Dog park and Spamalot

Nate's mom came up to visit last weekend. We went to Gracie's favorite place, the dog park, to wear her out. Then in the evening, while Gracie slept, we went to see Spamalot. It's a great musical. I highly recommend.

Puppy love!

What you lookin at?!

Such a nice day, you can see SF.

Gracie's worst fear...a giant bath!

Stand off.

Dad, Gracie, and Grandma.

It was warm enough to sit outside for dinner in SF at 11pm...that's unheard of!

Do you want sweets or strawberries?

-Megan

Are you ready to go back to...the Empress.

One year later...different boat...same name. Nate surprised me for our 1st anniversary with a dinner boat cruise around the bay. Well, he was able to keep it a secret for a little bit. He told me a week before. Hehe. We had a great time...wonderful food, awesome views, and watching crazy people on the dance floor! Enjoy some pics from our fun night...

The Empress...same name as the boat we were married on.


Super windblown and wondering why I bothered to do my hair.

Perfect hair

Crazy hair

Alcatraz!

Looking very orange

Our new Bay Bridge...coming soon!

Crazy eyes

McCovey Cove!

Who knew Vanilla Ice liked to cruise the bay?!

-Megan

Gracie loves to chase her laser...

...and the best part is, I get to watch The Bachelorette in peace :-)

-Megan

happy mommy day

my name is gracie and i am one year old and this is my first year with my mommy so i made her a very special kard for mommy day. she and my daddy are my bestestest peeple friendz and they take care of me very well. for the special mommy day i let my mommy walk me and pet me and pick up my poopie and i even got my mommy a card but i forgut to get it in the mail on time because sumtimes i get so excited when the mailman comes that i forgut what i was going to do so my card arrived late but my mommy still loved my card becauze she loves me a whole bunch.

gracie

Weekend in Reno

Last weekend we dropped Gracie off in Sacramento for a fabulous weekend with her cousin, Ginger (the yellow lab), and we continued on our way to Reno. We saw Daniel Tosh, a great comedian, at the Silver Legacy. He never disappoints. We also enjoyed the crazy Reno buffets and, of course, people watching. We just happen to be there the same weekend as a bowling convention so you can imagine all the interesting people we saw walking around!


Daniel Tosh

Mmmm...Chinese stir fry (above), tacos and crab (below). You gotta love buffets!


Let's just say...most people we saw would not fit in here!

-Megan

Depeche Mode

Click here to see our pictures in the Depeche Mode photo mosaic...

Gracie's Day at the Dog Park

We took Gracie to Point Isabel dog park on Sunday. This was our second time there. The week before the weather was great, probably in the high 80s and all the big dogs were playing fetch in the bay. What a sight! This time it was a little colder but we had fun walking around. Gracie loves to take in ALL the smells! She was so exhausted when we got home that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

BFFs

Big girl off the leash

Save me!

-Megan

O.C.D. Gracie

Does she take after her parents, or what?!

-Megan

Gracie's Amazing Weenie Race

Last weekend was Gracie's weenie race at Golden Gate Fields. We had a blast. Although, Gracie didn't quite make it out of the gate as planned. Unfortunately, the gate didn't open properly because the lady next to me was standing under the lever. The gate opened just enough for little Gracie to wedge her little weenie bod underneath. When she finally got out she got so confused and just ran around back to me. Oh well. We'll try again next year! It was still fun to see all those weenie dogs walking around.

I guess it's never good to be in the first heat. That's where they work out the kinks.

Gracie before her race. She's in the zone.













Keep an eye on the lady to my left.

Gracie sees Nate on the other end with her chewy stick and she's ready to go!

Still in the zone.

She's got her eye on the prize.

Check out the bar hitting the lady in the back! Gracie can't get out of the gate!

She's finally free!

Weenie dog chaos.

Enjoying the horse races.

-Megan