june bug

okay, first of all, let me HIGHLY recommend the movie UP. wonderful wonderful movie. dave and i love going to see animated movies in 3D. he loves the new 3d technology and i just love the disney animated movies so it makes for a fun event for us. i especially love going during the day like on a sunday when i know there will be tons of families and kids at the movie. the reason for this is because i love hearing kids reactions during some of the scenes. like when something is really sad or funny i can feel the emotional response in the room through them just by their laughter and/or ohhhs and ahhhs. love it. the only downfall of going to the movie during this time is that we need to go to theater way early because there is usually a bigger crowd on a sunday afternoon then say a 10P.M. showing on a thursday night.

UP was a great movie for both kids and adults. for kids it was about adventure and talking dogs and birds, a real adventure movie, but for adults there was a deeper life message that children may not even catch. oh and it wasn't morally preaching, like doing right vs. wrong, but more about life stages and transitions. warning though: you will cry in the first 15 minutes. both DAVE and I did!

prior to going to see the movie, dave and i invited both sets of our parents to a favorite local mexican restaurant in pflugerville for lunch and to meet for the first time. everyone got along really well and our first family meeting could not have gone any better. we were both thrilled about that because all morning my stomach had been in knots about our folks meeting. i don't know what i was expecting that could have been so bad?? just the general anxiety of something like that makes me nervous. i'm glad that our parents have met now it makes me very relieved that this monumental moment is done and over. now i really look forward to daves family meeting the rest of my family and i look forward to our siblings families meeting each other. all of that does not make me nervous the way this first meeting did.

oh, completely forgot also, we went to schlitterbahn on saturday. (this blog is completely in reverse...but that's okay.) we had made plans to go down to san antonio to check out the missions and do some san antonio wedding venue searching. late on friday night we get a message from jono and lexie asking if we were interested in going to schlitterbahn saturday. and we were like heck yes. so we left the house early on saturday and piddled around san antonio, getting lost, stuck in traffic, but generally overall enjoying ourselves. i'm pretty sure that we have decided on a place to get married two, but now it's just a matter of finding a a reception venue.

after we were done with san antonio we headed up to schlitterbahn to meet jono and lexie. the water park really has gotten much bigger than i remember it. there are shuttles and 3 different parks and 3 different lazy rivers and many more rides. the lines were really reasonable and i'm so glad we decided to go.

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!