Chistmas, New Years, and Randy's Birthday

Christmas

Christmas Eve we went over to the Cox's home for food, games, and Christmas traditions of reading the Christmas Story from Luke and The Christmas Orange story. One of the games played involved a spinner and a bowl full of jelly beans. When it was your turn, you spun the spinner and then had to eat what ever jelly bean matched. That catch was for every color of jelly bean there were two flavors - one good and one nasty. I did not participate but had a blast watching my dad and Garrett. Dad got wet socks and raw fish. He almost didn't keep it down.

We spent Christmas morning together in our new home. We had breakfast, opened presents, then went to church. Afterwards we loaded up Mitch, Winter, a bag full of presents, and what seemed like a million cinnamon rolls (Randy made at least 6+ batches this year) and headed to my parent's house. We spent the rest of the day with my family. We ate way too much food, worked on a puzzle, and had fun opening presents. Randy was on call Christmas day and was called out to take care of a fawn that was stuck in a fence. The tires on his work truck were well worn. He ended up sliding down a hill and burying the truck in a snow drift barely missing a parked car. Dad and Jason had to go pull him out. Thankfully, his work truck now has new tires.


The day after Christmas, the 9 of us went snowmobiling near Park City. That was first time I have been on a snowmobile in at least 10 years. It was freezing, but we had a good time. The most dramatic thing that happened was Garrett lost his glove and our guide was kind enough to go get it for him. We also learned that it is best if Randy and I have separate snowmobiles. :-) That evening was the Rawson Christmas party.  

Oh Jason

New Year's

On New Year's the Coxs came to my parent's home. Of course plenty of food was involved. We were tired and I think we celebrated New Year's at 10:15. Somehow Randy and I didn't get home until almost midnight.

Randy's Birthday

We celebrated Randy's birthday over three days. On Saturday we went out to lunch at Red Robin with the Vocklers and then headed over to James and Kelsie's place for games and dessert. We had dinner with all of my family on Sunday. Monday my parents came over to install a new over the oven microwave they had purchased for Randy. It is amazing to have extra counter space now that our old microwave is off the counter (and it currently sitting on the floor in the living room). That night we went to Warrens for dinner.

Randy's Work

These last two weeks have been incredibly rough for Randy. We have been blessed with a ton of snow which in turn means more deer and elk problems for land owners (animals getting into their hay stacks, destroying fences etc). As you can imagine, many of these land owners are not happy campers. As helping land owners is Randy's primary job, he has been working like crazy trying to help all of the land owners with their problems which includes driving to their property to better understand the issues, cut fencing, deliver fencing, haze animals off property, etc. Randy has worked late every day last week and on Friday didn't get home until 10:30 pm.

He did have some interesting experiences this past week. One included darting a troublesome moose who amazingly laid down at the back of the open trailer door. That will never happen again, but it was such a blessing at there was 4.5 feet of snow on the ground and it would have been incredibly difficult to drag the bull moose through the snow. Last night, Randy brought home an owl that had been hit by a car. It spent the night in the baby's room and during the night it escaped from the box and was sitting up in the closet. Randy took it to a rehab center this morning, and it looks like the owl will be okay and will be able to be released. Randy is currently out responding to another moose call.     

My Work

My job is going well. Getting up and down off the floor and bending over at the waist are getting progressively more difficult. Clients and my co workers have been very helpful in lifting animals up and down for me. I performed my first gastrotomy last month. That was an awesome confidence building experience. The dog did well until he ate all of his pain medication (1800 mg of Rimadyl) at once and had to be readmitted to the hospital for treatment. He did go home and is doing well last I heard.Two weeks ago, another doctor performed a gastrotomy on another dog and he removed $15.33 in change from the dog's stomach! That was super cool.

This week I removed a cyst from Alli, my parent's dog. Surgery went really well, but the little stinker pulled out her stitches! However, her surgery site should heal just fine.



Baby Girl

24 weeks

Tomorrow I will reach the 30 week mark. This past Wednesday I had my gestational diabetes screening, received a DTaP booster, and had a 3D ultrasound. Little girl likes having her hands in her face so we weren't able to see her entire face, but we could see a little nose, eyes, mouth, chin, hands, and toes. So far everything is going well in regards to my pregnancy. I am now going to be having appointments every 2 weeks instead of every 4. Little girl has become quite a mover and Randy felt her move for the first time last night. For the most part, I have been feeling really good. I get tired easy and I sigh a lot, and sleeping is difficult, but I can't complain about much. Randy did have to tie my shoes for me other day. It really hurts to bend over. I still haven't had any craving much to Randy's disappointment. He has been looking forward to a midnight ice cream run, but so far it hasn't happened. 

