Outdoors

Dave and I did some hiking over the weekend. He took me out to a park I hadn't been yet and I felt so deceived once we got there! He had been holding out on me, this place was really great for a quick day trip and just down the road from the apartment. I can't wait to go again, hopefully sometime soon. Here are some pictures from our outting.

Thor and I got up to a little spot that use to have water flowing through it. He did not want to take this picture because it required standing on a rock that was like a ledge.


This picture was about half-way. The weather could not have been any nicer!


The stream was perfect for wadding in most of the way of our hike.

Thor had an absolute blast and was well-behaved, too!

The face of a tired puppy makes me happier than I could ever explain. This face means little work for mommy and daddy has to be done for Thor the rest of the day.

I want to remember to take more videos from now on. Just figuring out the settings and how much memory Dave's camera has for a video and pictures. Look for more to come!

scooby doo and our cat

HARDIN AND THOR SHARING

THOR NEEDED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT SO I LET HIM BORROW MY SPORTS BRA

THOR GOING TO TOWN ON HIS PEANUT BUTTER FILLED KNUCKLED BONE.

thor and hardin have such unique personalities. hardin is much more like a cat and thor is much more like a 2 year old that you cannot reason with. anyways, i love them tons and take pictures of them tons!

i have been following dooce.com's blog and she is hilarious! she also does a section on her blog called daily chuck and chuck is one of her dogs. if you get a moment or two please check it out! you can find the daily chuck by clicking here...do it. i was holding in my laughter at work yesterday when i decided to browse the archives. so anyways she inspired me to look at some of my old puppy photos and i was surprised to find that i have over 435 pictures of thor and hardin! that is just in their respective folders and does not count pictures of them in folders of trips or randoms...i hope i remain as diligent in taking pictures once we have children.

Round Rock Express

Fun night! Dave took me to my first Round Rock Express baseball game last night. So much fun. Dave is not a huge fan of baseball...GASP, I KNOW! but we went anyways, and I look forward to going again, sometime soon. We met up with Luke, Mandy, and Summer and Mandy's parents. It is a really fun and pretty complex. Tons of places to eat, a rock climbing wall, a pool, two different jungle gyms for the kids to play on and cheap seats, backstop seats and box seats. We paid for the cheap seats, but the backstop seats were not full and we were able to find a seat with Luke & Mandy. The RR Express won, too! Which, apparently is quite rare. Dave said that he has probably been to about 5-6 games before and this was the first time that he had actually seen them win a game. I think it's because I am good luck.



The electronic screen was not working because of some technical difficulty, however, there were firecrackers throughout the night. There were firecrackers during the National Anthem and then again at the conclusion of the game.

This is a picture from the seating area that we were suppose to sit in.



This is a picture from the seating that we actually ended up sitting.

I'm getting much better at taking these pictures of us! This was when we were walking up to the stadium entrance.

Picture of Dave and I while watching the game. I particularly like this picture because it seems like there were a bunch of creepers in the background watching us take a picture.



This is a picture of our nice well rounded baseball dinner...

Baby summer kept us and all of the people around us very entertained when the game was moving slowly. She is too cute right now. She is mocking a bunch of stuff like shaking her head in a goofy way when her mommy and daddy do it first.

whata weekend!

sometimes i feel so incredibly blessed. i mean, at times life isn't perfect and there is always something that i feel like i need or want, and then i step back and realize that those needs and wants are usually materialistic and i slap myself silly because i already have so much!

dave and i had an incredible weekend with a bunch of friends and family and each other. friday night dave and i went to san marcos for my graduation ceremony. it went really well, as much fun as a commencement ceremony can be, i guess. my parents and my grandparent, sister and a cousin were also all there to watch and celebrate. after the ceremony we all took pictures and then went to dinner. afterwards, dave and i headed out to the san marcos square to have a drink and say goodbye to san marcos! of course, i will be back to san marcos over time, but it is such a great feeling to not have to go back for classes!

saturday we slept in and spent sometime with thor at the georgetown "bark park." this place is amazing, it's about 2 acres completely fenced in and with great landscaping for the dogs to play in. thor always has a blast and has started to recognize when we say bark park and gets excited. of course, that also forces us to have to spell it when we discuss going there or not, but that's okay. he is smart (sometimes).


in the afternoon, dave and i headed to the copelands to hang out, and we had dinner plans. they were taking us out for steak for my graduation! :o). dave and i also decided that we wanted to get married here in central texas. we were looking around at different venues all morning when dave's mom, annette, suggested a bed and breakfast that she actually stayed at and loved! we decided to make a drive out there to check it out.

for anyone who is not familiar with the Hill Country here in Central Texas, just let me tell you, the drives and views are gorgeous! it is also and area that dave and i love, a lot. so a bed and breakfast in the hill country sounds absolutely perfect to me. we drove out to this particular one and of course loved the drive, however, once we got to the B&B they were set up for a reception so we couldn't browse around much, but everything that i saw so far i love. we need to make an appointment this week to tour for this coming weekend. there is one particular thing about this place that i really really like, actually make that two. i'm reluctant to share with everyone because i want to wait to see if we can book this place first so i don't get my hopes up too much, or yours either.

now it monday morning, i'm running a little behind for getting ready for work, but really wanted to blog a little bit about my weekend!

