Adventures of the Francis Four: Fourth of July in Tahoe

The Fourth of July has always been a favorite of mine. Growing up the holiday was spent on Donner Lake with friends and family enjoying the sun, water skiing, Truckee parade and watching the fireworks from the railroad tracks. We continued this tradition all through high school and college with all our friends. Many of good time and crazy memories were made up there. It was so fun to enjoy that again with my kids this year. Bryan had to work all week so I went up to Donner with Eric & Krista Benson and their girls. We spent some time with another girlfriend from high school, Cat, and her family on the lake one night. The kids went on the wave runners and the boat. Chris LOVED the wave runner, I don't think he stopped laughing the whole time.....Dani was not a fan of the lifevest Truckee had their annual parade complete with hula dancers, the Bernese mountain dogs, fire trucks and the used Subaru club (only in Truckee). That night we went down to the lake again to Eric's parents house to BBQ, go out on the lake, enjoy a great sunset and then watch the fireworks from the deck. Chris got a kick out of Uncle Brad letting off bottle rockets from the deck (I liked that he was in his CDF fire shirt doing it). All in all we had a great few days up there, although it would have been great have Bryan up there.