28 Weeks

The nursery still isn't put together yet. I picked up a load of baby girl stuff from my cousin Amber. Her room is almost empty, but it is currently full of all the pictures and wall art for the entire house.


My Love

This morning Randy got up and brought home doughnuts for breakfast and a bouquet of flowers for me. He really is the best match for me. I can't imagine my life without him. He works so hard, always gives his best, and is willing to work a longer day in order to help someone else out. He has been getting up early or staying out late to shovel snow. 

July/August/September - So many blessings

 I have been putting off this post because I am so far behind!

July:
We went to Randy's good friend Chris's house for for dinner for the Forth of July. The following Tuesday, I woke up feeling awful with a fever of 102. I called in sick to work, went to the doctor and lo and behold I had strep throat. It was terrible, but thank goodness for IM penicillin. Later that month I attended several different bridal showers for my little sister Ashley. We celebrated my birthday late with the Vocklers with Texas Road House and swimming.

August:

For our 5 year anniversary, I found a bakery to duplicate our top tier of our wedding cake. The cake was good, but there was a communication mix-up and it was frosted with fondant instead of buttercream. Randy had a job interview with Utah Division of Natural Resources (Utah's Fish and Game) and he got the job! Better yet, the job is in Ogden, so we get to live together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He started a week later. Ashley and Preston's wedding was on the 11th. They were married in the Ogden temple followed by a luncheon at the Grand View and finished up with a reception at Eldridge Manor. The weather was beautiful and everything went smoothly.  The next day, my cousin Ryan was married and Randy and I attended their reception. Two weeks later, my good friend and classmate Becky married her sweetheart Brandon in Seattle. I was able to switch my schedule around and share in their special day.

Mitch had a rough couple of weeks at the end of August. He got a hematoma in his right ear and I did the surgery to correct it. He had to live in a cone for about 2.5 weeks. He was pretty sure he was broken and couldn't do anything but lay around and look pathetic. 

September:
The next position up from Randy's position became open and Randy was encouraged to apply for the job. He was interviewed and the next day he was offered the job! I am so proud of him and thankful that others see how hard he works and his dedication to his job. Now, this job is not his dream job, but it is working for the right department, with health benefits, and potential graduate position aid. This month we started seriously house hunting. It has been difficult to find anything in our price range, in a decent neighbor, that does not require 10,000s of dollars in repairs and upgrades, and in the area we want to live in. Last weekend we finally found a house. Eric (my bother-in-law's father) is our realtor. We found a ~1400 sq foot 2 story yellow house in the northern part of Ogden. The yard needs a make over and all the flooring needs to be replaced, but it fits our needs. We put in an offer and the sellers countered and we accepted. The inspection is tomorrow. I am excited to pick out paint and flooring and making this house our home.

Lunch date with my siblings

In other news, on August 2nd we found out that we are expecting at baby!!!!!!!!!!!! This is something we have wanted for a long time and I can't believe its really happening! August felt like the longest month of my life, but that could be because I felt so horrible. Thankfully no vomiting, just lots of nauseousness, bloating, no appetite, mood swings, and zero motivation. My work is excited for us and have been doing a great job taking care of me. I am 12 weeks today and the last few days I have felt much better, never normal, but soo much better. Our little one is due April 9th. I have my second appointment tomorrow. At our first appointment last month, Randy and I got to see our little one and hear his/her heart beat. That is the best sound I have ever heard.

These last few months, we have received a down pour of blessings from heaven. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father who knows what is best for us and wants to bless us. I have everything I could want- a loving husband who has a job in his career field that is 20 minutes way, an awesome job that is very supportive, a house under contract, and a baby on the way!

Memories of Grandma Sheets

Where to begin...

My Grandma Sheets has been a constant part of my life. I can't remember a time when her smile was not familiar to me even though we lived across the country and sometimes the ocean.

I have decided not to use third person in describing Grandma as she isn't really gone, she just off doing what she does best- serving others and the Lord.

