Sunday, July 26, 2009
Cabo
We had a great summer. Two weeks after we got back from Lake Powell we went to Cabo with the Baxter side of the family. Cabo was amazing as usual. It was very relaxing and the food was great, as you will see below. Our activity this year were the Green Zebra off roading cars.
Lake Powell
So, since we haven't blogged for so long, I'm going to post pictures, but not a ton of descriptions. Clint is officially done with his first year of Pharmacy school. He has two internships this summer (one of which is over) and he had a one month break. Luckily, our families were nice enough to schedule their vacations so we could come too. We went to Lake Powell with the Anderson family at the end of June then a week later we went to Cabo with the Baxter family.
We went boating for a couple days and hiked while we were down at Lake Powell. Here are some of the pictures from our adventures.
The Anderson crew minus Kimberlee, Tyler, and Andrea who were taking the picture.
Kyle and Kimberlee
Me and Clint with our new sunburns. I don't know what happened with Clint's sunscreen, but he had white patches all over his arms and shoulders. This is us looking sad about the skin cancer we're going to have from our burns in about 40 years. My burn wasn't nearly as bad as Clint's
This was Clint's lovely hair after the boat trip back to the dock
We went boating for a couple days and hiked while we were down at Lake Powell. Here are some of the pictures from our adventures.
The Anderson crew minus Kimberlee, Tyler, and Andrea who were taking the picture.
Kyle and Kimberlee
Me and Clint with our new sunburns. I don't know what happened with Clint's sunscreen, but he had white patches all over his arms and shoulders. This is us looking sad about the skin cancer we're going to have from our burns in about 40 years. My burn wasn't nearly as bad as Clint's
This was Clint's lovely hair after the boat trip back to the dock
Our First Anniversary with Katie and Jesse
My sister Katie and her husband Jesse were able to come down to Arizona for a quick weekend away from their home in Colorado. Our anniversaries are both within a couple days so we got to celebrate with them. It was also the weekend that we moved to our new apartment so they were kind enough to help us paint, move, and organize. Thanks for the help Kate and Jess!
As you can see our first anniversaray was very romantic! Moving wasn't quite what I had in mind, but we didn't have many other options. I was happy that Katie and Jesse were here to share our Costco cake. I had wanted one for a long time and was waiting to buy one. Don't worry, we did give some of it away.
Here are Clint and Jesse painting. Clint and I did the primer coats and then Katie and Jess helped us with the red. We didn't realize how many coats it takes to do a red wall. It took forever
As you can see our first anniversaray was very romantic! Moving wasn't quite what I had in mind, but we didn't have many other options. I was happy that Katie and Jesse were here to share our Costco cake. I had wanted one for a long time and was waiting to buy one. Don't worry, we did give some of it away.
Here are Clint and Jesse painting. Clint and I did the primer coats and then Katie and Jess helped us with the red. We didn't realize how many coats it takes to do a red wall. It took forever
Our First Apartment
Here are some pictures of our last apartment. We were there for a year before we moved to our new place. We loved this apartment, but we just needed a little bit more space and Amy loved the layout of the new apartment. We would have moved there from the start, but there weren't any openings when we wanted to first move in.
We didn't have a kitchen table for several months, and our bed actually used to be in this place until we got a bed frame. This little dining room was one of the coolest places in the house so we slept there for about a month when we first moved in.
Our bedroom never got decorated in the year that we lived there, and our new one still isn't. I've gotten sick of decorating, so it may never get done. And yes, it does look like we have a floating bed - that's one of the only storage spots we had.
I had to include this picture because Clint and I put that dresser thing/set of boxes together all by ourselves. We were very proud of our accomplishment.
We didn't have a kitchen table for several months, and our bed actually used to be in this place until we got a bed frame. This little dining room was one of the coolest places in the house so we slept there for about a month when we first moved in.
Our bedroom never got decorated in the year that we lived there, and our new one still isn't. I've gotten sick of decorating, so it may never get done. And yes, it does look like we have a floating bed - that's one of the only storage spots we had.
I had to include this picture because Clint and I put that dresser thing/set of boxes together all by ourselves. We were very proud of our accomplishment.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
San Francisco
Clint and I went to San Francisco for Valentines Day. I had a voice conference at UCSF the Thursday and Friday before Valentines Day, so we decided to make a vacation of it. We had a great time aside from the weather. We've been so spoiled with the winter weather in Arizona. It was kind of a shock to have it raining and windy again. The first two days were spent at the conference for me and I stayed at the hotel that was closest to the school. The hotel was in Japan town, and it felt like I had entered into a Japanese video game. I was pretty amused, but the staff was great and it was fun to explore Japan town while we were there. After my conference we switched to a hotel in Union Square where all the tourists are. It was fun being downtown. there were so many good restaurants and our hotel was right next to a cable car stop so we were able to get everywhere we needed easily.
