Not much going on

Not much has been going on since I got back from California. We had about ten of my friends from soccer, volleyball, and work come over the weekend before my birthday for a cookout. My indoor soccer team won our division championship game a few weeks ago. I went to Missouri Aug 24-29 and I forgot to bring my camera, so I didn't get any pictures. Jason and I spent a few days in Shelbyville and also made a quick trip to Hermann too. Other than that nothing really has been going on.

San Jose Japanese Garden

Here are a few pictures from the Japanese Garden. It was nice and cool, only 70, so I walked around for about an hour before I headed to dinner.

Waterfall

Weird way to prune a tree

These are everywhere out here. They are planted in the medians and in front of lots of business. There are some mature plants that are pretty big

Looking out over a section of the garden

One of the ponds....with lots of algae growing in it

Santa Clara di Asis Mission

I had some time on Friday evening, so I did a little running around. I heard a lady on the trip out here telling someone to check out the missions, so I figured it may be worth checking out.

More pictures and history can be found on the mission website.

Entrance to a side courtyard

My pictures of the inside didn't turn out very well. I was taking them without a flash, because there was a wedding rehearsal going on. It was pretty neat

San Jose Rose Garden

I got to San Jose, CA this afternoon and had some extra time to burn. I'm here for a rheology workshop that starts tomorrow and runs through Friday. I stopped by the San Jose Rose Garden and walked around for a while. There were acres of roses of all different varieties. They had lots of varieties that I hadn't seen before. Here are some pictures of my favorites.

Lake

We spent last weekend at Ute Lake. It was fun, but very hot. As usual I didn't get any pictures. Rusty doesn't like to swim, he'll get in the water up to when it starts his chest and that's enough "swimming" for him. This was Bailey's first trip to the lake and she did pretty good. We were surprised that she likes to swim and was pretty good at it. Between the heat and swimming Bailey over did and got limber tail. Her tail just hung limp, like it was broken. She has most of her wag back now, and it should be completely better soon.

Rachel's Baby Shower

This weekend I helped host a baby shower for Rachel. Here is a picture of the table, we had cookies, cake, quiches, pork sliders, fruit and veggies.

The hostesses

Rachel with a quilted pillow for Kennedy

Me and Rachel

New wall

In typical fashion, I didn't take any "before" pictures. This is picture of the wall that Brice and I built. Previously it was only finished on the inside of the shop and had the studs exposed on the wall that faced the patio, making it seem like an after thought. I still need to paint, but it looks much better than the exposed studs.