jezeru Crystal a pak jsme uz jeli domu.
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Big Island, Hawaii 13. - 21. 6. 2015

My summer vacation started with trip to Hawaii. We chose the Big Island because we haven't been there yet and should have many options for exploration. The first half of the week we spent on the eastern part. We stayed in town Hilo and made trips from here, like the Volcanic National Park, Botanic Garden, Waipi'o valley, etc. On this side of the island there are not really any beaches, but we managed to find some place to swim. The second half of our holiday we stayed at Kona, which is much touristy area, with more beaches and places for snorkeling. We had a great time, the temperature wasn't too high, but humid and I realized that I rather play in snow than hot weather.
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Moje letni prazdniny zacali vyletem na Hawaii. Vybrali jsme si Velky Ostrov, protoze jsme tady jeste nebyli a mel mit hodne moznosti k vyletum. Prvni polovinu tydne jsme stravili na zapadnim pobrezi. Ubytovali jsme se ve meste Hilo a odtud jsme podnikali vylety jako napriklad Sopecny narodni park, botanickou zahradu, udoli Waipi'o, atd. Na teto strane ostrova nejsou zadne plaze, ale i tak se nam podarilo najit nejake misto na zaplavani. Druhou polovinu nasi dovolene jsme byli v meste Kona, ktere je mnohem vice turistictejsi, s vice plazemi a mistama na snorklovani. Dovolena byla super, teploty nebyly prilis vysoke, ale vysoka byla vlhkost ovzdusi a tak jsem si uvedomila, ze radeji travim cas hranim ve snehu nez ve velkem horku.
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Mendocino County 23.- 25. 2015

Memorial weekend starting to mean in my mind not so good weather. This year we had camping reservation near Carson pass in Sierras. The weather forecast was predicting rain and cold weather, we changed our plans. On Saturday we drove to Ukiah, went for a short hike in nearby woods and stay overnight at a hotel. On Sunday morning we drove to Mendocino National forest and managed to get a campsite by a Pillsbury lake. We again enjoyed short, but quite hot hike and spent the afternoon relaxing at the camp. On Sunday we drove back home, since we didn't find any other interesting hike in the area.
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Memorial vikend zacina pro me byt vikendem, ktery nema vetsinou hezke pocasi. Tento rok jsme meli zarezervovany kemp pobliz prusmyku Carson v horach Sierras. Predpoved pocasi ale predpovidala dest a zimu a tak jsme zmenili nase plany. V sobotu jsme jeli to mesta Ukiah, zasli si na kratkou prochazku v lesech pobliz a zustali pres noc v hotelu. V nedeli rano jsme jeli do narodniho lesa Mendocino a podarilo se nam ziskat kemp u jezera Pilsbury. Opet jsme si vysli na kratkou prochazku v docela horkem pocasi. Odpoledne jsme ztravili odpocivanim v kempu. V nedeli jsme jeli zbet domu, jelikoz jsme neobjevili dalsi zajimave vyslapy v oblasti.
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Annual BBQ with friend 26. 4. 2015

Usually around my birthday I try to organize BBQ in park with friends. This year wasn't any different. I baked my traditional czech birthday cake and Eric helped to decorate. The weather was sunny, even though little bit windy and we had a great time with our friends.
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Vetsinou kolem mych narozenin se snazim zorganizovat grilovani s kamarady v parku. Tento rok nebyl jiny. Upekla jsem muj tradicni cesky dort a Eric jej pomohl ozdobit. Pocasi se vydarilo, i kdyz bylo trochu vetrno, a my jsme si to poradne uzili.
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Spring Break - California - Oregon - Washington 11. - 19. 4. 2015

This spring break we took a road trip around the west coast. We started with Redwoods in California, then drove along the coast in Oregon. To not to spend all the time in the car, we did one backpacking trip to High Hut next to Rainier national park. We stayed in very nice hut with beautiful views. Since it was Tuesday night, we had the whole hut to ourselves. The last stop was Portland. We visited a couple gardens, amazing bookstore and a few food places. On our way back home we stopped and Smith Rock state park and Crater Lake national park for short hikes.
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Tyto jarni prazdniny jsem se vydali na silnicni vylet po zapadnim pobrezi. Zacali jsme kalifornskymi vysokymi stromy (redwoods), pak jsme jeli podel pobrezi do Oregonu. Abychom nestravili vsechen cas v aute, vyslapli jsme si do jedne chaty na kopci blizko narodniho parku Rainier. V teto chate, s nadhernymi vyhledy, jsme zustali pres noc. Jelikoz to bylo utery, meli jsme celou chatu jen pro sebe. Posledni zastavka bylo mesto Portland. Navstivili jsme nekolik zahrad, uzasne knihkupectvi a par mist zajimavych jidlem. Po ceste zpet domu jsme se zastavili ve statnim parku Smith Rock and narodnim parku Crater lake na kratke prochazky.
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Czech That Film - San Francisco 28.- 29. 3. 2105

This weekend we spent in San Francisco. Roxie theater was hosting Czech film festival and I couldn't miss the opportunity to hear Czech language on the big screen! We went for movie Clownwise on Saturday evening, and stayed overnight in a hotel. The next day we went first to Exploratorium to "play around", then to pier 39 for lunch and in the afternoon for the second movie Fair Play.
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Tento vikend jsme stravili v San Francisku. Kino Roxie poradalo Cesky filmovy festival a ja jsem si nemohla nechat ujit prilezitos slyset cestinu na velkem platne! V sobotu jsme se byli podivat na film Klauni a zustali jsme pres noc v hotelu. Dalsi den jsem jeli nejdrive do Exploratoria si "pohrat", pak na Pier 39 na obed a odpolene pak na druhy film Fair Play.
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Peter Grubb Hut 21. - 22. 3. 2015

