Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation with all 3 kids in July.  We wanted to take them to the ocean but did not want to freeze our buns off in the cold ocean water or spend half of the day in fog.  So we decided to head to Lake Tahoe where we could play on the beach and in the water without having blue toes!

Thomas and Noelle thought that the hotel was the best thing ever!  Noelle kept asking if this was going to be our new home forever and weeks after returning home they continued to ask to go back!

The worst part about going on vacation with children is having to eat out for every meal!  At least if you have kids like mine who are not impressed by restaurants!  We were very happy to find many places had outdoor seating so the kids could be a bit louder and move around a little too.  I had so much fun using the Yelp application on my phone to pick out places to eat that people had rated delicious and economical!  I hate spending a lot of money at a restaurant only to get mediocre service and food.

 

 

 

We had a fantastic time playing on the beach each day.  We were lucky to find a sandy, kid-friendly beach, where the water was warm.  Michele and I even turned out to be pretty good sand castle builders.  The kids enjoyed “treasure hunting” with Dave.  I think the most exciting thing they found was a dead rat by the water though.

Karly was a good sport, as always, and slept most of the time under the beach umbrella.  She really is such an easy, happy baby!

 

Overall it was a really fun vacation!  It took me about 6 hours to pack everything we would need for the trip and about 3 times that long to get all the sand out of our clothes, car, car seats, stroller, etc.  Most of all I was just glad to know that we could accomplish a vacation with 3 kids and we are already planning for next year!