Family Vacation 2009

So this year's vacation destination was Lake Tahoe. We stayed at the same inn where we stayed when my sister got married several years ago. It was a new house on the property and was pretty nice. It was a great size for all of us. The excitement of the weekend was the bear in the garbage when we arrived at the house at 2am. As you can probably tell from the pic below..it was COLD! It snowed higher up the mountain and was easily in the 40s. A nice breaks from the 100+ weather we were having at home.

Everyone was enamored of Beckett with his cute red hair that sticks out everywhere. We all wanted to hold him, I don't think we left him alone all weekend.

The girls were adorable as well and they enjoyed the hiking and the swimming....

...but their favorite part was the water gun fight! We filled the guns from the hot tub so we wouldn't freeze, but it was still pretty cold.
All in all, a very successful family trip and it was great for William to meet my brother and his family.

Pics of the house

Here are some pics of the house. The front....

The back...
I want to build a pergola next to the passage way to provide some shade and a place to entertain outdoors. Maybe we can get a fire bowl too.

The kitchen before we painted it. Notice the LOVELY 90s wallpaper.

2 coats of primer and 2 coats of yellow paint covered that right up.