Tahoe 2012: Part 3: Squaw Valley Hiking

Grandpa and Sheri had to leave from the hike to head to the airport.  Colin was very sad to see him go. 

He yelled "I love you" to him like 20 times as he was hiking away.  

The pine cones in Tahoe are huge!

After hiking, we walked around the village.  The kids got to go on these bungee trampolines and really liked it.

After Squaw, we headed to breakfast at Firesign.  It was AWESOME!  I can't wait to go back. It will be my first stop next time we go back.  

Tahoe 2012: Part 2; Rafting

On Monday morning we all went out on a rafting trip down the Truckee River.  The trip goes for 5 miles.  You have paddles but you mostly just float with the current.  The water is crystal clear, cool, but not freezing.  There were enough rapids to make it fun for the kids and fun spots to stop and swim and have lunch.  

Heading out

The kids loved watching the ducks. The ducks hoped we had food for them

We switched up boats a lot 

Some of the rapids

Audrey all by herself 

Lunch Time 

All the kids in one boat

Colin floating down the river on his back

Drinks after the trip 

Cool Cousins! 

Mommy and Audrey 

Tahoe 2012: Part 1

We have been talking about going to Tahoe with Paul's family for a couple years now but have had a hard time making it fit into everyone's schedule.  This year we finally made it work.  Everyone had SO much fun, we hope to do it many more years.  

Packing! The kids wanted to ride in the roof rack

The car ride.  We put together a bunch of fun things to do, movies, games and planned the trip so the kids would sleep a good part of it.  It went really well.

When we got to Tahoe we met up with Jim and Sheri for some pool time and lunch before we could get into our house.  

Fun after dinner the first night 

 

We had a lot of fun at the beach. The development we stayed at had a private beach.  The water was freezing, of course, but the kids still loved playing on the shore and some in the water

 Audrey loved playing in the sand

Playing in the waves

See Audrey out there? 

And a random picture

A bunch of shoes lined up at the door

Getting ready for the ski season

Yeah, it's a little early to start preparing for ski season but the middle of the summer is a great time to get good deals on gear!

Getting Audrey started with a helmet and goggles

New skis for Colin.  He won't use these until the end of the season when Audrey starts skiing on the ones he currently uses.  

We asked Colin if he wanted to go to Snowbird today(for Octoberfest) and he said "to go skiing?"

He's excited!

Downhill at Deer Valley and a Concussion

Last month Paul and I took a day off of work to go  mountain biking(downhill at Deer Valley).  It works well to take the day off work because then the kids are still at daycare.  It's prepaid babysitting and we can go longer.  We never want to leave them long enough on a Saturday to do stuff like this.  

Enjoying the ride

This was the day where I got stung by a bee in my shirt, slammed on my breaks, flipped over my handlebars, and got a concussion.

This pic was after my fall 

Paul on the chairlift