WiCkEd!!!!

     We finally conquered another quarter of school!  That is right folks, only one more quarter left and then one more year down for the both of us!!!  And the best of all is Ryan only has 4 LONG MONTHS left  (and when I mean long, I mean LLLLLLOOOOONNNNNNGGG) until he takes his BIG BOARDS and then he is on to rotations!  I couldn't be more proud of my husband.  He seriously is the hardest working man ever.  He has been very determined to ROCK the boards coming up so he started in January adding 4 extra hours a day of studying for boards WHILE studying for school as well and rocking a 4.0 GPA.....yep that is my hubby!  So to celebrate another quarter down and surviving another finals week, we went to WICKED with some of our good friends from school, the Horrocks.  I have never seen it and this was Ryan's third time.....it was AWESOME!!!!  LOVED IT!

   
We started the night off right by getting all pretty and headed out to go eat at our favorite pizza/pasta place, Oreganos!

 
  We have been eating really healthy and it was time to treat ourselves with some chicken lasagna and pasta with meatballs.

The Gang

     Next we headed out to ASU had to take some pictures......

We were so excited....the anticipation of waiting was just killing us so took some pictures with the Playbill.

     It was such an awesome night with our friends and a great way to celebrate the ending of a SUCCESSFUL quarter!  Next up.....Idaho!

You've Had A Birthday, Shout HooRay!

     Well another 365 days have gone by and I just happened to turn one year older on Feb. 18th!  I can't believe that I turned 24.  I just barely got used to saying I was 23!  I was telling people I was 22 for about a good year and a half till I realized I was 23, haha!  Usually, I always have a 3 day weekend to celebrate my birthday due to Presidents Day, but apparently our school thinks that we need to go to school on Presidents Day AND take Finals as well!  Even though it was a crappy weekend to celebrate, due to preparation for finals, Ryan made it a pretty SPECIAL day for me! I have to best hubby.

     The Birthday morning started out bright an early at 7 am with some French Toast and Eggs...Delicious! Then it was time to study Genetics and Pathophysiology from 8 am to Midnight, and yes it lasted that long for the both of us!  But of course we took a little break and opened some presents....Ryan did such a good job and spoiled me.

     I got some new Under Armour running shirts, 2 cute DownEast shirts (thanks Jackie in helping Ryan and for the shirt), a new scripture marker, and some fun new baking pans to make ice cream sandwiches and whoopee pies!

     We decided to go out for lunch and try out a new Mexican restaurant called Ajo Al's.  It was pretty amazing and a nice little break.  We have not ate that big of a meal in a long time!  Needless to say, we didn't even eat dinner we were so stuffed!

     We hit the books some more, took an hour to go workout, BUT still studied while running/elliptical and then decided to have some birthday cake.  The tradition in my family is homemade Red Velvet Cake for a birthday cake, but I did not have enough time to bake (I expect a Red Velvet Cake in Idaho, dad) so we picked up a Chocolate Caramel Snickers cake with some Vanilla Ice Cream to celebrate.  Don't mind the sweaty hair.

     We then continued to study till about 10:30 pm and then we both were hungry! So what better then Jack in the Box Tacos?

     This is how our table will look for the whole week of Finals we are about to conquer!  Then we are Idaho bound!  Once midnight struck we were done studying and ready for bed!  It was busy day, but thanks to my awesome Husband, family and friends who called and sent messages it was a great birthday!  Thanks everyone!!!

Love Is In The Air

     How do two busy graduate school students celebrate Lover's Day?  Well, since Valentine's Days is on a Tuesday this year and WE both have a test Wednesday morning and then Friday morning and then it is Finals the next week, we celebrated it 5 days early when there is no tests and we have 2 hours to spare!  We were both craving some good, fresh fish so we visited the RL aka Red Lobster!  We had to do the whole 4 course meal with soup, salad, main entree, and then some good dessert!  It was DELICIOUS!  It was so nice to just spend some US time even though we ended up try to prove to one another how a certain drug works in the body, but hey it was nice to be together.

     We had to also celebrate by making some delicious goodies.....Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting cake balls and and Hershey kisses, M&M pretzels.  They were a fun little treat that we delivered to our friends and enjoyed munching on, they were great!

  Hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine's Day with their Sweetheart like I did.

