A Day in the Mountains...

The other morning Andy came home from bible study with the idea to go check out this lake that one of the guys in his study told him about. Since it is summer and we didn't have a lot going on we packed up and headed up the mountain toward Tahoe. About an hour up the road we found the exit for the lake and then ventured on a 3 mile bumpy dirt road to the lake. The lake is called Kelly lake and it was beautiful. The boys absolutely love doing things like this. We had a picnic lunch then headed off on a small little hike. Allie even made it on the hike strapped to mom in the Baby Bjorn. After our hiking adventure we played by the lake. At the end of the day we were all dirty, but we had a great time as a family. On the way home little Allie was fussy so we conviently stopped at one of my favorite ice cream parlors the little town of Colfax. We had giant ice cream cones and walked around the little old town that used to be a train stop, which the boys were so intrigued by. We got a little carried away with pictures because it was so beautiful (besides the smoke from all the fires) so there are quite a few posted. Andy and the boys all ready to go

Enjoying lunch in their new camping chairs

The boys made it to the top