A great trip to Tahoe!

Back in February the kids had a week off of school, so we took advantage of this break and headed to Tahoe for some snow time fun!  We rented a beautiful house and spent 5 days enjoying the sunny skies and plentiful snow.  It was a great trip.

For the first time, we were ALL able to enjoy the same activities.  We took all 3 boys to Alpine Meadow for some skiing.  It was so great to have all the boys old enough to do this.  It sort of felt like a new era!  Skiing went great!  Jeff and I were able to spend time on the slopes skiing together knowing that the boys were having a fun time in their ski classes and learning a sport that we enjoy so much.  It was so great to sneak up on the boys at the end of their lessons and see them actually skiing down the hill, with no help, with smiles on their faces.  They were doing it, they were really doing it!  This was so exciting for us because the last time we took Travis and Justin skiing it was not such a positive experience.  We were having to practically carry them up and down the hill. Travis swears he almost skied off a “cliff” and I am pretty sure there were tears from everyone!  So to have independent skiing and smiles was SUPER EXCITING for us!  Ryan did very well with his first experience on skies also.  He donned all the gear and looked so cute!  Although, at 3 years old, he wasn’t skiing on his own yet, he did well and had a fun day in ski school. 

The rest of our trip was spent just having fun and relaxing.  Grandma, Papa, Sam, Emily and Darrin joined us for the trip.  It was so nice having everyone together.  We had a great time sledding down the road in front our cabin and building our own sled hills in the back yard complete with fortresses for protection during the big snow ball fight.  While indoors, we played games and spent countless hours building a puzzle which was very therapeutic. 

I have to say, this is probably one of the best vacations we have taken in awhile.  It wasn’t jam packed with activities!  For the first time, we actually came home feeling rested rather than feeling like we needed a vacation after our vacation!  I can’t wait to go back next year!

Pictures to follow at a later date.  I have hundreds of pictures of our time in Tahoe,  and I am so far behind with my blogging that I felt it was important to get the words down and have the pictures come later.