Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

We have had a great year. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Dec 18. We went out for sushi and drank a bottle of plum wine. We almost needed to call a cab to get home. Quite a bit has happened since last Christmas. We went to Vegas and got married last Dec 18 and then spent about a week in Mexico. Here are some pictures.

Heath and Beckie's Wedding

Then we came back and had a big party/reception in Lincoln in January.

Heath and Beckie Wedding Reception

We stayed busy last spring and this summer taking classes and working. Beckie finished her Masters degree in History from Nebraska Wesleyan just a few weeks ago, and is happy to not have to take classes for a while. Heath, on the other hand, still has a way to go. He has to take 3 more classes, take comps, and write a dissertation and then he will have his PhD in Instructional Technology and Online Learning. He thinks it will take about 2 more years.

Heath rode in a century (109 mile) bike race in Tucson this fall. He raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (he raised over $5000), and traveled with the Nebraska team to ride in the First Magnus 20th Annual El Tour de Tucson. It was amazing, and he received a silver medal, finishing 3000 and something out of 9000 riders. Here are pics from the race in Tucson. You can also check out his biking blog (yes Heath is a nerd, he has two blogs).

First Magnus El Tour de Tucson

While all of this was going on, we added to our family. We got another (for a total of 3) dog in February. Oliver is a 2 year old Brittany Spaniel. And this last July we saved a tiny homeless kitten off the street. We had to bottle feed him for a while, but he is healthy now. His name is Leroy. Here is our holiday picture of Artie, Parker, Leroy, and Oliver. We are done having "kids" for a while.

We hope you all are happy and healthy and enjoying the holiday season. Email any time you like and keep in touch.

Heath and Beckie