HAPPY Christmas

So GREAT to be HOME

I'm greatful for the experieces I had this summer but I missed out on some memorable things...

The Monster growing into a big dumb adolescent dog...




Chillin' with my nieces and nephews..and my bro









And of course the PERM...and Lucas


I Really missed being free to do as I PLEASE.

We went up to Donner today to Climb, I was a beautiful Day.





Quentin trusted me with his life.

Tribute to a Tigress

The many Merridy's

The Spouse

The Chef

The Snowboarder

The Traveler

The Biologist

The Triathlete

Rock Crawler!

The Graduate

The Pilot


The Enlisted

The Friend

Graduation

AND YES THE DOG GOT TO COME ALONG...

It's OVER

NO MORE SCHOOL...WELL FOR ME (MERRIDY)
I GRADUATED ON MAY 15TH AND TO CELEBRATE WE WENT ROCK CLIMBING ON SAT...I EVEN LET THE DOG GO...






THEN MON, TUCKETT AND I RODE THE RIDE OUR OF LIFE.
We stared at my house (by UNR) thru washoe valley...carson city...up highway 50...around lake tahoe...climbed out from Incline and dropped down Mt. Rose Highway to head home...total millage around 130 miles/10 hours in the sattle and 1 hour eating a wonderful chicken burriot from T's.
It was the best way to celebrate graduation!




A quick photo at Emerald Bay to prove we did what we said we did:)

Ellenor's 1st week

Tiring week but we love having her around

Ellenor

This is the new addition to our little family. She is 6 weeks old in this picture. I (Lucas) will drive to Oregon this weekend to pick her up. She is a "blue" Weimaraner. The dog with the "human brain", which could make her dumb depending on which human your talking about. She comes from a long line of champion hunters and field champs. We will teach her to be an artist!

The Garage

Yes, the car fits in the garage...the drive way is slanted so it looks really small in the photograph...that's funny!
To give a little information on our little home: It was built in 1954 and we bought it from the original owner, which makes us the second owners (Pretty Rad). The house has all original hardwood floors (in great condition),



a basement, and a remodeled kitchen from the 70's...it's a sight to see. We feel blessed to have been able to find a home that meets our needs and desires. My favorite part about living in this home is I can jump on my mountain bike and ride off into the hills within minutes!
ALSO I have an announcement....Lucas Shaved his Beard! YEAH! YEAH! For the first couple of days every time I would look at him I would laugh because he looked so different...I didn't remember him looking that way before!

Before:


During:


What a Clown!

What I woke up to the next morning:


After...Lucas said, "what a sexy man!"

Life in the fast lane

Come out for good music and live people!

The House

Well we moved in about 6 weeks ago, its been busy busy since then trying to get everything unpacked and refinishing hardwood floors. Here's what she looks like, we love her

Simple Pleasures!

Reading for pleasure…What is that? After being in school since I was 5…now 27…I have never understood pleasure reading! I always had some text book to read, YUCK! Well as of march 13th, I am free from text book reading or examine studying…YEAH! I completed my comprehensive exams, turned in my LARGE paper, and whatever else they wanted to graduate, on the 13th! What a day to celebrate!
I have been promising myself that the first book I would read when I was done is Little Women, a novel that has always caught my attention! Luckily, on the 13th my sweet mother gave me a wonder birthday gift, a copy of Little Women. I now understand the concept of pleasure reading! I get so excited when I have time to read…and when my time is up...I hesitantly put the book down, but I feel so motivated and excited inside! Weird I know, but I love the character of Jo March…If anybody wants to know me (Merridy not Lucas) or understand my heart, read Little Women and pay attention to Jo.
The excitement I feel from this book replaced any sadness I felt about not going to Nepal this year. Silly, I know.
Have a wonderful day!

Sad News

As some of you know I will be finishing my Masters program this spring...Yeah! Well, to treat myself for all my hard work I have been saving up so I could go on a trip of a life time. I have been planning a trip to Nepal to visit base camp (Mt. Everest). Working at FedEx I get a great discount on airfare...one in particular is on Cathay Pacific 90% off...or should I say, I use to get that great discount. I sent in the information to order our tickets and today got an email back stating, "until further notice, FedEx does not have a contract with Cathay Pacific." Sad Day! I will have to see if there is any other airlines that fly into Nepal OR Where should we go? Any idea would be great!

Yeah...I think

It's Official we bought our first house!

Lucas the Great

I just wanted to let everyone know why I am so lucky to have Lucas in my life...
Saturday night I fell asleep on the couch around 6pm (for those of you who don't know this is my usual bed time due to my super fantastic job at FedEx at 2:30am.) Saturday is close to the end of my work week and I get pretty exhausted by 5ish. Around 6:15pm Lucas gently woke me up and said I should go to bed...not wanting to move I mumbled, "Okay," then quickly told him I was going to get enough energy to run and jump in bed, but if he would be so kind as to put sock on my cold feet...b/c I only had energy to get in bed...and the crazy boy did it...WHO DOES THAT? That's why he is Lucas the Great! He is so kind to me!


This is a picture we took in Alaska (2006)...I think his beard is longer this time...

Beards, glasses and clever girls!!!!!!

4th...1/15/2009 Happy Day

Yeah we made it another year...and look we are so excited!