Boxer Lab Ski Trip

Two years ago, Kevin's lab had a ski trip up at Lake Tahoe. I wasn't able to go because of classes, but Kevin had a blast and was determined to make another ski trip happen. Kevin did most of the organizing along with some help from a few fellow lab mates. We rented a house up at Tahoe and headed up on a Friday night. I had to work until late, so a car full of us didn't get there until after 1pm. We headed to bed asap so we could get up early enough to make it to the slopes. Only 5 of us were skiing or snowboarding while everyone else went snowshoeing.

This was supposed to be a "tough" picture, but of course Kevin decided to be goofy. I think I look pretty hard core though....


We tried again for a pleasant picture, but the sun forced us to squint just a little bit...


Isn't he cute?

Another tough ready to ski picture!

Here is a group shot of the 5 of us that headed for the slopes. From left to right: Bettina, Luke, William, Kevin, and me!
I wanted to get a nice shot of the view from one of the lifts. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to get one without another lift chair in it, but it is still a great view!
When we got back to our rental house that night, Kevin's lab mate Minsub was hard at work preparing us a home made Korean dinner. He wasn't able to ski due to a twice torn Achilles and wanted to do something for the group.
We ate so much delicious food that night and we were so incredibly full. Just thinking about the food from that night starts to make my mouth water! Thanks Minsub!

Later that night we played a few games. One was "Wolfin" a game similar to "Mafia" if anyone has heard of it. We played several rounds and had many great laughs.
One of the Boxer lab members, Bob, had to head back on Saturday night so we had to get a group shot before he left. It took about 5 shots before we got a decent one, but I think we did pretty good.

Left to Right Top: Bettina, Luke, Laura, Brett, Mark, Bob William
Left to Right Bottom: Prasad, Kevin, Minsub, Brett, Cara


Later we had homemade hot chocolate and I loved the presentation so much I had to get a picture.
During one of our "Wolfin" rounds, William and I ended up being 'wandering spirits'. Here is our interpretation.

Luke used his musical skills to entertain us with a clever song.

On Sunday a few people headed back to the slopes, but the rest of us finished cleaning up the rental house. We hit the road and headed back to Stanford. We had such a wonderful time on the trip. Hopefully next year we are able to have another ski trip and even more people are able to go.

Lunch with Li

I've been on a bad stretch of not posting. There are so many things to do and I often let blogging fall to last on the list. Now that I am finally uploading pictures onto my computer I thought I'd catch up.


A couple of weeks ago I met with my friend Li for lunch. We hadn't seen each other since graduation in Sept. and after having seen each other 4-5 days a week for almost a year it has been a little strange not seeing her. It was great catching up on each others lives and I'm hoping that we don't wait as long before next time.


Our waiter wasn't really available to help us out with a picture so we sort of had to make due.

3 Years!!

We've been married for 3 Years!! Hard to believe! We are not celebrating too much tonight since we had work until late. We are planning on celebrating in style on Saturday night at a nice Indian restaurant near our apartment!

Thanks for all the Anniversary Wishes!

Another Ski Trip

I actually got these pictures loaded earlier this week, but the my computer was on the fritz so I haven't had a chance to write anything. Here we go....

So last Sunday we went on another 'Powderbound' ski trip up to Tahoe. It had snowed the week before and was much colder then last time. It did start snowing lightly again later in the day. Brian, Moria, and I all signed up for level 2 ski lessons this time and Kevin went for a level 2 snowboard lesson. It was great getting to work on more of our skills and we got to go on more difficult slopes to practice.


Since Kevin was in a different lesson I didn't see him most of the morning. When I saw him on one of the runs I had to get a picture.

We all are getting so much better! It was a blast and if we weren't so cold I think that I could have kept on skiing!

Sarah and Jonathan also got in on the great deal. They weren't on the bus since they were late sign ups, but we found them and were able to ski together a little bit.
Can't resist a group shot!

We finally have our car back and it is a relief. I don't mind taking the train, but it has been raining all week and I don't exactly love walking to the train station in the rain. Kevin had to reset my factory settings to my computer, but luckily he was able to back up all my files and pictures. Hopefully that fixes all the problems!

Congrats to Heather and Joey

My good friend Heather and her husband Joey welcomed their daughter Avery Grace into the world yesterday! I am so happy for both of them and I can't wait to meet her. I'm hoping it won't be too long. She looks beautiful and it looks like everyone is doing very well.

Congrats to the new parents....wish you all the best!

Karaoke in S.F.

So last Friday we headed up to San Francisco to do a little karaoke. Our friend Lana decided we needed to stop being "lame" and go to the city. When we first arrived at the karaoke bar we were a little skeptical. It was a really tiny bar and you could barely make your way through or even find a place to sit. After a little bit though, half the people there were people in our group and we had a wonderful time.

Here is Whitney and me singing Madonna's "Like a Prayer".


Our car has been in the shop and Jean was kind enough to give us a ride up.

Us jamming out. For the life of me I can't remember which song we sang...I will have to ask Kevin later.


Kevin really can't resist being a background dancer. These guys had us all cracking up.
Kevin and Daryl singing made for a wonderful duet.

At some point someone in another group decided it would be a good idea to smoke a cigarette. (This isn't allowed in any restaurants or bars in California). Unfortunately they were right by the smoke alarm and set it off. The bar owners couldn't shut it off until the fire department arrived so we decided that it was probably time to head home even if it was still early.

I think the best part of the karaoke was the cheesy 80's videos that were on the screen. I almost died of hysteria when Kevin was singing "Born to Be Wild". I don't think I've ever seen such a horrible music video in my life.

Calzone Night and Superbowl

It has taken me a little bit to get these pictures loaded from last weekend, but I'm finally ready to post. Last weekend we were celebrating Dan's birthday with a 'make your own calzone' night. Neither Kevin or I had ever made calzones before so we really enjoyed the process. They tasted delicious as well so that is usually a bonus.


I think we are going to have to make them again at our place in the future.
Happy Birthday Dan!
After watching a few episodes of Futurama (Dan's favorite show) we played several games. Apples to Apples was a blast,but somehow I managed to do terrible at it that evening. At least Kevin did much better.

Sunday was of course Superbowl Sunday. We decided to keep it low key this year which was pretty easy to do since none of us really cared who won the game. Moria, Colin, and I decided to root for the Cardinals while Dave and Brian stayed true to the AFC by cheering on the Steelers. Kevin remained neutral and never really took a side. Here is Dave after an amazing Steelers play.


Even though the Cardinals lost, we got over it pretty quickly and were fine while watching the hour long episode of The Office that followed. A great way to spend a Sunday!

This week we have been having car issues and is becoming somewhat problematic. Nobody is entirely sure what the problem is and we are worried this is going to turn into a huge repair. Hopefully we figure out the problem soon and are back in commission. Kevin has been so great about getting the car into the shop and talking with the mechanics. I know he is as frustrated as I am with the car, but he is on his way to the shop now to talk with the guys! Thanks Kevin!!!