Olympics and such

We're going to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics !!! Just yesterday we were able to get more tickets:
* Opening Ceremony
* Freestyle Skiing - W Moguls
* Luge - M Singles (Medal)
* Speed Skating - M 500 m (Medal)
* Ice Hockey - W Russia v USA
* Ice Hockey - W Sweden v Canada
* Curling - W Tournament
* Snowboard - W Halfpipe
* Freestyle Skiing - W Ski Cross
* Ice Hockey - M Qual Playoff 4
* Speed Skating - W 5000 m (Medal)
* Short Track Speed Skating - W 3000 m Relay (Medal), W 1000 m, M 500 m
* Snowboard - W Parallel Giant Slalom (Medal)
* Curling - W Medal round
Needless to say, I am not going CURLING ! but going for the rest of the events and of course thrilled we did get Opening Ceremony !!

In non-Olympic news, we did go fishing last weekend (dennis and myself) although the rivers were blown out, it was amazingly gorgeous ! In town this weekend for women's day at the Fly Shop, lots of raffles, fly casting and knot tying seminars and bbq, so that should be fun...I also get to meet some of the folks that will be going on my Ansel Adams wilderness trip in July that I just signed up for...here is more information for those that want it...Golden Trout Wilderness..the guide Ange is going to help me out with a list of what to bring and all that, Dennis and his brother-in-law might go as well !!
We are also going again up to Dunsmuir next weekend with Lance, Dennis, us and the two dogs ! we have rented a cabin on the Upper Sac (Sacramento for you non-locals) and I am sure we will have some pictures from that and hopefully stories to tell about all the fish we are catching !! We hired a guide for Saturday and Sunday, so that should help ! I also have to shout out to my cousin that that fly box and flies were quite productive this weekend, I just wish the trees behind me weren't so hungry for them flies :D !! The weekend after that we're heading up to Austin to see Chris and John, little wee Claude will hopefully stay with Auntie Karen, so we will
be having some good ole' tex-mex and bbq that weekend as well !!
In June we have tickets to the Opera- Porgy and Bess as well as Tosca, so I'm very excited about that !! We also have tickets to see Michael Pollen (who wrote Omnivore's Dilemma) and then we're seeing this show "Three Girls and their Buddy featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller" which we can't wait for either, so its a pretty hectic couple of months but of course well worth it !
In other news, I am in week two of my Visa Boot Camp- a fitness thing twice a week from 7am-8am at work, so far I haven't passed out and I don't seem to be the worst one in the group...I can't run or really do anything "jumpy" with my knee but its great exercise to augment my every other morning going to the gym at 6am to get back into shape !! Hopefully I will be in excellent shape for my big wilderness adventure ! I am riding the bicycle 3 times a week to get my butt ready for the horseback riding !!
I also recently signed up for our mobile alerts pilot where I get a txt message for every transaction on our shared credit card at time of purchase, its a Fraud detection thing that has turned into a very useful tool for the guys at work whose wives don't work and shop all day !! ha !! but its pretty fun, I am sure I will get sick of it at some point but its still fun to see when Daner goes to lunch !! ha !
so that's my story, when I figure out how to download pics from Dana's new camera, I will load them ! in the meantime, we're going to have 80degree weather this weekend, so hope you're all staying cool while we're heating up !!

Awards Ceremony

Maegan was recognized tonight at the PNG Awards Ceremony for being in the top 2% of her class.

Maegan, Ayah, Taylor, Nikki and Dara

Weekend

Here are pics from our wonderful Mother's Day today! The first one is me and Meggie going off to church. We enjoyed the service and getting to see everyone and of course everyone was asking about Mom! We sure did miss Nan on the pew next to us though. The watch is my Mother's Day present from Nan and Maegan. After church we came home and I cooked fried pork chops with mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans and it was pretty yummy! Right in the middle of our meal Maxie popped his little head up next to Maegan so he could test out the food for himself. :-) Then I took a nap and went to Dillards to get links taken out of my watch and then to Sonic for a drink! Meggie was curled up in bed with Maxie reading her book with the woofas next to her when I got back. We are about to watch Grey's Anatomy and get our stuff ready for another week of school and work. Hope everyone has had a wonderful Mother's Day today...wish my mother weren't halfway across the world!!! We Love You All!!