A Good Day on Vacay
It was a good day. The kids and I are on vacation in Tahoe with Britt and her boys and Tracy. In fact, it has been a good couple of days. We drove up yesterday, stopped for poke bowls and yummy drinks for lunch on the way, and when we arrived, were immediately invited for prime rib dinner at Larry and Cheryl's (my first time to their house in all these years).
After we walked back from Larry's, we got the kids to bed and Tracy, Brittany and I played Cards Against Humanity. I don't get sick of that game.
Today, Brittany made bacon and eggs for the kids for breakfast, and we went to Mount Rose for sledding. We drove along the highway into Nevada, passed the first sledding hill and found a better, less crowded one. The weather has been lovely. Not too cold. I didn't need my jacket or hat most of the time.
From Mount Rose, we stopped at Austin's in Incline Village and had scrumptious food. Chicken fried bacon? So wrong, but so good.
As if we weren't stuffed already, we proceeded to IV Coffee Lab for blackberry lavender white mochas and hot chocolate. Very good!
We came back to the house, where Max and Britt napped for a couple hours while Miles, Derek, Celeste and I went to the forest meadow by Tracy's house to play with snow and build snowmen.
Although we were all still pretty full, we had committed to going to Lanzas for dinner, so we went, even though there was a 45 wait (the norm). It was tasty, but a pain in the ass. But good.
Miles decided not to sleep in the downstairs bedroom with Derek, and Derek didn't want to be down there by himself, so I went from having a room to myself to being in a room with BOTH kids. Celeste had earlier decided that she didn't want to be downstairs with the boys. Not ideal.
Tomorrow,Tracy is giving the kids their Christmas gift from her and Joe: ski/snowboarding lessons. It is a gift to us, too, because we'll have the day to do our own skiing or just hanging out. I haven't tried skiing in years. Should be fun. So expensive, though. My main hope for tomorrow is for the kids to have a fabulous time and get through the full day of ski (Celeste & Max)/snowboarding (Derek and Miles) classes without any problems. Also, to drink good coffee.
After we walked back from Larry's, we got the kids to bed and Tracy, Brittany and I played Cards Against Humanity. I don't get sick of that game.
Today, Brittany made bacon and eggs for the kids for breakfast, and we went to Mount Rose for sledding. We drove along the highway into Nevada, passed the first sledding hill and found a better, less crowded one. The weather has been lovely. Not too cold. I didn't need my jacket or hat most of the time.
From Mount Rose, we stopped at Austin's in Incline Village and had scrumptious food. Chicken fried bacon? So wrong, but so good.
As if we weren't stuffed already, we proceeded to IV Coffee Lab for blackberry lavender white mochas and hot chocolate. Very good!
We came back to the house, where Max and Britt napped for a couple hours while Miles, Derek, Celeste and I went to the forest meadow by Tracy's house to play with snow and build snowmen.
Although we were all still pretty full, we had committed to going to Lanzas for dinner, so we went, even though there was a 45 wait (the norm). It was tasty, but a pain in the ass. But good.
Miles decided not to sleep in the downstairs bedroom with Derek, and Derek didn't want to be down there by himself, so I went from having a room to myself to being in a room with BOTH kids. Celeste had earlier decided that she didn't want to be downstairs with the boys. Not ideal.
Tomorrow,Tracy is giving the kids their Christmas gift from her and Joe: ski/snowboarding lessons. It is a gift to us, too, because we'll have the day to do our own skiing or just hanging out. I haven't tried skiing in years. Should be fun. So expensive, though. My main hope for tomorrow is for the kids to have a fabulous time and get through the full day of ski (Celeste & Max)/snowboarding (Derek and Miles) classes without any problems. Also, to drink good coffee.