tahoe 2012

We have become rather attached to this February getaway. We'll have to see how schedules pan out in the future. It ended up being a little tricky taking Grace out of school for the week. :/ But we lived it up. Around the condo, there were lots of puzzles and games, pj's and comfy clothes.

 We have Texas in our blood and, when we are with Grammie, on our breakfast plates.

More puzzles.

We enjoyed Sunday luncheon at "Grandma Buddy's" house - always a treat. She made her vegetable quiche which is a favorite of mine. And she spent an afternoon at the lake with us as well.

Grace and Grant made a couple visits to the kids club. Grace was in project heaven. Grant found some buddies to joust with(Wii-style).

And Cori and I had an evening to take Mom and Dad to our favorite restaurant up there.

The skiing was pretty darn nice. There isn't much snow up there, this much is certain. But the temperatures were so comfortable. The sun was shining. We spent our last day in sweaters. And it was ideal for the kids.

Grace and Grant completed two days of ski school. The first day, Gracie ended up in Grant's class and it looked like Grant was set to ski circles around her. But by the end of day two, she was in her own class and riding the ski lift. They both loved (LOVED!) ski school which was a relief. Grace had almost convinced herself that she would hate it. She ended her last mountain day with a trip down a bona fide ski run all by herself. It was so much fun skiing with them after lessons.

Grant rode up the ski lift once with his dad and Papa. I'm a bit squirmish about heights. When our babes are on the lift, I am extremely squirmish about heights. While taking this picture, my free hand was busy hanging onto the back of Grace's jacket. Papa was doing the same for Grant...

Apres Ski fun. One evening, the pool was nearly as warm as the hot tub. As pool owners, all we could think of was the heating bill! Well, that and swimming.

We loaded up the car and pointed it towards Phoenix. We asked the kids to guess where we were headed next and they said "Grammy and Papa's house?" Like my dad says, always leave them wanting more.

We overnighted in Vegas on the way out and back. Grant saved up his tickets to buy these two $100 bills and was bitterly disappointed to find out afterwords that they are not legal tender. I tried to explain it to him, honest. This picture makes me laugh so hard. Also, Grace and Grant's fascination with Sponge Bob is directly proportional to Cori and my hatred of him. We have avoided him so carefully over the years, I don't understand how it is even possible. I took this picture to make Grace happy.