We did most of the typical sight seeing while we were there. We took a cable car (in the rain) to China town, visited Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge (from a distance), Pier 39 and the seals, Lombard Street, and Union Square.
This was the hotel in Japan Town where I thought I had just walked into a video game. Below is the mural that was on the wall in the hotel room. Note the creepy person staring down at you while you sleep - I didn't like that so much. Interesting decor, but the hotel was bad overall at least for what we paid.
It wasn't raining on Saturday - Thank goodness! This was our cable car ride out to fishermans wharf
Lombard Street
At the top of Lombard Street
The seals down at the Wharf
Our attempt to get the seals in our picture - almost had them. It was too cold to keep trying.
Clint with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. We were approximately another 45 min. walk away from the bridge at this point. I was unfortunately sick for the entire trip and was not walking another 45 min. just to turn around and walk back. Luckily Clint let me go back to the hotel and have a nap so that I could be happy for dinner that night. I was a little upset that the only time I've been sick all winter was of course on our vacation, but what can you do.
Our hotel down in Union Square
We did most of the typical sight seeing while we were there. We took a cable car (in the rain) to China town, visited Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge (from a distance), Pier 39 and the seals, Lombard Street, and Union Square.
This was the hotel in Japan Town where I thought I had just walked into a video game. Below is the mural that was on the wall in the hotel room. Note the creepy person staring down at you while you sleep - I didn't like that so much. Interesting decor, but the hotel was bad overall at least for what we paid.
It wasn't raining on Saturday - Thank goodness! This was our cable car ride out to fishermans wharf
Lombard Street
At the top of Lombard Street
The seals down at the Wharf
Our attempt to get the seals in our picture - almost had them. It was too cold to keep trying.
Clint with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. We were approximately another 45 min. walk away from the bridge at this point. I was unfortunately sick for the entire trip and was not walking another 45 min. just to turn around and walk back. Luckily Clint let me go back to the hotel and have a nap so that I could be happy for dinner that night. I was a little upset that the only time I've been sick all winter was of course on our vacation, but what can you do.
Our hotel down in Union Square
Clint's Hair Cut
Clint's hair looks so cute when it's grown out, so I refused to cut it for several months. Finally he whined enough that I gave in and cut his hair again. I had to document his longer hair because I don't know if I'll ever get him to grow it out again.
You can see the final results in the San Francisco pictures above. He was too hairy for a final picture.
I had to tease him about having a hairy back - luckily this kind of back hair doesn't require waxing.
You can see the final results in the San Francisco pictures above. He was too hairy for a final picture.
I had to tease him about having a hairy back - luckily this kind of back hair doesn't require waxing.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Dog and Cat Names Year End Review
This is the only picture of a dog I had. It's from Clint's mission. I think I would name him Jinjo in honor of all the Banjo and Kazooie Clint and I played over his Christmas break.
This is a bit of a pointless post. I was just on MSN, and there was a headline about the most popular and uncommon dog and cat names of the year (taken from animal registrations this past year). Some of you may have already seen this. I thought it was pretty amusing, and wanted to share it with everyone. I particularly like the unusual names. I don't really like cats so you don't get to see their most common names, but it was strikingly similar to the common dog names. I think my favorite unusual name was Buddah Pest, with Peanut Wigglebutt as a close second - see what you think. . .
Most Common Dog Names
1. Max
2. Bailey
3. Bella
4. Molly
5. Lucy
6. Buddy
7. Maggie
8. Daisy
9. Sophie
10. Chloe
Most Unusual Dog Names
1. Rush Limbark
2. Sirius Lee Handsome
3. Rafikikadiki
4. Low Jack
5. Meatwad
6. Peanut Wigglebutt
7. Scuddles Unterfuss
8. Sophie Touch & Pee
9. Admiral Toot
10. Spatula
Most Unusual Cat Names
1. Edward Scissorpaws
2. Sir Lix-a-lot
3. Optimus Prrrime
4. Buddah Pest
5. Snoop Kitty Kitty
6. Miss Fuzzbutt
7. 80 Bucks
8. Sparklemonkey
9. Rosie Posie Prozac
10. Toot Uncommon
Source: Veterinary Pet Insurance
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