Sophie Graduated!!!

Tonight Sophie completed and graduated from Puppy Kindergarten from Dog Training by PJ. We had a great past 6 weeks and we learned a lot. Sophie learned down, ring a bell to go potty, climb into a basket, get on a skateboard, and much  more. She starts her next puppy class next week. Tim, Sophie, and I all had a great time. Sophie also got the last of her puppy shots today. She can now go on morning walks with Sunny. Yay!

Our Sophie is growing up. To mark the two milestones of today she got a new pink color (pink is her color).

Isn't she cute!

A First Time for Everything

A month ago Tim and I took the plunge and got a new puppy. We had talked about it for a while, but it wasn't until Tim found a picture of Sophie online that we decided it was time. I was hooked at first sight. After work that day, Tim went to the Nevada Humane Society and picked up Sophie. We were told that she is a Cocker Spaniel Lab mix, but Tim and I aren't so sure. Her legs look a little short.

For the past month, Tim, Sunny, Sophie, and I have all been getting used to each other. Sophie is doing really well adjusting to her new home. We signed her up for Puppy Kindergarten 101, so once a week we go to puppy class and Sophie plays with other puppies and Tim and I learn how to train Sophie. She's already grown, although I don't think she is going to be a big dog.

Sophie - her first day home

Sophie with Sunny- a month later

On another note, I took Tim to his first concert the night we got Sophie (don't worry we got her a dog sitter). We went and saw Parachute, Michelle Branch, and the Goo Goo Dolls at the Grand Sierra. It was a good concert. It was in a big ballroom at the casino and everyone stood. It was a nice relaxed atmosphere. We enjoyed ourselves. A good concert for Tim's first.

Tim and me at the concert

So that's it. Our first puppy and Tim's first concert.

Has it already been three years?

Tim and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary this past month. For our anniversary we decided to go visit my brother's house, his girlfriend, and the surrounding area. My brother recently bought a house that is conviently close to San Francisco, California.  We drove down early Saturday morning and made great time. After we arrived and took a tour of his house, Tim and I set off to see the last Harry Potter movie.  You see, Tim and I have a history with the Harry Potter movies.  When the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie came out we went and saw it with a group of friends. I had just met Tim earlier that day, and it was while talking to him in line for the movie that I thought "this guy in kinda cool, I want to know more about him," and so four years later we went to go see the last Harry Potter movie. We were not disappointed.

Later that day, we experienced our first IKEA store. I say experienced and not visited because that store has a lot in it. Not only can you buy some pretty cool stuff there, but you can also get ideas in their design studio.  Needless to say, I fell in love immediately. I could furnish my whole house with IKEA. Tim doesn't feel the same way, but that's okay.

The next day we went to church down there, and then went to the Oakland Temple. I hadn't been there since I was about twelve and I forgot how beautiful it is. We went to the visitor's center and watched a movie about Joseph Smith. What an incredible man. The day was perfect too. The weather was nice and the view was spectacular. We could see all the way to San Francisco.

Looking at the Temple from the road

Some pretty flora at the temple

Looking down on the temple grounds

Tim and I at the temple

On Monday, Tim and I took BART into San Francisco. That is the way to get into San Francisco. It was so nice not to have to drive in the city.  Tim and I walked around Union Square and went in to the various shops. The stores in San Francisco are much larger than the ones I'm used to, and as a shopping person this made me happy. After we had shopped for a while we walked down to Chinatown and looked at the various shops.  When we had had about enough of walking we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory on top of the Macys store. We ate outside and had a great view of Union Square. After lunch, we did some more shopping and then headed back to my brother's house. We had to leave the next day to get home to Sunny, and Tim had to work, but it was a great way to celebrate three years together.

Tim at the Cheesecake Factory

Me at the Cheesecake Factory

Chinatown, my most favorite place to visit as a child.



Happy 4th of July!

For the Fourth of July this year, Tim and I went hiking at Galena Creek. We started out with the Nature Trail which was a nice and easy hike. I enjoyed it. It was a good start to the day. After we finished that hike we decided that we should do another one to kill time. So we decided to hike up to Church's Pond. That hike was anything but nice and easy. But at the end we came to a beautiful pond and got to dip our feet into it, and along the way we got to see some amazing views of Reno, the mountains, and snow. All in all it was well worth it. Hiking today made me realize that I miss hiking and that I should do it more often. So I'm hoping that the hike today is just one of many that we do this summer.

Happy Fourth of July!

Galena Creek - it was running really fast. But after the hike the water spraying up felt really good.

 One of the many amazing views on our hike.

Church's Pond. A welcome sight after our hike. The water was a perfect temperature too.

Has it really been 10 years?

This past weekend I traveled down to Genoa, NV (such a far distance for me) for my 10 year high school reunion. It was interesting. I got to see a lot of people that I hadn't seen since I graduated. Some I was glad to see, and some I couldn't remember graduating with.  The interesting thing about a 10 year reunion is that I assumed that I would pick up where I left off in high school; as if those 10 years hadn't happened. After all, I didn't feel like it had been 10 years since I had graduated. I'm not that old, right? But 10 years is a long time not to see some people, and I found that I had nothing to say to a lot of the people at the reunion. I'm  glad that I went and got to see people and say hi, but it was different than I had expected. I must say the highlight of the evening was sitting around a fire and roasting marshmallows with old friends. Thanks Chelsea for planning that. All and all a nice trip back in time; even if it just was for an evening.

Miscarriage

I have sad news to share in this post.

Tim and I were enjoying our Memorial Weekend; attending a wedding and getting ready for our little baby. I was so excited about our little Blueberry. I had a ultrasound at 8 weeks and everything looked great. The doctor gave me cute little pictures of our Blueberry to take home. By Memorial Day I was 11 weeks along, and almost through the first trimester when we got sad news. I had miscarried. Many thoughts went through my head in the ER and on the way home from the ER. Sadness, devestation, disappointment. I didn't know how I was going to get through it, how it was going to be okay not to have our baby in December. But thanks to my wonderful husband, family, and Heavenly Father I will be okay. Thanks to everyone for your love and support.

Painting

So Tim and I have lived in our house for about a year and a half now, and I have had a desire to do something to make my mark on the house for a while. The problem, however, is that when we moved into the house it had new carpet, new tile, new appliances, and new paint. Now some might say this is a great thing, and I thought so too until I wanted to change the paint color in our nursery (the name of our spare bedroom, I named it when we moved in, and it doesn't mean I have an announcement), but Tim didn't want to because it didn't need to be painted. So after a little wait I decided that it was time to paint it yellow. So I went to Lowe's picked a paint chip with three shades of yellow and taped it to the wall to pick out the right shade. After several opinions and indecision, I chose Creamy Oat, a pretty pale yellow. I painted one wall on Friday night, and I love it. I can't wait to finish the other walls to see my sunny yellow room. I'll post it  what the whole room looks like when it's done. What you think of it so far?



Tim prepping the painting



The wall all painted, still needs another coat