Dan is So Smart!

Dan has been doing an amazing job in his MBA program! He's almost done with his fourth semester, with just two more to go. Last night he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi national honor society. It's a pretty big deal, since this means he's in the top 10% of all graduate students at Fresno State and is recognized nationally for his academic achievements! Norah and I are so proud of him!

Norah liked playing with her Daddy's medal

Other than Dan's ceremony last night, we've been keeping busy with lots of activities. We got to take Norah to her first baseball game last week. Dan's office has tickets season tickets to the Fresno Grizzlies (Giants AAA team). It was kind of a cold night, but Norah enjoyed watching the game (for at least the first few innings).

Go Grizzlies!

This past weekend, I traveled to UC Santa Cruz for a competition with our MESA students. Dan and Norah met me over there and were able to enjoy some beach time while I was working. While I had fun with our students, I was still totally jealous of Dan and Norah getting to spend the day at the beach! Now we're looking forward to some time at home this weekend so we can get caught up on our gardening and projects around the house.

Santa Cruz

Indoxination

Yesterday we headed up to UC Davis to visit Maggie and attend Picnic Day. It was a beautiful day, so we had a lot of fun walking around the campus and checking out all the events. Norah had her first (small) taste of ice cream at the Food Science Department's exhibit (she loved it, of course!), and we got to see where Maggie has her classes (nice, brand new building).

Picnic Day at UC Davis

While we missed the cockroach races and goat milking (Dan was totally disappointed), we did make it to Picnic Day's premier event- the Doxie Derby. It was a dachshund lover's dream, with 70+ doxies of all sizes and shapes racing each other! For those who have never experienced the Doxie Derby, picture a greyhound race, then replace the greyhounds with dachshunds, dial down the speed just a little (then a little more), and take away the part where all the dogs run in the right direction. The results look a little like this:

Norah loved pointing at all the dogs (pointing is her new thing right now) and thought they were pretty funny when they took off running. We figure after another couple years of Picnic Days, Dan will be ready to get his very own dachshund. (Or maybe not, but he did have fun watching the races.) Norah, on the other hand, is already ready for her own doxie puppy!

Norah and her dachshund gear

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

Love, Dan, Kristin & Norah