Did you see us on tv?

Last night Jeff and I went to the Pacific men's basketball game against Long Beach State. The game was aired on ESPN 2! It was a pretty good game, even though the Tigers lost :-( Of course, if they would have made their free throws, it would be a completely different story. The half time show was pretty exciting. They had 3 bike stunt guys peforms. Here are a couple of pictures (sorry they didn't turn out better):

The guy in the above picture is turning his bike around. The picture below shows another guy doing a back flip on his bike. He didn't get much height, but made it around safe and sound.

Catherine was able to get the General Mills tickets to the game, so she invited Jeff and I. The picture above is Catherine and her husband Court. Jeff and I are below. I know it isn't the best picture, but it is the only one we took.

We didn't do a whole lot this weekend. Mainly because I had RA interviews/carousels all day on Saturday. It was quite interesting to see all of the candidates. In a couple of weeks we will go through more interviews for next years' GRDs - there are 10 openings!! So, if you know anyone who wants to go to grad school at Pacific, have them apply!

My dad is coming for a couple of days next week. I am very excited to see him. He will be here only for a couple of days before continuing his journey from San Diego to Portland, but it will be great to see him! I am sure I will take lots of pictures (if we get out to do anything - the rain stinks!)

I am sitting at home tonight while Jeff is out at a company dinner. Yeah for homework!! Only 1 year and 3 months to go! Off to finish my case brief.

Have a great week!

A conference in Texas

Heidi writes:

I got back last night from a conference I went to in Addison, TX. I was there since Friday morning and have to say that I was happy to get back to Stockton. It was a great conference and the First Year Experience, but it was filled with long days of sitting in sessions and networking. I attended two pre-conference workshops and loved them. I also was a presenter and the session went great. My colleagues and I are definitely putting in a proposal for next year's conference and possible one that will be in November. I could go into all of the student development things related to FYE, but I won't bore you. Another great plus to the weekend was the vendors. I came away with about 30 free books!! The publishing companies were just giving them away! The books range from Freakonomics to Forty Million Dollar Slaves to Enrique's Journey. I have a lot of reading to do! I was sad that I didn't get to hang out with Krista and Nic, but I am looking forward to seeing you (and everyone else) in Vegas in June!
Sorry there are no pictures to post. I had the camera and didn't take any!! I think that is a first :-)

Jeff spent the weekend hanging out with friends and touring San Francisco (again). I love that city!

I hope all is well with everyone! Oh, and congrats to my friends - one on the engagement and two others on the baby!! (I won't say names in case others don't know)!!

excuse me...bobby could you move I can't see

So we have been a little delinquent in our posting duties as of late...probably because we haven't had a whole lot going on...I didn't post it last week but I managed to land a ticket the Kings game. General Mills has some pretty sweet tickets...3rd row between the visitor bench and half court. I also am very happy to report that I got a hold of all 4 of the tickets for the T-wolves when they come to town in March...you can bet there will be some pictures of KG posted after that one. It was actually really hard to get good pictures as teh coaches, refs and players were all in the way.

In other news Heidi and I started playing volleyball with some general millsers...talent we don't have...to be honest we don't have much heart either, but even in losing we had fun our first game. We actually played another General Mills team. They won all 3 games and we are probably the two worst teams in our league...we will be lucky to pull out a game the entire season...but it is fun to play.

Also, Last week Heidi and I went to a Black History month event on the University of Pacific campus. General Mills purchased two tables for the event and there were about 12 employees(and spouses) from the plant in attendance. The key note speaker was Lee P. Brown a former presidential cabinet member in the Clinton administration. He was also a 3 term mayor of Houston, chief of police in Atlanta, Houston, and New York. He also was the first ever African American Phd in Criminology and first African American sheriff in Oregon. I probably left out some of his accomplishments, but there were a lot to mention. He was interesting to listen to...even more interesting was the speaker who introduced him. One of the first ever graduates from a criminal rehabilitiation program first instituted by Dr. Brown...interesting to hear a man talk that spent 30+ years in prison and now is a college graduate and facilitator of the local rehabilitation program. Also pictured above is Liviu Vizitiu the plant HR manager and his wife.

MN Visitors!

Heidi writes:

We had a great weekend in San Francisco and Livermore visiting with Chris and Tonya. We were so excited for our first visitors of 2007! Here is a picture blog with words of our weekend:

Jeff and I drove to SF on Saturday morning. We picked up Chris and Tonya at Union Square and headed out to show them the city. Our first stop was Ghiradelli Square. I love the free samples :-)

Ghiradelli Square

We then headed over to Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. We saw the Dutch Windmill and a naked hippie, among other things (sorry - no pictures). At the Presidio, we had some great views of Golden Gate Bridge.

Chris and Tonya

While walking around, we were able to see some of the old army bunkers along the bay. We lucked out, as they had some of the pop-up guns/canyons were out. It was pretty intersting to walk through a couple, however, Tonya and I aren't the history buffs like our husbands :-)

Jeff enjoying the view!

While at Golden Gate Park, we stopped at the Japanese Tea Garden. It was very beautiful. I could only imagine what it would look like in full bloom. We may need to go back there in the summer/fall. Chris and Tonya missed the roses by a couple of weeks - they just cut them for winter! (Although it was in the 60s and was completely not winterish!)

Part of the Japanese Tea Garden


Jeff and Heidi on the bridge at
the Japanese Tea Garden.

From there, we headed for the Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. We ate lunch at Boudin's (which is famous for the sourdough) and then walked around for a while. One of my favorite spots at the Wharf is the playland. It has a ton of older games to play or look at that costs anywhere from a penney to fifty cents.

A couple of the games.

Once we played all of the games, we walked over to Pier 39 to see the sea lions. Jeff and I really haven't taken any pictures of them during the day until now. I love watching and listening to those animals!


No, they are not dead - just resting!

We walked down the Pier and stopped at a few shops - including the candy store to get our fill of salt water taffy - yummy!! It was then back to the hotel to rest before dinner. We walked around China Town that evening and ate and our favorite place there. The food was delicious. I love walking around China Town and looking at the stores and everything. We hit Cold Stone on the way back to the hotel. It was a fun day.

On Sunday, we headed over to Livermore to do some wine tasting. Jeff and I had never tasted there before and it was fun going to another city to taste.

Tonya and Chris enjoying the wine!

Jeff and I dropped Tonya and Chris off at the BART station in Dublin so they could head back to San Fran and we could head home to watch the SuperBowl. However, we did stop for a late lunch at In and Out Burger before departing!

I was able to do some homework during the game and finished it not too long ago! I think I am going to head to bed now - I am a little sleepy! Have a great week!!