We kicked off summer with a lovely trip to beautiful Lake Tahoe. We had never been there before and we were smitten. Luckily, we had great weather and even better company. It was a family reunion on Steve's side, with his parents, all 5 of his siblings, and everyone's kids (30 people). Lake Tahoe was an ideal location for Steve's active family, with an abundance of mountain biking trails and rock climbing routes, in addition to paved bike paths and hiking trails. We loved going to Sand Harbor beach, which was breathtaking (I mean that figuratively AND literally - the scenery was beautiful but the water was FREEZING). A little cold water didn't scare the kids, though. We shared meal-making duties, and the food was fabulous.
The highlight of the trip for me was going on ladies-only bike rides with my awesome sisters-in-law. I was also stoked to get new family pictures taken by the one-and-only Shannon Montez (Steve's sister). The highlight of Steve's trip has to be missing his flight to Reno and losing a whole day of vacation (long story that we are trying to erase from memory), followed closely by exploring Tahoe's incredible mountain biking trails. The kids were in pure cousin heaven. We had such a wonderful time. I am already looking forward to our next reunion with the Caldwell clan.
It was an awesome trip. We do need to plan some sister-in-law rides this summer.
Posted by: Lindsay | 06/29/2009 at 12:02 PM
Beautiful! Looks like you had a blast; hooray for summer finally being here.
Posted by: Emily | 06/29/2009 at 05:09 PM
What cute pictures! You are a great photographer! Sounds like you guys had an awesome vacation. How fun! It was so fun seeing you and visiting with you the other day :).
Posted by: Michelle | 06/29/2009 at 08:28 PM
Miss you so much! That was such a great week. :)
Posted by: shannon m. | 06/29/2009 at 09:07 PM
I am so jealous. It looks like you had a wonderful time.
Posted by: Heather Caldwell | 06/30/2009 at 09:37 AM
Wow. Looks like an incredible adventure. Give me mountain scenery ANYTIME and I'm in heaven. The pictures were amazing.
Grandma Evie
Posted by: Evelyn Jackson | 07/03/2009 at 04:00 PM
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Shelby | 07/06/2009 at 04:22 PM
Oh my! You are not kidding - what breathtaking shots! Gorgous. Your kids have the cutest smiles. Their smiles make me smile. :)
Posted by: Natalie | 07/12/2009 at 10:29 PM
Beautiful pictures. GORGEOUS family.
Posted by: Britt | 07/14/2009 at 09:50 PM
ah! Your family is so cute and Emily is to die for. Are you guys coming to the Buddy walk?
Posted by: Judy | 08/24/2009 at 12:15 PM
dear mindy,
by my estimation, you've wasted $40 on blogging since this post. update regularly please! (easy for me to say, right?) :)
Posted by: shannon | 11/04/2009 at 08:02 PM