Fun Times

So I had a week long break this week, and it was SO nice to be able to relax and spend some time with my wife. So we tried to take advantage and went out to Golden Gate State Park. It was a lot of fun. We went up on Friday night to camp...we tried to meet up with some friends but alas, no cell phone reception. Having become accustomed to always having a cell phone, I was suddenly lost without it... and we didn't end up meeting our friends. (Im surprised people even met each other EVER pre-cell phone age... its a miracle people still got married.) Anyway, the next day we went hiking. It was a lot of fun, especially for Teo. We also got to baptize our new camera. We got it about a week or two ago, and its a lot of fun. Here are some pics of the day:

Quillen Home Rule #15

Home Rule # 15

Vacuum cleaner attachments are only fun to lick while the vacuum is on.

Teo thinks loud machinery are his friends. He especially thinks its surprising and fun to lick the end of the vacuum attachment and feel his tongue get sucked in. I tried this while it was off to see if he just liked the shape, or if it was really the suction. Totally disinterested. Next step: vacuum the dog to get the hair off before it drops to the floor.

Castlewood Canyon

So Lianna and I decided we needed to get out and enjoy summer. Its pretty hard for us to have coinciding days off, but twice a month, it so happens that we have a day off on Saturday together. So we packed up Teo and some water, and off we went to a place called Castlewood Canyon. It isn't in the mountains, but its near Elizabeth and Franktown, a beautiful part of Colorado. It wasn't much of a hike per se. It was more like a nature walk, but we loved it and so did Teo. Teo especially loved the water.

Heres a picture at the bottom of the canyon.

Isn't Lianna and Teo SO cute!
Tree. Neat.

Teo must have gotten quite hot because toward the end of the walk, whenever we'd pass a shady spot, he'd plop right down and rest.

And here is Teo frolicking in the water. He was so hot he even decided he'd just lay in the water for a bit.

Quillen Home Rule #14

When we got married, we were given a framed copy of "Home Rules". It mentioned about 12 things like love one another, don't tease, be friends etc. I have a few of my own I'd like to add.

Home Rule # 14

Computer games are to be seen and not heard.

I love my husband enough to buy Star Craft 3 on opening day. But it must either be turned off when I am at home, or muted. I don't need to hear "Fenrir with the Gear!" "Sounds like plan - What's the plan?" all evening.

Yes, Im a Gamer, and Yes, I've Waited for 11 Years...

Please see the below link. It explains it all quite nicely.

http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/07/07252010/

More about the dog

I have decided my dog's kennel is too big for him.
He obviously doesn't have the same opinion, and hey, who wouldn't want a room they could chill so easily in?

The Forest-Blog Conundrum

If someone is alone in a forest and reads a blog, and doesn't comment on said blog, do they read the blog?