Christmas In Tahoe

We started planning for a family Christmas gathering before my March heart surgery. It seemed like a long way away! But the time train keeps moving and before we knew it, we were travelling to Lake Tahoe! Roly had negotiated for a 6 bedroom 3 story house with an indoor swimming pool on the lower floor. We wondered how we would handle all the stairs!! but we did OK slowly with lots of help carrying things from a mini kitchen to the main kitchen. Can you imagine 24 of us in the same house for 1 week!!! We did it!! Played lots of games, had a wonderful Christmas and everyone had a stocking filled with many surprises! I took over 200 photos and will give you a brief sampling, and all unposed shots with some members missing. We all managed pretty well, all families had a bedroom, kids ended up sleeping anywhere. Lots of cushions and large rooms to get lost in. . .and of course the swimming pool, sauna and hot tub on the lower floor!! All this half way up the mountain with views in every direction. And this year, the entire northwest has had no snow!!! Lake Tahoe thrives on winter snow. Tubing was out but Ice Skating was available. Most of the time, everyone found interesting things to do and there were ample electronic devices and recharger's all over the place! Now we are all home and the Time Train keeps moving us to our next destination and we have found that if you never plan anything, you will arrive there, at Nothingville! Remember Sound of Music, "Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could?" So remember, always be planning something, something to look forward to, and you will arrive there and make a new memory!