Tahoe!!!

We got the chance to spend a week in North Lake Tahoe just the three of us. Thanks to a friend we stayed at a condo in a beautiful gated community in King's Beach. We loved being right on the lake and having the chance to be away and just relax. Because we were surrounded by such beauty we spent most of our time enjoying the outdoors, whether it was taking walks in the neighborhood, exploring down by the water, or playing on the grass just feet away from the lake.

As always, Lincoln was the best part of the week. He never stops amazing us. He is always learning new things - in fact while in Tahoe he discovered that he has a shadow and so do we. Once he turned away from us and said, "Hi Mommy! Hi Daddy!" We were confused until we realized he was talking to our shadows :-).

Lincoln also amazes us with how observant he is. While walking in the neighborhood he started growling at one house... we tried asking questions to find out why only this house and why the growling. After passing by a few times we finally clued in to the fact that there was a bear-shaped doormat which could barely be seen from the sidewalk. He is an observer for sure! He sees the smallest details and we are the slow ones trying to figure it out :-).

He also amazed us that week with his new favorite phrase, "Thank you!" He said thank you for almost everything. Much to their surprise he would thank waitors for bringing more water, or he would thank a nice lady for letting him pet her dog, and he would thank us for every small thing we did for him. When we were leaving he even thanked the lake and I (April) am almost certain he said, "Thank you God!" as we walked to our car to leave.

We are grateful for the chance to go. Life goes by so quickly and it was nice to take a few days to slow down and enjoy the life that God has given us together.

A few pics of the condo and the million dollar view!

Literally stopping to smell the flowers.