Weekend Update:

We had a great trip to South Lake Tahoe as part of a promotional trip with Farmers Insurance. Farmers put us up at the Embassy Suites but Jamie's side of the family owns a 4 story condo and they don't use it very often at all. I imagine we will go back again and again if we get the chance now that we know about it. The condo sits at the very top of the mountain which is just over 7,300 sq ft. The lack of oxygen makes it really tough to go up and down the 4 flights of stairs. The view was incredible from the condo and only 4 miles up the hill from town.

Friday evening we had dinner at the most amazing restaurant 19 Kitchen. It was the best food I had even eaten and I'm really glad we didn't have to pay for it as the tab was running about $250 per couple. Just amazing food. We've watched Hells Kitchen before and always dreamed of eating food from an amazing chef... well this was it. I think I might have to save up some money and do this once per year or every other year as I can not get my mind off how incredible the food was.

Saturday was the choice of Spa Day or Ski Day. We chose the Spa Day and I gave up my spot to Jamie's mom as I wasn't too interested in it. They each got about 1 hour of work on the neck and feet. Saturday evening we went on the River Dinner Cruise. Another amazing thing to do as the views are just incredible. The food was great. This was good as we had a great time getting to chat with some really good Farmers friends we have come to know more and more over the 4 years. They say that Farmers Insurance is like a family... totally true as we have come to love the fellow agents and management team as we have some tight bonds with people.

Sunday we did the drive home and got to stop by Scheels again. Took the kids on the Ferris Wheel again and I got to pick up some stuff for baseball season. What a great sporting goods store and the kids love the place. We had a nice drive back as Ally and Emily were in a different car. Jamie, Nathan and Rylee all took naps for most of the way home.

I'm really lucky to be an agent with Farmers. It seems like all our family vacations have always involved something with Farmers but our cost is very limited. I want to try and get the staff out to something really great over the next 4 weeks as they work really hard and probably need to experience something out of Redding.

Baseball season has started... I had to miss Sunday's opening day game. But the weekend was totally worth it. I did find out that all our baseball games are at 9:00 AM this year. I'm really glad they are not 12:00 as that would be breaking up our day a bit. We should be able to still have a relaxing family day as we do the evening church thing at Stirring. Oh, did I mention that opening day for the Giants is next Monday! I'm soooo excited!