Czech Christmas dinner and Christmas party 17. - 18. 12. 2016

This year it was for the 10th time we organized Czech Christmas dinner. As usually I made fried fish, potato salad, soup and a lot of Czech Christmas cookies. This year about 14 different kinds! It was a great evening with our friends.
On Sunday we invited other friends for our now traditional Christmas party. We played a lot of games and had fun as every year.
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Tento rok jsme uz po desate organizovali tradicni ceskou vanocni veceri. Jako obvykle jsem usmazila rybu, udelala bramborovy salat, polevku a hodne ceskeho vanocniho cukrovi. Okolo 14ti druhu! Byl to super vecer s nasimi kamarady.
V nedeli jsme pak pozvali kamarady na nasi uz tradicni vanocni party. Hrali jsme hodne her a uzili si to jako kazdy rok.
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Pinecrest Lake - Thanksgiving 23. - 27. 11. 2016

Last three years we went for Thanksgiving to Yosemite, this year we decided to change our tradition. We went with three other families to Pinecrest Lake area, where we rented a cabin for four nights. Not all the families stayed the whole time, but we still had a great time. Eric and I went for a long hike the first day, but unfortunately Eric's knee started to hurt so the following days we were quite lazy. On Friday we found little snow and took Adam for his first sledding. On Saturday afternoon/evening the storm came in and we woke up to nice snow powder outside. It was shame that we didn't have more time to enjoy it.
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Posledni tri roky jsme jezdili na Den Dikuvzdani do Yosemite, tento rok jsme se rozhodli nasi tradici trochu pozmenit. S dalsimi tremi rodinami jsme jeli do oblesti jezera Pinecrest, kde jsme si pronajali chatu na ctyri noci. Ne vsechny rodiny zustali po celou dobu, ale i tak jsme si to uzili. Eric a ja jsme se vydali na delsi vyslap prvni den, ale bohuzel Erica zacalo bolet koleno a nasledujici dny jsme byli docela lenivi. V patek jsme nasli trochu snehu a vzali Adamka na prvni projizdku na sanich. V sobotu vecer prisla vanice a my jsme se probudili do bile nadilky. Skoda, ze jsme si ji nemohli vice uzit.
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Yosemite 12.- 13. 11. 2016

Last few year we were going for Thanksgiving to Yosemite. This year we choose to go somewhere else, so we decided to take a trip to the NP some other weekend. We managed to get a heated cabin in Half Dome village (used to be Curry village). On Saturday we hiked up to Vernal falls through the mist trail which was open. On Sunday we went to Colombia rock, to see the views of Half Dome before we headed back home.
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Poslednich par let jsme jezdili na Den Dikuvzdani do Yosemite. Tento rok jsme se vyrazime  nekam jinam, ale rozhodli jsme se vyjet do Yosemite jiny vikend. Podarilo se nam zamluvit vyhrivany stan v Half Dome Village (puvodne Curry Village). V sobotu jsme si vysli k vodopadum Vernal zkrz cestu, kde strikalo z vodopadu, ktera byla otevrena. V nedeli jsme si vysli k vyhlidce Colombia, abychom se podivali na Half Dome nez jsme vyrazili zpet domu.
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Rudolfov, Hodonin 11. - 19. 9. 2016

Our last week in the Czech Republic we spent mainly visiting family. First we stopped at Rudofov to visit my aunts and uncle, who couldn't make it to our family reunion. Then we drove to my home town Hodonin. First few days we took trips around Hodonin. We visited Straznice and Mikulcice. The rest of the days we walked around the town and were preparing for our family reunion. On Saturday our family came together and I also managed to go for short time to my high school 20 year reunion. The next day we pack up and drove to Beroun, and on Monday we flew back to California.
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Nas posledni tyden v Ceske republice jsme stravili hlavne navstevou rodiny. Nejdrive jsme se zastavili v Rudolfove navstivit me tety a stryce, kteri nemohli prijet na rodinnou seslost. Pak jsme jeli do meho rodneho mesta Hodonina. Prvnich par dni jsme delali vylety po okoli. Navstivili jsme Straznici a Mikulcice. Zbytek tydne jsme prochazeli meso a pripravovali jsme se na rodinnou seslost. V sobotu se sesla nase rodina a take se mne podatilo se na chvili podivat na nas skolni sraz ze stredni skoly po 20ti letech. Nasledujici den jsme se sbalili a jeli do Berouna a pak v pondeli jsme leteli zpet do Kalifornie.
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Sumava 4. - 11. 9. 2016

