Tahoe

I went on a last minute trip to Tahoe with some friends over the MLK holiday weekend which happened to fall right before my birthday this year.  As a result, my friends decided to plan a surprise celebration for me while we were there!  It was so sweet!!  ...and, a little shocking how completely oblivious I was to the cake they made right in front of me. :) Needless to say, I was very surprised!

The weekend started out a little rough, though.  We were all coming off of busy work days and had so much to do.  When we finally made it to Bao and Fiona's place it was already pretty late.  We quickly packed up the cars and went to grab dinner before we hit the road.  While at dinner, the car we had rented was broken into and all of Alex's stuff was stolen.  Jason lost a bag as well.

The rental car was insured and the cabin already paid for, so we exchanged the car, worked through some of the new logistics, and decided to still head to the mountain after a good night's sleep.  Alex stayed behind to start working through his losses.  :(

The rest of the weekend was full of friends and games and mountain air and gorgeous snowfall and yummy food and the most delicious birthday cake ever.  We also worked in some snowy walks, a bit of yoga, Lola time (Kelly's dog), and an Alex tribute snowman.  :)