Whistler 2018 - Ski Week

So after spending many days sick as a dog....with Strep throat (at first I was diagnosed with the flu and was sent home with Tamiflu...but the 3rd day I woke up with a bright red rash.  Mom freaked out and made a dr's appt....I went in and was diagnosed with Scarlet Fever!!!!  And strep.  Thankfully, it was all treatable with antibiotics and in 48hours I was already feeling better.  I finally started to eat my regular sized meals (instead of taking 3 days to eat an order of Tegone Hamburg Curry)...and I went back to school for a couple days.  

Then...off to Whistler.  Where there was so  much snow and it was so so so cold.  Mom put on everything under her jacket...and she was still cold.  But the snow was pretty good and they were really long runs.  Though I have to say that we should have gone to Lake Louise.  There wasn't as much variety in runs...and some were downright terrible.  And still, it was cold.

Walking the path down to Creekside village.

Always in for a snowball fight.

Met up with B's tennis friend Alex and family for a bit of riding.

Also met Chloe - second cousin...I think.  

That's Chloe and Caleb

Airport in Vancouver - luckily, this was not the day we left.  The snow cleared by the time we left.

Momo!

Walking the sea wall in Vancouver

Worm.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day

Went to the city for Father's Day.  Ran into Auntie Sarah's mom.  

Dinner

Mom said we have to start cooking dinner once a week....she said we could make anything...so this is what we made...spam musubi!!!  Looks good, right?

We volunteered at the Silicon Valley Kids Triathlon...remember I used to be in it?  I needed hours for CJSF, but the 3 of us did it together.  Well, actually, I was stationed at the bike area, and Mom and B went to Finish refreshments.

Bella was in the race too.  She did great!

Warriors Game 1 Playoffs!

Uncle Chris and Auntie Susan helped us get tickets to the Warriors game.  It was game 1 of the playoffs.  And it was a good game!!!!

Raining...

Ok, so our seats were up at the top top top!

Yup, that row behind us is the last row!

Arrived hours early....and watched warmups.

More warmups

Trying to get out of there!

The Warriors beat the Trailblazers 121 - 109.  Close game and exciting to watch!

Berlin Feb 2017

Read more about our trip here

http://brendanptsang.blogspot.com/2017/02/berlin-feb-2017.html

Seattle - Summer 2016

Got to spend a few weeks in Seattle this summer.  It was a short 3 weeks, but we were able to do a lot too.  Mom flew us up, along with cousins Jenna and Enzo.  

 Took a little nap on the plane.  We just got back from London a few days ago!

We built a fort in our bedroom.  

Waiting for golf camp to start.  Only B and I took the camp.  It was pretty fun. 

Practicing our putting

Hiking at Bloedel Reserve.  

Find me.

Rest break.

Sailing camp?  Yes, that's right.  I can actually sail.  Amazing.

Just watch my moves.

Lake Louise

Here we are in Banff.  This was a travel/explore day, so we stopped in Banff to take a look around.  This weekend was a holiday, so it was incredibly crowded.

We were able to ski 4 days total.  All days were pretty good, fresh snow fell during the night, so we had nice snow to board on.  The greens were more like blues on this "hill" so we did not get bored of greens.  Plus most chairs had at least one green to get down, so we explored all parts of the mountain.

The Temple Lodge is in the back of the mountain and was a nice place to eat lunch and rest.

Um, they have ramen at the main lodge?  Yes please.  We ate here twice.  Much better than having an overcooked burger.  Prices were decent given the favorable exchange rate.

Looking down at the main lodge. Between those two mountains is Lake Louise and our hotel.

First night checking out the lake.  Resting on the ice bench.

Beautiful ice castle!

Peekaboo!

20 minutes from Lake Louise is the Johnston Canyon.  Here we hiked about 3.5 km to the upper ice falls.  We had to wear yaktraks because if the icy trail.  Hike was easy and very pretty.

Lots of rest breaks. and pictures.

Icy patch, watch out!

The path was sometimes elevated with rails.

How cool is this?

How much further?

Wow!

It's loud!!!!

Made it to the end.

Crazy ice climbers behind us!

Another stop in Banff.  This time...nobody there.

Yup, we had ice cream and it was 0C outside.  It was good though and the waffle cone was really fresh and crispy!

Dogsledding!!!!

The dogs knew we were getting ready to leave and got really really excited.  They barked louder and louder until we left.  They really wanted to go.

Mom and B in their sled.  One of the skis broke at the halfway point, so they had to get a new one brought in.  At the halfway point, they had hot chocolate and cookies for us.  A nice treat.

All the dogs were very good, and B like this one a lot.  Her name was Susan.  But we also liked Kimo.

Break at the halfway point.

Another trip to the lake and ice castle for skating!

Skating was a lot harder than I remember.

Now hiking on the lake

Thanks Lake Louise, it was super fun!