Lake Tahoe

So with the excitement of the adoption story, I completely forgot about our Lake Tahoe trip! So here it goes:

So CJ and I were not allowed to go to Youth Conference this summer [okay, well he probably could have gone but he was amazing and stayed home with me since I couldn't go, and did not want to go to sweltering Utah being 6 months pregnant.] especially since it would have been a really fun one. Our stake was going up to Dixie College in St. George. They were going to all the historical landmarks, temple square, and doing baptisms for the dead at the Salt Lake City Temple. It was supposed to be our "big youth conference trip", so we were pretty bummed.
However, my Auntie Keiko [My Grandpa's sister] asked
CJ and I if we wanted to go with her and her significant other, Lenny, to Lake Tahoe. We were so excited to go since neither of us had been and it was even the same week that youth conference was supposed to be. We packed up and were off!
It was a long drive, and it was super hot, but we stopped numerous times to get ice cream! :]
The drive started getting awesome when we started seeing less desserty and more mountain, tree, stream-y. We even stopped to take p
ictures :]

We stayed in an awesome hotel with an even more awesome view of the lake.

The weather was super nice; warm, but not hot, and cool, but not cold. It was perfect.
We ended up staying in the hotel mostly, just playing in the arcade, swimming, and relaxing. One day though, we did go out to the lake and rode wave runners. That was a really neat experience since I've never ridden on one. I even got to drive it! :]]
The water was really really cold, so we went in for about two seconds and that was it.
After we left Tahoe, we went out to Rio. However, leaving Tahoe, we stopped to take more pictures. :]

We even ran into these cute little guys! :]]We didn't do too much in Rio since we had to leave early because Lenny wasn't feeling too well. We did catch Bodie on the way out, though.
Bodie is this little, old abandoned mining town from a super long time ago.
It's pretty well preserved and really not all that touristy. It was super cool to see all the buildings and what not still up.
We didn't go all the way through the town since it was hot and walking on bumpy dirt roads was not up there on my favorite things to do list, but I really really want to go back when the weather is nice to see the rest of the town.
[Factory in Bodie]
Our Tahoe trip was such a fun and well-needed vacation. It definitely set out what it was meant to do: let us relax and get away from everything for a little while, eat lots of good food, catch up on sleep, and most importantly, have fun. :]