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!
A good mail day!
My UC Davis diploma came in the mail! I am an Animal Biology graduate, with honors!
My first mountain bike trail ride!
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 🙂
Painting my bike!
Black before….
And after… blue with a white pin stripe and yellow lizards and paw prints!
My new mountain bike!
My new mountain bike came today! Thank you Casey for putting it all together for me!
Some more of my paintings!
Here are a few of my completed paintings! They are best viewed full size, just click on them to enlarge. 
close up:
And here are a few that I am still working on:
Mountain biking!
Casey took his new mountain bike for a ride in Auburn this morning. He had lots of fun and said it was beautiful. Next weekend I get to join him on my new bike that comes this week!
Happy Animals
Penny loves play time!
close up!
Levi says hello!
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Dog park day!
We took Penny to the dog park over the weekend and she got to meet lots of dogs, including a few greyhounds, Heather and Willis! The greyhounds’ owner was telling us all about how she rescued them and now has 4! They were so cute and Penny loved them! Here are some pictures of that day: 
