Squaw

Nick and I spent MLK weekend in Reno! We stayed with some friends and were able to do some skiing up at Squaw.
















Are those olympic rings you ask? Why yes they are. Squaw valley was home to the 1960 winter olympics. I tried channeling Picabo, but I don't think it helped.

Here is nick. He's down at my level temporarily. Much easier to breathe at this lower altitude. I also got a cute new hat that matches my jacket. And yes, it was entirely necessary.














If you are wondering about mochi. He was in ski school. It took him the better part of the morning but he picked it up by lunch.

J/K! He spent the weekend at Club K9. Doggie daycare. He played with all sorts of other dogs and told me he had a great time.

Haircut!

Anyone who met Mochi over Christmas noticed his awfully long hair. He really couldn't see. So it was time for him to get groomed. He won't let me get in his face (we're working on it), so I figured I'd let a professional take care of it.

Here he is before:














After (I think it was too short, but hey, hair grows):
















I think it was ust weird because I could see his eyes for the first time in 2 months. We arrived at the groomer and she had put 2 blue ribbons in his hair (um, he's a boy.....you trimmed his balls, you should know).

And here is a funny video of mochi chasing his bowl. (You can stop after he does the cute bowl thing.)

Happy New Year!

The blog sort of died after my birthday. So this year one of my new years resolution will be to maintain a better blog. So in the spirit of new years, let me recap 2007:

January
I moved to Pleasanton, CA to start work at Sandia National Laboratories.

February
I went to Albuquerque and Anthony came to visit...and I received the most AWESOME piece of mail from the boys. Our belated Christmas card:










March
March was a crazy month. Nick moved to California and both Beth and Stacey came to visit me!











April
We successfully locate and purchase a Nintendo Wii, Nick and I decide to buy a condo and the DMV lady thinks I'm 15 years old.











May
Mom came to visit. We saw Jersey Boys. Nick and I went to puerto vallarta. No pictures were taken in the month of may.

June
Went to Tahoe with Nick (and the Ford folks). Nick's stuff FINALLY arrived from Atlanta.

July
Still no pics. But we went home for the 4th of July. Dad came to visit. Work got a little crazy.

August
I turned 24 and had to work on my birthday (for the first time EVER). Lisa got married in Napa! Awesome wedding! Melinda, Hannah and I went to Las Vegas with Beth for a mini-bachelorette party.


































September
Nick turned the big 2-5. He spent his birthday in Detroit. Beth got married. Beautiful wedding with very beautiful hair












October
Mochi!















November
Thanksgiving and more Mochi! We had 4 friends over for Thanksgiving dinner....and I think we made food for about 10.














December
Busy busy. We drove back to Seattle, celebrated Christmas and then drove back to California (the puppy was invplved in all of the above).






"OMG, I'm so excited to go to Seattle"








Mochi meets Stacey!











"I'm so stinkin cute in my sweatshirt!"











Christmas pic with Mochi and Santa.












The drive home.



























Happy New Year!