-9 degrees celcius.

PICTURES TODAY!!! (: okay so i don’t know why the pictures come out in a gallery format, so just roll your mouse over each picture for its caption, and click on each picture to enlarge it. then to go back to the gallery just click ‘back’.

we woke up at 5a.m today, owen, myself, edward and owen’s dad, got all bundled up and got into the truck at 6am, then we set off for lake tahoe! owen’s dad was going to ski and edward was going to take snowboarding lessons while owen and i planned to drive around enjoying the view of lake tahoe and go TUBING! unfortunately.. by the time we got to soda springs, it was about an hour to closing time (4pm) and we had to line up for about 40 minutes to get the tubes just to go once! since we didnt want to pay 20 bucks for that, we didn’t. haha! had lunch at a nice cosy diner place where i had yummy french onion soup and garlic bread (: oh and for breakfast i got a breakfast bagel and coffee from this little cafe across the street from the gas station we stopped at. so far so good… no amusement park food owen’s folks are such great cooks, so i’m lucky enough to enjoy yummy dinners every evening at their home (: tonight we came back from the snow to a hearty dinner prepared by owen’s mom: pork roast, sweet potatoes, corn bread and broccoli…mm-mm.

so my first experience of snow was nothing short of breath-taking, although it wasn’t snowing. the houses all had a fat layer of white ‘icing’ on their roofs and steps, and they looked like cakes. i realise that i love walking in snow but hate walking on ice. in fact i slipped and fell once in the carpark haha! a little bruised but still alive (: oh and i brought back a little jar of snow for elfie! looks like ice kacang, but nicer.

we actually crossed the state line into nevada for a while, and went into a little casino called crystal bay or something. i was armed with a dollar bill but unfortunately we didnt know how to operate any of the machines. they didnt have the one-armed bandit! i wanted to sit there and pull the arm like a granny with a bag full of quarters.

so tomorrow… we’re going to downtown san francisco! owen’s giving me a lil’ tour and we even have… an itinerary. haha! getting up bright and early at 8am so we can take the BART and get there when everything comes alive.. i cant’ wait (: and then we’re coming back in the evening to help prepare new year’s eve dinner with the family!

sounds like its going to be another splendid day with the goldstroms

enjoy the photos!