South Lake Tahoe with the Family – Blooming by the Bay

My family was in town a couple weeks ago, and we got to spend some quality time together. It was the first time that all of us Yokoyama’s were together since New Years, so I was ecstatic to see them all again! I took a Friday off to spend a day with them in San Francisco, and then we drove to South Lake Tahoe for the weekend. Here are some photos from the Yokoyama reunion! 😀

My family making their way down the steps of Lombard Street

with mother and siblings at Lombard Street — Me with my mother and siblings.

my shio ramen — Ramen lunch at Tanpopo in Japantown.

yummy beef! — For dinner, we went to Zabu Zabu in Berkeley, a shabu shabu restaurant.

Love shabu shabu! — Dan and I treated the family to a delicious shabu shabu all-you-can-eat dinner.

On Saturday morning, we headed out in the morning to drive to South Lake Tahoe. I’ve been to Tahoe before, but it was in the winter when there was snow, and it was the northern side at Northstar, so this was a whole new experience to visit the southern side and in the summertime!

the family at lunch. — Lunch upon arriving at South Lake Tahoe.

Dan and I after lunch at Blue Angel CafÃ© — We ate at Blue Angel CafÃ©. Their steak salad was good!

the family at Emerald Bay — At a lookout point for Emerald Bay.

Beautiful Emerald Bay at South Lake Tahoe

my parents in South Lake Tahoe — My parents with the mountains in South Lake Tahoe.

advertising UCC Green Tea — Miwa advertising her canned green tea.

Hoopla — At night, the siblings came together for game night in our hotel room.

Miwa and I with the bear. — The next morning, at Heavenly Ski Resort.

gondolas at Heavenly — After breakfast, we rode the gondolas up to the lookout point.

Misono + Miwa + Ted — Me with my sister and brother on the gondola.

arriving at the lookout — Arriving at the lookout point.

such blue waters! — A gorgeous view of Lake Tahoe!

mini golf in Tahoe — We ended our weekend in Tahoe with mini golf, a Yokoyama family tradition.

sharing some shaved ice! — It was really hot in Tahoe, so we cooled down with some shaved ice. (They claimed it was Hawaiian style, but it just didn't compare....)

I had a wonderful time with the family, but as always, I wish I could have made it longer! It’s so hard when you live across the country from your family and loved ones. I can’t wait until the holidays, when we can go visit them back East! 🙂

10 Comments

Bryan
August 22, 2010 @ 8:42 am

Nice family pix… Is Tahoe more fun in Summer or Winter?
- Misono
  August 22, 2010 @ 10:09 am
  
  Summertime was beautiful! I think I liked it more… although it’s nice to see the snow in the winter! Tahoe’s the only place I’ve seen snow in California! 😛
Sang
August 22, 2010 @ 3:41 pm

wow lake tahoe looks so nice!
- Misono
  August 22, 2010 @ 4:47 pm
  
  It was really pretty! 🙂
  - Sang
    August 22, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
    
    that seems inline with everything on the west side of the US…..
Kim
August 22, 2010 @ 9:10 pm

awwww looks like you had a good time with your family =)
- Misono
  August 31, 2010 @ 9:23 pm
  
  I did! I miss them a lot already! :'(
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September 4, 2010 @ 7:15 am

yay glad you got to spend good quality time with your fam! your parents are so cute 🙂 is that kosei in your pictures??? he’s so BIG
- Misono
  September 8, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
  
  I know! It was really nice to see them again since I hadn’t seen them in 8 months! Kosei’s not in a lot of the photos (he doesn’t like getting his photo taken), so I think the one you’re seeing is Ted. Kosei’s actually taller than Ted now! I think that makes him the tallest in the family! haha* (Besides Dan, of course.)