Happy New Year!

The new year is here, which means the holidays are over. Bummer. Well, at least we ended 2007 on a high note. We did the usual Christmas Eve festivities at our house, followed by a trip to San Ramon to spend Christmas Day with Sonya's broader family. We capped it all with a trip up to Tahoe to spend the a few days with our friends Roger & Joanne at their cabin. Our friends Robert and Sherri also made the trek up to Tahoe. In all, there were 6 adults and 7 kids.

Sonya and I love the trip up there. It's relaxing as anything and we love hanging out with those guys. Lot's of entertaining conversation, games, food, drink, lounging, eating, drinking, did I mention lounging...and more drinking. We have what's now become our annual trumps game. I am the amatuer, teamed up with my wife, versus Robert and Roger...I'm not good, but I go on the offensive...blaming my wife for our poor team play :)

Roger has prepared this great prime rib for us the last couple of years, and this year was no exception. The kids get to play in the snow all day, so they have a blast. There's a sledding hill a short walk from their cabin, so the kids get plenty of sledding action in. We spent 4 days and 3 nights this year, which is just perfect. We high tailed it out of dodge right before this mammoth storm rolled into town. They're predicting 10 feet of snow in Thoe this weekend, so we timed this year's trip perfectly. I can't wait until next year.

Here are some [photos from the trip]