Our Nice Little Vacation

We left early (6:30 am!) on Saturday the 19th for Swimming Time Trials in Sanger. We were loaded down with kids and luggage for our Lake Tahoe trip. Sanger was terribly hot and after having lost Jack only one time(!), we finally left there about 3pm. We were on our way! Needless to say, by the time we left we were all sun-burned and grumpy and our drive was not a lot fun! We arrived in Sacramento by early evening and had such a great time! We shopped in fun stores, ate dinner and the girls had caricatures drawn of them that turned out really cute. The next day we went back to Old Town and visited the Train Museum (which the kids loved!) and rode on the old steam engine. After lunch we headed off to Lake Tahoe and after a much more relaxing drive, we had arrived! We stayed in Tahoe from the 20th to the 27th and had such a wonderful time. We were busy every day! We were steps from the beach so that was an almost daily event. We went on a few different hikes including a real doozy of a hike to this cool old house called Vikingsholm. We were unprepared to hike this trail, so all of us were in flip-flops! The tour guide joked that the hike is "one mile down hill and five miles back up". She wasn't kidding! Whining and crying aside it was an amazing house with a great history. Even the kids appreciated the history and beauty of the home. Another day we went for a 2 hour boat ride on the Tahoe Queen around Emerald Bay which the kids really enjoyed as well. Their favorite activity was miniature golfing, which from my perspective was quite fun to watch. Of course the kids swam everyday in the pool and Jack even learned how to swim! He can swim underwater about 6 feet in length and can float on both his back and stomach and will jump in the water and hold his breath on the bottom of the pool for as long as he can! We are so impressed and proud of our not-quite-three- year-old boy!!! I will post pictures as soon as I get a chance. We can't wait to go back. Tahoe is just so beautiful and fun and we all had such a great time!