Sledding and Celebrating

.....and then we went sledding........

We found a perfect place to sled. It was on a nice sloping meadow that lead to the lake. And it had two lanes (also perfect for sled races!). Of course the kids had a fabulous time sledding down then trekking back up the slope for another round. But the adults had fun too! I even had a race with Rachel, but there's no need to declare the winner.

That night we celebrated Caleb's big achievement (living to the age of six!). When we were at the store the day before, I let him pick out his cake and ice cream. He chose red velvet cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream (red and green....how appropriate for a Christmas birthday!!). Although he didn't eat any, the cake was very good, but he did partake of the ice cream, and that passed the yum standard as well.




After we tucked tired-out children into bed, us adults stayed up and played a riveting game of Apples to Apples. You know, it wouldn't have mattered what game we played (the night before it was Balderdash!) but it was just great to be with our friends. So, Caleb's birthday rounded out our Tahoe vacation in the snow. I think it was one of the best vacations we've had as a family. It was great to get away, experience some snow (and leave it behind) and just be together. I don't think we'll be able to make it yearly tradition, but I would love to do it again sometime.