Donner Party- Going Home!

On Sunday, after the Reunion, we packed up the cabin and headed out to Truckee for the rest of the day. We walked around downtown Truckee which has seemed to really grow in the last 5-10 years. It's full of shops and eateries and has a general happy buzz. With the whole fam. hangin' around we decided to ditch Truckee and head back to the lake.

We went to the Donner State Park area of the lake and found a great little spot on the beach. The weather was overcast, yet warm and it looked like a storm was about to blow in. We hung out there for an hour or so, made friends chip....or was it dale....?....a chipmunk at any rate and skipped some stones along the waters edge. We had such a good time hanging out as a family together, ther is something to be said about family time....something good!

We packed up David, Davina and James in our car and prepared ourselves for an easy car ride home....that was not to be. After 4.5 hours on a regular 2.5 hour drive we finally made it home. I dropped Aaron off and went to gas, but it wasn't to be had....the gas cap was stuck on the car and our tank was rediculously EMPTY! We ended up breaking the gas cap, not getting any gas, and leaving the Mazda in the "Cash for Clunkers" car lot across from the dearlership overnight....what a day.....

Donner Party....Family Reunion!

So You FINALLY Get to Here about our trip to Donner Lake! How excited are you?!! HAHA I know not really at all...hahah!

Aaron's family was celebrating his Grandfathers 80-Something birthday and decided to make a full family reunion out of it! We had such a blast! Our immediate family (Aaron's parents, siblings and significant others) all went in on a cabin so we could make the most of the weekend. We stayed 3 blocks from the lake and were able to walk back and forth super easily! I would say that there was a pretty great turnout- all in all I think we were missing about 6 direct family members- that is not bad for this EXPANSIVE family! We spent the day at the West End Beach and played Volleyball (yeah right-I didn't, the rest of them did!), Tennis, swam, ate and Erin S. Kaitlin and I (yes we are all GREAT friends AND SOOOOO Close to being ALL family!!!) took out the Challenger 2000....a rubber boat and cruised the lake with a Corona in hand for about an hour. Erin S. was nervous that we weren't going to make it back to shore, but with my direction and her and Kaitlin's paddling we were VERY successful!

We had such a good time with the family and friends. I got to meet some of Aaron's cousins that I had never met before which was fantastic! Of course I got harrassed about "when are you going to have a baby!!" , but I cooly shrugged them off saying "LAY OFF ME! GEEEEZ!" Hahaha Ok I wasn't that harsh, but it was close with a good laugh at the end...EVERY time!

I am so excited for the next family gathering and to get to spend more time with my new family, and now friends!