Is it your turn to celebrate Thanksgiving at Fjeldheim?

We love getting together with extended family for Thanksgiving, but it is often hard to get the whole clan all in one place.  Especially with three generations spanning more than 80 years in age difference.  The Nelsons' first Thanksgiving at Fjeldheim was in 1980, around 30 of us: sleeping accommodations were no trouble, but we had to add a couple of tables to the long heavy one in the dining room, to seat us all at once.  My mom cut long sprigs from the dogwood & willow that nearly choked the creek that year. She put them in vases with warm water as soon as we arrived, adorning them with pinecones and Christmas ribbon. By Thanksgiving Thursday the once-bare branches had budded, reminding us that no matter how barren things might look, new life will emerge in the spring-- another thing to inspire Thanksgiving gratitude!

How was your Thanksgiving? It might be even better at Fjeldheim next year! 

Thanksgiving is a popular week here at the Tahoe Mountain Home: the aspens are turning gold, the creek is burbling merrily with the last of the snowmelt (the Sierra snowpack never quite melts away completely), the roads and trails are still clear, and the approach of winter brings a crisp alpine chill to the breeze.  Fjeldheim's decor is already conducive to autumn celebration-- just a few decorative touches like my mom's centerpieces, and our autumnal placemats (or bring your own), and the whole house evokes the Thanksgiving spirit!

We can also help you plan-- and even prepare and serve-- your Thanksgiving feast.  Kerry Hawk of Blue Sky Events can handle the entire thing for you, literally from soup to nuts, or Fjeldheim owners Nic and Kathryn Nelson can offer lots of suggestions if you want to go it alone.

Call us at 775-588-4112 to reserve Thanksgiving 2012 now. Don't miss this opportunity to create lifelong happy memories with your entire family!

Blue Sky Events is now our exclusive wedding & event coordinator!

After six years of happy collaboration, Fjeldheim is proud to announce that Blue Sky Events is now our exclusive wedding and event coordinator.

We first discovered them (and they discovered us) in 2005, when Kerry Hawk put together a one-day gourmet-cooking-and-wine-pairing event at Fjeldheim, impressing and delighting us just as much as she did her guests.

Since then, Blue Sky Events has planned and coordinated at least ten weddings at the Tahoe Mountain Home. Those weddings have ranged from intimate family affairs, to big upscale weddings with beautiful linens, tents, live bands, cafe lighting and gorgeous florals. Kerry even did an unusually outdoorsy wedding at Fjeldheim, in which the bride and groom hiked up to a rugged stone outcropping and overlook for their ceremony (during which, to their perverse delight, a gentle rain began) followed by a simple yet elegant dinner al fresco in that mountain clearing, about a quarter mile from our house.

And Blue Sky Events does much more than weddings. They have produced major techie conferences at casino conference facilities, community events for the Tahoe Visitors Authority and for the City of SLT, alpine clambakes accessible only by snowmobile, and even an anniversary party on a private yacht out on the Lake. Kerry has done all this and more.

Whatever brings you to the Tahoe Mountain Home, Kerry and her team at Blue Sky Events can make it magical.

Thanks for all the magic you have worked on our behalf in the past, Kerry. We look forward to many magical years to come.