State Fair!

We popped over to Dallas one Sunday after church to go to the State Fair with my good friend Ashlee. We had some free tickets, so couldn't pass it up. It was a lot of fun especially because Colby had never been before. I went a long time ago when I was 10 or so, so it was a fun experience to go and see how big everything has gotten! The people watching....yes! And oh, the food- delish! Couldn't eat anything fried for awhile after it, but it was so funny to see all of the weird concoctions that people came up with! They do a contest every year- so it gets pretty extreme!

Mmm...sweet potatoe tornado with marshmellow creme, Colby's shrugging b/c I left him unsupervised and he ate almost all of it! Grr...

 A lot of our patient's hands were on this car- awesome for Hyundai to donate $!!

 No, we didn't have any...gross!

 Nothing says fair like dancers, ha!

 The line for a Fletcher's corndog, but so worth it!

 Yummy! Thanks Big Tex!

 Fried Alligator? Hmm..

 Delish!

 Ash and I with our token State Fair photo in front of Big Tex

 Colby and I with said token photo

 Go Bears!!! Well....

 Ferris Wheel- huge!!

 Mature....

 We went to the Birds of the World Show-fascinating!

 B-A-Y-L-O-R, Baylor Bears Fight! We've had a great season!!

 Farmer Tom carving pumpkins

 Yah...we rode that, after eating, not a good combo

 Ash with her funnel cake, that I ate half of, ha!

 Chocolate covered frozen banana...doesn't that face shout yummy?

 The animals are my favorite part of the fair!

 And the dog show...yah, not so much

 Hey hot stuff!

 Fried Butter, Fried PB&J, and Fried Cookie Dough- didn't try it!

Happy 60th!

Both my mom and my step-dad turned 60 this year, so we had a surprise party in October to celebrate! We had it at the Contemporary Arts Center which was a really neat place and the exhibit that was on display was actually by one of my mom friends that was invited to the party-and we had no idea beforehand.  It was lots of fun to spend time with my parents and they are so deserving of a fun celebration. Although my mother was VERY hard to surprise. She had no clue that we were even in town, but my aunt had to pull teeth to get her there. Thanks Re! You worked wonders! Thanks so much to you both for all that you do. Love you both so much!

 

 

We had signs blown up of their pictures from their 20's that everyone put up over their faces when they came in the door

 

 My little brothers- that aren't so little anymore, sigh....

 Obviously shocked!

 Love them!

 Who you calling old man?

 The Fam

 Us with my mamacita- my brother-in-law Joe put together a great slide show of old pictures that was really fun to watch

 Aunt Re and my mom

 My sister and me with Mom- love you!

Finals Week!

Well, I've been busy studying for finals and doing clinical check-offs, etc. so this past month flew by! I have so much to update! I've got one last week and then Colby has 2 weeks left before Christmas break- we are so excited! Until then, here's some to tide you over. On the night before Halloween, we had some friends over to watch the Ranger's game and then did some pumpkin carving. It was lots of fun- we had the Ozarka dot there representing, the Jolly Green Giant (and oh was he green-all over my house, ha!), Ketchup and Mustard, NBC and Conan, cute hippies/protesters, a penguin and Colby and I were "Ranger's fans." Yah, boring but we had better ventures planned for the next day!

 On Halloween day, our small group helped host a booth for the Trunk & Treat and we were Super-hero alley with games of search and rescue, Feat of strength (car bean bags and buildings), water gun shooting the flame out, and balloon animals. Well you know exactly where this gal was. My mom didn't give me those cool kits in my Easter basket for nothing- I whipped out balloon animals all night to the point of getting blisters on 3 of my fingers-ouch! I was pretty itchy the whole time and I thought it was because of my mask. I kept asking Colb if his was bothering him. By the time I got home I had a raised rash all over my face, neck, hands. I took a Benadryl and that seemed to help, but it was not fun. As I was laying in bed and going through my last thoughts of the day (you all know these moments) I say to Colby, oh my gosh, those balloons were made out of latex weren't they?!? And I am totally ALLERGIC to Latex as evidenced by my breakouts at the hospital. Ha! Lesson learned!

 Here's part of our booth with Mario, the Princess, The Hulk, Cobra, and Superman 

The Incredibles!

 

Some of the games

And drumroll for our costumes...................................

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We were Raphael and Michaelango. Really Donatello was my favorite and Leonardo was Colby's growing up, but we chose based on which was easiest to create the weapon-ha! I think they turned out fun, after a little tweaking!

Here's the first proto-type...yah...not so much, haha! He's such a good sport- Love him!
 My dining room was probably thanking me for not using the cushions!

Makes you want to bust out with "Totally Awesome dude!" "Gnarly!" Or order a pizza :)

 More to come! Until then, pray for our studies and sticking it out these last few weeks, thanks for blessing us!

Christmas Cards!

