Back to School

I can't believe that our little girl is so grown up. Yesterday was Brooklyn's first official day of school as she started kindergarten. This is the first time that she has gone somewhere for school, as she did preschool at home with Chelsea last year. I was anxious to see how she would handle it, but she acted so adult like and just walked right into school like she didn't even care she was leaving us. It was so fun to see her so excited to get dressed up for the first day, and have her hair just right (such a girl)! I even got to take the afternoon off of work and was able to walk her to school with Chelsea and the kids.
Unfortunately we are in transition right now with homes, we are staying at my parent's house, and so Brooklyn will have to switch schools probably about the time that she is starting to make friends in her class. Chelsea and I struggled with the decision of what to do as far as where to send her for school, but when push came to shove we decided that kids are incredibly adaptable and she would probably do fine no matter what we decided.
Here are a couple more pictures of our mini adult!

This is why I LOVE the Olympics

Wow, for any of you who didn't stay up last night to watch the Mens 4x100m Free Relay you missed out big time. Lucky for you I have copied a link here to the NBC Olympics website where you can go and watch it, and watch it you should. It was absolutely incredible and our athletes are amazing!! The video is not that long, the race was not even 4 minutes, so you don't have any excuse not to watch it. Go ahead, indulge your inner self and enjoy!

Click here to go to the website 

Together with Friends

This weekend we were able to get together again with our good friends from dental school, the Mitchell's and my good high school friend and his family, Cody Smith. It is fun to be back home to hang out with friends again.
I must tell my parents and my sister, Ondria, thank you so much for letting us stay in your homes while we are looking for our own place to stay. You guys have been very kind and we really appreciate it.

These are a few of my favorite things

Yes, you should think Julie Andrews and the Sound of Music when you read that title (wow am I displaying my age and my inner "manly" touch with that!)

I just thought it would be appropriate to get back on the blogging scene with a couple of my favorite things that I have been able to enjoy recently. Now it goes without saying that my wife is definitely my favorite and that the following don't even come close, but for this post lets focus on these other favorite things.

Number One: Apple iPhone!!
Yes that is right, I finally was able to fulfill my guilty passion and am now a proud owner of the iPhone. Lest some of you think I am a spoiled new dentist who is buying all my fun new toys, I have wanted this thing for over a year now and have held out. I even suppressed my desire to buy the new 3G phone when it came out, and thankfully I did. You see, my wonderful brother in law, Juan, is a proud new owner of the 3G iPhone and so he was kind enough to sell me his old iPhone for a great deal, and I couldn't pass that up. I am a bargain shopper you know.
So how do I like the iPhone so far, you might ask? I love it!!!! Chelsea is already sick of me telling her how cool it is and how many things it can do. But the thing really is amazing and I am using it all the time. Thanks Juan, and thank Chelsea, for letting me cough up the 5o bucks for this wonderful gadget.

Number Two: The Olympics
I admit, I am a huge fan of the Olympics and have been waiting for the opening ceremonies now for a while. It is so amazing to me to watch these athletes compete and to see how good they are at what they do. As most of you know I am a huge sports junkie and there is just something magical about watching the worlds best compete on such a huge stage. It is disappointing to say the least when you hear about the doping scandals and such, but regardless of all that which goes on, I still love these two weeks that come around every two years.
I must make one comment on tonights opening ceremony in Beijing. If I had to sum it up in one word...AMAZING! I am not usually a big fan of the opening ceremony, although I usually always try and watch it just because I love the olympics so much. It is usually too symbolic and artsy fartsy for me. But the one tonight was incredible. The things they did were so precise and so neat to watch. For those of you that didn't get to see it, you have got to try and find it on the internet and just watch the drummers sections, remarkable to say the least.
Last comment. Many people are saying that China is going to lead the medal count when all is said and done. I am making my bold prediction right now, that the greatest country on Earth, even our own US of A is going to lead the medal count when all is said and done. And I make one more bold prediction. That Team USA Basketball will take home the gold this year and do so in a very dramatic way, by cleaning house of everyone they meet! C'mon now USA, don't let me down in front of all my readers!!!

We're still here

No we haven't fallen off into the ocean of Phoenix's new coast line due to global warming. We are still around and doing well, it's just that we don't have regular internet access so it limits our blogging abilities.

