Projects

This has been my project as of late. I've been very worried about it since it is the first one I've done for a little girl. I think it turned out adorable. This is a nice sneak peak for Stephanie. I hope you love it. I'll be bringing it this weekend. Ryenn's are on their way. I'm just waiting for more blocks.

Millions of Peaches

This past week my parents came up to the valley to catch a flight to Boston. The night before they came my Mom told me that she was going out back to get me some peaches. I invisioned a small grocery sized bag with a few peaches in it. I was wrong. Whem my Mother says she's bringing you peaches, beware! I ended up with a huge luggage sized bag 2/3 full of peaches. Well, I was determined to use them as I have not in the past. As a result, I created/copied a few culinary masterpieces. They were delicious!

This is a Phyllo Fruit Tart from Gina's WW Recipes. It's like fruit pizza but the crust is Phyllo dough and the top is drizzled with white chocolate. Healthy, easy, delicious! What more can you ask for. Preston, Mindi, Zach and I polished this baby off in one sitting!

This is a peach cobbler recipe that I found on all recipes.com. 745 people had reviewed it and given it 4.5 stars. I figured 745 people couldn't be wrong so I gave it a try. It was awesome!

I've also been baking peach bread and muffins all week for freezing and this little man has been my helper.

I don't usually share recipes because, let's face it, I'm not a good cook but these were so good (Tessa standard) and pretty that I wanted everyone to know about them. I do have to say that I don't want to see another peach for a very very long time.

Summer

A lot has happened over the last few months and instead of trying to post about each separately, I decided to do a nice little picture collage. This way, all of the important stuff gets remembered and you don’t have to fall asleep reading what we’ve been up to. It really has been a great summer!

I passed my midterms with flying colors and got my white coat! Thanks to Zach, Preston, Mindi, and Jude for coming to support me!

Also, special thanks to Preston and Mindi for letting us borrow this adorable child for our pretend family photo.

Zach and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. Zach got the old Disney Afternoon cartoons.

I got this sweet camelback! I can't wait to use it.

We sent Tessa off to China. This may or may not still be a touchy subject since Tessa has been living with us for the past 3 months. We may or may not miss her like crazy. Probably may on both of those. Thankfully we have Skype and can talk to her rather frequently. She is not allowed to go away again. (The picture is of us at the airport at 5:00am. I hope that explains some things.)

This is Tessa walking away.

My friend Ticia had a baby! Her name is Isabel and she is beautiful!

I was also able to pass my finals and have finished my first term of PA school. I am now on a 3 week break and am lucky enough to be watching this adorable guy. He is so much fun and I'm glad to have him around to keep me company.

So there you have it. Hopefully there will be more exciting things in the future and that I can make some time between study sessions to keep everyone up to date.

Dad

Many people aren't blessed to have a father like mine. In my opinion no one is blessed to have a father like mine. He is one of a kind. Happy Father's Day daddy!

Brains

Today I played with brains. It was my first day of PA school and let me just share a few thoughts. My first class at 7:00 AM today was anatomy. Let me just say that my first thought, as my professor started lecturing, was, "How do I take notes?" That does not bode well.

Next, was anatomy lab. That class consisted of the professor asking questions to which I responded, "I have absolutely no idea," or "I have never learned that," or "I didn't know we had those!"

Lunch was ok. I worked up the nerve to sit at a table with a bunch of people in my lab group. They all knew each other but none of them knew me and I knew none of them. I ate my lunch and off I went as they continued with their conversation.

Physiology came next. I was feeling better when I finished early and took off for home. I was in my shorts and tshirt and getting ready to do a little relaxing when I realized I had left my power cord for my computer at the school. The next hour was spent retrieving it (thank you Tessa). Now I am home already feeling guilty that I'm not studying. I think I just learned what it really feels like to be overwhelmed.

Craft Day

A few weekends ago Tessa, Mindi, Jude and I had a craft day. It was so much fun. We started at about 9:30ish and didn't call it a night until about 10:30 pm. Zach and Preston even joined us. They didn't do much crafting but it was great fun to have them there.

Mindi made some alphabet and number blocks for Jude.

My big projects were name blocks for one of Mindi's co-workers. They turned out really good.

Finished product.

All in all it was a great day. Tessa was our craft ninja and taught us everything. She even took the best pictures so for full details, see her blog

Memorial Day

This Memorial Day Zach and I went on a hike. We took a trail starting at the Peralta trailhead and ending just above Weaver's Needle. The desert was gorgeous, so green and colorful. We loved it!

Below is Weaver's Needle. Just before we got there we met a family and one of the little girls, probably about 10, says in a very excited voice, "You're almost there and it's AWESOME!" She was right.