We decided since we've been married for a year and a half, we'd better update our pictures!
I'm so glad Dan didn't drop me!



Whew! Another week of school is over! There's only 14 more! Actually that sounds terrible. Fourteen still seems like a lot! BUT I'm trying to be optimistic....SO 2 weeks conquered and I'm feeling great!!!!
Dan has a huge final tomorrow that is 70% of his final grade in the class. Thank heavens the subject is microbiology and everything that encompasses! He's practically an expert when it comes to anything creepy and crawling!
As for me, I'm still hanging in there at UNO. I'm still part time due to residency rules, but I really am enjoying it! I love the elementary I work at. The kids are great...for the most part!
Our new Sunbeams this year are giving us a run for our money, but we wouldn't ask for it any other way! We just hope our own kids...that is if we have any after we're through with this calling...jk...don't give other people such a tough time!



P.S. Thanks Jenn for taking the pictures for us!

SNOW DAY!
After our long holiday vacation in Utah and Idaho, we've finally made it home...to Omaha! Dan still kinda cringes when he calls Omaha our home. I think it's growing on him. He's just not used to establishing a new home every few years like me.
The drive back (home) had a few stormy parts, but all-in-all we were lucky to have such nice clean roads! We were able to save a bunch of money because we drove instead of flying which has been such a blessing everything worked out!
But now that we're home, the holidays don't seem over. It was really REALLY sad taking down our Christmas tree. But we had plenty of gifts to unwrap from under the tree! My mom sent us 3 boxes of gifts and my dad sent us one too! It was like Christmas all over again! It was so much fun! We love having two Christmas'! We loved all our gifts this year! I'll have to post a few pictures of them now that our camera is in working order!
All this vacation has gotten me a little lazy, but I'm sticking to my New Years resolutions! I've been working out 5 times a week! I'm feeling great! (I've made it to Jan6th and I'm holding strong!)
Dan is, of course, back to the books. He's got a test this Friday and he only started back up on Monday. Creighton is pretty hardcore! Last night we got roughly 3-5 inches of snow and we're expected to get more today...it's been snowing nonstop all morning. Of course work for me was canceled, but Creighton is open...snow, sleet, hail, or blizzard! The roads aren't plowed...and I'm stuck at home worried. Today was Dan's turn to drive for the carpool...our car is having enough problems as it is! Thank goodness we just got new tires!
Last night Dan helped me finish up my nursing application and this morning I submitted it! I just finished ordering all my transcripts to be sent to UNMC so now all I've got to do is wait...and wait...and wait!!!

A Very Merry Christmas and a Super Duper Happy New Year!!!

This year, Dan and I decided to give his family the best surprise poor medical students possibly could! For about 2 months we told Dan's family there was no way we would be able to make it out for Christmas. Everyone thought there was no way we would be coming for the holidays. But secretly Dan and I had made arrangements to drive out to Utah with one of Dan's med school friends and surprise the Millers on their doorstep a few days before Christmas.
The surprise was one of a life time! I don't think we'll ever be able to duplicate it for as long as we live. We're just so glad the beans weren't spilt and the surprise had the impact we had expected.
We're grateful we never ran into bad weather on our way here. We're just hoping and praying for good weather on the way back!
We've been really bummed Idaho didn't have much snow to cross country ski or ice skate. But we are really happy we got to spend time eating delicious food, play plenty of Wii games to last us through next semester, and rest from all our schooling cares!
We also got to visit Kolton!!! He's now staying with Trent in Idaho Falls. He's a little unsure what his future looks like. He just knows he's pretty much done with construction for a while. Construction just takes a lot out of you physically and he's thinking of maybe going to college to get a better job! He's just unsure what he wants to do for the rest of his life. He's been having too much fun playing around! But we really had fun playing video games with him and Trent's kids. They got guitar hero for Christmas and so we all rocked out! It was fun! We also went out to dinner with Kolton tonight and had a good time hanging out and just talking! It's nice to see family!
Tomorrow we head down to Utah for New Years Eve with Sharon and Cyndi (my mom's sisters). We can't wait!!!! But we sure will miss our adorable nephews and niece!

Yet again Dan and I have had car trouble! It all started with our great idea to finally get the tires on our car changed. We were a little bummed about having to spend a few hundred dollars on tires, but we knew the time was coming so we kinda-sorta prepared ourselves... I mean we'd done our homework. We called around trying to make sure that we were getting the best deal on these "bad boys". To Dan's frustration once again, Wal Mart had the best price.
So finally the day comes to actaully get the new tires put on. An hour after we drop the car off, we get a call from Wal Mart. We're thinking the tires are already hooked up and we can come by to pick up our car anytime...YEAH RIGHT...that would have been too convenient!...So Dan picks up the phone and his face completely transforms in a matter of seconds. Of course, I'm thinking the young kid who was working on our car accidently ran it into a wall or something. Thank heavens I was wrong! So Dan gets off the phone and proceeds to tell me one of our tires won't come off. They can't change it for us and say that we'll have to take it somewhere else, its Saturday by the way so everywhere is closed of course! I don't know the first thing about cars, so I'm having a panic attack thinking our car is broken. Dan's worried we'll have to both go down and donate our kidneys so we can get our car back and fixed before the day is over. Once again, thankfully that was not the case!
The entire next week, we kept worrying about our car troubles and getting the other tire fixed before it got worse. So on Friday, we drove to the west side of Omaha....like 30 minutes away to find out our worries were for nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got the problem solved for under $20! Sure it was a hastle calling all over town again to find out who would give us the cheapest deal on our broken tire, but it was so worth it! We're so grateful for blessings like these. They happen everyday and they really help put life in perspective!
This year, the Thanksgiving season is bringing a renewed spirit with it. This blessing, however small, really openned our eyes to what we have been blessed with. Although we love the turkey, the mashed potatoes, and especially the freshly baked pies, we feel so grateful for each other! I think we've both really felt the holiday spirit already! We just can't wait for the holidays to begin!

This weekend Dan and I went to a local pumpkin patch. It was such a blast! We went with a few of our friends from Dan's medical school class who had kids and it turned out to be one of the funnest things we've done since moving to Omaha! We watched pigs race in circles for an oreo cookie, we picked out our own pumpkins to carve later this week, we jumped on these huge inflatable trampolines, and we raced each other in pedal carts! Dan and I challenged our friends, Dave and Dahlia to a double pedal cart race and.....lost! We're blaming it on the fact that Dan took the wrong trail, but really we're just out of shape!
-Dan trying to launch me like the cannon pumpkins we watched just minutes before-

-Me trying SuPeR hard to launch Dan, but failing miserably. -

-This picture isn't a very good depiction of the REAL race...I actually beat Dan!...I also had a head start!-

Our Summer Swim

A few weeks back Dan's sister, Jen, came down to Pocatello with her little family and we all went swimming at Ross park. Dan and I had a BLAST! It was so much fun laying out in the sun relaxing and playing with our little nephews! Ever since then, Dan and I have been on a "swim quest." We've been checking out all the pools and water parks we possibly can!
For our anniversary...(yes, we have been married an entire year! It flew by so fast that we hope medical school flies by just as fast and just as PAINLESS!) lol...so for our anniversary

The Beginning!

I'm finally opening a blog! I've been really hesitant about opening one because I'm such a bad "facebooker." I've heard blogging is great for people who don't stay constant with their journaling...sounds great for me! I always start a journal and find myself getting burnt out. It seems once I start an entry, I can't stop because I have so much to say. Dan thinks this whole blog idea is a joke, but I bet he'll get hooked!