Pumpkin Time

Braydon and Shane were able to go on a field trip for school to the Pumpkin Patch on Friday and bought this great pumpkin. As you can see we had lots of fun carving it. You can find more pictures in the album Oct. 24, 2005.

Happy Halloween to Everyone!

Nothing to Exciting!!

We haven't done much this week. It was one of those long and boring weeks that seem to go on and on and on. Braydon has been sick for the last couple of days with a fever and upset (I mean really UPSET) stomach. He didn't go to daycare or school on Friday. He did end up going to school with me because all I have on Fridays are presentations which only last an hour or so. He had a good time. The lights are turned down while the student is presenting so he laid down next to me and went to sleep since he did NOT sleep a wink on Thursday night.

I had big test (got 90%) and practical (pass/fail) in my Neuro class. It was on the Spinal Cord injuries. Our practical is set up so that about 10-12 students get called up in pairs to demonstrate different techniques in certain situations. I was called up (I've been called up to demonstrate 3 out of the 4 practicals that we've had) to be a patient with a L3 spinal cord injury. I was graded on how good I "played" the part and my partner was graded on how well she did in doing a Motor Exam on me. We both passed but 4 out of the 12 students didn't and will have to do it over again.

Sorry about not adding any pictures, we've been slacking and haven't been anywhere exciting. Maybe we will do better next week.

Surprise!!!

Well, for the past month and a half, we have been living a big lie. It all started back on Labor Day. We didn't go camping with our friends and we did not forget our camera as we said in our Labor day post.

We actually surprised my family but just showing up at our cabin. We knew that all of our family would be up there for the long weekend so we decided to go up there. We hadn't been to the cabin for about a year and a half. It was good to see it again and spend a nice relaxing weekend up in the mountains. My sister and her family knew we were coming so that they could plan for food. From Flagstaff, it takes about 8 hours to get to the cabin. We went up the Eastern side of Utah going through Blanding, Moab, and Price. It was nice to be able to see a different part of Utah. Moab is beautiful and recommend anyone to drive through, or spend a weekend, whenever possible.

To make up for spending a weekend with my family, this weekend we did a surprise visit to Katie's family. We choose this weekend because I wouldn't have to miss a single class since we has some meetings down in Phoenix. I went last year so I didn't feel like I needed to go this year. We also went this weekend so we could see Katie's little sister, Emily's volleyball game. We had Braydon walk up to the top of the bleachers and walk over to Katie's parents and both of their jaws dropped and hit the ground. We had a blast this weekend and it went by way to fast.

Don't worry, from here on out, there will be no more little white lies from us!!! You can check out the pictures from both Labor day 2005 and Moore's Oct. 2005 in our photo album.

Fall is in the air

A chill is starting to come over Flagstaff. The morning temperatures are around freezing and were starting to scrap our windows of our cars in the morning. Braydon was so excited today because he could finally put up his Halloween decorations. We had a great time doing that today in between General Conference sessions. We posted more pictures of us decorating in our photo album.

Friday was my 20 minute presentation that I gave in front of all my classmates including all the first years and professors. We present in a auditorium with about 100 seats in it and it is packed full. Two of my professors are big into foot and ankle problems and my presentation was a patient with a foot problem. I was pretty nervous about the questions they were going to ask me about it. Luckily, only one of them asked a question and it wasn't that hard, I actually thought my classmates questions were harder then his, so I was glad. I'm just glad it's done and the rest of the semester should be smooth sailing from here on out.

We are still figuring out what to do with our truck. We got the estimate from our insurance company but we think we can fix it ourselves a lot cheaper so we are in the process of finding out how much it will cost to replace the window in our shell. Luckily, the only place here in Flagstaff that does truck shell repairs does the brand of our shell. We have to take it on on Monday to see how much the brackets will cost to get replaced. We will let you know how it turns out. We will be considering selling our truck as soon as we get it fixed, so if your (or someone you know) interested in buying a good little truck, let us know.