the weeks how they fly.

it's may 2009. where did april go? this past weekend was really enjoyable. dave and i got to see both of our parents and spend some time with my extended family in killeen as well.

friday i had to take a half-day off from work to go to San Marcos for my oral review. i was somewhat nervous about the oral review, despite the fact that i had heard that it was not that bad. i still wanted to feel prepared just incase one of the board members asked me something obscure. i re-read my paper friday morning and continued to read parts of it on my drive down to san marcos. luckily, once i got to campus the reviews were all running about 30 minutes behind so i was able to get there, relax, read important parts of my paper and wait. it went very well and i got a 95 in the class! so another door closes (thank gawd) and i will really actually physically graduate in 11 days. i still need to get a tassel, but i think i coordinated a barter with a friend of mine who will also graduate this semester. she will get the tassel and i will let her borrow my cap and gown, which is actually dave's cap and gown from when he graduated last semester. we were fortunate to only have to buy one set and we graduated from the same program so the master's cape colors are the same.

so following my oral review i went home and rounded up dave and thor and we all headed to killeen for the night. my grandparents, aunt, uncle and two cousins also came into town on saturday and we all got to hang out. we ate a really big lunch of lasgna and salad and then i took the girls, sarah and KT to go get our nails done, which of course is always fun! everyone is growing up entirely too quickly. after we got back there was cake and ice cream for the april/may birthdays in the family, sarah, dave, uncle mike and jon. later on sarah jumped into the pool, fully clothed, and of course thor followed her, and then i jumped in as well (also fully clothed) so that thor could be hoisted up when it was time to get him out. silly dog.

Sarah and Thor are both taller than me now. No surprise there!!! In this picture I'm squatting down a little.The Birthday People

Sunday, dave and i ate at one of our favorite mexican restaurants right down the road, casa garcias, for breakfast and then did some grocery shopping. we then stopped by the house and picked up the dogs to head over to his folks house. his dad had been wanting to take his boat out on the lake and it was finally nice enough weather on the weekend to. it was sooooo much fun! we took thor with us, and he just loved riding on the boat and the water. while under dave's supervision thor jumped out of the boat! dave then promptly jumped in after him shortly followed by me. the only reason i was really paronoid at first was because thor jumped in with his leash still on and the boat was still running. worst case scenerio flashed through my mind and i could see him getting caught in the propellor. once we got the leash off and we swam to the rocks near by we all had a BLAST and got some sun. we hung out at the copeland's house the rest afternoon, watched a "flash of genius," and had another awesome homecooked meal. we were really spoiled this weekend by all of the homemade cooking we got to eat!

Best of Times:

Family time of course. Life can be so unpredictable so I really cherish being able to spend time with my folks and for Dave and I to do the same with his parents. My parents are trying to move back overseas and really do not know if and when they will be going so I like taking advantage of how close we live to each other.

Worst of Times:

Thor, for some reason, likes to chase Dave and I when we swim. We were not able to swim in the lake without him following after us and then when he would catch us he would doggy paddle on our body, which hurts, a lot. Sarah, Dave and I all fell victim to scratches and bruises from Thor while swimming. The scratches that he left on me go from about the middle of my neck to my sternum. Four big scratches. Sarah has them on her leg and Dave on his shoulder and hips. Although it no longer hurts, I only have two turtlenecks that I can wear to work so they better disappear fast!