2009, Jan 23: Chinese New Years at B&D's house

Happy Chinese New Years! It's the Year of the Ox.
It was our 3rd annual hot pot party at our house - check out our past 2 years blog stories.
We invited 5 couples to join us in a delicious & fun-filled night. We wished we could invite a lot more people but we have one square table and one portable stovetop. D & I bought all the chinese food, we provided the sake & asian beer, and we gave away some great chinese gifts (thanks to my mom who brought them back from China).
Next year we'll have to see if we can expand our hot pot party so that more people are invited.

2009, Jan. 10: Moonlight snowshoeing in Truckee, CA

Have you ever snowshoed at night? Call us crazy, call us loopy but we had a lot of fun doing it! Our friends, Matt & Maria convinced us to go out for a moonlight night of snowshoeing. At first, I was hesitant to say yes b/c of the fact that I get cold real easily but going on a hike at night in the snow and getting a workout sounded ok to me. Maria's cousin, Lindsey was in town for the week and all of us carpooled and headed to Coldstream Valley in Truckee, Calif.

Our mission was to snowshoe up the Valley so we can get a good view of Donner Lake. We hiked as much we could and stopped at a clearing. The moon shining above us w/no wind and not a cloud in the sky made the night perfect. We uncorked a bottle of red wine and just laughed away.

2009, Jan. 3: Sole family - Alpine Meadows

My cousin Anya who just got married in Cabo with her new hubby, Jason came up to Tahoe for the weekend. Jason's family rented a house in Tahoe City and invited us to meet up with them at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. We stayed the night with them; we sat in the hot tub, grilled some steaks, and played some games. What a fun time with the Sole Family! We hope that the Sole Family can make it to Tahoe often, you'll always have a place to stay in Reno.