Lake Tahoe

In June, we took a Kimball Family vacation to Lake Tahoe.  It was such a fun time spent with our wonderful family.  We rented a house by the lake that amazingly had room for all of us along with a pool table, foozball, ping pong, and air hockey tables that were invaluable for helping entertain the kids. We spent the first day at a Mountain Man Rendezvous in Carson City, NV.

Taylor and Phil tried knife throwing...

Look closely for the knife at the top of this one ;)

 The next day was Sunday and after church we used the excuse that we were all dressed up,
 for some family pictures (Grandma spoiled the kids for Easter ;)

 The boys

 The girls

 The Grandkids.  Luckily Dave and Katie are expecting a baby girl in November to even out our numbers.  We will then have 8 boys and 8 girls!!

 The Halls Family

 The Andrew & Marie Kimball Family

 The Phil & Rachael Kimball Family

 The Dave & Katie Kimball Family

 The Grimms

 Grandma & Grandpa

 Later that day Phil took the kids on a hike while Tyson napped.

 They hiked past this beautiful castle like home and opted for a picture.

 The next day was spent at the beach.  The water was freezing, but that didn't stop the kids from having a great time playing in the sand.

 There are beautiful bike trails throughout Tahoe.  We loaded up our bikes on our rack and Ben and Lisa were troopers and hauled the rest up in the trailer so we could all enjoy a couple bike rides while in town.  The first day was a little intense as to keep the youngest ones away from riding right by the highway, we took some dirt paths that had us crawling under an overpass and across a bridge to get back to the paved paths.  They were all troopers and it turned out to be a fun adventure.  The next day we took a path that led to some homes they have preserved as museums of a very weathly family who lived there many decades before.  This is a picture of us on the steps of one of their many homes on the property.

 Tanner decided he wanted to drive back!

 These two were troopers in the trailer. 

 The following day we found a beautiful beach/cove area to play in. 
Dave even let us try out his awesome kayak.

 Tanner trying to figure out how to float along with dad and Tyson.

 The girls saw this big rock and paddled out to jump off of it.
 Here's Jess on her second jump.  Can you tell she knew I was taking her picture?

 Phil wasn't about to let the girls have all the fun!

 The token picture of mom to document I was on vacation with the family!

Our little divas!  We had such a fun time.  We always love any excuse to get together with our family. We comment everytime we're together how awesome it is that we all get along so well.  It was so nice to spend time together without any distractions, and in such a beautiful place!