As a child I was visiting mountains Sumava about twice a year - in the winter and in the summer. In the winter we skied, in the summer we hiked, and picked up mushrooms and blueberries. I was looking forward to visiting places from my childhood and showing them to Eric and Adam. We had a great weather for all the hikes, but not so much for mushrooms. :)
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Jako dite jsme jezdili na Sumavu asi dvakrat do roka - v zime a lete. V zime jsme lyzovali, v lete jsme chodili na tury a sbirali houby a boruvky. Tesila jsem se na prochazeni a ukazani techto mist z meho detstvi Ericovi a Adamkovi. Meli jsme skvele pocasi na vsechny tury, ale ne tak moc na houby.
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Beroun 1. - 4. 9. 2016

Our third stop during our visit of the Czech Republic was Beroun. My best friend from college lives there. Since the first of September was the first day of school, we spent the few days in town.  Two older Heda and Jirka children went to school, while the youngest one was keeping company to Adam. On Saturday we went to see dragon boat races, and on Sunday we left after very nice lunch for our next destination.
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Naše třetí zastávka v České republice byl Beroun. Moje nejlepsi kamarádka z vysoké tam bydlí. Jelikož prvního zaří byl první den školy, tak jsme strávili těch pár dnů ve meste. Dvě starší děti Hedy a Jirky šly do školy, zatímco ta nejmladší trávila čas s Adámkem. V sobotu jsme se šli podivat na závody draččích lodí a v neděli jme po velice dobrém obědě vyrazili za naší další zastávkou.
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Czech Republic - Kokorinsko 26.8. - 1.9. 2016

Our second stop was a small village north of Prague - Jestrebice. We could stay at one of my relatives' summer house. My mom joined us and took good care of us. From here we took trips to another small village Mseno, mountain Rip, Kokorin and Bezdez.
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Nase druha zastavka byla mala vesnicka severne od Prahy - Jestrebice. Mohli jsme zustat na jedne chate mych pribuznych. Moje maminka se k nam tady pripojila a pekne se o nas starala. Odtud jsme pak podnikali vylety do jine vesnicky Mseno, horu Rip, Kokorin a Bezdez.
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Czech Republic - Prague 21. - 26. 8. 2016

Prague was our first stop in the Czech republic. We stayed and walked through Prague 3 years ago, when we got married. To see more of the country, we explored the city for about two days, the other two days we took trips to Usti nad Labem and Karlstejn. I studied at college in Usti and Karlstejn has famous castle. We also met with our friends from California and my friends from England.
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Praha byla nase prvni zastavka po ceste po Ceske republice. Prahu jsme si prosli pred 3 lety, kdyz jsme se brali. Abychom videli vice z republiky, mesto jsme si prochazeli a jen asi dva dny, ty dalsi jsme vyrazili do Usti nad Labem a na Karlstejn. Ja jsem studovala v Usti a Karlstejn ma znamy hrad. Take jsme se potkali s nasimi kamarady z Kalifornie a mymi kamarady z Anglie.
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Wisconsin 3. - 20. 8. 2016

