The Stanford Campus

When we first moved in, we took Rob's family over to the Stanford campus to give them a tour. This is the front of the law school. Up close the law school is really pretty, but compared to the rest of campus I think it looks like a dungeon. I'm sure Rob will soon agree. haha
This is the plaza in front of what I think is the student union. There are palm trees all over campus. All of the buildings except the law school also have those redish-orangish shingles on top.

This church is located at the entrance of campus when you come in on Palm Drive. I'm pretty sure is a non-denominational church. It is sooo beautiful. There were a couple of weddings going on while we were there. All the windows are stained glass and there are some more smaller murals around the building.

So, we learned from one of our neighbors that Stanford's mascot used to be the Indians... hence the totem pole. If you look closely there's a frog near the top whose tongue stretches almost to the top. I could look at these things for hours... they always have so much detail.
Rob's classes officially start on Monday. He has a couple of homework assignments already consisting of lots of reading. He met a couple of people at orientation. Every one of them have very unique and amazing stories. He met a girl in a wheelchair who is the national swimming champion in the Paralympics and who took 5th place at the Beijing Paralympics. She said swimming would be excellent for his back as it is low impact. She invited him to swim with her some mornings and said she would teach him. With him biking to school everyday, running to class, and swimming with an Olympian, he'll be doing triathlons in no time!

Our Ant Farm

My sister-in-law gave us this cool space-age habitat for ants a couple months ago. We found it in the move and since ants cost less than five bucks we figured they would be a great form of cheap entertainment. This picture is the first day we had them where they had only started tunneling down the left side. I'll post a picture of their final progress in a couple weeks. Rob likes to wait until all the ants are sleeping in their tunnels, open the top and blow down all their tunnels. They instantly start running back and forth, out of their tunnels, and try to climb out. I think they think they're under attack.

The New Place

So, here are the long anticipated pictures of our place. Since so many people have asked to see our place, I have decided to give you a tour... except for the bedroom since we piled all the boxes we haven't unpacked in there. haha.

The living room:
Thanks to our new Best Buy credit card, we have a TV and a digital antenna which picks up 4 channels inside and 40 outside. We're actually just sad Best Buy doesn't sell groceries, seeing how they are they only people who would give credit to a full time law student living off of student loans and his unemployed spouse in this economy. You will also notice a beautiful alive orchid flower in the corner. Rob bought it for me a couple weeks ago, which means it also survived the drive from Utah. It's supposedly easier to keep alive than bamboo plants. You only need to water it once a month and keep it out of direct sunlight. I give it six months to live with me taking care of it, which is more than I can say for the bamboo plant.

The Office:
If you just turn 180 degrees to your right or left, you will see our office.... as well as some beach towels on the couch. The bright blue glowing box on the desk is our new ant farm, all of which are still alive. The bookshelf on the left is soon to be overfilled with Rob's law books, which I am certain will take more than one trip to the bookstore to buy as there is no way any human being could carry them all together all by themselves (except Mike Barney).




The Kitchen:
Yup... granite countertops and all. But don't be fooled. The granite countertops don't seem so cool when none of the doors in the apartment close... which makes using the bathroom when guests are over awkward. Oh and yes the lamp is blue.








The Bathroom:
You probably don't need any explanation....
















The Hallway:
This is the hallway looking from the bathroom. The linen closet/pantry is on the left. We call it the linen closet when we are on the bathroom side of the closet and the pantry when we are in the living room or office.












The Patio:
This is the "playpen" for our dogs or a litter box for our dogs.









These are our lemon and lime trees. Something we can't grow in Utah. Maybe one day I'll be able to make home made 7-Up. :-)











This last pic is my favorite plant. I'm not sure what they are but they are a pretty purple color. :)

Well, I think I'm all blogged out for now. This should be a more frequent occasion until I get a job. We miss y'all!

We're Here

I'm just trying to get into the habit of posting again (and trying to get Rachel to develop the habit at all :)) so I thought I would drop a little blurb again.

We're here! School officially starts in 2 weeks...not quite ready for that yet...and most of our stuff is crammed into this place. We'll post some pictures as soon as we get time to download them. Rachel has done a great job ''nesting'' with all our old stuff from storage, a few borrowed family items, and some trips to IKEA.

We shipped mom home, and welcomed Megan and Ryan who took a much needed vacation out here. We went to the beach with the dogs, hiked 4 miles in the redwood forest Muir Woods, saw downtown San Francisco, ate Jamaican Jerk Chicken, watched TV...yep, slept a lot, toured the campus, walked University Avenue, ate at a hole in the wall Mexican Restaurant (it was good!), and most importantly...enlisted them to help around the apartment making screens and other things.

Moving

Here we are...moving tomorrow, or rather, today. We'll only make it halfway, but it should be an interesting time.

Goodbye Utah!

Thanks to all those who helped us move, we really appreciated it!