A few of my (superficial) favorite things

Someone else did this in their blog but I don't remember who.

1. Prilosec-yes one of my favorite things in this world is a drug. This drug allows me to eat and drink without extreme pain (I have horrible acid reflux). Truly this is a wonder drug.

2. Garnier Nutrisse (spelling) Katie introduced me to this. We were at walmart and she got some of their gell. They have sleek and shiny leave in conditioner. It is awesome, especially in the humidity. My hair doesn't frizz, which is saying something, my hair always frizzes.

3. Large closets, 3 of our rooms have walk in closets and the master bath has a linen closet and there is a linen closet upstairs, The game room also has a huge storage closet. It is awesome.

Obviously on my non-superficial list is the Gospel, my family, friends and all of
our blessings.

also 3 things I never thought I would like or have happen to me

1. I never thought I would marry a Dr., or someone who was going to be one. I didn't want to marry someone who would be gone all the time. A fireside by Elder Nelson helped that.

2. I never liked brown very much, I liked black. Now I love brown

3. I never thought I would like gold colored jewelry, even my wedding ring is platinum, not gold. I like it now.

this is for everyone who wanted to learn some random facts about me

Half Birthdays, Samantha, Samuel, Charlotte

That's right we have three birthdays in February Charlottes on the 10th and Sam and Samanthas on the 14th. We don't really celebrate half b-days, but it is a big deal that Samantha is 6 months old today which means that Sam is 29 years and 6 months today. Samantha is our little shorty, she is 39th percentile for height and 66th for weight. I don't think the other two dipped below 90th.

SAM WITH HIS MOM



SAM WITH SAMANTHA Who knew that Sam would spend his 29th birthday in a hospital. I don't think I'll ever be able to give him a nicer birthday present.



Samanta learned a new trick today. She actually learned it at the Doctors office. She can scoot backwards. She is scooting in the steps of Daddy and big Sister. I guess it has something to do with being born in February.

HERE IS SAM



CHARLOTTE



SAMANTHA



CHARLOTTE 6 MONTHS



SAMANTHA 6 MONTHS

Fiesta Texas

We had the opportunity to go to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was really fun. I expected to be dying of heat and us being miserable. It really wasn't too hot. Samantha had a ball just going around in the stroller and the kids loved the rides. Sam took Caleb on a big roller coaster right at the beginning. Caleb was really brave and went on it and screamed the whole ride. He only wanted kiddy rides after that.

THE CARS-at first Caleb wanted to go all by himself, then he got a little nervous and wanted me to go with him. Charlotte was fine she jumped in the car by herself and drove away. I ended up driving mine and Calebs car.



We just enjoyed getting in out of the heat. This was a musical show they did. We enjoyed the music and Samantha enjoyed a nap.



OUR TRUCKER KIDS



DRIVING AND BUMPING OTHER CARS, THIS MUST BE HEAVEN

another tag

Tagged - 2 Things
TAG - YOU'RE IT! I've been tagged by several people now, so...

Two names you go by:
1. MOMMYYYYYYYY
2. Charlotte's Mom, Caleb's Mom, Samanthas Mom. I'm not sure that people know I have a name

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Skirt
2. Shirt

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. My house in order after the move
2. I think number 1 counts for two answers

Two things you did last night:
1. Cleaned my old house
2. Weighed my self on the WII Fit, not the best idea I've had.

Two things you ate today:
1. Cereal
2. twix

Two people you last talked to:
1. Sam
2. Samantha

Two things you are doing tomorrow
1. Going to Fiesta Texas (six flags)
2. Collapse after going to Fiesta Texas

Two longest car rides:
1. Utah to Maryland
2. Maryland to Texas

Two favorite beverages:
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Water

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.