Eric was able to take quite a long period of time off on his paternity leave so we decided to travel and show Adam to our relatives. First we flew to Wisconsin. We did a few stops - Fredonia, Green Bay, Sister Bay, Madison and Chicago. It was nice to see all Eric's relatives and friends, and see where Eric grew up. We managed to also meet a few friends from California.
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Eric si mohl vzit pomerne dlouho dobu otcovske a tak jsem se rozhodli jet trochu cestovat a ukazat Adamka pribuznym. Nejdrive jsme leteli do Wisconsinu. Tam jsme udelali par zastavek - Fredonia, Green Bay, Sister Bay, Madison a Chicago. Bylo pekne videt Ericovi pribuzne, kamarady a videt, kde Eric vyrustal. Zvladli jsme se take potkat s nekolika kamarady z Kalifornie.
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Wisconsin 3. -20. 8. 2016

Eric was able to take quite a long period of time off on his paternity leave so we decided to travel and show Adam to our relatives. First we flew to Wisconsin. We did a few stops - Fredonia, Green Bay, Sister Bay, Madison and Chicago. It was nice to see all Eric's relatives and friends, and see where Eric grew up. We managed to also meet a few friends from California.
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Eric si mohl vzit pomerne dlouho dobu otcovske a tak jsem se rozhodli jet trochu cestovat a ukazat Adamka pribuznym. Nejdrive jsme leteli do Wisconsinu. Tam jsme udelali par zastavek - Fredonia, Green Bay, Sister Bay, Madison a Chicago. Bylo pekne videt Ericovi pribuzne, kamarady a videt, kde Eric vyrustal. Zvladli jsme se take potkat s nekolika kamarady z Kalifornie.
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Chewing Gum lake - Emigrant Wilderness 26.-28. 7. 2016

One of my favorite activities is backpacking. Since last summer I was pregnant, I haven't been in the Sierras for almost 2 years. I was really looking forward to this trip. We chose relatively easy destination, not too far from the trailhead. Even though we tried to pack lightly, with a baby our backpacks were quite heavy. We camped at Pinecrest campground the night before and started our hike around 10:30 am. We stopped about every 30 minutes to rest and arrived to the lake around 2 pm. We found a nice campsite and set up a tent. I went for a swim, because it was so hot. The second day we went for a day hike. First we were planning on going to another lake, but we changed our mind and hike to a high place with a view, where we ate our lunch. The afternoon we spent by the lake again. On our last day we hiked out after breakfast. The backpacks were slightly lighter, so we were able to walk faster. :)
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Jedna z mych oblibenych aktivit jsou vylety pres noc do hor. Jelikoz jsem minuly rok byla tehotna, tak jsem v horach Sierra takto nebyli skoro 2 roky. Hodne jsem se tesila na tento vylet. Vybrali jsem si relativne jednoduchy cil, ne prilis daleko od silnice. I kdyz jsme se pokusili zabalit se na lehko, s miminem byly batohy docela tezke. Noc pred vyslapem jsme stanovali v kempu Pinecrest a na vyslap jsme vyrazily kolem 10:30. Zastavovali jsme asi kazdych 30 minut na prestavu a k jezeru jsme dorazili kolem druhe odpoledne. Nasli jsme hezke misto na stanovani a postavili stan. Ja jsem si sla zaplavat, protoze bylo docela horko. Druhy den jsme vyrazili na denni vyslap. Nejdrive jsme planovali jit k jinemu jezeru, ale nakonec jsme si to rozmysleli a nasli si pekne misto na kopci s vyhledem, kde jsme poobedvali. Odpoledne jsme stravili opet u jezera. Dalsi den, ktery byl nas posledni jsme po snidani vyrazili zpet. Batohy byly mirne lehci, tak jsme sli trochu rychleji. :)
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Rancheria - Huntington Lake Camping 15. -17. 7. 2016

This was our second camping with families with kids. This time, most of the families who came were our friends before we had Adam! It is nice to be able to keep in touch with our old friends while making new ones!  It was very relaxing weekend. On Saturday we did short hike to Rancheria falls, on Sunday we did about 5 mile hike toward Kaiser Peak, stopped at nice spot with views for lunch and then go back.
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Toto bylo nase druhe kempovani s rodinami s detmi. Tentokrat jsme se kamaradili s vetsinou rodin jeste predtim nez se Adamek narodil! Bylo to pekne travit cas se starymi kamarady a zaroven navazovat nove pratelstvi! Byl to klidny vikend. V sobotu jsme sli na kratkou prochazku k vodopadum Rancheria, v nedeli jsme pak sli na asi 8 km vyslap smerem ke Kaiser peak, zastavili jsme na hezkem miste s vyhledem na obed a pak jsme sli zpet.
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Lassen NP 1. - 4. 7. 2016

