Tahoe or Bust!

My picture skills were a little better in Tahoe. Ryan and I borderline arm wrestle to see who gets to go with Aidan on his travel soccer tournaments. His team has really fun parents and it's a terrific group of boys. I won this round of wrasslin and off to Tahoe for us!

Our hotel was right on the beach and to say the view was stunning, just doesn't do it justice.

This is the face of two people who spent 8 hours in a car and are feeling a little cramped up.

These two cars parked at the grocery store may have been the highlight of Aidan's trip.

We were lucky enough to have a late start to Saturday's game, so up the Heavenly ski resort gondola we went!

The views were incredible!

Especially with a rainbow!

View from the top!

It was freezing up there, so an $8 hot chocolate was necessary. 

Our only regret was we didn't have more time to play at the top of Heavenly. Mountain coaster, rock climbing, ropes course, etc. But we only had time for a quick game of jenga. 

And then it was game time! And the boys came to play!

It's kind of a bummer when you travel 8 hours and have to play your club's other team. Especially a bummer because these boys are close friends and so are the parents. 

After the game, the coaches had the boys give the other team's players positive feedback. I think they could have gone on and on all day.... Such great kids. But we had a championship game to get to! 

Steve and Cesar, coaches extraordinaire.

And a championship win! And years taken off the parent's lives. Think double overtime, super physical opponent, last 10 second winning goal shot by Lizandro and last 1 second out of nowhere save by Micah. I mean, my heart is pounding just typing that. 

Oh that boy! He was incredible, complete with two goals, despite playing defense...

A late championship game meant a late Tahoe exit time. So a couple of other families and us stopped in the booming metropolis known as Winnemucca. 

We hit the road bright and early in an attempt to get to back to Boise early for work and school. But a "super load" had other plans for us. Like multiple hour delay so a stupid mobile home could be transported not the highway. No, I'm not bitter or anything. 

But delay and all, I'd do anything for another weekend that little face! Such fun.....