Author: Sharell

Chocolate chip cookies, fresh out of the oven!

This is how Penny sleeps between us on the couch

Tonight was the award ceremony for the winners of the UC Davis Prized Writing contest and Casey was one of the honored winners! He wrote a paper titled “The Disadvantages of Shod Running for Modern Humans.” He is one of a small group of people that are now published in the 2009-2010 Prized Writing book, and there were over 300 entries! He even got $200 in addition to his certificate and publication! Congrats Casey, we are so proud of you!

You can read his article HERE.

Can you find him on the cover of the book?

Where is Penny on this rainy Sunday? Under the covers on the bed!! Cute little goob.

I worked on my next painting

How lucky is he to have someone who cooks yummy food all the time for him?!

orange chicken and white rice for dinner! (The first time we made rice!)

and peppermint cookies for dessert!

The rain has finally come! Penny tried to wear her jacket from when she was a puppy, but she doesn’t really fit in it anymore. The velcro would barely stay hooked! She has gained a healthy 4 pounds since we got her over a year ago!

My UC Davis diploma came in the mail! I am an Animal Biology graduate, with honors!

We tried to go to a beginner’s trail but there was a mountain biking race going on. We decided to go to a nearby trail in Auburn called the Foresthill Divide Loop. It was pretty tough, but I managed to do it! We went 9 miles today. It is a lot harder than it looks! At the top we met someone who had done an Ironman and the Leadville ultramarathon race!

The American River is right next to it and floating down it on inner tubes seemed like a good plan to me….maybe next time 🙂

Black before….

And after… blue with a white pin stripe and yellow lizards and paw prints!