Lately

     Welp, nothing crazy or new has been going on in our household  So here is a little catch up of what has been going on.

     Ryan finished a month of Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgery and loved it!  He loved every waking minute of it.  Ryan has had a good attitude about all his rotations, but it is so nice to see him enjoy waking up early and coming home to tell me stories.  He loved the surgeries and the doctor he was with.  As Ryan puts it "He loves to cut people."  School is currently pretty crazy busy for me.  This is my hardest quarter and I am feeling it, but just taking it one day/test at a time.

     Ryan and I have been playing on a softball intramural team with our friends and love it! It is nice to get out and enjoy the weather....sorry no current action photos, but I will try to work on that.

     I think I may have mentioned awhile ago about my new church calling in Cub Scouts as a Bear Den Leader.  It has been an eye opener, but I can say I am starting to love it.  It is fun to be out doing something different once a week with the boys.  The other day we had a bike safety night where we learned about the bike parts, arm signals, had the boys do an obstacle course, and then we took them on a little road ride to a convenient store and got some slushies!  It is definitely a work in progress, but it is a fun calling.

     We enjoyed a fun evening with some of our friends and went to the Coyotes hockey game!  It was my first and was so much fun.  We had great seats and I think I am in love with hockey games, it is the only sporting event that I know of that is indoors, but because the temperature is so cold in there they serve hot chocolate!  Talk about heaven!  We will definitely be hitting up more games.

     I was able to go to Idaho for a very quick trip over the weekend to do some celebrating.  My best friend from pharmacy school in Idaho got married and sealed in the Bountiful, Utah temple.  I had never been there, but it was a beautiful temple!  I am so happy for her!  It was a beautiful sealing and she looked amazing.  Sometimes it only takes hours when meeting someone that you know you will be friends for eternity.

     Also while in Idaho we had a family celebration for my Dad's 60th birthday!  It was so fun and great to be with family.  My dad has always had a killer mustache and I thought it would only be reasonable to celebrate his 60th with a mustache cake and an I-phone.  Isn't he the cutest man ever?  I think so.

Happy 60th Pappy!  Sure do love you!

The BIGGEST Surprise

     First of all, where in the world did January and February go?  I cannot believe have fast time has gone.  Anyways, Ryan finished another rotation in Internal Medicine Outpatient and is currently in an Orthopedic Surgery rotation and loving every second of it.  He is staying busy studying and trying to figure out rotations for next year.  I finished another quarter of school and was ready for a week of Spring Break.  I was excited for a much needed restful week with my parents coming down to see me and the "original" plan of going to visit my grandparents in California who are serving a LDS church mission.  I should clarify that that was what I thought the "plan" was.  Ryan and I went to the airport to pick up the parents, but to my surprise all of my sisters were there with the kiddos!!!!  I was shouting with shock and joy, and may have shed a few tears!  I love my family and it is hard to be away from my best friends aka sisters.  It was the Best Surprise I could have asked for.  I guess my family had planned this with Ryan since Christmas and I must say I was totally surprise my sisters could keep it a secret.

It was a good thing I made Ryan help me spring clean since the family was coming.  I have the greatest husband who puts up with my OCD cleaning every now and then.

     My parents rented a home, so everyone had enough room.  We had so much playing to do.  The weather was beautiful, mid 70's all week, just what they needed since Idaho had been getting some snow storms.  We played/relaxed a lot in the beautiful sunshine.  The kids enjoyed the pool and all the fun parks around us and of course we hit up the new outlet malls.

We went to a great aquarium in Tempe, the kiddos were running around and loved all the fish.  Pretty sure all the adults had just as much fun.

     Ryan had a busy week while everyone was here, but he was able to join us for the evening and dinner. We had to take the family to Oreganos.  Ryan has worked his magic on the little ones and has quite the touch of getting them to sleep.  He will be a good dad someday.

My sisters even let me role play Jillian Michaels a few mornings to get some great exercise in with the sun shining.  We may have had trouble walking the rest of the day, but it was so much fun.

Missing in action is Kindi

     It was definitely a fun filled week.  I love my family so much.  It is times like these I realize how much I love and admire my family.  It makes me wish we were closer so we could have more Jillian Michaels workouts.  Thanks family for dropping your busy schedules to come hang out with your "Baby Girl."  This is by far one of my favorite memories, it was so hard to say goodbye to them at the airport.