Tahoe

I am finally getting around to writing about our vacation in South Lake Tahoe. It took me all week to recover from the drive back.

I drove up to Tahoe with the kids but without Vic. He still had to work and hoped that he would be able to come up Friday but wasn't able to (my brother Steve also bailed because of work). It was just Andrew and Dylan up to Sacramento and then we picked up Gina at Nana's. The kids were antsy in the car and Andrew loved picking on Gina which made the ride a whole lot of fun.

We had to go shopping once we got to South Lake Tahoe. I put Dylan in the shopping cart so Andrew was free to check out all the junk food he could find. It was tricky trying to shop and keep track of him.

It was great once we got to the cabin though. The water and mountains were beautiful. The kids got straight to work playing in the sand, making mud pies.

On Friday, everyone else arrived: my Dad, Aunt Kathie and Uncle Bruce, Mollie and Andrew with baby Declan, Erica, my Dad's cousin Helen and her partner Eric. It was a full house.

All Gina talked about was going out in the kayak like she did last year. So as soon as Boppa arrived, she asked him to take her out on the water. Andrew wanted to go too but wanted off as soon as the kayak was away from the shore. So Gina sat in the kayak, paddling, while my Dad pushed her around the buoy by the end of the dock. Once back on shore, she didn't want to go out again. Oh well, no pictures this year.

We finally got to meet Baby Declan who was born at the end of April six weeks early. After 2 weeks in the NICU, he is doing fine. He is a cute little guy, though very serious looking and Dylan got all the hair. In a couple of years, they are going to have a lot of fun playing together.


Gina loved playing in the water. It was actually warm (for Tahoe), cold when you first get in but warm if you stayed in. With the lack of snow this year, the water level was higher than I expected but still fairly shallow. Andrew was content to stay on the beach and not get too wet.

Eric brought out the catamaran which they took out for a sail. The kids had fun climbing all over it after it came back.

After three full days it was time to head home. It seemed to take forever (or at least 7 hours) with lots of stops, a few wet diapers and even more complaining from the peanut gallery. I really needed a vacation after that.