Christmas Cards are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season! I love looking at cute photos of families, couples, kiddos and seeing updates from friends. I keep mine all displayed throughout the month so that I can enjoy them.  I have already received a few and am loving it! Can't wait to do ours after my finals are done!

 How classy is this?

I've used Shutterfly for many past photo projects. Their photo books are awesome and print with such great quality, make great gifts and are such a great alternative to scrapbooking-not my area of expertise! I'm wanting to use a great service this year to make our cards and know that they will be a memory to cherish! You can personalize and make your own card sparkle! I think it'd even be fun for future birthday invites or to share a little love in February! How ever will  I choose? I especially love the ones that allow multiple pictures so that I can include a few that we have taken during the year, and aren't necessarily formal pictures!

And as an added bonus, they are offering free cards for bloggers! They are already so affordable, run many promotions with free shipping and discounts, so what a deal! The photo upload site is also really nice because you can upload in a large amount instead of one at a time, and you can share albums with friends so that they too can order prints-how handy!

McDodi's Farm

We went to the yearly party out at McDodi's Farm that's put on by a physician for the med students and spouses. It was fun to get out into the country, see the pretty horses, enjoy the bonfire and roast smores, and go on a hayride!

Giddy up!

 Piled into the hayride

 Sweet friends!

 Campfire goodness

 Lovelies

Baylor Homecoming!

Well, we were blessed to be able to go to Waco for our 5 year Homecoming reunion at Baylor. It was lots of fun! We went to the Henderson's house on Friday night and caught up with friends, attended the parade in the morning, went to the Kappa alumni brunch, and then headed to touchdown alley for the Kappa Tailgate. The game was lots of fun, except the weather. Oh my goodness, a monsoon passed through Floyd Casey- on top of us! So we were a little soaked (and freezing!) and had to go home and change clothes. It was still a blast and a Bear victory, making us Bowl Eligible for the first time in a long time- so an exciting win! Got to catch breakfast with Goose on Sunday morning before heading out of town. A great weekend, but it definitely made me miss college! And made me feel old seeing all the college kids- oh well, such is life! :)

Kappa Float- Yay! I love Pooh!

 Kappa Brunch

 Wow- have taken lots of photos here! :)

 There are actually 7 people in this picture! Can you guess where they are? Hint- not in my belly! :)

 Tailgate- Sic 'Em!

 Roomies!

 My favorite Bear!

 And...soaked! Go Bears!

 Finding friends and sharing an umbrella

 Bears Win! Outfit #2

 B-A-Y, L-O-R, Baylor Bears, Fight!

Life as of Late...

Well, we've been trucking along lately with our busy schedules. Hard to believe that September has almost come and gone!!! I've been chomping at the bit to put up my fall decorations...Fall is my absolute favorite! I love the colors and the flowers, pumpkins, etc. I'm going to wait until October 1st and for when it's not 98 degrees outside, ugh!

Today marks Colby's halfway point in his Internal Medicine rotation and he will switch over to county hospital on Monday, which will be a big difference from his current private hospital. I've been at the same county school-based clinic and have loved it!! I've only had a handful of families that speak English, so it's been fun to brush up on my espanol. The best part is the independence and how my preceptor hands me the chart and that I'm expected to go in and see the kiddo by myself...yikes!


Colby's highlights: Diagnosing an appendicitis in FM and sending the pt. off to the ER before his attending even came to look at the patient, diagnosing a DVT, the "80 year old lady" (no explanation needed), having a husband of the wife he was rounding on ask him "for his business card" to which Colby explains he is a student and doesn't have one yet. I'm sure there are more that I'm leaving out but I'm so proud of him and all he is learning. I wish you could see him and how cute he looks everyday in his business attire with his white coat! :)


My highlights: Sports physicals (hernia checks, gross), Finding a bead in the ear of a 3 year old kid who came in for something unrelated and actually having to remove it- oh, kids...they have been cracking me up! That mama was shocked to say the least! Seeing the large population of overweight kids, having to tell parents about their kids having diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.-very sad, bug bites, diaper rash, broken bones, "my tummy hurts", and really just getting a lot more comfortable with answering questions (when should my baby...?). I tell you what, this will both a blessing and a curse when its our turn, cause even though I've been ingrained with all of this knowledge for school stuff, I'm going to be calling on all of my mama friends for help with all the practical stuff...whew! 

* And I should note for the many moments btwn the 2 of us where we're excited b/c we know what we're doing, there's a WHOLE lot left to learn and many more "I'm an idiot" moments, ha! Hopefully that ratio will slowly change.

That's about all until my next post which will be Fall! Yay! I'll leave you with a few pics from a Rangers game that we went to a few weeks ago, we just love them and for $10 tickets, you can't beat it!

Colby with Dr. Gramer and Chau on Family Med

 

Me and sweet Ashlee

 

 The crew, a mix between med school and Bible Study group

 Camille and Phillip

 These two are trouble right here... :)

"I have called you by name and you are mine!" -Isaiah 43:1