Camping is one of the easier option how to get into mountains. I managed to get a group campsite at Lassen NP. My original plan was going camping with our child free friends, but nobody was interested. So I opened the invitation to families with young kids. Some of our old friends joined us and we also made new friends.
Eric hasn't been to Lassen NP before. On Saturday we drove through the park and made a few stops for short hikes. On Sunday we went up to Lassen peak.
We had a great time and hoping to make this type of camping a tradition!
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Kempovani je jednou z jednodussich moznosti jak se dostat do hor. Podarilo se me ziskat misto na kempovani pro vetsi skupinu. Muj puvodni plan byl jet kempovat s kamarady co deti nemaji, ale nikdo nemel zajem. Tak jsem pozvani rozsirila na rodiny s malymi detmi. Nekteri stari kamaradi se pridali a take jsme se skamaradili s novymi lidmi.
Eric jeste v narodnim parku Lassen nebyl. V sobotu jsem projeli park a udelali par zastavek na kratsi prochazky. V nedeli jsem se vydali na horu Lassen.
Meli jsme se bajecne a doufame, ze tento typ kempovani bude tradici!
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Colorado 11. 18. 6. 2016

Eric's cousin Meredith was getting married. Many times before we were invited to stay in Colorado to explore the area, so we joined these two things together. The beautiful wedding was on Sunday, with wedding related activities on Friday and Saturday. The week after that we went for a few hikes in the area and of course visited Rocky Mountains National park.
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Ericova sestrenice se vdavala. Mnohokrat predtim jsme byli pozvani do Colorada, abychom si mohli uzit oblasti, tak jsme spojili tyto dve veci dohromady. Nadherna svatba byla v nedeli, dalsi aktivity kolem svatby v patek a v sobotu. Tyden na to jsme pak vyrazili na par vyletu v okoli a samozrejme jsme navstivili Rocky Mountains National Park.
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Backpacking Henry Coe SP 28. - 30. 5. 2016

I was looking forward going backpacking again. I was hoping to go to Sierras for Adam's first backpacking trip with us, but since I was told that Sierras have still snow, we decided to go to Henry Coe State park. This state park is only about one hour from home, so at least less driving. We camped only about mile from trailhead, which was good in case we had to hiked out. We did short hike around the are on Saturday. On Sunday we went to popular swimming spot China Hole, which was about 10 mile round trip and on Monday we only hiked out. We had fun and I am looking forward another backpacking trips with Adam.
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Tesila jsem se az znovu pujdeme na vylet do hor. Doufala jsem, ze pojedeme do hor Sierras na prvni vylet s Adamkem, ale jelikoz mi bylo receno, ze je tam stale jeste snih, rozhodli jsme se vyjet jen do statniho parku Henry Coe. Tento park je jen asi hodinu cesty od nas, tak bylo alespon mene rizeni. Kempovali jsme asi jen 1.6 km od silnice, coz bylo dobre pro pripad, ze bychom museli jet zpet. V sobotu jsme sli jen na kratkou prochazku v kololi. V nedeli jsme se vydali k oblibenemu mistu na koupani jmenem China Hole, coz bylo 16 km tam a zpet a v nedeli jsme jen sli zpet. Uzili jsme si to a uz se tesim na dalsi vylety do hor s Adamkem.
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Vancouver, Canada 8. - 16. 5. 2016

