Snowboarding with Liz in Tahoe

If I could snowboard everyday and still be able to afford to live I would! Liz did awesome for it being only her second time. She likes to express her domination of the snowboard with actions.

We didn't take any pictures on the mountain but had a fun snow ball fight when we got home. We've got some mad skills!

I like to peg Liz with snowballs.

But she quickly retaliates.

Snowball fights are the best especially when you get to cover your friend in snow.

A weekend full of Burgundy and Driving.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love having a weekend of just relaxing and being with family and friends. Well this Thanksgiving I got to see lots of family, but didn't do much relaxing. My cousin Christina got married the Saturday after Turkey day. On Friday a small group of us drove from Susanville to Oakland, totaling a little over 5 hours one way. After being crammed in the van we were happy to stretch our legs. My aunt Judy didn't want my cousins and I walking around outside because she was scared we would get kidnapped. Lucky us, we drove 5 hours to Oakland to sit in a hotel room, but it was still fun. :) On Saturday Christina and Tim were sealed they looked so HAPPY!!

We got to see them come out of the temple, and grandma's like to take pictures when the cousins aren't looking.

Then we spent forever taking tons of pictures. They are so CUTE!

The grandparents labeled this picture as the "Big Kids"

Then lucky us, we got to drive the 5 hours back to Susanville for the reception. Becky and I did not get to change out of ours skirts because my grandma had our bags for the drive. Let's just say it is not easy to get comfortable in the Space Ship in a skirt.
With only 20 minutes to get ready again, we safety pinned my HUGE dress on so it wouldn't fall off. They we got to take more pictures again.

Don't you just love when grandparents who have been married three times talk to you about getting hitched.

Guess that is what happens when you are the oldest cousin there and still not married.

All the family, well at least the part that was there.

Papa Harry is my favorite! :)

Seriously five years is too long to not see one another. I finally got to see Madi my cousin!

Snazzy Darren looks so old now!

This is how I remember the Lees. They are my favorite family to visit!

Little Dallin looks like a missionary already!

Night on the Town!

A couple of friends and I went dancing a while back. It was my first time "clubbing" as they call it. It was a lot of fun! We wandered around downtown Reno for a while.

Notice I am as tall as Lynze even on a shorter stack of poker chips!


Selfies on the dance floor at 210 rock!

And sometimes cheesy grins are all you need at Vino's.

Dancing was a blast, just make sure to bring lots of friends with you to ward off all the guys. Unless of course you like that type of thing.

Happy Halloween!

Costumes are always more fun when you make them yourself, well in this case I made 3 and a half. Amanda the "Kick Boxer" Alycia the "workout instructor", myself who was supposed to be "Woody" and the rest of Robin the Indian.

James doesn't dress up he just act likes a GQ model on a daily basis. Proof that he knows it too.

Alecia squared is even better.

Amanda and Alycia like to model. They will kick your trash.

Amanda kicked mine.

The Indian also known as "Pokahiney" that evening made me laugh.

Brett enjoyed his knickers and Robin used "special" face paint.

We rocked the party, it would have been lame without us. We like to dance what can you do?
Stick Em' Up!


We even carved pumpkins this Halloween.


Alycia was a wee bit scary that evening. She disappeared.

James was having too much fun taking pictures.

It is always fun to do things with the BEST of friends.

My newest hobby.

Mountain biking. I seriously love it. If I had time I would go everyday. Perhaps with more practice I will not fall as often. On Friday Robin and I decided to go riding. By the looks of the weather, it was going to be cold, but we were still up for it. There is only a few weeks left of prime mountain biking weather so we jumped at this opportunity. Thomas Creek is by far one of the best single tracks in Reno ever. It is so beautiful and challenging at the same time.

This was my third time on this trail, it was by far the most beautiful, there were patches of fresh snow along the entire trail. So we had to stop and enjoy it.



Robin has a hobby of taking pictures of the bikes on the trail.

The entire climb was really enjoyable this time.

By this time I mean that I didn't mind riding my insanely heavy bike up the mountain. I in fact am getting better, certain parts where I would get tired and have to unclip were not as frequent this ride.

Robin was nice enough to ride up the trail a bit and wait for me.

It takes me twice as long to climb the mountain. Once I'm done and the realization that the only thing left is downhill definately gets my adrenaline pumping. It was cold so by the time I got half way down the mountain I was hoping to still have feeling left in my fingers so I could brake.

Robin doing what she does best.

She can even carry your bike across the freezing little creek for you. It was a bit colder on this ride, but it was so worth the stares we got at Starbucks.

Go Big Blue!

Last Saturday I had a literal adventure, the Tahoe Big Blue Adventure that is. It was a team event that involved kayaking, running, mountain biking, and a series of "challenges." Our team name was Pink Insomnia and we rocked it!


It was definately more of an adventure due to the weather. It decided to rain and the temperature dropped to about 40 degrees. Liz's parents came, and her mom took tons of pictures so I will give you a play by play.

Liz was excited to kayak, I on the otherhand was a little nervous. Inflatable rafts are not very reliable let alone easy to navigate.

I wasn't too worried because we had a least practiced kayaking together once. Yes, once. So after discussing our route

we were off!

Any form of kayaking skills we had acquired before the race were not applicable in an inflatable raft, it was extremely frustrating. And sadly we were the final group in from this event.
But our first transition was so quick, it must have been due to the triathlon experience we both now possess. Wet feet + socks = difficult.

Running doesn't seem that difficult, but when you add a backpack, extra shoes, bike repair gear, helmet and not mention all the water you need, it can really slow you down.


We ran from the beach to the highway all the way a location 1.5 miles away where our bikes were located.

I was excited for the mountain bike leg, it was my favorite part. Leaving our bikes out in the cold, wet rain didn't make the ride any easier. Liz totally rocked the mountain on "Hey there little tomato" and I didn't fall once on my fatty bike "Thor."


I recommend that everyone add clip pedals to their bike, it will change the way you ride entirely!

Throughout these two legs of the race we happened to pass numerous teams. In my mind I was thinking we were done, Liz the brains of the operation was worried about another checkpoint.



My big grin quickly faded when I realized we had another checkpoint, Liz being a Tahoe native already knew the answer but we had to go anyways.

We frantically ran to the bridge looking for the answer to the challenge, people thought I was nuts running around in spandex on the Fanny bridge. Liz with her great sense of direction found the answer before me and we bolted back.

To our surprise we were not done yet, again. We had to kayak once more, I was not excited at all due to the previous frustrating experience I had. On our second round we were awesome and rocked the boat, literally.


And after 3 and half hours we FINISHED!!!


On an adrenalin rush I am sure.


One of the best adventures of my life. It will be a hard one to beat.

My cheering section!