Lake Tahoe trip with a 15 month old and 3 1/2 year old

Sounds fun right???? It was at some points but not at others. It was an adventure that Brandon and I will never forget for several reasons. Let me start with our drive up there. We left Thursday afternoon and the drive was great until we hit the mountains and it started snowing, and it is dark. For anyone who knows me I don't handle weather conditions well, even when I am in the passenger seat. Our windshield wipers were acting weird and semi trucks were passing us and kicking up dirt and ice. I was FREAKING out. I was trying so hard to stay calm and let Brandon focus on the drive and I started shaking and could not stop. I get really freaked out, it is silly, but that is what I do. Thankfully we made it to our hotel with no problems.

Friday morning we woke up ready to go hit the snow, we headed to Squaw Valley for the day, excited to see this place for several reasons. One, it is big and fancy and second, the Olympics were held there about 50 or 60 years ago so it has to be cool!. We got there about 9 am and sat in the car for about 30 minutes trying to figure out how we are going to carry everything we needed for the day. Here is what we needed: a baby, a toddler, 2 bags full of random things, my skis, boot, and poles and Brandon's skis boots and poles. Brandon decided to come back for our ski stuff at some point and we set of to figure out where we would sit for the day (because not having anyone to watch the kids we would be skiing separately). I was walking with Kayle while he had Makenna who is getting pretty heavy these days. Brandon took off while Kayle and I were chugging behind. I look up at one point and Brandon is no where to be found! UUGGGHHH I start getting really upset because this place is big, how could he loose us. Kayle and I search for him everywhere and I honestly have no clue where he went. So, we sit down on a bench and just wait. Finally Brandon came out and found us.

Anyways, after we finally get settled, Brandon went back to the car to get out skis and stuff, he put them in our sled and drug them behind him. He said they kept falling out of the sled (HAHA) and had a hard time. I had to laugh at something. We were exhausted and frustrated at the day. Now it was lunch time. Kayle spilt her drink everywhere, fun! Next onto Kayle's ski lessons. She loved it, THANK GOODNESS! Brandon actually got to ski a little bit during her lessons while I watched Makenna nap. Then we left. In a nutshell; Squaw Valley is not the best place if you have little kids, it is way to spread out and hard to manage.

Saturday, Alpine Meadows. We knew what to expect. We put Makenna in the stroller and stuffed as much as we could in that thing and managed to walk with everything in one trip. I went skiing for an hour while Brandon watch the girls. Alpine Meadows has an indoor play area for kids that was exactly what we needed, Makenna and Kayle both loved it and played ALL day long while Brandon and I took turns skiing. Kayle even got to go out a couple times with Brandon and LOVED it, she wanted to go fast down the hill with him.

We left Sunday after a quick trip to the sledding hill. We had fun but I highly suggest going when were kids can be in a all day ski program or day care!