July 2013

We had the Thompson Reunion up in Mt. Lassen in California. We stayed at a beautiful cabin where we enjoyed being with our wonderful family and exploring.

 

 We went on some beautiful hikes. This is Burney Falls

 We spent one of the days exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park.

 What's a family reunion without walking through a lava tube?

The rest of the time we visited different lakes around the cabin to swim and kayak in.

After the reunion we stayed in Reno for a few days with just our family. It was fun walking around downtown where we were staying with the boys. We visited Circus Circus and played in the arcade. The boys toughly enjoyed winning different stuffed animals or toys instead of getting tickets to get silly gadgets like most arcades give that are rip offs. We had some amazing food while there and we played at the pool a lot. I think the boys enjoyed the pool the most. 

We visited the Reno Temple.  

 The boys had fun seeing and going after the little rabbits everywhere.

We got to spend most of the one of the days at Lake Tahoe. We got there at a great time because we had the beach all to ourselves for a long time.

 So pretty out there.....

And relaxing!

 After the Lake we spent the rest of that day in Virginia City. We walked around exploring down town and then the entire city by train.

The boys had so much fun staying in a hotel that they keep asking to go back. They named their top bunk bed 18, the floor we slept on, and the bottom bunk 7, where the pool was.

Since the Reunion was in Northern California, we did get the fun opportunity to visit our Haymore side of the Family before the reunion.

It was fun going out to dinner with just the girls, kid free while our husbands watched the kids and ordered pizza.

We were taken to a fun pizza place the next day. I wish I remembered what it's called because it was good food and had a great fun center.