Spam

Just an FYI for everyone who's checking the comments on our blog. You may have noticed that several comments have been deleted. Ryan and I are deleting these comments as they are spam posted by people we don't know. Don't click on any comments that you don't recognize the name of, they may contain a virus. Didn't want you all to think we were editing your comments. :)

Hope to hear from more of you soon! We love & miss everyone!
Heather

Assignment: San Diego

So we have some awesome news. I confirmed my next travel assignment. We're going to SAN DIEGO, CA!!! My assignment will start on April 14, but we'll get into the apartment a couple of days before hand. This time we'll actually stay 16 weeks until August 3. We requested this so at the end of July we can go to the biggest, the best, the most extreme, the greatest comic book convention of all times: SAN DIEGO COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is the comic book convention of all comic book conventions. Now I know you all are all jealous, but don't worry, we'll take lots of pictures.

Oh, and two more words that are sure to make all of y'all jealous........ Lego Land!!

Dwayne & Norma's Visit

Hey everyone! So we were lucky enough to have Dwayne & Norma come visit us on February 1-4, 2008. I actually was trying to put together a slide show of their visit, but the program I was using ended up making all the pictures blurry for some reason. So I'll just post them like we normally do. I'll have to find another program to use. Which also means we'll have to wait to display any videos we've taken.

We hope everyone is doing well. It's been a little while since our last post. We're starting to think about our next assignment and where we want to go. Hopefully this week I'll learn more about our options from my recruiters. Not much else has been going on. We're planning a trip to the hill country soon, pictures to follow.

We took Dwayne & Norma down to San Antonio to see the Alamo & the Riverwalk. We went down there on Saturday and they were having a Mardi Gras parade on the water. They had boats decorated and people dressed up throwing beads as they went by.

My favorite walk way at the Alamo.

Behind the Alamo they had people dressed up in period costumes.

Hmmm....what are you cooking?

One of the boats in the parade on the river. They were throwing beads and had music playing.

This one actually had a band playing on it.


Enjoying some refreshing drinks as the floats/boats go by.

Mmmmm.......fresh guacamole

Superbowl night we hung out at Legends in the Holiday Inn where Dwayne & Norma stayed. We had a really fun time. There were people there giving out free beer, necklaces, hats, and other fun stuff. Go Giants!

Austin Video

Hello all.

So we figured we’d do a video to let everyone see where we live. This is our apartment. People have asked about the type of furniture they give us so here you will see. Nothing fancy, but we are more than happy with it. We live on the top of a big hill (as you will see). It’s much bigger than the last place so we love that. Because of our nomadic life we don’t have much to put on the walls. I’d love to have more on the walls but I don’t want to move it every 3 months…

We absolutely LOVE Austin so we will probably do more videos. This is my first time making a movie so bear with me while I learn ins and outs of the process. Hope you enjoy…

Miss you guys!
Ryan

P.S. It’s a big video so it will take a while if you don’t have high speed internet. Be very very patient.

Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! We really missed all our family and friends and hope next year we'll be able to celebrate with our family. I can't believe it's already the new year. Ryan & I have made it to Austin, TX for our next assignment. We got here on Friday to an empty apartment. We had to wait around for awhile for our furniture to arrive. We're very happy we're on the first floor this time. It made moving all our stuff in a lot smoother. Loki survived yet another car trip. We were all glad it was only a three hour drive instead of a three day drive. Loki's already made himself at home. He has more room to run around in, as this place is bigger than our last apartment.

We went out exploring the city and it looks pretty cool. Lots of really cute cafe's & coffee shops. We found two of the best comic book shops within a couple miles of our house so Austin's impressing us so far. We're looking forward to listening to some good live music and having some good eats at the many different restaurants we've seen. We'll do some more exploring this week and post some pictures of the town and our apartment.

Take Care & Write Soon!!!!
P.S. We got a really cool digital picture frame for Christmas (thanks mom & dad), so please email us some pictures so we can add them to the frame. FYI don't compress the pictures before sending them, it distorts them. Thanks!!!

San Antonio, TX

On November 26-29, 2007 Ryan and I met my parents in San Antonio, TX. We visited the Alamo, the Riverwalk, the Tower of Americas, and saw the Missions. We had a lot of fun seeing the sites and visiting with my parents. San Antonio was different than I had imagined it. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be and I also didn't realize that the Alamo was right down in the middle of the city. There's a mall right next to it. There were lots of restaurants and cute little shops on the Riverwalk. It would be nice if Richmond could try and capture some of the features of the Riverwalk. It would be great for downtown, but they have a long ways to go to get close to San Antonio.

In a shop in La Vallita.

The Riverwalk

At the Alamo.

Can you say Adobe?

Mom and Dad enjoying some margaritas our first night down at the Riverwalk.

Small little church in La Villita.

Skyline view from the Tower of Americas. Can you find the Alamo?

One of the churches on the mission trail.

Travel

September 5, 2007 we drove out of Oregon and headed towards Conroe, TX for our next 13 weeks. We drove for what seemed like forever. We arrived in Las Cruces, NM on September 6th and spent the night. We enjoyed a short visit with my parents and then we were on the road again. We were really happy to finally get to Conroe (especially Loki). By the end of the drive Loki had found his place on the floor board of the passenger seat side. Hopefully the next trip we'll be a much shorter drive.