Lake Tahoe With My Parents

My parents planned a road trip to the coast and wanted to stop at our place on the way home. We told them that we should go stay in Tahoe because they have never experienced a summer day there. Plans were set and we were on our way; just in time to skip some of the heat.

We left early enough that we should have been able to get there before my parents and get things set up. However, our tires had other plans. I had informed Abe that my tires had 90k miles on them and we should be replacing them. His response was that there was still plenty of tread left on them. 

In Carson our low tire pressure light came on at the stop light. I stuck my head out the window . . .flat tire. We pulled into the shade. We had a wear hole and tried to pump our tire up in hopes to get to a tire shop. The hole was too large. We changed the tire and I suggested we drop off the tire to have it repaired and pick it up on the way home. Abe said, "No, We'll be fine."

We made it to Tahoe a little late, but we still were able to enjoy some dinner and games before heading to bed.

The next day we spent at the lake. It was so gorgeous and the water was much warmer than I have experienced at Tahoe. I snorkel, Crew kayaked, Abe swam, Sawyer swam, and then Sawyer took over my snorkel. My parents kayaked, floated, and enjoyed the water with us. Perfect day!

The next morning was spent cleaning up the house, doing laundry, and going on a little hike with the boys, Abe and I, and Grandpa. We found some amazing views!

On the way home we had In-N-Out. Yum! About 45 minutes from home Abe pulled over saying the car had been acting a little squirrely for the last few miles. Sure enough, the other back tire had a wear hole in it. We pumped as much air into it as we could until the pump shut off, and zoomed off. We made it about 10 minutes, pulled over and repeat. We did that twice. We limped into town to the tire center and they patched the hole and filled our tire. Although it was still leaking. Another adventure in the books with tires on the list of things to purchase!

 

 

Lost Tooth #4

Crew lost his fourth tooth!

Smith Creek

Abe went out to a ranch a week ago to help with the harvest and baling of some hay. He needed to finish picking up and we decided to join him in his adventure. It definitely turned into an adventure. One hour and forty five minutes into our drive I mentioned something about the camper keys, which he had previously taken out, and I let out a sigh as he realized the keys were in his truck, and not in our tahoe. We said a little prayer that we would be able to find a window loose. We pulled up, it was dark, it was late. We walk up to the camper and there is a window cracked about 0.5 cm. We were able to pop the screen out, pull it open, and drop Sawyer in. We quickly made beds and put the kids to sleep.

The next morning was beautiful! Crew was up with the sun to ride with Abe and Sawyer slept forever. Once everyone was awake we took turns eating our cereal with the one utensil left in the camper: a plastic fork.  The boys and I then packed up a lunch and headed to the reservoir about 20 minutes away. I then unloaded the kayaks and we set off on a little adventure. After fighting the wind we came back and played on the shore followed by a short walk. We were startled by some low flying and very loud jets. It was pretty sweet. 

After we were tired, dirty, and worn out enough we went back to check on Abe. He had had a rough day with not much going his way.  On the way home we stopped and picked up the fog light that a jack rabbit had taken out on our car on the drive in. 

We also practiced our tongue rolling. Abe and I both can roll our tongues, but so far our boys cannot. It's comical to watch!

What a great summer adventure!

Random iPhone Pics

Checking out helmets in walmart

 game of qwirkle after a workout

 Super fun reception that we all danced the night away at!

We loved this book about a girls settling Alaska with her family!

 A lot of library fun!

 Date night with our men . . .who were then witnesses to our awful attempt at a group selfie. This is probably picture #565

Picnics, Ants, and Adventure

We packed up a lunch and went to the farm by the river to enjoy it. The ants soon overtook our lunch and were enjoying it more than us. The boys then wanted to show their cousins all of the fun places they have explored with their dad. It was fun! When we got home we talked the cousins into a short swim in the pool before they had to go and do family things on the other side.

Lake Tahoe

All of the sisters-in-law decided to pack up the kids and go to Lake Tahoe for the day. Ultimately the desire to get in the car and go was a little difficult, but it was well worth it!

This half inflated raft ended up being quite the hit. We paddled it out to some very large rocks that poke out of the water, and took turns jumping into the lake.

After cooling off we enjoyed some lunch. Of course we sent some pictures to Abe as well. We missed him! (phone pics sent below)