Sam's Graduation

A couple weeks ago Sam graduated from dental school. Yahoo!! He still has some requirements to finish up and is planning on being done at the end of the summer then it is off to who knows where. I am so proud of Sam and all he has accomplished so far. The whole time I have known Sam, he has always been in school so I can't wait until he is finally done!! It will be so weird with him going to a job instead of school. It was so nice for Sam's dad and step-mom and my mom and dad to come out for the special occasion. My sister & brother in law (Kelly & Kevin) were able to come to the graduation also. Sam refused to walk when he graduated at BYU so it was fun to see him at this graduation. It was also very nice not to have a ton of people graduating. There were about 200-250 graduates so it lasted about 2 1/2 hours, not too bad. Sam and I were talking about it last night and it really just doesn't seem real yet. Even the graduation is kind of a blur to both of us. I just remember when they called Sam's name before he got his diploma and called him Doctor, my eyes swelled up with tears. It was the first time I had really heard someone call him that. It is just so nice to see that his hard work is paying off.

Sam with his dad & Loa.

Me, Sam and my mom & dadThis is my favorite pic so I had to add it in. I love how huge the diploma is, who knows why. I guess they didn't want to be same as the undergraduate's diplomas. I just love it.

As for where we are going next, we are not sure about that yet. We are pretty open to where ever there is a good opportunity for us. It may be a little easier to interview out East so we may end up staying out here for a few more years. That would be so much fun for us to be able to travel around a bit more. We have really liked it out here and the area we live in now so we would love to stay out here longer.

Life is Burritoful!

Okay so I don't have to explain our Chipotle obsession since most everyone knows and we are not ashamed. There have been many Chipotles sprouting up around Boston and we can't resist going to the openings. In the last 6 months we have gone to a few openings. They don't do the free burritos anymore but if you are within the first 100 people after 3 pm then you can get a free t-shirt and a free burrito card for a future visit. We have done this twice and did attempt to go this last Friday to another opening but we couldn't get there until 6 so we missed out on the free stuff. How dare Sam's school get in our way of being there at 3! What does he think is more important? We are now the proud owners of 4 free Chipotle shirts which Sam proudly wears. He is hoping to get one for every day of the week.

Quick Trip & Peg Bear

I took a quick trip to Utah this last week. My little sis, Cami just had her first little baby and I just couldn't stay away too long. I had to see her! Her name is Amelia Rose and she is absolutely adorable. It is so fun to see and hang out with them. I already want to go back to hold her again.I have been wanting to start sewing again and after seeing this little bear on my friend, Laurie's blog, I just had to make it. I knew it would be a fun present to make for little Amelia. I am happy about how it turned out and excited to sew other things and maybe even a couple more of these peg bears. I am sure Amelia just has to warm up to the bear a little more and she will love it.

Martha's Vineyard

Ginger watched her sister's kids a couple of weekends and so her sister and brother-in-law were really generous and paid for a night at Martha's Vineyard for us a few weeks back. This was the view from the ferry as we went out to the island.

This was at Sharkey's Cantina, a nice little Mexican restaurant. Ginger wanted me to show this picture so that you could get an idea of how big the nacho's were, I wanted to show this picture so that you could get an idea of how goofy I look when I'm eating, win-win.

The next day we drove around the island and this was at the tip of Gayhead.
There are something like 180 of these little houses with different bright colors all in one little village area that they call the gingerbread cottages . They were about the only thing unusual enough to visit, plus we really loved our previous pose so we thought we'd get as much mileage out of it as possible.

Cupcake Tins

I know this is a dumb thing to complain about but I am going to anyway. I just hate washing cupcake tins! You have to put the brush in each one of the compartments and make sure each one is completely clean. It is just a pain. I made cupcakes last week for Groundhog's Day and I have gone through a few loads of dishes since then and have even washed some other items by hand but I just can't get myself to wash the cupcake tins. I just set them aside nicely on the counter. There I said it, now I feel a lot better. Now I think I am going to finally wash those tins or throw them away (just kidding, I would never do that now. I only did that in college).

****UPDATE (about 2 hours later)****

Sam is washing them as I type. Oh he is so wonderful! Hooray for no more dirty cupcake tins in the sink!!

I love Sunbeams!

I just was called as a Sunbeam teacher in my ward. I absolutely love it. They are just so sweet. It is so nice to be able to spend some time with these sweet little kids. Sam and I haven't been able to have children of our own yet so this is the perfect medicine that I get a little dose of every week.

One of the many reason I love the Sunbeams happened last week in class. The lesson was on prayer. We talked about Daniel in the Lion's Den. This was part of the discussion.

Me: Do you think the lions hurt Daniel after he prayed to Heavenly Father in the Lions Den?

Jonathan: Mario and Luigi could get those lions so they won't hurt Daniel.

Me: Yes, Jonathan. I am sure they probably could.

I just love these kids!

Power outage

Yesterday afternoon there was a notice on the wall of our building that the power was going to be out from 8-3 today. The electric company was going to "improve" their system and wiring. This wasn't a big deal. I figured I could work early in the morning and then again at 3:00. It helps that Utah is 2 hours behind us so it would only be 1:00 there when I could work again. That didn't happen at all. The power finally came on again at 6:00 tonight. Oops, guess they didn't figure in some extra hours for mistakes.

It wasn't a terrible day though. I just broke out our lantern and was able to relax. I got halfway through my book and took an afternoon nap. It is nice when I don't have to work all day. When I knew the power wasn't coming on again at 3, I was responsible and went to the library where I was able to log onto my work computer and get some work done. I would much rather have power off then water off for the day. That happened once and I went crazy.