5 years of dating, 1 year of engagement, 1 fabulous weekend

Needless to say I am a little behind on blogging, but better late than never. About 2 1/2 weeks ago Kevin and I had the pleasure of going to Lake Tahoe for Doug and Laura's wedding. We made the decision early on to make the weekend into an extended vacation to celebrate being engaged for 1 year and dating for 5 years. It was an easy way to celebrate everything at once.

View from our hotel room :-)

We both took Friday June 5th off of work and made it a leisurely drive to North Lake Tahoe. The drive lead us through Sacramento and our state capital has the benefit of having Chick-fil-a. So Kevin and stopped there for lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the food we had not had since college. We finished the drive through slightly raining weather and made it to the Cal Neva Resort early Friday afternoon. We settled into our hotel room and then ventured out to explore the lake.

We headed clockwise around the lake and stopped at a beautiful vista point. We continued driving and it was getting close to dinner so we ended up driving to South Lake Tahoe for dinner. We ate some awesome pizza, got some ice cream for dessert (watermelon sherbet for Kevin) and then headed back to the hotel. The adventure continued when a raccoon tried to follow us into the hotel, but the manager kept the curious little creature outside.


Just as we arrived at the hotel Doug called Kevin and we headed back out to hang out with all of the college friends with a crazy double game of beer pong. The tables crossed adding extra challenge. After a fun evening we went to sleep to re-energize for the wedding.

Day 2 commenced and we continued exploring. We drove around searching for a place for lunch and stopped at Steamer's. They had a beautiful back patio with a view of the lake. We ate delicious sandwiches and then walked down the beach to step foot in the beautiful lake. The day was quickly fleeting so we headed back to the hotel to change in time for the wedding.

View from lunch - just feet away from the beach

All dressed up, we headed over to the church. The ceremony was simple, yet beautiful and followed by a super fun reception. The reception ended, but the fun times did not. Everyone relocated to the hotel lobby and played pool and foosball. Kevin enjoyed the rest of the evening, while I headed off to bed after an exhausting day.

Dressed up for the wedding - too bad you can't see the lake behind us

Sunday was the day most people were heading home so we went out to breakfast at The Log Cabin with Kevin, Robert and Rob and their respective significant others. After breakfast we said our goodbyes and Kevin and I headed off to Reno.

The drive was only about an hour which was nice and along the way we stopped on the side of the road and played in the snow. We couldn't say no, especially since the snow was only a couple feet away from us.

Me with my little snowball on the side of the road :-)

We made it to Reno and gambled a little, went to the water driving range and overall had a relaxing fun day. We headed back to Tahoe and after a short nap, Kevin went out to get dinner. We ate in the hotel room and watched a Star Trek movie. It was definitely a good end to a fun day.

Kevin golfing at the water driving range - he really wanted the free soda

Monday brought day 4 of our vacation and the time to head home. We started the drive home and of course stopped at chick-fil-a again. We enjoyed the time together and celebrated our 1 year engagement anniversary by relaxing and enjoying the time.

Saying goodbye to our hotel as we headed home

It was a fabulous vacation and great to see old friends. Here's to hoping that every day can be as fun and relaxing as the time in Tahoe was. :-)