Lizzie's half year old

Today, Lizzie turns half year old. We went to the Picture People to take family shots.

Lizzie joined family

It's been a year. Lots happened and the most important one is that we had a baby girl! Her name is Elizabeth Yuxuan. She is a tiny pea and the love of everyone.

1 day after birth:



1/2 months old:



The smiles:



And the dress ups:

The drive around Tahoe. July 25 and 26, 2008

We drove clock-wise around the lake. It was both a good and bad decision - good because it was closer to the ridge so you get a better view, and bad because of the same - it was closer to the ridge and sometimes the drive can be very intimidating - especially driver like me, keep thinking about all possibilities of falling off the cliff --We stopped at most of the vista points and took lots of random shots.




This was a pebbly beach -


And there were always rich and leisurely people doing all sort of water sports...







We then stopped by the Zepher Cove, yet another famous beach. Billy just cannot get enough of sand.
Miss Dixie II, a cruise boat.

Emerald Bay, Tahoe. July 25, 2008

On the 2nd day, we went for the emerald bay the first thing in the morning.
The water is pristine - it was almost like blue jade with shimmers.






We then walked the 2 mile trail leading to the Vikingstolm. There was some elevation change and Billy whined, but the view was definitely worthing the trip.




The end of the trail was the beach.

And of course, the Vikingstolm.



The small island in emerald bay - the only island on lake tahoe.


We didn't see many seagulls, but there was an amazing large number of Bluejay colony.

Lake Tahoe - July 25, 2008

The view from our hotel window. Would have been really nice in winter!
We found a private beach about 10 minutes walk from our hotel.

On the way there...