Friday, September 24, 2010

Our First Family Campout

So on a random weekday, Nathan and I both had the night and the next day off. "What should we do with our free time?" we asked ourselves. The was the usual, which is pizza and The Office, by the way. But I'm happy to report that we decided to do something we have always talked about doing... camping trip!








We were able to have Travis and Christine over to our campsite for s'mores, and I'm pretty sure this was Andie's first experience with camping, but she was a trooper (not even a little bothered by the campfire!).



Scout had a little bit of an adventure too, in the form of her first experience with cows. There were several cows grazing as we crossed the bridge to the campsites, and Scout, like the fierce little puppy she is, immediately perceived a threat. She charged toward the cows, barking the whole time, and chased them all the way down the lane and across the river, despite the fact that they could step on her and never notice.

After the cows were safely across the river, Scout patrolled the area for more threats and found one, in the form of a giant tree stump. I don't know if she thought this was another cow or simply a new danger, but we could not get her to stop barking at this inanimate piece of dead tree.
The fearsome three stump
Scout vs. tree stump

Needless to say, it was quite fun, even though the cows got their revenge but coming into our camp at 3am and startling me half to death.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Costume Craze

So I get really, really excited about Halloween. I think that is because its the first really holiday in months. Nathan... well not so much. So I've been trying to bully him into picking a Halloween costume so we can dress up together. My original plan was Link and Princess Zelda, but then I started doing some research and  discovered how awesomely cool it was possible to look as Link and Zelda.


So now I don't want to be Link and Zelda unless its possible for us to look that convincing.

Time for a backup plan...

Robin Hood and Maid Marion? Ghastly Lord and Lady? 20's Gangster and Flapper? Or should I just give up? I mean, Nathan already thinks I'm overly excited about this holiday anyway...

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Hello World!

Hi everyone. My dear wife has decided that we need to do everything in our power to imitate my brother and his wife... so it is time to start a blog! We don't yet have a cute baby to be writing and posting about, so we will probably be posting mostly about our cute puppy. I know... it is the best we can do.

If anyone actually reads this to get news about the two of us, I would like to mention that I still don't know anything about the job in Portland. "But Nathan," you say, "it has been nearly 5 months. How can you not have any new information?" All I can say is, "good question." I'm convinced that if the HR department of Kaiser was the minority party in the senate, they could hold a filibuster till the turn of the next century, but I digress. I assure you all that as soon as I have news I will inform everyone via every form of communication that I have readily available (ie. I will send a mass text).

The only other news to report is that Kelly and I are currently in our second week of training for the 2011 Top-of-Utah marathon. Just 37 weeks to go. Unless I give up after our run tomorrow morning, which is a possibility.