Seven Peaks

We got home from Tahoe on Sunday evening. I got everyone unpacked and laundry started that night. Ian had Monday off of work, so we decided to spend the day at Seven Peaks water park. We hadn't been at all the whole summer and we were running out of time! It was a super fun day. Beckett and Talia mostly hung out in the kiddie area, which was great. Davin and Weston liked the lazy river. We only did a few slides since the lines were pretty long and no one was begging to go on them. We lasted for about 4 hours. 

After playing in the water we were all hungry! We headed to Burger Supreme for some grub. Apparently it's becoming a tradition to go to Burger Supreme after Seven Peaks. It was awesome, as always. :)

When we got home everyone had some quiet time and got cleaned up. I finished up the laundry. For FHE we decided to take advantage of "Member Mondays" at Thanksgiving Point. All the $2 deals that they offer on Tuesdays in August are available to members on Mondays so we don't have to brave the crowds. We each got a $2 ice cream sundae at the Tower Deli. Yum. I also wanted to try out their $2 pound of fudge. (It was not great. Pretty disappointing actually. But the sundaes were fabulous.)

I always love getting to spend the whole day with my family. We had a blast!

Tahoe Family Reunion-Day 4

Saturday morning Ian and Talia went on a donut run to have something sweet with our souffle breakfast. Yum. The kids were all thrilled that there were donuts. The souffle turned out super good too. We took a pretty slow morning. We had planned on going to the community pool that day but we were all still pretty beat from lake day and we decided not to go.

The kids all went in the spa instead, which was also fun. The little babies took baths with Grandma. Then they played together outside until lunch time. After lunch the men headed out to play some horseshoes while the kids and moms snuggled up for a movie. We set up the popcorn bar again for the kids too. They thought it was awesome. Talia fell asleep during the movie and got a pretty decent nap.

That afternoon we took group pictures and then had meatball subs and Caesar salad for dinner. We ate dinner a little bit early so that we had plenty of time for the family talent show.

The talent show was SUCH a blast. Everyone came prepared and it was too cute. Jim was our MC and he did an awesome job introducing each act and telling jokes in between. Liz and Joy sang a duet, Mimi performed an original song, Rachel showed off her ninja kicks, Weston read a semi-original poem/song that he wrote, Davin showed his gymnastics/stretching moves to Katy Perry's "Roar," Talia sang Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (she did really awesome and seemed to love the spotlight).

The adults showed off a little too. Mel and Brad did a lip sync to "Magic" by B.O.B., Jules and Rick did this hilarious ventriloquism act where Jules was the puppet, Mom and Dad showed us how to get ready in the morning (when someone else's hands are doing the work), then Ian and I closed the show by singing "Closing Time" with Ian playing guitar and me playing the ipad keyboard. The grand finale was the kids dancing to "What Does the Fox Say" with their animal masks on. Haha. So so fun and memorable. Weston said it was tied for his favorite part of the summer with lake day.

After the show we had a treat and got the kids to bed. It was our last night together. Joy had put together this funny Caption This game. Only the adults played. We made up funny captions for the kids' pics then read them out loud after they went to bed. We started gathering a few things so we could be ready to head out pretty early the next morning, but it was low key.

Last play time with cousins before we all headed home.

The next day we all gathered up our stuff and our families and headed home. The drive wasn't bad and we ran into Brad and Mel again in Winnemucca. We got home about dinner time. I'm so glad that I have such a fun family and that we all like each other so much. I'm also really grateful to my parents for making these reunions happen. They put in a lot of time and effort and funds into making it work for all of us. Can't wait to do it again!

Tahoe Family Reunion-Day 3

Friday was lake day. As I was bustling around the house getting our stuff gathered up to take to the lake I looked out my bedroom window and saw this guy! I got Beckett and we watched him for a few minutes until he headed toward the front of the house. We went on the front balcony and watched this deer plus two other companions eat from the front bushes. It was pretty cool. Beckett was fascinated.

The house we stayed at was in Truckee, just outside of Lake Tahoe. We drove about an hour to the other side of the lake because that's where we had reserved some water toys for the day. The drive was beautiful but there were a few scary spots with very little road on either side. I made Ian drive on the way back. Dad, Brad and Rick headed out early to stake out a spot on the shore. The rest of us trickled down there in the late morning. The jet ski and kayaks we had reserved ended up being quite a ways away from where we were situated, so the boys canceled the reservation. It worked out just fine though because there was a booth where you could rent kayaks and paddleboards right by us.

The lake was gorgeous and really pretty warm! The shore we were on had a long shallow area, which was perfect for all my non-swimmers. The beach filled up as the day went on, but we had a good spot. We brought a picnic lunch and all just ate whenever we wanted. We rented a kayak for a couple of hours. The Henshaw's rented one too and we all got to paddle around. Rick was awesome and took some of the kids out when us parents got tired. :)

Mom and Dad rented a paddleboard. It was SO fun! It was a little tricky to get up on the first time, but I really liked it and paddled out pretty far. The kids found rocks, dug in the sand, played in the water, and had a lot of fun together. Weston just told me today that it was his favorite day of the summer. The weather was perfect and we really just had a blast!

Jules and Mel were such troopers bringing their newborns out to the lake for the day. The babies spent most of the their time in the shade, but they each got their toes dipped in the lake too. Such cute little guys! I'm so glad we did a whole day at the lake.

By the time we got home that day it was dinner time. We were all tired and hungry, so after dinner we got everyone bathed and showered and put the kids to bed. The adults had a popcorn bar (all kinds of fun candy toppings for our popcorn) and watched a movie.

SUCH a GREAT DAY!