the hike...

as summer is winding down we are winding up! it seems it has come and gone in a flash and we only have cheezy wedding invitations to show for it. boring!!!! we decided to make the most out of our last week of summer and go for a hike. But first I must mention that we are both way out of shape and you might even say i'm on the hefty side of life right now, the pants are cutting off the air supply. That being said james picked to hike to dounut falls. maybe he had sugar on the brain when he chose that but we set out to work some muscle. unfortunately james inner eagle wasn't turned on and all the skills he learned as a scout have left him because he took us up the completely wrong canyon. after searching and winding up milcreek desperately looking for dounut falls he realized his mistake. so we had to pick one near by and we chose dog lake! woof woof! well since time had gotten away from us it was a little chilly and mckay was the only one that came prepared. hurray mckay! he had the water, the backpack and the sweatshirt. I guess his inner eagle is still in tune with him. mountains are cold, hikes are long and you should always be prepared, I do believe that's the boy scout motto! so off we went straight up!!! it was killer. I was huffing and puffing with my bum a burnin'! mckay was lagging and james long legs just kept pushing him up the mountain. 2 miles up and we made it in an hour. i don't know if that's good or bad. but we made it and took some really awesome pictures along the way. I might add that mckay has quite the sense of humor and was making us laugh the whole way up. dog lake was spectacular let me tell you. it looked more like and oversized pool. we left just in the nick of time and after 40 minutes slipping and sliding down the trail we made it out of the canyon before it closed. next time we'll have to be more prepared and bring a flashlight. all in all it was much more fun then any wedding!

Gary Indiana

We're Invited....The first of many of our dental applications have returned and with it came awesome news! James has been invited to Indiana University for an interview!!! hip hip horray! while this doesn't mean we've been accepted it does mean we're one step closer to convincing them we should!! haha! While we're just hoping to get into any of the schools, this one has its benefits because its tuition costs are much lower! we're always happy about saving money! His interview is in october so we'll have until then to come up of a list of reasons why they should let us go there! Until then we'll just wait for more news from other schools and keep hoping for the best!

For This is Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite holiday is halloween!!!! it's spooktastic!, the smells, crisp air, tons of candy it's just the best!!! so imagine my thrill when james aunt jill (also a halloween fanatic) showed me her awesome new halloween decoration for the year!!! what could be better then drinking spooky, eyeball punch out of a pumpkin bowl!!!!! I was a bit envious but as all my envious desires usually go, knew this was something I'd have to wait for when money is a constant in my bank account! But I guess the ghouls and ghost of halloween over heard my plight because just as I was gushing over the greatness of this bowl james grandma over heard my delight and excitment and told me I could have hers!!! I was shocked, and not wanting to be the snooty granddaughter in law i decided to gratefully decline the offer. How could I take something so great from such a great lady. But she insisted and told me I better now leave without taking it home with me. she was watching me to closely for me to refuse again, so I decided to take her up on the generous offer! I guess I'll be having one of the greatest halloween parties this year all because of this fabulous gift, that reflects the wonderfulness of halloween!!!!!!!!!!!

four eyes!!!!

well my days of being a nerd are over! I've finally graduated to contacts! wahoo!!! it only took three years, but I've finally decided to become a grown up and say ta ta to being a four eyed geek! enough with smudges, sweaty nose, crooked lenses etc. I've now joined the round of weirdo's that enjoy touching their eyeball and leaving a foreign object inbetween it's lashes. I'm sure i've just opened the door for more comical adventures to occur but I'm game because I no longer have to wear my sunglasses on top of my glasses when driving! oh the possibilites, if only they could make my face not look so fat!!!!!!

star wars returns....

They came!!! hurray! james birthday gift arrived today, only more then a week late, but we weren't really counting. But they were worth the wait and james was just as excited as he would have been had they arrived on his birthday! they are pretty awesome, and truly vintage!!!

What's DAT????

James took his DAT (Dental Academics Test) in june! he practically studied his lights out and pulled out just as much hair! Its definitely nice to have this proportion of the dental school years done and out of the way. kind of a stressful start, but a good one. My mom was nice enough to make this awesome sign for james the day of his test! my mom is pretty clever and never misses an opportunity to make an awesome sign (she even cut out the picture's of the teeth from a magazine she was reading at her last dental appointment and saved them just for the sign! always planning ahead) we were able to get our applications in and so far all 13 of the schools we have applied to have asked us for a secondary application (which also means they would like more mula! there's always two sides to everything). We're thinking this is a good sign, and we'll find out later this fall or early next year where we'll be headed to live out the next four years of our life!!!! it's a gamble and so far we've yet to narrow down or have our heart set on any place!

help me Obi-wan Kenobi... you're my only hope

happy birthday james!!!
James turned 25 today! old!!! and to celebrate I bought him absolutely nothing! ha! Really, i'm lying, well sort of. james is a hard one to shop for and his wish list only allowed room for one item...his new iphone, but since he had to buy this gift for himself I thought i'd surprise him with a little trickery! knowing james to be the true inner star wars geek I found an awesome sheet set in Pottery Barn Kids! so I gave in just a little and decided to buy him the pillowcases! (lucky for me, they didn't make the sheets big enough for our king bed! phew) well the the gift came, and after a fishy tale of making james believe I had really bought the items for his nephew (also a star wars fan) I convinced him that the package wasn't for him. But the plan was folly because when I went to wrap the gift the eve before his birthday i ripped open the package to find.....TWO FLOWER POWER FITTED CRIB SHEETS! what the junk?!? after rechecking the invoice, package, order confirmation etc. it was a proven fact that PB Kids had indeed screwed up my order big time. the force, I would say, was not with them! (ha james star wars humor is rubbing off!) so needless to say the one gift blew up like the death star and james was more surprised with the flower power girl sheets I had for him. I'm not sure how to take this experience, james thinks it's a sign that our first born will be a girl and PB kids has taken it upon itself to get me ready for the future! i guess we'll have to name her Leia if that's the case!!!!

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