Alan managed to reserve Peter Grubb hut for this weekend and we were lucky to be invited. The trail to the hut is only about 3 miles long. The weather was nice, and even though we started close to 11 am, we were at the hut for lunch. After lunch some people went for short hike, some just relaxed. In the morning the weather didn't look so great, so instead of planned short hike we just packed up and went back. Before we got ready, the sun got through the clouds and we had nice hike back.
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Alanovi se podarilo zarezervovat chatu Peter Grubb pro tento vikend, a my jsme byli take pozvani. Cesta k chate je jen asi 3 km dlouha. Pocasi bylo pekne, a tak i kdyz jsme vyrazili za skoro v 11, byli jsme v chate na obed. Po obede sli nekteri na prochazku, nekdteri odpocivali. Rano pocasi nevypadalo uplne nejlepe a tak misto planovane kratke prochazky jsme se jen zabalili a sli zpet. Nez jsme vyrazili slunicko se prodralo zkrz mraky a my jsme meli hezkou cestu zpet.
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Yosemite Bug - Yosemite Falls 14.-15. 3. 2015

Josh was organizing again a group trip to Yosemite Bug and day hike in Yosemite. Originally it was supposed to be snowshoeing trip to Dewey point, but due to lack of snow he had to change the destination. Instead we hiked up to the top of Yosemite falls, which is beautiful, but relatively challenging hike. In the evening we had fun chatting with the group. On Sunday we drove straight home, since Eric had to do some work.
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Josh znovu organizoval jeho skupinovy vylet do hostelu Yosemite Bug a denni vyslap v Yosemitech. Puvodne to mel byt vyslap na sneznicich k Dewey point, ale protoze nebylo dost snehu, tak musel zmenit cil cesty. Misto toho jsme vysli k hornim Yosemitskym vodopadum. Tento vyslap je s nadhernymi vyhledy, ale docela narocny. Vecer jsme si povidali se skupinou. V nedeli jsme pak jeli primo domu, jelikoz Eric musel pracovat.
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Sequoia National park 21.-22. 2. 2015

Some time ago Groupon had an offer for a lodge in Sequoia NP. Since we don't go to this national park too often, we decided to try it. Saturday was a beautiful day and we did three shorter hikes with a nice views with about 9 miles total. We went up Big Baldy, Little Baldy and Moro rock. On Sunday the weather wasn't that great, it started to snow in the morning. Firstly we were planning on doing a short hike anyway, but because it was more rain with snow, we changed our minds and drove back home.
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Pred nejakym casem Groupon mel nabidku na ubytovani v chate v narodnim parku Sequoia. Jelikoz do tohoto narodniho parku moc casto nejezdime, rozhodli jsme se to zkusit. V sobotu byl nadherny den a zvadli jsme tri vyslapy s nadhernymi vyhledy dohromady asi 15 km. Vysli jsme na Big Baldy, Litle Baldy a Moro rock. V nedeli pocasi nebylo tak uzasne, zacalo snezit hned rano. Nejdrive jsme meli v planu jit na vyslap i tak, ale protoze to byl vice dest se snehem, rozmysleli jsme si to a jeli domu.
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MLK weekend - Lake Tahoe Cabin and Sharks game 17. - 19. 1. 2015

It is becoming a tradition that we go the Martin Luther King Jr. long weekend to Lake Tahoe. It is also becoming a tradition that there is not much snow :( Despite the lack of snow, we had still fun. On Saturday, the whole group went for a short hike, on Sunday Eric and I went Royal Gorge for cross country skiing. On Monday we checked out and drove back. San Jose Sharks were playing against New Jersey Devils. Even with Jaromir Jagr not playing, there were still 4 other Czech players on ice, so great game!
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Uz to zacina byt tradici, ze na prodlouzeny vikend Matina Luthera Kinga jedeme na hory na Lake Tahoe. Bohuzel to zacina byt i tradici, ze neni skoro zadny snih :( I pres nedostatek snehu jsme si to ale poradne uzili. V sobotu cela skupina vyrazila na prochazku a v nedeli Eric a ja jsme jeli na bezky do Royal Gorge. V podeli jsme vyklidili chatu a jeli domu. Zraloci ze San Jose hrali proti Dablum z New Jersey. I presto, ze Jaromir Jagr nehral, byli na lede 4 dalsi cesti hraci, tak ze super zapas!
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Canada - Banff - Calgary 26.12. 2014 - 2.1. 2015

This year we stayed for Christmas at home in California, but the day after we left for some snow fun. We flew to Canada. Most of our holiday we spent in Banff national park. Even thought it was quite cold, we were quite lucky and the weather was great. We did some hiking (not enough snow for snowshoeing), cross country skiing, ice skating and dog sledding. In the end of the week we went to Calgary, but except for seeing the Olympic park, there was not much to do in the city. So for our last full day, we drove back to Banff.
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Tento rok jsme zustali na vanoce doma v Kalifornii, ale hned den pote jsme se vydali za snehem. Leteli jsme do Kanady. Vetsinu nasi dovolene jsme ztravili v narodnim parku Banff. I kdyz byla docela zima, tak jsme meli stesti na pocasi. Udalali jsme par vyslapu (na sneznice nebylo dost snehu), projeli se na bezkach, zabruslili jsme si a i jsme se projeli ve psim zprezeni. Na konci tydne jsme jeli do Calgary, ale krome Olympijskeho parku tady moc k videni nebylo. A tak jsme nas posledni den jeli zpet do Banff.
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