Graduation Numero Trois

Wooohoo...I will graduate in 4 hours. High school, undergrad, and now my masters. That makes three. I look back, and I am so relieved that it's done and over with. I even tend to think, you know what, it really wasn't THAT hard; however when I was in the middle of all of it, it would often times seem impossible.

My co-workers were really awesome today, too! They got me a graduation gift and an awesome cake! My bosses wife made the cake, topped with '09 sparkler candles and all. Super cool. Dave is on his way to pick me up from work to take us to San Marcos for the ceremony @ 6:00p.m.

I really really don't like walking for graduation, but I have done it everytime nonetheless. I feel like it is important for the family, and plus we usually go out to eat afterwards and I am really looking forward to a good steak dinner!

This morning Dave taught Thor the CUTEST thing ever. He taught him how to high-five. It took probably a total of 5 minutes for Thor to learn this new trick. I was amazed. I want to get it on video! The last time that Thor gave a high-five, he was sitting and used both paws and kinda fell forward very goofily. It was toooo cute.

Oh, also on a side note, Dave got me a fishing rod & case for graduation! I was thrilled. Back story to why a fishing rod: Dave and I went to Killeen about 2 months ago to visit my family. While in town we went to the Ft. Hood PX and did some shopping. There we found an awesome pink automatic reeling fishing rod that I fell in love with. I like to fish and I like to go fishing with Dave so I was really excited to get my first very own fishing rod, and it was PINK. So we bought it. Later, on our way home we had to stop by our storage unit to put some boxes away that we picked up from my parent's house. When taking stuff out of the car to put in storage Dave put the fishing rod on the roof. I saw him put it there, and I was busy walking the dogs while Dave did the moving. So sadly, we drove off and got onto the main road with my beloved fishing rod still on the roof. We circled back around and around and never found it. It is a lightweight one, so who knows where it ended up. I was so sad. That was 2 months ago, we haven't gone fishing in that time, so I kind of forgot about it, and low and behold I am presented with the exact same pink fishing rod for graduation! Oh, and he got me a really cool care for it. I'm in love. We need to go fishing soon, just that I can try it out and feel stylish. Everyone knows you catch more fish when you do it with a pretty pink rod.

The Ring

Pictures of the ring. I absolutely adore the ring, I only wish I could take a better picture of it!!!



This picture is not that great of the ring, but I loved how Thor is in the background!

he liked it, so he put a ring on it!

dave asked me to marry him last night, may 10, 2009...i am truly estatic right now. the excitement has not worn off at all. i had a really hard time getting to sleep last night, and a hard time staying asleep and i'm still wide awake, so that is a good sign.

we were busy all weekend. saturday we went to daves parent's house and gave his mom her mother's day gift and then went for a hike at milton reimer park with thor. this park is VERY dog friendly. either that or they are so new still that they haven't put any "dog must remain on leash" signs anywhere! Thor was able to run and play and explore all on his own. we all went swimming in the river that ran through the park and that was a lot of fun too. after our hike, we headed back to the copelands house and head to the galleria to see Star Trek with Dave's folks.

sunday was mother's day for my mom and my side of the family. dave and i left for san antonio early in the a.m. and spent most of the day at my mama's house and also went to my other grandmother's house to say hello and got to see some aunts as well. there was a big spaghetti lunch and awesome cake. i gave my own mother the family picture frame put together for her and she seemed to enjoy that.

sunday night on the way home dave and i decided to cook-out on the grill by the apartment's pool. when we got to the pool there were a ton of people hanging out still and both of the grills were being used. we swam some, read some and hung out...finally people started leaving and packing up around 8:30 or so and at that time jono, and blair joined us to hang out. we realized that there definately was not going to be enough food so jono and blair left for heb with lexie to pick up some more meat. dave and i decided to hop back in the pool again since the lights had just turned on...little did i know that he had a surprise for me!!! we both were by the pool light when he looked down at the pool bottom, and was like..."what's that at the bottom of the pool?" he went under to get whatever he thought he saw and came up with the ring! i was like, "shut up...shut up." and before i knew it the ring was on my finger and i was crying and laughing and wanting to kill him for leading me to believe he would never ask! lol....so i called my parent's, my brother, kelly, sam and jenny. jono and lexie and blair came back from the store about half an hour later and i was able to share the news with them and we got to eat and hang out and celebrate.

the ring is perfect, i love it, and i love dave, and i'm so excited for us. lots of details to be worked out for how we plan on getting married but we are pretty sure that we have set a date of january 9th, 2010. that's the first check off of our wedding to-do list for now. we want something small, intimate and a TON of fun for everyone. minimal stress.... i can't wait to start looking for the dress!!!