My friend Iva invited me and Adam to visit her in Vancouver. I went there twice before and since it is nice area I was happy to accept the invitation. It was Adam's first international flight and everything went well. Adam and I did some tourist attraction for three days when Iva was working, other days we spent hiking/walking around with Iva and her dogs.
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Kamaradka Iva me a Adamka pozvala do Vancouveru. Ja jsem tam byla uz dvakrat predtim a jelikoz je to moc pekna oblast, tak jsem jeji pozvani rada prijala. Toto byl prvni Adamkuv mezinarodni let a vse probehlo bez problemu. Adamek a ja jsem zvladli navstivit nejake turisticke atrakce po tri dny, kdy Iva pracovala, dalsi dny jsme si vysli na vyslap/prochazku s Ivou a jejimi psy.
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Del Valle camping 29.4. - 1.5. 2016

One of the activities that I love is backpacking. We hope to go backpacking with Adam soon, but we didn't want to go into wilderness until we knew how he will sleep in a tent. We tested out camping in Del Valle park, which is about hour away from our home.  Everything went great and we enjoyed our camping test!
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Jedna z aktivit, kterou miluji jsou vyslapy do hor. Doufame, ze se vydame do hor brzy i s Adamkem, ale nechteli jsme vyrazit do divociny dokud jsme nevyzkouseli, jak bude maly spat ve stanu. Kempovani jsme si vyzkouseli v parku Del Valle, kterey je asi jen hodinu od domova. Vse vyslo skvele a my jsme si uzili nasi kempovaci zkousku.
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Birthday BBQ and Happy Hollow 23. - 24. 4. 2016

This was busy weekend. On Saturday I celebrated as usual my birthday with friends in a park. This year preparation was little bit challenging with Adam, but overall everything went very well. On Sunday we went to Happy Hollow park and zoo. We met with other families from our centering. This was our 6 months reunion. It was nice to see how all the babies are growing!
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Tento vikend byl docela nabity. V sobotu jsem tradicne oslavila narozeniny s kamarady v parku. Tento rok s Adamkem priprava byla trochu narocnejsi, ale vse vyslo dobre. V nedeli jsme jeli do Happy Hollow parku a zoo. Tam jsme se potkali s dalsima rodinama z naseho kruhu pro tehotne. Toto bylo nase setkani po 6 mesicich. Bylo super videt jak vsechny miminka pekne rostou!
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San Diego 14. - 18. 4. 2016

I stopped running a few months before I got pregnant and I was eager to go back to it after Adam was born. For a Christmas present I got entry into trail half marathon in San Diego area. We left on Thursday quite early and we stayed in hotel on Ocean Beach. During our stay on top of the race we visited aquarium, the old town, La Jolla cave and spent some time on a beach. We drove back on Monday morning.
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S behanim jsem prestala par mesicu pred tim co jsem otehotnela a po porodu jsem se tesila az se k behani zase vratim. Na vanoce jsem dostala zapsani na pul maraton v oblasti San Diega. Odjeli jsme ve ctvrtek brzo rano a byli jsme ubytovani v hotelu na Ocean beach. Behem naseho pobytu krome zavodu jsme navstivili aquarium, stare mesto, oblast La Jolla a stravili jsme cas na plazi. Zpet jsme jeli v pondeli rano.
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Tahoe Donner - Sugar Bowl 26-27. 3. 2016

I haven't been downhill skiing for ages!  Eric is not big fan of skiing after he hurt his back, so he offered to look after Adam while I ski for a day. I fed Adam just before they dropped me off, then at lunch and then again at 3 pm. At this point my legs were sooo tired that I was done. On Sunday we went to Tahoe Donner to do some cross country skiing. We rented a sled for Adam and took off. Since it was Easter there was egg hunt going on the trails. It was fun weekend.
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Ja jsem nebyla na sjezdovkach uz roky! Eric lyze tolik nemusi pote co si poranil zada a tak mi nabidnul, ze pohlida cely den Adamka a ja muzu lyzovat. Nakrmila jsem maleho tesne predtim nez me vysadili u vleku, pak na obed a znovu ve 3 odpoledne. Tim jsem lyzovani ukonicila, protoze me uz hodne boleli nohy. V nedeli jsem jeli do Tahoe Donner na bezky. Pujcili jsme si specialni sane pro Adama a vyrazili jsme. Jelikoz byly velikonoce na trati bylo hledani vajice. Byl to super vikend.
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Dewey point - Yosemite 12.3. 2016

