Tahoe Family Reunion-Day 1

On Wednesday August 6th all of my siblings and my parents left our homes and started driving towards Lake Tahoe for our Olson Family Reunion. It was fun to keep track of each other as we drove. Brad and Mel left close to the same time as us and we randomly ran into each other at the same gas station stop just outside of Wendover. It was so fun to see them and it felt like it kicked off the party.

The drive felt very slow and long even though it was only 8ish hours. We had never driven the way we went though so there were no landmarks we knew to help us feel like we were getting closer. We kept trucking along though. The kids did great in the car hooked up to their screens. :) We stopped to play at McDonald's in Winnemucca and ran into Brad and Mel again. Yay! That was our last stop and then we made it to the awesome house we were all staying at in Truckee, CA.

Mom and Dad and Jules and Rick were already there. Brad and Mel got there just a little bit later. We had fun meeting baby Dean, catching up, and exploring the house. The kids loved snuggling another new baby cousin. Jules hammed it up and showed off the swing in the upstairs master bedroom. The kids got to hang out in the super cool upstairs loft playroom. There were tons of toys to keep them busy, which was good because it was rainy that day.

Dad and Jules and Rick hadn't met baby Wilson yet, so they got baby snuggles too. We had some good sister chatting and snuggle time too. That night Mom and Dad made taco salad for dinner. The kids got settled in their beds in the loft and went to sleep while the adults watched a movie and hung out. It was a good first day.