If I Ran the Zoo

If I ran the zoo it would be free... wait the Henry Vilas Zoo is free!
One Saturday Dave and I wanted to go to the zoo. The zoo isn't very big, but they do have a quite a few animals.

We also saw giraffes, rhinos, monkeys, apes, tigers, lions, polar bears, giant turtles, and more! Not bad for a free zoo!

A Day Downtown

On Saturday we decided to go to the Farmer's Market and the Taste of Madison. Every Saturday from April through November there is a huge farmer's market that happens around Capitol Square. It's a lot of fun walking around and seeing everything there is to buy. This time we bought some scones, maple suckers, and some tomatoes.

After the Farmer's Market we had an hour to kill before we ate lunch at the Taste of Madison. We decided to go give ourselves a little tour of the Capitol building.
We had fun exploring all the nooks and crannies and looking at the details. It's a very beautiful building with a very ornate dome.
If you are able to make your way through the maze of hallways there is an observation deck that we went out on and were able to see all around Madison.
It was probably because it was a rainy day, but there were tons of people in the Capitol.
We still had some time to kill so we went across the street to the Veterans Museum. Madison is really nice because many of their museums have free admission.

After we went through the museum we made our way outside for the main event. We walked around checking out all the vendors and deciding on what we wanted to get. Everything ranged from $1-$4. On our first stop we bought some Arancinette which are little fried risotto balls. They were quite tasty. Then we tried some crab rangoons. They were delicious as well.
Then we tried some eggplant fries with a garlic paprika sauce. These were so good. Okay, everything we had was really good.
We also had a sweet plantain and roasted garlic empanada, a jerk pork slider, and sweet potato pie. I meant to take a picture of each of these, but our stomachs beat the camera.

We had a lot of fun spending the day downtown. Don't you want to come visit us now and spend the day downtown?

Graduation

I know graduation happened about three months ago, but I always forget to put pictures on here so here are some pictures from the day!

Dave can now where his BYU Alum shirt, except he's not quite done with BYU yet

WooHoo!

So today is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!! 

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Jasper!

I found this picture on my computer and it gave me a good laugh...

...that's the real pirate eye.

Phew...

FINALLY... the last day of class! Dave and I are both extremely happy that this semester is over. For Dave it is the end of his undergrad and he will be moving on to bigger and better (and might I add smarter) things. For me it is the end of one class, and one professor, that I was not too fond of. I shall no longer complain about that class/professor, but I'm almost positive that I will find something to complain about during spring term. Let's face it, it's just what I do. 

Anyways, during our long hiatus from our blog, Dave and I have just been going to classes and working hard. I must say, since I have moved on to 300-level classes, school is quite a bit harder, but also somewhat more enjoyable. Dave also attended a Richard Wright Symposium up at the University of Utah. He presented a paper he wrote and received some helpful feedback from several professors. Hopefully, he will be able to work a little more on it and be able to publish.

On Sunday, we went over to Becca's house and had Easter dinner with her a Rob. We had some delicious food and had fun just talking and laughing. And I must say, I have never seen Rob be so domestic... he loves to cook with his crockpot!

Cloud Gazing

I would like to say that we saw this the other day, but really we saw it all the way back in August. We were driving up to Bear Lake for the Fife family reunion when all of a sudden Dave and I saw this crazy looking cloud. Usually when people see something in a cloud it is very abstract, but this was completely opposite from that. This cloud looks exactly like one of those cartoon devils, you know the one with horns, hooked nose, and a pointy beard? Yeah, this is exactly like that. Can you see it?