Lake Tahoe!

On the NV-CA border

Wow...so gorgeous! I've always wanted to see what the big deal is about Lake Tahoe --was it The Godfather or Scarface where they had a very cool vacation home there?

It was my 1st long road trip, I'm proud that I did it! Driving around the lake is tedious and so is going over the mountains via Incline Village, but totally worth the scenery we enjoyed.

The beaches are WAY too crowded for my tastes....guess people are used to being close to others, we just go to the next bay if there are people already on a beach at home!

Ahhh...It's warm, Lots to Do...Reno is Quite Wonderful!

The pool in our not-super fancy (but very comfortable) suites-hotel is NOT heated brrrrr....

The day we arrived, the kids played in the pool at bit. We were able to leave Seattle 4 hours early, we didn't have anything else to do! D & A were heading back home...time to leave Washington & figure out Reno! The Horizon flight into Reno was very bumpy, ughhh! Reminded me of landing at home in Feburary or March.

We took Dyl to camp...the next day HB & HD came for a few days' visit!!

We drove out to Cabela's, I just wanted to tease Troy, lol that got me nowhere, now he's planning a trip to the Cabela's near Seattle in September....that's BAD!!

We had a late lunch at the grill in Cabela's ...it was like eating at a baseball game, but was fine.

I almost bought a GPS, but decided that Mapquest is enough. Tickets to Rascal Flats, Kelly Pickler & Chris Young sounded like more fun!! It's in the 90s everyday in Reno and warm at night and in the mornings too. I still can't get over that! LOVE IT!!

Vacation...Anacortes

We're in Anacortes with my dad & step-mom, of course it has been busy! We've got an extra teen (not unusual for us!) We flew down Wed. We saw two movies the Thursday.... We shopped and ran errands Friday and went over to Whidbey (sp?) Island and played on Saturday after checking out the farmer's market in downtown Anacortes. The kids were recognized!! AKDave saw Jr (AKA Derick) then confirmed his suspicions by seeing the 2 girls. Dyl was with me and grandmas waiting for a little pesto pizza. He came over to say hi...saw Dyl and said, "Look at the size of this one!" LOL my thoughts exactly!! I am amazed every time I look at him!!
I rented a vehicle (mid-sized) at Hertz through Priceline (LOVE Priceline) the nice rental guy saw all the teens and luggage and upgraded me to a ginourmous SUV!! I NEVER would've guessed that Hertz would be that nice!

BIG doughnuts are famous here

Red Robin 1x is a must!

Deep fried jalapeños for this one...

A double-burger for the big brother :)

Hula-hooping in a party store to burn off lunch.

Snacks @ Costco...followed by cheap soft-serve...best day ever according to the kids!

Soccer in the yard.

Look at that Bear Claw!

Catching Up....I Want to Book Another Trip to Cabo!! I Miss It!

Fishing...the capt and the deckhand had to take the pictures, as I was NOT going to go..although the water looks OK..the deckhand got a huge hook through his hand and T got to drive the boat for a bit while they got it out....that was fun, driving the boat, not the pain or the blood!x

Sadly, the only picture of the marlin he caught, then let go.

Durado...YUMMY! I hope to bring a bunch home one of these times!

Silly pineapple drink they served poolside.

T was flipping out over this boat and the POLES...check them out. He says those reels cost like 1k EACH! For just the reels...he was a little envious!

This is the size I could handle, and only 1 or 2 a day...I'm boring.

A very tan (burned?) T and me doing water aerobics one more time

Seconds before the downpour that ended up delaying our flight later that afternoon started.

I go outside maybe 10x a day with Bella (only 1 accident today and not even smelly --YAY!) and I really miss the hot wave of humidity that would hit me when I walked outside on vacation..ohh well, it's not too bad here... mid 40s. Although there was ice on our windshields really early on Saturday morning --I know these things now, usually I'd never go outside until after 10 or 11 on Saturday after the ice would've melted.
Tried to look at my mail today, too overwhelming! Can't find my Netflix DVDs?? Nobody will fess up to taking them, so random...sighhhh...
Tomorrow we'll go see Alena! and the staff at my old office and try to sneak to the Grand to see CB...have many errands too...lol maybe, if I want to! AG-- you should be a lady of leisure too, we could run errands, lunch, workout and walk the dogs all day!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Life is Good

NO WAY that's our little Manderzz....grandma is a great photographer...now give us back our baby girl who's only 11!!!

Grandma Buddy and her new friend hiking!! I LOVE IT!!

Dyls at his swim meet. He reported that he won every heat he participated in (did he or is that how he remembers it??) not bad for being sick for over a week AND oversleeping once or twice, missing practice.

ohh this is the one that really got to us! We want our little baby girl back...sheesshhhh she looks like a teenager!
Yes, grandma sells her photographs in Kodiak, mostly of bears (she is brave or crazy that mom of T's)

Jr and Juno.

Dyls always looks tired...doing both wrestling and swimming has got to be exausting!

Wow...they do like their grandma, the boys usually NEVER watchtheir sister play sports --she ALWAYS watches them though....creeps!

Grandma feeding the troops who were over last FRI for a night of Xbox, a bonfire and something ab0out an egg toss in the road...still haven't heard the story behind that?!

We missed her first game, she was soooooo excited, a GREAT coach this year, she's improving a bunch! Thanks Mr. Ley!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............ how cute!

This is the frickin life...except some fruit would be nice. All we have is cafe, cerveza (yuk), pan y yogurt! Even better minutes later our friends from the SH contest called, brought their extra food and we went to brunch! Cabo is the best.

Here's where I'm sitting typing. i should be at the pool, but T is out fishing, i could not risk getting sea sick and ruinning his expensive charter) I am catching up on emails and everything else...which I'mnot supposed to do...T wanted a computer-free trip, pleeeeaassee! That's sort of impossible. I jump om every other day or so. I've got some time before my 2.5 hours at the spa! I love that place!!!!!

My wonderful mother in law is staying with the kidws, she is getting to know them better, T even fixed her up with a friend WH --sounds like they hit it off just like AG and I did when her husband "fixed us up" My sister made a scrapbook layout and posted it on her blog....THANKS K, it's womnderful!! We haven't changed a bit, right? There is just about 30 pounds MORE of each of us to love :)