We are currently living in my sister's house while her and her family are in Mexico with her husband's job. So I guess we are house sitting for a month or so. While we are here we are looking to try and buy a home and wondering how that is possible with the costs of homes these days, and yes I know that home prices are down from recent years. In trying to plan a budget and decide what we can afford, we might just settle down in a nice community trailer park in Apache Junction!

I am working in three different dental offices, one in South Gilbert, one in North Gilbert and one in Tempe. So, here goes my shameless plug, if any of you are in need of a dentist, I can point you in the right direction!

Sorry for such the delay on the homefront. We will try to be better, but no promises....

The Best Nation on Earth

I can't let this miraculous holiday go by without expressing a few of my thoughts about this wonderful country we call the United States of America. How lucky are we to live in such a great nation, where we enjoy so many freedoms that so many others in the world can only dream about. During this celebration of our Independence I would like to express thanks for all those that have fought, and sacrificed so much, to allow this country to remain free. I have a brother who is training to be an Air Force pilot, and at times like this, I always try to take a minute and reflect on how fortunate I am that I have fellow American's like my brother who are willing to fight for our freedoms, and allow me the opportunity to enjoy living in this, the most wonderful country on earth.

And please, don't forget to protect this great nation, and all of its freedoms by not voting for the socialist Obama! I'm not a huge McCain fan either, but compared to the alternative he looks like gold! Sorry, just had to throw the political plug in there.

Feel free to play the following video clip. There is no video, only my favorite patriotic song, God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood.

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On the move

So we have officially left San Antonio. We packed up the truck yesterday and headed out today. We stopped in Las Cruces, New Mexico for the night and will finish up the trip tomorrow. Luckily my parents were nice enough to come out and help us pack up, load and clean the apartment. And then, perhaps more important, they were willing to make the trip in the cars back to Arizona with us. Thank you Mom and Dad, we love you and you have made this so much easier for us. We really appreciate all your help!!

I start work on Monday, yikes! I'm a little nervous, but it will be nice to have an income considering the student loans are already due! I guess our next post will be from Arizona.

The Taylors

We got home from the coast on Monday and that night our good friends, Grant and Amanda Taylor, flew in for a visit. It was such a great week! We knew the Taylor's in Denver and the kids adore them so needless to say, they were so excited to see their friends. They were, however, a little disappointed that they didn't bring their dog Rufus with them. Maybe next time.The kids soaked up all of the attention. Grant and Amanda took the kids swimming, played with them, read books, you name it. I felt like I had two live in nannies! It was incredible and so fun to see the kids so excited. Once the kids went to bed, Heath and I got our chance to hang out with them. We stayed up way too late every night but it was great to catch up with such good friends.

We had fun eating dinner along the Riverwalk.

We got spoiled this week in more ways than one. Thank you Grant and Amanda so much, we had such a great time! We'll miss you guys!

A VACATION!

We had our first family vacation over 2 years ago. Going to visit parents not included. We decided it was about time for another one. The director of Heath's residency has a home in Rockport, TX which is close to Corpus Christi. Last weekend we headed down there and had such a great time!The first morning we got there the kids were ready to go out around 8:30. I went out with them so they could find sea shells and throw rocks. Cade kept throwing his shells into the wind and inevitably they would come back and hit me in the face, thanks Cade.

They had fun making a sand castle with Heath.

Who doesn't like to get buried at the beach! Me.

Poor Brynlie was always so tired but she was a trooper. She blows raspberries when she gets tired.

Brooklyn clobbered Cade with wet sand. Oddly enough he had no clue he was such a mess.

We found a tiny branch to attend church on Sunday. Brooklyn had a great time in Primary which consisted of two other kids.

We had fun walking out on the pier which was just outside the house we stayed in. No, the kids don't always hold hands and yes, I asked them to for this picture. I thought it was cute though.

Here is our attempt at a family picture before we almost blew away.

The home had a couple of big screen T.V.'s and the kids loved the idea of watching cartoons in bed. It was so fun to be somewhere were we could just hang out and have fun. Brooklyn even asked if we could live there. Thank you Dr. Douglas!