Skiing ICE!!!

I am a blog updating machine today.....

well went skiing with the UNR Crew and AS this morning.............It just seems like everytime AS and I go skiing...........we always encounter less than ideal condition and this is what we had to deal with today............



Great company but NOT A GOOD DAY for skiing!

My knees hurt!

The Real Happy New Year 2009

I celebrated New Year twice this year............

We celebrated East Coast New Year with BTE's fam, and then BTE and I celebrated West Coast New Year later in the same day :)

New Year was great..........I got to spend some quality time with BTE and his fam............I really have to say..........I love his fam!!! Everyone is super nice and easy to talk to..........All the littlings are really sweet and cute............especially G, she really cracks me up! And BTE's mom JR is a wonderful cook, so much to learn from her!!!

Mama JR, Littling G and BTE celebrating East Coast New Year!!!

We ate so much.........Wed was Chinese with hot and sour soup, spicy eggplants, and we all made our own pork buns (meat and meatless versions). Littling A is a bun making machine..........she was so good at it!!!

Then Thursday we had Ham, a savory bread pudding that i love!!!, and some creamy spinach.......

Friday we had which Sauerbraten which orginate from Gemany..... I guess intranslation, is sour beef pot roast.........with red cabbage, and potatoes pancakes...........The beef was melt in your mouth tender!!!

Sat was leftover day............and something really funny happened..........Sus (BTE's sis) is a much better writer than me so you should check out her posting (link)

Bad photography skills.....everyone cheering for the new year!!!

After we departed the Ryan household, we headed to another New Year Party in Truckee and that was a blast too!!!

Great Music , Great Company, Well i guess it is going to be a great year!!!

2009 here i come!!!

New Year 2009....Part 2 Christmas

Part 2 of 2008 Christmas continues............

You saw the Turkey.....well this is what i have as background when i was fighting with the Turkey

A thick and heavy snow storm........while the boys were out there fighting the slopes......I was indoor cooking.......with the house dog Rocky............I was glad that I was inside..........


But the next day........i wish my pass is not black out..............look...................sigh.............blue sky with SUN!!!..............A ski bum trapped indoor on a POW day :(. The boys ended up being out there for 8 hours.......


The Turkey ended becoming a turkey sandwich..........The boys didn't even stop for lunch they just had their turkey sandwiches on the funitel..........apparently the other riders were staring at their sandwiches because they were just that great :).......I didn't do much, just turkey, gravy, stuffings and cranberry sauce.....oh yeah and some homemade bread that i baked the day before!




Oh and Last but not Least..........Got one of the best Christmas gift ever this year.........BTE filled this cute little 3D Christmas card with five really wonderful "homemade" coupons for stuff that we can do together........It was so thoughtful and cute...............I almost cried when i saw it..........

The best one is..........Ski lesson........but wait wait......on the back it said "Not valid on any powder day"



Stay tune for some posting of previous events....e.g Thanksgiving......

2009...........is here already! Part 1

Time really do fly!!!

Before I realized, 2008 has fly by and 2009 is here.............and my last blog post was in Nov 2008.................lazy lazy lazy :P

Well I am trying to get my first rough rough draft for my first paper out......so I really shouldn't be doing this.......so i am just going to post a couple of pictures up.......of what I did in the last month of 2008 :)

Let's start with Christmas............and then i might go back to Thanksgiving and then move forward to new years.....we will see

Christmas 2008

My Squaw Pass was blacked out...........so no skiing for me........and of course we got record crazy snow fall..............well BTE, DT and CS all got to enjoy that while i stayed at home and made my very first Turkey. Well it is actually a team effort.....BTE made the stuffing and stuffed the Turkey to its fullest! It is a 14 pounder!!!




OK.... really need to get back to my paper.............As Susan (BTE's sis) said.............10 mins a day as least and it won't seems as much of a drag

More to come about Christmas