It's been a while!

We are wanting to start posting more on our blog now that we have Madalyn so you all can see pictures of her and hear about what is going on with us
(usually not much). We will post here more now rather than Facebook. 

Maddy has gotten so big! She is three months already:) she looks just like her dad and she loves to laugh at mom. 

July 4th Fun

Hey! So quick update on where we are at. We are in Temple now, and enjoying it. Caity is workin in the apartment complex office, and I just finished my OBGYN rotation at the hospital. I really enjoyed it! Who knew delivering babies, participating in hysterectomies, and talking about menstruation, abnormal bleeding, and pregnancy could be so interesting? Good times. Starting Pediatrics tomorrow. Oh and thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone, and for the fun presents! For my birthday, Caity and I went to a really nice Italian restaurant, called Pignetti's. Super good. And we saw the new batman movie, and we did a bit of shopping lots of relaxing! So for july 4th we went to some caves outside of Austin with some of our friends, and here are some pictures of the caves!

We decided that our camera made it look like we were descending into hell, due to the redness and the cave formations. Kinda cool looking. We also went to one of our favorite stops in austin, the food trucks! The cupcake truck is a favorite of ours.

Where's Waldo?

Can you find me among all those people who are wearing white coats? This looks considerably easier than any where's waldo book I ever tried....

TAMHSC Class of 2014. Or at least everyone who showed up for the picture.

Autistic Eye

I was subbing the other day and was monitoring an autistic kid in his art class. He always talks about floor cleaning machines and how awesome and fascinating they are. He then drew these two pictures of me cleaning the floor with the machines. I thought they were so hilarious I asked if I could keep them. Hahahahahahaha I laughed so hard when he showed me what he drew.

I don't know why the loaded up onto the blog in the wrong orientation...wierd

Thanksgiving for the new couch

Well happy Thanksgiving everyone! We celebrated by going to Utah! It was not as cold or snowy as we thought it would be, but it was still way colder than Texas! (It was 85 when we left, and by turning off the AC we got to save on utilities!) (it is alot cooler now down here.) Anyways, Thanksgiving in Utah was a lot of fun, we got to see family and eat lots of good food and do some black Friday shopping! The Black Friday shopping was a new experience for me (Reece) but not for Caity. The line outside Best Buy was way too long for us when we went at midnight, so we went back the next day and got all the deals we wanted anyways. I guess people really want a good deal on an off brand TV! Although maybe if we could have fit it on the plane it would have been more enticing. We loved seeing family, we are just so far from everyone down here we take all the family time we can get! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for the fun trip! We love you guys! Anyways, Thanksgiving was great, and when we got home we decided to have our own little thanksgiving dinner today. We got stuffing, sweet potatoes, and a turkey. Yum yum. The turkey we got was a smoked turkey breast, so it was full of yummy smokey flavor, so we figured it was a more Texas style turkey. It was really good. This is a picture of our dinner, apparently we forgot to take any pictures while in Utah. hmmm. oops.

And our most exciting news, we got a new couch! We have been wanting one for quite a while now, and we found a good deal before we left for Thanksgiving and jumped on it! So, here is our old couch. It came from my sisters apartment, and before that my parents place in ML, where it had been for 20+ years. Why did you get rid of a couch with such history you may ask? Let me show you:

Did you notice the sweet floral print and the rips in both arms? Not to mention the faded appearance....and the cushions that are losing their shape, etc. If you want to come visit, you are welcome to sleep on it! We still actually have it, it has become designated as the eating couch, or the one where I am allowed to eat my popcorn! Anyways, here is our new couch!

Notice the attractive young woman that came with the couch! Lucky me! :)

Happy Halloween!

Well we did a little celebrating of Halloween tonight. We started off by carving a pumpkin! We didn't get any fancy patterns or knives for carving, so ours is pretty basic. Or traditional. Traditional sounds better right? (I think all of my pumpkins have been the same since I was 5. Maybe I should work on that lol)

Then we watched our favorite Halloween movie, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. One of the best Halloween movies ever!

Our trip to California

Well this past weekend we took a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles! My roommate from BYU was getting married, and we decided to go and see! We left after I took my cardiovascular block final on Friday, and drove to Houston to see my cousin and his wife. We stayed with them that night and went to eat sushi with them. It was a lot of fun, especially since he is now an ER doc and I got to talk to him lots about what he does and what I want to do and about stories and what not...it was fun to catch up with them and to see their kids, who were really cute! They even came down stairs to give us a goodnight hug and kiss, and I got hugs and kisses from both kids, but the little girl (who apparently wanted to come down stairs just to say goodnight to Caity) decided that when she got downstairs she did not want to give Caity a hug or a kiss. Poor Caity! Anyways, we got up at 5 the next morning, and drove to the airport in Houston, got in to LA at ten, got to our Hotel by 11:15, freshened up and left at 11:30 and got to the temple by 12! It was alot of running around trying to be on time, but it was worth it to see the wedding! I got to be best man....

Here is a picture of the happy couple:

Here we are outside the temple....

Anyways, after the wedding and after taking pictures, we went to the reception. It was at a youth center on the beach, and we were pretty excited for that! Except for when we got there, it was super foggy! So....no pictures from the beach there, but it was still fun being at the reception. That night we went and walked around Santa Monica beach and pier, and the 3rd street promenade. It was cold and foggy and we were really tired from running around all day, so we didnt last long. We did go there the next day before leaving town though

Since we did not have another person with us, we took all our own pictures, which results in lots of pics with us by ourselves or me holding the camera as far away as I can.

Well since we were at the beach, we had to get at least partway in the water, and we thought this next picture was pretty funny. Apparently I need to work on my jumping picture skills. LOL

We saw this man on the beach, and I mentioned that I thought it would be cool to have a metal detector, but then after laughing and realizing that I do not want to look like this guy, we decided to bag that idea.

After hanging out on the beach for a little while, had to leave to catch our plane...it was the shortest trip ever! But it was a lot of fun, and we enjoyed getting to see the wedding. Congrats Steve!