This is traditional winter hike in Yosemite. This year we were hoping to take Adam there. We were very lucky for the weather, on Friday and Sunday was raining/snowing, but Saturday was very nice.  I carried Adam, Eric carried backpack with our stuff. Adam slept most of the time to the Dewey point where I fed him and most of the way back.
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Toto je tradicni zimni vyslap v Yosemitech. Tento rok jsme doufali, ze tam budeme moci vzit Adamka. Meli jsme velke stesti na pocasi. V patek a nedeli prselo/snezilo, ale v sobotu bylo velice pekne. Ja jsem nesla Adamka, Eric mel batoh se vsemi nasimi vecmi. Adam spal temer celou cestu na Dewey point, kde jsem ho nakrmila a vetsinu cesty zpatky.
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Lin's visit 21.1. - 8.2. 2016

Eric's mom came for two weeks to visit us and see her grandchild Adam for the first time. Eric took a week off then we did a few trips. We went to Napa, San Francisco, Yosemite and Santa Cruz.
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Ericova maminka prijela na dva tydny nas navstivit a poprve se podivat na sve vnouce Adamka. Eric si vzal tyden dovolene a vyrazili jsme na par vyletu. Jeli jsme do Napy, San Francisca, Yosemit a Santa Cruz.
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Lake Tahoe 16. - 18. 1. 2016

It has become a tradition to go to Lake Tahoe with friends for MLK weekend. Eric and I hoped to keep up with this tradition even with Adam. We were wondering if friends will still come with us even if we might have screaming baby with us. :) In the end nice mixture of friends came to the cabin, some with kids, some without. The snow situation was much better than last two years, but the weather wasn't great for 10 weeks old baby. So we did only short hikes each day.
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Uz je to tradici jet s kamarady na prodlouzeny vikend MLK na hory k jezeru Tahoe. Eric a ja jsme doufali, ze udrzime tuto tradici i s Adamkem. Zajimalo nas, jestli s nami kamaradi pojedou i kdyz mozna budeme mit placici miminko :) Nakonec dobra smes kamaradu prijela, nekteri s detmi, nekteri bez. Snehu bylo vice nez predesle dva roky, ale pocasi nebylo idelani pro 10ti tydenni miminko. Tak jsme kazdy den sli jen na kratke vychazky.
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Santa Cruz, Ethiopian restaurant, San Jose 1. - 3. 1. 2016

My mom came to help us when Adam was born. Even though 3 months seemed long time in October, now in January it felt like it flied by. We tried to visit last few places that my mom would enjoy. Went to Santa Cruz, San Jose downtown and to gardens by Winchester mystery house. We also went out for dinner in Ethiopian restaurant.
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Moje maminka nam prijela pomoci, kdyz se Adam narodil. I kdyz se 3 mesice v rijnu zdaly jako dlouha doba, tak ted v lednu jsme meli pocit, ze to strasne rychle uteklo. Pokusili jsme se navstivit par mist, kde by se jeste mamce libilo. Zajeli jsme do Santa Cruz, centra San Jose a do zahrady u domu Winchester. Zasli jsme si take na veceri do Etiopske restaurace.
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Colorado 22. - 29. 12. 2015

It has become a tradition to go for Christmas to Colorado. Part of Eric's family fly/drive there for the Christmas celebration. This year we also brought a new member of the family - our little Adam. Most of the time we spent in Evergreen, but we also managed to take a trip to Garden of the Gods and Boulder.
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Uz je to tradici, ze na vanoce jezdime do Colorada. Cast Ericovi rodiny se sem sjizdi na vanoce. Tento rok jsme take privezly noveho clena rodiny, naseho maleho Adamka. Vetsinu casu jsme stravili v Evergreenu, ale stihli jsme se take podivat do Zahrady bohu a do Boulderu.
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