Back online...

It's been quite the last two months out here in California.  Since reading about stuff we've been up to, I figured I would throw up a bunch of pictures since they're more interesting anyway. :)

We went up to Tahoe in early March with a group of friends from church.  Here are a few pictures out by the lake.

Clear Blue sky with snow in the background

Pier reaching out into the water

The two of us

Most of the weekend was spent inside playing games and hanging out, so not many pictures there. :)

A few weekends after the Tahoe trip, my friend Mark came into town for a few days.  We had hoped to do some hiking with him, but we got rained out.  So, we went to the movies and saw "Act of Valor", which was a great movie, and stopped by a hardware store and got some supplies for Bridget and I to create our own patio garden. :)  We got two long skinny planters and planted tomatoes and peppers.  They're growing pretty well now, so we're excited for some homegrown produce!

A few weekends ago, we went hiking with one of my teammates and his wife.  It was a nice 10-mile hike through the woods near where we live.  It had rained quite a bit that week, so the gently stream that you cross half-way through became a much more treacherous torrent.  But we crossed it on a huge redwood that fell down across the creek.

Bridget crossing the tree (about 15-20 feet above the water)

The four of us post-hike.  (I guess I didn't get the "sunglasses memo")

In other news, I ran a 10K last weekend in the hills around here with a friend.  The race claimed it was 1600' vertical feet gain throughout the race.  I think that may be a little exaggerated, but it was a tough climb from mile 2 to mile 4 (yeah, pretty much 2 straight miles of climbing).  But I ended up winning the race, which was cool.  Definitely didn't expect that, but if happened. :)

So, that's not as extensive of an update as I used to write; but there hasn't been too much activity as of late. (hopefully we're not just getting boring...)

Anyway, until next time!
Jeremy