Joseph will include the details of "The Great Lake Tahoe Bike Race" but I wanted to write about another highlight of our trip. In addition to all of the excitement of the race, we were excited about the chance to connect with our good friends, The Edwards Family, who live in Reno, NV. Paul and Kristina met us in Tahoe on Saturday afternoon. We LOVED seeing them. We first met Paul and Kristina when we lived in Spokane. Paul and Joseph attended Gonzaga Law School together. We met them the first month after we moved to Spokane, but didn't get to know them well until we moved from the South Hill to North Spokane halfway through law school. I am so grateful we had the chance to get to know them better by being in their ward. They are a great family. 
The kids hit it off like they had never been apart, and the ones who hadn't yet joined our families during the Spokane years, acted like they had found their long lost friend. We had fun getting to know baby Avery. She has such a big personality for such a little girl. She is seriously so cute!
Aaron and Carter played hard, running back and forth between the pools and the hot tubs.
The girls had a great time and were creating plans the whole time we were together. They had great plans to swim, then go to dinner, and then go back and watch movies together and eat popcorn, but sadly their fun had to end because it got too late. They have all grown up so much in the last few years.
After we swam and swam and swam, we went to dinner so we could enjoy visiting a little longer. It was funny walking around Tahoe with 8 kids. We were qutie a sight. There were a few times when just one of the men were with us. We joked that we looked like a great big polygamist family.
When we got into the restaurant, they were smart and gave us our own room. Aaron was being a little tiger and lashed out about everything we asked him. After just a couple of minutes, he rested his head on his arms and we watched him fight to keep his eyes open. He was determined to keep his eyes open, then finally submitted and we made a little bed for him with a few chairs. He slept through dinner and then wouldn't go to bed that night. :(
It was a great afternoon and evening. After dinner, the Edwards had to head for home, but not before Kristina introduced us to an "Apple Pie" carameled apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was sooooo good! We are so glad we were able to get together! Our years in Spokane were so memorable because of lessons learned and wonderful friends. These friendships we will cherish forever. I can't wait to get together again.
The kids hit it off like they had never been apart, and the ones who hadn't yet joined our families during the Spokane years, acted like they had found their long lost friend. We had fun getting to know baby Avery. She has such a big personality for such a little girl. She is seriously so cute!
Aaron and Carter played hard, running back and forth between the pools and the hot tubs. 
The girls had a great time and were creating plans the whole time we were together. They had great plans to swim, then go to dinner, and then go back and watch movies together and eat popcorn, but sadly their fun had to end because it got too late. They have all grown up so much in the last few years.
After we swam and swam and swam, we went to dinner so we could enjoy visiting a little longer. It was funny walking around Tahoe with 8 kids. We were qutie a sight. There were a few times when just one of the men were with us. We joked that we looked like a great big polygamist family. 
When we got into the restaurant, they were smart and gave us our own room. Aaron was being a little tiger and lashed out about everything we asked him. After just a couple of minutes, he rested his head on his arms and we watched him fight to keep his eyes open. He was determined to keep his eyes open, then finally submitted and we made a little bed for him with a few chairs. He slept through dinner and then wouldn't go to bed that night. :(
It was a great afternoon and evening. After dinner, the Edwards had to head for home, but not before Kristina introduced us to an "Apple Pie" carameled apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was sooooo good! We are so glad we were able to get together! Our years in Spokane were so memorable because of lessons learned and wonderful friends. These friendships we will cherish forever. I can't wait to get together again. 
4 comments:
It was such a treat to you all and meet Isaac. Being together made me miss the fun times we had up in Spokane. I wish we could get together more often. We should try some more.
I love the picture at the top of your blog, it's so cute. You have darling children and I am so glad all the kids played well together when we saw you.
Next year, if Joe does the race again, let us know we'd love to see you again.
Looks like you had a great time. I wish I was there too! Your kids are adorable and I love the new picture of them. We miss you!
It looks like such a fun vacation!
What a fun weekend! The kids look like they are having a ball. I must admit my favorite picture is that of Aaron asleep while sitting up to the table.
We're so happy you value your human connections and keep up on them often.
We're excited to see you soon!
We love you guys!
(PS - If you don't stay over with any other families, let us know and we will come and vacation too)
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