April 5-11th

So much has been going on recently its been hard to keep track of everything! Richard was super busy this week with meetings and brain in the box and getting his video clip ready for project access now dinner we went to on the 8th, our 4th wedding anniversary. It was a wonderful dinner, lots of wonderful people and great conversation. Tilly stayed at her friend Moses house and fell asleep before we came to pick her up! Our friend Fletcher's parents were in town so we went to his house for dinner and to play in his awesome tipi in the back yard. The weekend was somewhat quite but it was so nice out that we were very active throughout.

March 29th- April 4th

After getting back from a nice relaxing spring break we jumped right in to a busy week. Tilly and I had Moses over wednesday, and Jordan and Topher over on Tuesday. She loves hanging out with her friends, she learns so much from them. Wednesday we went to Richard's small group PCM class where Tilly volunteered as a patient. We got there early to check in and noticed Richard in the lecture hall. Tilly pointed him out and screamed "there he is.. dada.. dada" We walked up the side and Tilly got to sit with him for the rest of the lecture. I watched from the hall as she gave fist bumps to all of the people sitting near them. Once the lecture was over we met in the small group class room and talked about what toddlers should be doing at that age. The teacher's 2 1/2 yr old was also there so Tilly and she ran around the room while the class went on. We had fun on Thursday seeing all our friends at story time we hadn't seen for a while and we had a nice relaxing day on Friday. Saturday we went to the ORFN easter egg hunt and had a blast with all the kids. Easter Sunday we went to a classmates brunch in the morning and went to Krisanna's mom's house for dinner. Tilly played with Anna and Miles there and we all had a great time!

Richard had just as busy of a week. On Monday he had a teleconference with his Health Care For All committee. Wednesday he and three of his classmates interviewed 9 uninsured people for their Vacuum project. Thursday he had a Student Council meeting, Friday he had precept with the doctor he's shadowing, and Saturday he did ADHD research.  

March 21st-28th

We had a wonderful spring break! The first half we relaxed at home having dinner with friends and playing with Richard non stop. On Wednesday we drove up to Seattle and stayed at my aunt Susans house. Its always fun there, good food, beautiful family, and a fun Lucky dog that Tilly just adores. We headed out early the next day to catch the ferry to Ocas Island. Once there we drove the rest of the way to Doe Bay and checked in to our sweet little cabin. It was a little rainy that day so we just relaxed in door, met most our friends at the kitchen and shared a good meal. Friday we went for several nice walks around doe bay, Tilly loves the outdoors and we tried to keep up with her on all the paths through the woods. We had such a nice meal at the cafe there before Richards band played. We even celebrated his and our friend Allison's 30th birthday with some yummy cake. The band was wonderful, Tilly and I had to blow a kiss to Richard and head to bed after a few songs. Saturday we explored the island, heading to the top of Mt. Constitution, to a few lakes and in to town. We had a little lunch there in east bank then headed back for nap time. After a refreashing nap we went to the soaking tups and relaxed in the nice warm water. We shared another meal with all our friends by the fire and Tilly tried her first ever smore!! She loved it of course! Sunday we packed up and waved bye bye to the water. The drive home was alright, seemed very long but it was Richards birthday so had a good time. :) Its good to be home but that was such a wonderful vacation.

 

March 7th-20th

I will have to recap the past 2 weeks together since I've been slacking on my blogging. 

The 10th- 14th Richard went to LA for a national AMSA (american medical student assoc) conference. He presented a poster for his VACUUM (Voices And Concerns of the Uninsured & Underinsured Millions) video project that won first place in the community service projects division! He was also appointed to the national Health Care For All committee.  It was no fun having him gone but Tilly and I stayed busy. We went out each day, met with friends, went to story time, and went on lots of walks. On Sunday Richard was going to get in at 9pm so I took Tilly to the children's museum and then just because it was right next door we went to the zoo. She LOVED the goats, we could have stayed there all day. We got back home around 2 and found a tinkerbell in her bed!! Richard got home early and surprised us, it was so much fun!! 

The next week was so fun and flew by. We had Moses over on tuesday and had tons of fun. St. Patty's day Tilly and I both came down with a cold but it didn't stop us from dressing in all green :) We made a yummy marshmallow cake for Richard's small group PCM class and since he had so many meetings that day we delivered it to the classroom. Match day was the 18th, where the 4th years find out where they will go for residency. I can't wait for Richards turn.. 3 years to go!! Richard was studying in all his free time throughout the week for his SPH exam on the 19th. We had Krisanna and David over that night for dinner to say Bon Voyage before they headed to Paris for spring break. Saturday we went to the opening of the farmers market, Tilly had a great time people and doggie watching, and we had a great time getting all of our groceries. 

What a great 2 weeks! This week will be even better I'm sure, Richard didn't even look at his email for a whole day- thats huge! (he had like 100 when he finally checked).

Feb 28th- March 6th

This was a crazy fun week! Monday Richard had his SPH exam in the morning, a meeting in the afternoon, and came home and took Tilly and me to the children's museum where we had almost the whole place to ourselves. Tilly took to painting her face and loved running around.

The rest of the week it was so beautiful outside, we walked to our neighbor's house most days and point out the different color flowers and the statue of a bunny that is on the hill. We had an amazing meal at Krisanna's on Thursday night while Richard was at his Health care reform elective. In the morning on Friday Tilly and I went to the Children's museum with Krisanna and Miles, we ran into a few friends while we were there so it was even more fun! Friday night was PROM!! We had Jami over to sit with T while she slept so she came over early for dinner and to play. We headed to Krisanna's and David's to take our pre-prom pictures, then on to the Jupiter Hotel, where many of Richard's classmates had gathered to celebrate. We had a wonderful time!

Feb 21st- 27th

This was a nice week and it went by so fast. Richard had been studying for his PCM exam on Wednesday and his exam he will have next Monday. He had a few extra meetings and a few parties to attend. Tilly and I went with him to his PCM small group dinner at his teachers house.

It was a lot of fun to hang out with his class mates, they are a great bunch. Tilly and I did a lot of things outside this week since the weather was nice. On the rainy Friday we went to the art museum, she stayed on my front in the ergo tote and liked to point to all the paintings. She has been sleeping very well except for that Friday night when she kept us on our toes for about 5 hours. Toward the end of those 5 hours she nestled in to my shoulder and put her arms in between our chests- it made being up from 1-5 much better! There's no where I would rather be then holding my sweet girl!!

Fed 14- 20th

This was a really fun week. Having Richard home for the 3 day presidents day weekend was awesome. We celebrated valentines a night early with dinner alone while Tilly played at Moses house. We had a great night out and when we got home and tucked little T in to bed Richard gave me a new camera!! I was so surprise and excited, I spent most the night and next day playing with it. We spent valentines all together and enjoyed the lovely weather. Richard spent most of his day off on Monday with us, again spending as much time as we could in the sun. He got back to business in the evening and went to study. He had his solo osce exam on Thursday which I'm sure he did well on. While he was at school Tilly and I went with Krisanna to the Children's Museum. After the exam we met Allen, Krisanna, David and some visiting friends from LA for dinner. Richard took Tilly out Saturday to breakfast and swimming. They even stopped by the library for story time. I love hearing the stories of what she does when I'm not around- Richard said after story time she got her jacket, gave him his, dragged the backpack behind her and headed to the bathroom- as to say 'this is whats next dada'. She is so sweet!!