TV games

     Have you ever wondered if people actually pay attention to the Drug Advertisements on TV?  Well just to let you know....We DO!  It is actually the highlight of our night when we are able to turn on the TV for a split second and a Drug Advertisement comes on.  It is a complete game for us!  Whoever can say the brand name, generic name, what receptors they target in the body, and its mechanism of action....WINS!  Here is a little example for you, what do you think of when you see this picture?

Well here is exactly how it goes down for US when a commercial pops up....

Kali:  Oh Oh Cialis.....generic name is.....Tadalafil!!!! (1point of me)

Ryan:  Receptors (where does it target).....PDE 5 Inhibitor, long term effect (1 point for Ryan)

Ryan and Kali (this is being said by both): Mechanism of Action....allows for vasodilation to occur longer which makes an erection!!!! (both 1 point)

And the Winner is?  Like always a dang tie, but it sure is a fun game to play!

     Update:  Ryan continues to amaze me each and everyday.  Not only is he studying all day long to preform well on his tests to get his A's/100% he is also putting in 2-3 hours of board studying as well everyday.  I am so proud of his determination to do well on these upcoming boards in June, which pretty much determines what he will do.  He really is amazing.  Kali is still trying to go strong in school, getting a little worn out this quarter.  She is working at Target as a Pharmacy Intern every other weekend.  Life is good for us, nothing we can complain about, besides we would love to have just ONE day where we could do whatever we want....maybe in 10 years that might come.

Spotlight on the Finns

     Over Christmas break, we were able to finally have all of the Finn Family together since Morgan came home from the Dominican Republic.  So what do people do when everyone is together???? Family Pictures!!!!  Ryan, Jonathon and I were the unlucky ones who happened to catch the flu that ran through the whole Finn clan earlier that week the morning of the pictures.  I feel bad cause I look terrible in ALL of the pictures, least to say chubby as well, but hey I am working on down grading the chubby-ness now! It was quite the morning with all the running back and forth to the bathroom, but I think we accomplished what we set out for.  I married into a great family!

Ryan's sister Tiffany, Jonathon, Tanner, and Kennedy

Ryan's sister Tenille, Devin, and Maddex

Jordan, Morgan, and Tania

The Finn Clan

And this is why I love my Hubby, he can make me laugh anytime, anyplace, anywhere even if we have the flu!

Resolutions Update

    My plan for our Resolutions is to give a monthly update.  I know that it is still the middle of January, but I just loved this picture and what it means so I am posting early.

     Ryan and I have been doing really good with our exercising and eating healthy.  So good Ryan got his first running blister!  It puts a huge grin on my face....I've officially turned him into a RUNNER!

     I've even gotten him to like running so much that he committed to run the Bryce Canyon, Utah 1/2 Marathon July 14 with me!  We are hoping that he will be able to run it with me, but it will just depend on his rotations this summer.  I will still make him train with me, if he runs it or not.

     Hope everyone else is doing good on their Resolutions!!!!

The Big 2012

     Here is to a New Year and New Resolutions for the Finn household.  We have a lot of the same goals this year, individually and as a family.....so here they are

RESOLUTIONS

1)  Ryan and I are sick of our "student" bodies, so we are transforming them to Lean, Mean, Burning Calories Studying machines haha

Ryan does not have anyway weight to lose, but wants to tone up.

After college basketball, all of my muscle and sleek body turned to flab.  I then lost all of that weight and was at my skinniest/healthiest point.  Then marriage and pharmacy school came and all the weight got put back on.  But now it is time to get healthy again.  Not just losing 20 lbs but also to lose inches and get my BMI down.  Who knows when we will start having kids, but I want to be healthy before, during, and after

2)  Increasing our scripture study time, together and individually

3)  Making sure FHE happens every week

4) Making sure that we make time for our own individual "outs."

These "outs" as we call it are time for something WE want to do aka not studying.  For example an "out" is to play basketball for 30 minutes or regain piano abilities by playing 30 minutes a day.  SomethingWE WANT to become better at or enjoy.

     I hope for the very few people that do read this blog that you have made goals to and are ready to accomplish these New "Resolutions" along with us.  

     

     This year is going to be a very busy year for us, especially with school.  In June Ryan will take his big boards, which pretty much tells him what kind of doctor he can be.  Ryan will have finished 2 years of Med school and I one year of Pharmacy school.  We will have been married for 2 whole Years and have lived in AZ for 2 years!  

Here's to a good 2012!

Let's bring it in with a Huge Bang!