Renee's China Trip and Max' snowboarding

This month shows their life outside home again. But I was able to join Max with his snowboarding trip.

 

Max went on the hike with his Philmont crew to climb the Mount Diablo from the bottom all the way up.

Renee took a trip with her orchestra on a culture exchange event in China.

While Renee was visiting China, Max and I went with his friends out to Boreal for three days. The weather was not helping though. We were rained on for the first two days. On the third day it was great snow but the wind was so strong such that only two lifts were open. We still got wet and decided to leave early. As I am writing this, we have booked another room to go up there this Friday!

Renee visited the Great Wall! I am so jealous because I have not been there myself.

Snowboarding with Kids

This month marks the first month when both kids are now snowboarding! Max learned it in one day in the end of last season, in February this year. He really liked it and wanted to do more. So we bought season tickets for both of us and rented gears for the season. The season tickets allow us to get discount for Renee, who wants to join on the action.

Renee did her annual recital with the Chinese orchestra group. She had a solo performance this year.

This is Renee's first time on the snow with a snowboard!

At the end of the first day, we found a really popular Chinese restaurant. It was nearby so we add ourselves in the waiting list and watched the wait time from the hotel room.

On the first day, Renee stayed on the bunny hill to get comfortable with the sliding. On second day, we hit the lift right away.

 

While Renee stayed on the green runs to practice her connection of turns, Max and I hit the blue runs several times.

Max' Outing and Renee's Gathering

Max had quite a few outing trips with me. So I got some good pictures this month. Renee, on the other hand, spent her time with her friends. I had to ask her this time to share some picture for this blog post.

Max' crew had a celebration gathering after their trip to the Summit this year.

For next year's Philont trip training, I went with Max to Hetch Hetchy. Max had to be back for the scuba training on Saturday. So we turned around after camping at the lake. It was still well worth the trip.

Next day, Max went to the school swiming pool and did the scuba training. He did it a few more times before a real dive at the Monterey Bay.

Renee wtih her friends to a haunted house for Halloween.

This is Renee's Song Team at school. They perform before the football game.