Happy Birthday Kim!

Here's to many more happy years filled with wonderful memories. Too bad I can't be there to celebrate with you...

Champ

We have decided that its time that we had a 4-legged friend around the house and what better place to get one than at a local shelter. We found Champ online using Petfinder. This friday (02/15) he will be coming to stay with us for what we hope will be for good! He's a Labrador Retriever and Great Dane mix. Right now he's a little underweight due to the stress of living in a kennel at a local vets office but we hope to fix that really soon.

As you can see...he's a very handsome boy!




Per Aunt Kim's suggestion his birthday has been decided to be Bastille Day (July 14th). His name could therefore be short for Champs-Elysee.

Groundhog's Day

Sad news for those of you who don't like winter or who live on the east coast...Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow!

6 more weeks of winter!!!

Updates

I know its been a while since my last post but here's a few things that have happened in the interim:

1. Christmas - it was a quiet day as Ryan's parents were in Vegas with his brother. We watched movies, cooked and ran some errands.

2. Hilton Head - We left on December 27th for a week in Hilton Head. What a great time...we relaxed, rode bikes, walked on the beach and ate and ate and ate. Ryan, never having been in the south before was able to experience Cracker Barrel, Sticky Fingers and sand hard enough to ride your bike on.

3. Kim and Graham's visit - It was a great weekend filled with efficient tourism, game playing and game watching. Too bad they were only here for a couple of days!!!

Its now February 1st and we're at home relaxing. I'm fighting off some kind of weird flu and Ryan is busily preparing for his trip to San Jose (training). They're calling for more rain this weekend...I know we need it but it would be nice to have some sunny sundays. Next weekend we're off to Napa for some wine tasting and tasty food!

More later...