they put it in ice cream??

This week marked our fourth anniversary. We felt fortunate to be able to celebrate on our anniversary itself; last year I was at Girl's Camp on the day. And so we went to a fancy restaurant to celebrate -- probably the nicest we've ever been to, though I know there are nicer places out there in the world. What better way to celebrate than with cheese and chocolate fondue (no, not in the same course)? It was our first fondue restaurant experience, and it was a lot of fun. Wayne surprised me by having balloons and rose petals waiting at our table, and we were content to take well over two hours for the meal experience.

We found other ways to keep busy this week too -- so much so that I haven't even started the Harry Potter book a coworker lent me last Wednesday. Wednesday evening we rushed off as soon as I got home from work to Oakland. Amazingly, it took about the same time to get there in evening rush hour traffic as it does on Saturdays (an hour and a half). We made it in plenty of time to get good seats for the Oakland temple pageant. It was a decent show, I thought. At least, I was willing to overlook things I normally cringe at because I had an excellent view of the percussionists; what fun watching them do their thing! I don't know why I get such a kick out of percussionists, but I remember really enjoying Stomp when we went to see them years ago too.

Friday evening we hung out with two dogs, a cat, and a bird. We are house/pet sitting for a family in our ward. Can you believe they fit all these animals in a townhome? We took Star cat to meet them, because the dogs get along with cats and we know our cat is a social animal. After a bit of suspicion and hissing on Star's part, she eventually got used to them being around and enjoyed exploring the place. However I wouldn't say she has warmed up to them; she is still quite jumpy, especially when she has to walk past the collie. The dogs, on the other hand, were impressively patient with her, even though they were obviously excited to meet her.

We took the dogs out early on Saturday morning so we could get out to the Gilroy Garlic Festival bright and early. We wanted to see what all the garlic hubbub was about. It was a pretty good festival; we tried garlic chips, garlic salsa, garlic bread, and garlic ice cream. Yes, you read that right. We had some garlic ice cream. It's crazy stuff. Sweet, and yet with a garlicky after-taste. We also caught a magic show and cooking demo. We looked at all the crafty booths, but liked the bubble booth best. Who doesn't like bubbles? :) Our verdict of the event is that it was overpriced for what we experienced, but that we're glad we went. And we're glad we went early in the day. Traffic when we left early that afternoon looked horrendous (obviously it isn't overpriced for everyone!).

This morning I'm finishing up preparations for sharing time and a primary lesson. Wayne's already walked the dogs. I can say one thing: dogs are good for exercise!