3 posts tagged “tahoe”
- January 2nd: My birthday. We went to the Kings game with the Mitchells and had an amazing time! Brigitte even bought me a birthday beer!
- January 12th: Justin Timberlake concert - absolutely amazing show. I love him.
- January 19th: My bank account was hacked and $2500 was stolen. Thank God Wells Fargo rocks and covered me!
- February 16th: Weekend trip to Tahoe. We played in the snow, went snowboarding and had a blast!
March
- March 10th: Christina Aguilera concert. It was a blast! We stayed with Adam and Eva for the weekend and had tons of fun at the concert - Christina was amazing!
- March 22nd: I moved into my first house! I can't believe that I was able to achieve one of my lifetime goals this early in life. It felt like it was never going to happen and then once it did, I was scared to death that I'd mess it up! Here I am,nine months later, still managing to make it work!
- April 1st: I got my first dog! I honestly can't remember life without Shadow. I love him so much and I don't know what I would do without him!
- May 19th: Brad Paisley concert. He put on a great show and we got to see Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler too!
- May 25th: Tiger Jam weekend. I met Tiger's mom, the drummer from Bon Jovi and had a blast with my dad. It was an amazing weekend!
- June 9th: Week-long trip to Georgia. It was a blast and always fun to hang out with Kati!
- June 24th: Cody lost his short battle with leukemia. One of the worst days of my life.
- July 1st: We had a surprise party for Mom's 50th birthday! She had absolutely no idea and actually started crying when she saw her family from the Bay Area! We also got Darcy this day (which is why Mom had no clue!).
- July 7th: My housewarming party! I waited until I had the yard in and Kati was home to have the party. It was tropical themed and my friends did not disappoint! Everyone came dressed in Hawaiian shirts and we had an absolute blast!
- July 20th: Weekend camping trip. We took the boat, a bunch of tents and lots of beer. Who could ask for a better trip?
- Last Week of July: Lake Almanor. The weather was awesome, the lake was beautiful and we caught tons of fish! It was the first time we didn't have Cody, which was really weird!
- August 6th: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert. They're amazing and make you want to find love like that!
- Last Week of August: Lake Alamanor. I spent the entire week really working on my waterskiing. This is one of the first years that I was able to do some amazing spray work outside the wake!
- Sometime in late August: Mom and Dad got sweet little Tucker!
- September 14th: Weekend at the houseboat. Brigitte learned to drive the houseboat this weekend - it was the first time we all went up without "the adults". We had such an amazing time!
- September 25th: Justin Timberlake Concert (yes, the second one). As always, his show was amazing and I'd pay to see a third one!)
- October 12th: Brooks & Dunn/Alan Jackson concert. The year of concerts continues. We sat in the freezing cold rain for this one - it was definitely worth it though!
- October 20th: SCSO Lerner and Lowe concert. As always, the Broadway concerts are totally fun to do (yeah for choreography!) and get us some wonderful publicity!
- November 10th: The First Annual Friends Thanksgiving. We had such a blast! It was so wonderful to have everyone sit down and share a meal. I was amazed at how well the boys cook too!
- November 17th: I graduated from the Sacramento Metro Fire CERT program. It was an amazing class to take part in and I feel honored to be a part of such a dedicated group!
- November 22nd: The Fourth Annual Hullaballo. As always, Adam and Eva put together a fantastic spread! We had the most amazing time! Hooray for turkey!
December
- December 8th: SCSO Home for the Holidays concert. It's one of my favorites each year! Adam and Eva always come out and we have a fantastic weekend together!
What an awesome weekend! Friday afternoon I left work at about 12:15 and headed home. Brig picked me up and we headed for the hills - Tahoe! The drive was surprisingly short (only about two hours). Here are some pictures of the mountains on the way up:
The "cabin" we were staying in was beautiful. It turns out it was a two-story five-bedroom house - HUGE. We could have comfortably slept 20 people! The night we got there we ended up renting my snowboard and getting some gloves (go figure - mine were still packed because I thought I would have moved before I actually needed them). We had a yummy dinner (much like our family, the Mitchells firmly believe in having WAY too much food). Then we played a rousing game of Pictionary. Here's Brig and I:
We had such an amazing time! We snowboarded from about 9-noonish, then hung out in the lodge and ate lunch, then went back out and snowboarded until around 2. By then we were pooped and decided to head home before anyone got hurt. It was a beautiful day - sunny and warm. So warm that we were sweaty and I actually got a little sunburned. Here are the snowbunnies:
On Sunday we relaxed and hung out around the house. It backed up to a golf course that made for perfect sledding, so we spent some time going up and down the hill and building an anatomically correct snow woman.
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This weekend I'm headed up to Tahoe with the Mitchell clan. I'm super excited. I haven't been to the snow since last year when we went to Reno and stopped on the way home on the side of the road. I haven't skiied or snowboarded in years. I can't wait! The game plan is to leave work early tomorrow to try to beat some of the traffic. We'll snowboard on Sunday and be lazy bums the rest of the weekend. I can't wait!
I hurt my calf earlier this week. It was the weirdest thing - I was doing laps and when I pushed off the wall on a flip turn my whole calf cramped up. Like really bad. So I've been doing the heat/compression thing and it's finally feeling a little better. The only thing I can think of was that I was doing a pretty hard kick workout and went into a slower set. I'm thinking it was too much strain on the legs and I dropped too quickly into a slow set. I guess we'll see. Lesson learned - eat more bananas.
Speaking of bananas, today I discovered why I have a hard time with bananas and oranges (well, besides the banana strings). They're both fruit you have to break into. I don't like having to fight my food. I just want to eat it. If it takes a ton of work to get a piece of fruit, I lose interest. I seriously hate peeling oranges. I hate that my fingers are sticky. I hate that I squirt myself in the eye with orange juice. I hate that my fingers smell like orange even after I wash them. I did discover that my little citrus peeler from Pampered Chef actually does work... that little thing gets under the skin and helps you scrape it right off! That said, you still end up with sticky smelly fingers, but it's a little better.
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