What in the world is a Pathologist?

My life has changed dramatically from being a medical student. I study more, I spend more time at the hospital, I work in a cubical, and I don't carry a stethoscope. I am a resident pathologist.



So what is a pathologist anyway? We are the lab rats of the doctor community. We run the clinical labs. Right now I am doing surgical pathology. Basically if a surgeon cuts it out, we get it, process it into small blocks of tissue which get made into slides that are viewed under the microscope. We make the diagnosis based on what we see. The most important question that we answer is "Is it cancer or not."



Well this is my job. I have 4 year to learn what I am doing, which is good because I don't have a clue about what I am doing right now. It's OK, I'm only a first year.

My Utah Trip, beware this chronicles two weeks of vacation.

Many of you know I got to go to Utah for two weeks. We had to get up at 4:30 for our 6:30 flight. The flights went really well thanks to my good friend Benadryl given all around even to me, Samantha was exempt from this. Our flight arrived late so we were very happy to see Grandma Hilton waiting for us. We went straight to Grandma Potters. Bonny and her kids came up and Carisa came up with her kids. So that is nine, then Mathew and Lindsay came. My two cousins Alicia and Chali came with Chalis kids. It was fun to see everyone, for my family to meet Samantha and the cousins to become aquainted.



Then we went to Grandma Hiltons. Gayle and Les were there, so was Crystal but she had to leave before we went to the park. We all went and met up with James' Family. It was good for the kids to run around.

SHARICE'S B-DAY


Sharice turned 13 while we were there, She was very excited about her birthday. She got to have a party with her cousins, then a party with her friends. The kids were very excited to eat her yummy watermelon cake.

FUN IN THE SUN


The kids had the most fun with this swimming pool. It is barely big enough for one but they all managed to fit in.

FUN AT BONNYS


We spent a lot of time playing at Aunt Bon's. You'll recognize baby Shrek, AKA Samantha.

FUN IN THE SUN AND MOTORBIKE RIDES


Ricks mom gave the girls a slip and slide and our kids had the most fun on it. They were mad at first when they would slip, then they figured out that it was the purpose. Uncle Rick has a motorcycle and the kids enjoyed having a ride on it. All of the neighbor kids were over and jealous of the kids that got rides.

4TH OF JULY


One of the reasons I went when I did was to hit some birthdays. Sharices was on the 27th, then Grandma Potters on the 4th, Grandma Hilton on the 5th and My Dads on the 7th, Annies is on the 13th, but we celebrated it early. One of the reasons I got to go to Utah was my Grandma Potter really wanted to see me and the kids, she especially wanted to meet Samantha. She just turned 88 so I got to be a birthday present for her.



The kids really enjoyed the sparklers. So did we but were constantly worried about them setting themselves on fire.



MATTHEW AND KARA


OK so there aren't any actual pictures of Matthew and Kara, but I did get their kids. We were able to go and see them for the afternoon. We also got to be the first in Sams family to see Ryan. The kids enjoyed the change of venue and cousins. They also enjoyed their swingset. Abbie is in the white shirt and Sheree is in the Yellow. They wouldn't talk to me but Sheree thought I was a pretty good jungle gym. We got to visit them the afternoon before Kara went to the hospital. We are so glad she is doing so much better.

Binky buddies, camping and fish.


*Barrett and Katie came and joined in the craziness. We had a girls night with Me, Mom, Carisa, Katie and Samantha. We did the fun sanpete run of Wheelers and WalMart. When we got to walmart I lost my Formula container under a truck, Mom came to the rescue with an umbrella.
*Claire and Samantha became Binky buddies. If Samantha got upset Claire would ask where Samanthas binky was.
*Aili was a pretty good fisherman and was really proud of her fish.
*We all went camping at Boulger reservoir up Fairview Canyon. Our kids were a mess when we were done. The picture probably doesn't do justice to how dirty Samantha was. For a kid who doesn't crawl or roll over and screams when she is put down she sure got dirty.

Our New House

This is our house.


This is how it should look when it is done.


This is the first floor. We are getting the covered patio in the back and an island in the kitchen.


This is the upstairs. Ours is the 4 bedroom version.


This is a look down the road of the subdivision.