Lake Tahoe

We just came back from our vacation to Lake Tahoe. We had such a great time and it was so  beautiful there. It was a little cold, so we didn't go in the Lake except for our baby toes, but we kept ourselves busy anyways! Our good friends Eric and Lana Felton came with us, and it was so fun to have them there. 

Brooke on the drive up. She got sick the day before we left with a cold and she was running about 102 fever, but she was still smiling anyways. I also woke us up at 2 am so she would sleep on the way. However my plan backfired and she stayed up way too much!

Here we are in Tahoe on the Heavenly Gondola. It freaked me out if you can't tell from my face! I am not afraid of heights but I am afraid of technology and the guy who is paid a low salary to check the equipment that is hanging me in the air!

The ride took quite a while. You can see the trail that it follows up the mountain. It goes all the way up then you keep going past what you can see.

Here we are at the top of the Gondola ride. It was so worth the ride up. Here are the guys together.

Here we are. Lana stayed with Brooke for me. It was nice to have a daytime date! Thanks Lana!!

Once we were up the mountain they had hiking trails so we did one. This sign cracked me up because it says "To California." We could have hiked all the way back to home:).

This was as much snow as we got to play with. We made a few snowballs that were really "ice balls" and threw them at trees.

For Father's Day I surprised Jason and told him we were going to go zip lining in Tahoe. Once we went up the gondola and were way up the mountain we still had to take the chair lift to the Zip Line. This was a freaky experience too!

And that's why!! Not so fun to look down and think you would plummet to your death and hit all that stuff down there.

Here is the top of the Zip Line. It was both of our first times doing it and I have to say I was a little scared once I saw how high up we were. It is the highest and longest zip line in North America. You  are dropped at an elevation of 9,580 feet and you ride about 3,500 feet down going about 55 mph. It was so fun!!!

Here is Jason coming in from his ride.

And here I am. We came from the very top of the peak behind us.

The Felton's found this beautiful little Lake called Fallen Leaf Lake. It was so beautiful and perfect. I think we all liked it better than Lake Tahoe. Here is Brookie having a great old time with the big bugs.

So beautiful!!

This is at Emerald Bay. We didn't want to make the 1.5 mile hike down with Brooke so we just looked from one of the overlook points. Look at the look my baby is giving me. She was having one of those days too!

We found a delicious ice cream shop. Here Brookie is enjoying her sweet treat.

Brooke has a love for shoes already. Here she was appreciating her Daddy's shoes.

Brooke has learned to trow fits. I think she likes to trow them too! Here is a good one that I caught her doing. Oh little girls....drama...drama...

We went for a nice 10 mile bike ride. It was beautiful and so fun (and thankfully flat). Brooke enjoyed it too. She slept a lot a enjoyed being in her buggy.

Oh the life of LUXURY!

On the bike ride there was a little aquarium with fish. Brooke loves fish and was excited to point to them and tell us "fish, fish!

There was a BBQ cook off that we went to. It was pretty good. There ribs still weren't as good as Lucille's. The sandwich and lemonade were delicious!!

I love this pic of the Felton's enjoying there Lemonade. They look famous in it.

We drove around Lake Tahoe and found an awesome little spot to look around at.

Brooke walking with Auntie Lana. What cute girls!

It really is amazingly beautiful there.

The girls.

The guys.

I love this pic of Jason. What a fine looking man I have!!

They had a tree with a seat cut into it. I thought I could come and meditate there everyday.

Uncle Eric did this the whole vacation. Brooke loves her books and Eric likes to make Brooke very happy = reading to her the whole time. It was nice to have a break form having to read them all day. Thanks Eric!

At the end of our trip. Brooke is always such a good helper!!

We had a great time, and it was so nice to rest and relax and be with my family for a whole week!! I am already looking forward to next years vacation!