Game Night

There is nothing super exciting to post about and I don't have any pictures, but I thought I'd give a quick update anyway.

We've mostly just been working and living as usual. We did have a game night with friends last night. We played Cranium, a Charades game, and Singstar. Acting stupid and laughing is usually a recipe for a fun evening.

We are trying to schedule a trip home to Kansas in May so hopefully in the next week or so we will know if we will be able to come over Memorial Day. It has been way too long since we have made it back and I don't think we can stand waiting much longer.

Other than that it is just day to day as usual. Oil changes, rotating tires, smog checks, car tags, taxes, bills, laundry, cleaning, blah blah blah. Not much fun, but very necessary. In a few weeks we are going to heading back to Yosemite. I've been dying to see the waterfalls and it is almost a perfect time to go. We wont be doing the major backpacking like last time. It will be a more leisurely camping trip with mostly day hikes. I will most definitely be taking tons of pictures then so it wont be such a boring post.

Amy's B-day in Phoenix

On Saturday I flew to Phoenix to surprise my friend Amy for her birthday. I'd had it planned for about a month with the help of Dustin who also lives in Phoenix. It was also great because I hadn't seen Dustin since our wedding when he flew in to be an usher.

Dustin told Amy that a friend of his from KU was flying in and asked if "he" could tag along for her birthday celebration. Dustin managed to convince Amy to come to the airport and go out to lunch with this friend also. As I walked out to the car Amy said to Dustin "Is that Cara?......" When Dustin replied, "Why I think that is Cara Copp" I think it took Amy a second to realize that we had planned this together. I was so happy that we'd managed to keep it all a surprise.

First we grabbed lunch and dished out all the details of our awesome plan and just plain caught up on life in general. Amy was house sitting for Dustin's Dad so we headed over there to hang out and get some pictures.


Even at our wedding I didn't really get to see Daigle that much and it was great that the three of us could be together again after way too many years.
My best buds from High School!!!

We were heading to dinner and then the club that night so we had to get beautiful. It was fun getting all glammed up to spend some time with my girl.


We went to a sushi place called 'Stingray' and it was delicious.
At the club we managed to get in without having to wait in line or pay a cover and that was definitely a bonus. We had such a blast!!!
After our evening out ended Amy and I grabbed some Mexican food and hopped in the hot tub and just enjoyed being able to spend some time together.

The next day we grabbed some pizza at a great restaurant called 'Oregano's'. I ate at this place with Amy when I was down in Phoenix years ago helping Amy move back to Kansas. We just chilled the rest of the day until dinner. Then it was time for my short trip to end. I wish I could have stayed longer, but I don't have any time off available yet. Luckily it is a fairly short flight and we are in the same time zone.

Luckily Amy is coming out here in July so we will get to see each other soon. She'll be staying for longer so we'll have a little more time together.

Boxer Lab Ski Trip

Two years ago, Kevin's lab had a ski trip up at Lake Tahoe. I wasn't able to go because of classes, but Kevin had a blast and was determined to make another ski trip happen. Kevin did most of the organizing along with some help from a few fellow lab mates. We rented a house up at Tahoe and headed up on a Friday night. I had to work until late, so a car full of us didn't get there until after 1pm. We headed to bed asap so we could get up early enough to make it to the slopes. Only 5 of us were skiing or snowboarding while everyone else went snowshoeing.

This was supposed to be a "tough" picture, but of course Kevin decided to be goofy. I think I look pretty hard core though....


We tried again for a pleasant picture, but the sun forced us to squint just a little bit...


Isn't he cute?

Another tough ready to ski picture!

Here is a group shot of the 5 of us that headed for the slopes. From left to right: Bettina, Luke, William, Kevin, and me!
I wanted to get a nice shot of the view from one of the lifts. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to get one without another lift chair in it, but it is still a great view!
When we got back to our rental house that night, Kevin's lab mate Minsub was hard at work preparing us a home made Korean dinner. He wasn't able to ski due to a twice torn Achilles and wanted to do something for the group.
We ate so much delicious food that night and we were so incredibly full. Just thinking about the food from that night starts to make my mouth water! Thanks Minsub!

Later that night we played a few games. One was "Wolfin" a game similar to "Mafia" if anyone has heard of it. We played several rounds and had many great laughs.
One of the Boxer lab members, Bob, had to head back on Saturday night so we had to get a group shot before he left. It took about 5 shots before we got a decent one, but I think we did pretty good.

Left to Right Top: Bettina, Luke, Laura, Brett, Mark, Bob William
Left to Right Bottom: Prasad, Kevin, Minsub, Brett, Cara


Later we had homemade hot chocolate and I loved the presentation so much I had to get a picture.
During one of our "Wolfin" rounds, William and I ended up being 'wandering spirits'. Here is our interpretation.

Luke used his musical skills to entertain us with a clever song.

On Sunday a few people headed back to the slopes, but the rest of us finished cleaning up the rental house. We hit the road and headed back to Stanford. We had such a wonderful time on the trip. Hopefully next year we are able to have another ski trip and even more people are able to go.

Lunch with Li

I've been on a bad stretch of not posting. There are so many things to do and I often let blogging fall to last on the list. Now that I am finally uploading pictures onto my computer I thought I'd catch up.


A couple of weeks ago I met with my friend Li for lunch. We hadn't seen each other since graduation in Sept. and after having seen each other 4-5 days a week for almost a year it has been a little strange not seeing her. It was great catching up on each others lives and I'm hoping that we don't wait as long before next time.


Our waiter wasn't really available to help us out with a picture so we sort of had to make due.