Lake Tahoe

Last weekend we went up to Lake Tahoe for a couple of days. The past two summers we have gone up there for about ten days, but we decided with a new baby and moving that was not going to work out this year. Fortunately for us, Uncle Paul is working up there this summer and staying at his friend, Travis’ family’s cabin in Homewood. He was going to be alone for a few days so he invited up to come up and stay with him- Ben was very excited because he LOVES Lake Tahoe and he LOVES Uncle Paul. So we headed up there Saturday and stayed until Monday. We went to two different beaches. Ben was in heaven throwing rocks, catching minnows and casting his fishing pole. He caught a minnow all by himself and was so proud that he had to show every kid at the beach. He would go up to kids and say “Hey, you want to see the fish I caught all by myself?” and then would bring them over to the bucket to see the tiny minnow. He and John also took a rafting trip down the Truckee River- they had a blast. Heidi was not so sure about the beach. She did not like having the pebbles in her crocs, but did not like being barefoot because it was “be hot (too hot)”. She did liked to play with everyone else’s toys though. At the second beach we went to, she pulled out a blanket, spread it over the towels, got out her softie, told me “Heidi night-night” and snuggled up with her thumb in her mouth. She pretty much stayed there the rest of the time playing and eating snacks. Kate enjoyed sitting in her bouncy seat and watching everyone- she is such a content baby. It was really nice to get away from the moving boxes and no air conditioning for a few days. Thank you Uncle Paul for hanging out with us and the John’s family for sharing their cabin with us- it was perfect.