Anniversary, Fish, and SUMMER!

This summer has be lots of fun so far. Brody and I celebrated our first anniversary, in May. We went up to Spokane and stayed at the historic Davenport Hotel. I LOVED it. We were actually in the newer building the tower, but it still had the historic charm. We also went to a classic car show while we were there, and to the Lilac Festival parade. At the parade we saw Alice my youngest sister whose high school band had come to the parade.

Davenport pictures

Car Pictures

While we where at the Davenport we saw the cutest fish pond/fountain. After which I decided that we needed FISH! I think that in the pond were fancy goldfish, so thus began our search for our own aquarium. I wanted to get a calico telescope eye goldfish. We found a 55 gallon tank with fish, and all the works for setting up an aquarium. So purchased it and my fish and a fish for Brody, and less than 5 days later, the fish in the tank KILLED my fish. So needless to say that I was devastated.

Until Brody came home one day from work, with a 10 gallon take, and two fancy goldfish, a Black Moor, and a Redcap Oranda! He was sorry that he couldn't find a calico telescope eye, but hoped that these two would be good. What a great surprise!

Summer has been going well for us. Brody has just finished his Biology class for the summer, and I have finish one of my three. A couple weekends ago we went to Palouse Falls and hiked around. It was great fun. We hiked down to the upper falls and then down to the large falls. Next month I think we will be going to Potholes State Park and do some hiking there too.

Also this summer I have started my own business and greatly enjoy it. I have only just started but will be great to have some extra income!

Summer is almost here!

School is almost over and we are ready for it to be! Brody will have finished a part time semester and adjusting to being in school again. I will be finishing and then heading right into summer school to finish the 4 of my 9 classes left. I applied for graduation and the date it set for May 2011!!

I do not know our plans for the summer other than work and school, but I am positive we will go on a trip some where and possibly camping

Updates...

I said that we would post pictures of things and give more information on this and that. Well here is that post!

I will start with my birthday. We started a tradition of going skiing for the 3-day weekend around my birthday. We went right around when we started dating, and went again this year. This year we stayed at the Historic Ryan Hotel in Wallace, Id. The hotel was cute, sandwiched between to offices, and we were probably the only people staying there that weekend. The skiing was horrible but the little town was so much fun. On night we walked around, went to a cute little antique shop. It seems like small off the beaten path towns have the best antique shops. We also just wander around looking at what this town had to offer. The Center of the Universe pictures came from Wallace. We asked around about why that street was the considered the Center of the Universe. What we learned was that years ago, about the 40's or 50's some college boys from the Montana School of Mines ( now called University of Montana), had come for the summer to work in one of the silver mines. At the bar on that corner, they had got into a discussion about where the center of the universe was. One of them using all of his engineering knowledge calculated that it was right there! The bar owner that was pretty interesting and the small town has made it in to a little tourist trap. Little interesting fact, anyone can calculate where the center of the universe to where ever they are, because no one know how big the universe actually is.

Skiing this year was not that great, but we did have fun the few times we went.

Other than that we are working and going to school.

Deutschland!!!

I have made the decision that for Christmas 2011 Brody and I will be going to Germany. I will have graduated that May, and Brody will be in school and will have a 3 week break between semesters. This way we and start to plan our excursion and save the much needed funds for such a trip. I have started to come up with a list of things that we should do... Oi! There is so much! But there are some things that are a MUST:

Berlin~ Das Mauermuseum (The Berlin Wall Museum)

Schloss Neuschanstein ~ The Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Ski die Alpen ~ The German Alps

Schwarzwald ~ The Black Forest

Also while we are there I would like to return with or have sent to me (in the states of course!):

Ein Kuckucksuhr

Ein Weihnachtspyramiden

The Center of the Universe

My mother always told me that the world did not revolve around me. Well she was only partially wrong....

Well, as you can see Brody and I are the center of the universe! ;)

School

Brody and I are fully involved in school. I am taking 14 credits, ceramics, composites, circuits, fundamentals of election microscopy, and an online class history of western women. I enjoy ceramics and composites but the other three not so much. I am done at noon every day which make school more bearable. My online class was not what I was expecting. It is not a history class it is a social analysis class of why women of minority groups over history are and have been "oppressed" and still are, and how to change our opinions on that. In other words, feminism should have existed in its complete all encompassing form in the 1800's. Does anyone see the a fault in that other than me?

Brody is enjoying going back to school. He is taking an honors class and an intro to soil science. He really enjoys his soils class. His teacher even was taught by were he works company's president! He does not really enjoy his honors class very much. A lot of what they discuss and read is about the disconnect between science and religion. We both strongly believe that there is one. Just as Henry Eyring (father of Henry B. Eyring) said, "Here is the spirit of true religion, an honest seeking after knowledge of all things of heaven and earth."

A long pause, and a lot of news!

Well I am not to sure where to begin. Plus I do not think very many people I know even follow Brody and I here yet. While those that more than likely would already know most of this... I guess I should start in December, after school got out...

After finals we got a cat. She is all black, loud and a complete nuance. He adores her, I can not stand her. She is funny though. She darts around the house sometimes for no reason, or will just flop onto the floor to nap. And of course, a picture of her, Ms. Kiki.

We went to my parents for Christmas. It was good. Brody was able to meet some more of my dad's side of the family. We also were able to get a microwave. Ours died a few months before and I just did not want to get one. Thanks to some great relatives we got a nice one.

School has start up for both of us and life is busy busy busy. I will try to update about more things soon!