Heavenly was, well, Heavenly!

Doug and I had the opportunity to take a trip to beautiful Lake Tahoe two weeks ago for a little Spring skiing at Heavenly and some fun South Lake Tahoe night life. The boys stayed in Texas with Mom Mom and Peepaw - this was our first trip away from both boys ... actually this was our first trip away from Andrew too!

We had a great trip and skiing was a blast (it was my first trip) and to top it all off, Allie and Marc drove over from the Bay area to see us on Saturday evening! It was so great to see them, especially since it was a last minute decision / realization on Allie's part that made it all happen.

Trip highlights:

- Anne and Doug taking on the Heavenly Flyer (zip line with speeds of 50 mph - video to follow)
- Doug surpassing Anne on skis after 1 hour even though Anne had taken 2 days of lessons (we have decided that I was over thinking it a bit, not like me at all ;) )!
- Dinner and casinoing with Allie and Marc, of course!
- Building a snowman and having a pseudo snowball fight with Douglas
- Walking to the beach at sunset to enjoy the view
- Staying at the Marriott right at the base of the Gondola and on the top floor of Harvey's Casino
- Learning to play craps (sort of)
- Dinner at the Sage Room

Needless to say, we had a blast and we can't wait to take the boys. We talked to Andrew every night and he asked us every night whether we were 'skeening' -- it was so sweet. I took video on the new camera of Doug on the Heavenly Flyer and we took video of each other skiing so that Andrew could see what we were doing. Now he asks me to show him the videos any time he sees the computer out! Speaking of video, the pair that went down the Heavenly Flyer before us was a news reporter and cameraman, so they actually filmed our arrival and then interviewed both of us -- we are going to be famous on the public access channel in Lake Tahoe!

Check out that view!


Artsy shot (tree in focus and mountains out of focus in background)


Another Artsy shot (or my attempt at least)


Allie (with Homer), Doug, Anne & Marc


Anne & Allie


Sweet Homes


Look at those cool kids


Anne & Doug on the beach at Sunset


Snow on the beach - now that is an interesting phenomenon!


More snow on the beach!


The lake at sunset






Anne - attempting a blue run (photo taken by the friendly ski instructor)


Doug is sooo cool


Look at me go!


Doug getting ready for his next run


Mugging for the camera


The view from our favorite run


Our snowman