Tahoe (No Dad's Allowed)

Last year Mel and I had such a great time on our Tahoe (No Dad's Allowed) trip that we decided to make it an annual event!  This year we rented a bigger cabin (Fenn felt that the cabin was "absolutely wonderful") and invited all the girls...

 

Rachel and Nicole were the only ones who could come.

It was so much fun having them there.

Although I don't think they were impressed by our lackadaisical Tahoe parenting.

(Maleen was crying for NO reason... when Rachel pointed out that she was crying I simply pointed out that we come to Tahoe to ignore our kids.  Needless to say this didn't come out quite right... What I meant was ignore there crying for now reason.)

Cousin Love is what it is all about!

Rachel is always such a good sport.  She spent a LOT of time "fishing" with Marcus.

Next year we will be bringing nets to tray to catch those illusive little fish.

Swimming in the BIG waves is one of our favorite things to do.

Although this year the waves didn't get that BIG it was still FUN!

Strike a pose!

 

This year our kids were big enough to go to the BIG SLIDE!  This is something Mel and I have very fond memories of as little kids.  When we pulled up Rachel was less then impressed (we had been taking these slides up for days) and to be honest the place is a bit dumpy looking.  But like the saying goes, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

Yes, you have to climb four flights of stairs to get to the top.

But it is worth EVERY step!

Our boys went down again and again and again.

It was $6.00 well spent.

Maleen went down twice.

I think she was in such a state of shock the first time that she couldn't cry.

After the second time she cried and cried.

And shook for about half an hour.

Needless to say she did not go again.

Hazel loved it the first couple of times.

But after the third of fourth time she started sobbing (I guess she caught a little to much air).

She went down a couple of more times a little later.

The boys were exhausted by the time we got home.

You know you had a great day when you look like this at the end of it.

Thanks girls for such a fun few days!

These are memories our kids will never forget.

Marcus is already talking about going back next year.

And who knows maybe there will be a little Snyder to join us!?!?