Almost Done

Ryan spends his last day as an Anesthesia Resident tomorrow.

To celebrate the completion of residency, the Anesthesia Department hosted a graduation dinner on Saturday night.

Ryan and his classmates.

Ryan was the MC for the class video. I am glad that everyone else got to witness Ryan's great sense of humor. It was hilarious and I didn't even know all of the inside jokes.

Ryan and I at dinner.


4 years of a lot of sacrifice and hard work.

Glad to be staying in Rochester and moving on to the life of an attending.

Here's to lots of family dinners and bedtime routines together!

Getting back into the swing of things

We survived our red eye flight home from Salt Lake last week and are getting back into our groove. Our trip was a blast and we saw lots of family and some of our friends. Here are the highlights with more in depth posts for the Grandmas when I get the next spare moment to upload pictures.

We rode Thomas the Train in Heber with Grandma and Grandpa Parry.

We went to Logan twice.
Jack and Addy sitting on the rocks outside Great Grandma Edith's House.

We saw my oldest nephew, Riley, graduate as the Salutatorian from Bonneville High. I only cried 3 times at graduation. Can't believe he is heading off to college this fall. Seriously, when did he grow up?

Addy feel in love with "MY princess brella" given to her by Grandma Shirlene. She carried it around our entire trip. She loves it.

Pink or Blue?

Jack was very excited to go to the Helicopter Hospital this morning for my ultrasound.

We were talking about Daddy's helicopter work. (Jack would be sad to know that Ryan does not really have anything to do with the helicopters that land on top of the hospital.)

I told Jack that Daddy would be wearing a hat when we saw him and blue pajamas.

Jack laughed and told me I was silly.

I was right:)

Highlight for the kids was watching the elevator in the parking garage go up and down.

This was right before the start of the 2 HOUR long ultrasound. Yes, 2 HOURS. It was way too long but the kids and parents survived. Having a brand new technician did not help things move any faster.

And at the end we found out that everything is looking good and that we will most likely bring the baby home from the hospital in



pink.

Nap time

As I walked up the stairs to check on Addy during her nap, I heard her run and jump in her bed.

She was obviously not sleeping.

or cleaning for that matter.

She has taken to spending her nap time moving Jack's bed, pulling every book off the shelf, and making a general mess.

If I could just get her to spend her nap time dusting, organizing and vacuuming her room, I would not mind her crankiness due to lack of napping.

Because it is a gloomy day . . .

I am going to dream of the beach. Can't wait for our next beach vacation.

Breast Cancer Awareness

This is my new favorite bumper sticker. Ryan and I laughed so hard and it made me think of my friend, Anna. So Anna, this is for you.

Certainly got my attention.

Florida Revisited

We traveled to Florida at the end of March to meet a new cousin and have fun with family.

Lillian Jayesh Patel

Adorable girl but sadly she had RSV while we were visiting. Poor baby and mama.

Jack and Mariam plugged into technology. I see this picture in our future again when they are teenagers. Jack loves "my Mariam" as he calls her.

5 kids and one great swing led to some good lessons in taking turns. This swing in the Patel's backyard is awesome and Grandma Shirlene became and expert and swinging the kids. (This is a picture of Uncle Jay with the swing but usually it was Grandma.)

Jack had a patch of dirt and some trucks. Life was good.

Jack celebrated his 4th birthday a little early so he could celebrate with Grandma and cousins.

This is one of his many presents from Grandma Shirlene. This is still one of his favorites.

This shirt (thanks Greenwood family) got quite a few laughs at the beach. With his long curly hair, board shorts and candy necklace, Jack was looking like the ultimate beach bum. He had a great time at the beach and a highlight was Aunt Tracie's creative Treasure Map and digging for the treasure that pirates left.

Jack loved the trench that Aaron Jones dug for the kids. Glad Auntie Kristina married someone with good skills to entertain our children.

To say that Addy loved the beach would be a vast understatement. She loved the sand and the water. Only problem is sand in a diaper makes for not fun walking. She was less than thrilled with that. However, if I could, I would rent a cabana on a beach everyday and watch my kids play. Perfect day.