Snowshoeing at Tahoe Meadows

We have had an excellent winter this year.  It's been nice to have snow for a change.  The day after Christmas we went snowshoeing at Tahoe Meadows.  It's always amazing how ROASTING HOT one gets trekking through the snow.  A t-shirt and shorts would be about right, it seems.  Bella probably worked the hardest of all of us.  It was beautiful. I remember when we moved to Reno I thought the Sierra's were pretty, but not as beautiful as the Wasatch mountains.  The Wasatch mountains are spectacular.  But now I love the Sierra's as much as the Wasatch mountains.  I love having them as my backyard.  I love this place.  

Christmas at Our House

We trimmed the trees, inside and out:

 We got two very fine trees this year:

This one was jumbo size which turns out is hard to set up:

 Safari Guy on the kids tree:

We had our traditional tree decorating party

 Lucy had fun with her camera:

 

 We enjoyed a prime rib feast with the Montez family, followed by games:

Christmas eve jammies:

The calm before the storm:

 Christmas morning:

The debauchery was complete:

 This boy is a serious origami genius:

 Rob surprised me with this gorgeous painting:

  and I surprised him with these Stephanie Hock commissions of our family:

Breakfast:

The boys spent some time at Rose in the fresh snow:

 Lucy and I had a very serious discussion at dinner:

 O Tannenbaum:

 A lovely and relaxing day: