Last Wiikend and other stuff

Heath got a Wii for his birthday so we have been enjoying lots of games. Tennis

Mario cart

Star Wars

I didn't really want to start a whole new post so I'll just include some new pictures of the dogs. When Bruce was alive, Bandit and him would "spoon." It was the cutest thing. They had this really special relationship. Now, Bandit loves Moose, but it's not so special. We caught Bandit the other night snuggling with Moose. He only does it when it's really cold outside. This night the low was 10.

Moose and Bandit-notice how Bandit is sitting on his back paw.
Bruce and Bandit

The good and innocent one.
Playing with new toys from Uncle Doug and Aunt Jan.

Moose says "Thanks, I love the squeaker!"

Happy Birthday Heath

today on heath's birthday i thought i would share 21 reasons why i think he's a pretty darn great husband and friend. 21 because that's how old he is....really! he'll never tell you how old he is :)



1. he is a man of God.

2. his favorite places to eat are texas roadhouse and rockfish.

3. he is very very thorough.

4. he goes on walks with me and the dogs.

5. he listens.

6. he's competitive

7. he's stubborn

8. he's faithful

9. he's obsessed with drinking out of stryrofoam cups.

10. he is very good at fixing things.

11. he could watch youtube all day long.

12. he doesn't like foods touching on his plate.

13. he starts my car for me on those bitterly cold west texas mornings.

14. he goes to the tech football games with me.

15. he drives too fast.

16. he opens my car door for me.

17. he helps me put on my coat.

18. he always asks how my day was.

19. he loves to do the yard work.

20. he is incredibly talented and passionate about what he does for a living....training.

21. he loves his family and friends deeply.

clarification

when i (hil) mentioned "interviewing" in the california posts i meant that heath was the one doing the interviewing. the company that heath works for has an office in sacramento and people who work in san jose and fresno. he was in san jose to interview people for field tech positions. sorry for the confusion....we have no intentions of moving :)

Funny video

We have been trying to get this on video for a long time. He loves this toy and we are convinced that he squeaks and howls all day in his kennel or outside in the backyard!

The end is the best when he looks at the camera like "What?"

These next few were taken the day after we got home from California. The dogs were exhausted from staying at the kennel.

Poor little Bandito had to put up with the Black monster in an 8X8 room!

Moose kind of looks like he's smiling in this picture. He actually was pretty mad at Hilary for not letting him eat the hermit crab food. He was barking and growling so Heath grabbed the camera!

Day 3 Part 2 San Francisco

In San Francisco we had booked a tour with Mr. Toad's.

It was a fun and unique way to see a lot of the city. We couldn't believe how cold it was!

Another picture of poodles in a car.

The painted ladies.

I thought the Christmas lights on the boats were pretty neat. We walked around a little bit after eating come really good seafood. It was really crowded since it was New Year's Eve. I guess we are getting old because we headed back to Fremont and we in bed asleep by 10. Happy New Year!

California Day 3 Part One Monterey, CA

We traveled to Monterey, CA to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We are big fans of zoos and aquariums. This aquarium is one of the top ones in the country so we were pretty excited. The drive was very pretty. Very windy.

Unfortunately we were in a hurry to make it to San Francisco for our tour of the city. We could have stayed at the aquarium for days. We went to Lover's Point on the way out of town. The views were beautiful. There were a bunch of dolphins by the boat.

There had been hump back whales at this particular point the day before. We never saw them though.

We thought the agriculture there was interesting. Very different from the cotton farms near Lubbock. The picture above was brussel sprouts.
Not the greatest picture because we were driving on the highway but this was a strawberry farm. They used tarps with the strawberries.

This was artichokes.
Of course we were missing our dogs, so I had to take a picture of the poodle. Heath sped, I mean drove us to San Francisco just in time for our tour. Blogger says no more pictures on this post, so I guess I will do a Part 2.

California Day 2

Heath had the afternoon off so we headed to the Winchester House.

We found one of these

on the way home and called it a night early.

California Day 1

After a long flight we got in at about midnight. Heath was up early for his 6 am interview. I slept late and then joined him for a yummy lunch and then went to San Jose with Mary, Heath's boss' wife. We went to the Children's Museum with M.J. their 4 year old son. It was an amazing museum! M.J. enjoyed himself and I wished for these water contraptions for my own classroom. Good people watching :)
Mary is a "professional knitter" as M.J. called her so we went to a yarn store on the way home. Mary attempted to teach me how to knit. I need to practice a lot.