She is quick to smile and willing to listen to the ramblings and frustrations of a 13 year old girl.
Some time after we moved from Utah to Albuquerque in 2012 my mom enrolled me in dance lessons. I had danced for about 6 years, but then quit after we moved to New Mexico. My first lesson was taught by a girl younger and shorter then me and I felt super awkward so instead I 'ran away' (with permission) to Payson to spend part of the summer with Grandma and Grandpa. I felt special being the only grand kid there and had my grandparents full attention. Grandma taught me about gardening and healthy eating and Grandpa took me horseback riding.

Since that time as a young teenager I have often called upon my Grandma to hear my woes and for her loving but sound advice.

For one of my personal progress projects for church I decided to work on my family history. Grandma was instrumental in helping me with that project. She took me to the family history center near their home. She also went through her own documents to find stories and memories of her ancestors to share with me. 

Before I started at BYU-I, I asked my grandma for any quick, easy, and healthy recipes or snacks she would recommend. She put a binder together for me full of her go-to recipes and she bought several packages of nuts so I could put together a trail mix similar to the one that my grandparents always have around.

She makes the BEST wheat pancakes. I've tried to duplicate them, but to no avail. About a week ago I dreamed about Grandma and one of the things I asked her in the dream was how to make her pancakes so good. Although the food she prepared was not considered 'fancy' (except for her amazing pies) everything always tasted delicious. I love Harper's Homemade bread and she would always make sure to have a loaf on hand whenever I came to visit.

During my summer trips to Payson Utah, I accompanied my grandparents many times to the soup kitchen. I always had a great time working side by side with them and watching what it meant to truly care for others. 

Grandma is one of those people you can't but help feel loved and important when you are around her.

Grandma I miss you and I will love you forever. 

As I remember more moments with Grandma I will add them here.

May-June 2016

I finished this blogpost, went to publish it, and it wouldn't publish. I hit the save button about a 20 times to make sure it saved. I then copied what I was worried about would not save, then hit the refresh button. Like I thought, most of my entry was not saved, but neither did the content I copied...

So I present attempt number 2 

So many things have happened in the last month and and half. I realized I need to write down a least a time line or else I will forget. In the coming weeks, my plan is to record these events in more detail for myself.

Graduation Day was May 7th. The following day, my father-in-law drove my car loaded up with Mitch and Winter down to Emmett. It was so nice to not have them in the way when we were cleaning, packing, and loading the trailer. Monday the 9th, we were able to get the trailer completely loaded and the house cleaned before the buyers arrived at 10 am. They showed up with a truck load of stuff, so I was extra happy we were ready to pull out as soon as the contracts were signed and the taxes paid.

We drove to Emmett to stay with my in-laws and Randy had to go back to work for his last week. I spent the first part of the week riding our horses and organizing all our stuff. Randy's last day was Thursday. The next day, we loaded up the car and drove to Utah for my cousin Malory's sealing to her husband AJ in the new Provo City Center temple.

Cousins!

We drove back to Idaho on Monday for another week with the McBrides where we rode the horses and organized more stuff. The following week we came back to Utah the  to go to New York City with my mom for a few days. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but we had a good time even if Randy ran out of 'people minutes'.

After returning to Utah, we spent an afternoon with my Grandma Sheets who was in the hospital. Several months ago she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but she was admitted to the hospital for a GI obstruction. Once she was resting, Randy and I went to see Cavalia a horse/acrobatic show. It was a spectacular show with live music, gorgeous horses, and impressive acrobatics.

Waiting for the show to begin

The next morning, Randy and I flew out to Hawaii. I had never been to this tropical paradise and I was ecstatic to sit on the beach, soak up the sunshine, and spend some time with only Randy. While we were there, we heard from my parents that my grandma was being moved from the hospital to her home and would be cared for by hospice. She passed away early Friday morning. She is an amazing woman of faith and service. I hope to record some of my memories of her on this blog in the coming weeks.

My first day of work was to be June 7th, but as that was the day of the funeral, I was able to push it back a day and instead spent Monday and Tuesday with my Sheets family.

My first day of work went really well. At this point, I have completed 4 days of being a practicing veterinarian. The practice I work at is wonderful, full of good and helpful people. I am amazed at how comfortable I am already in my new role at doctor instead of student. Thank you to WSU CVM for the excellent training.

Other happy news is my baby sister got engaged last week and the house is already all aflutter with wedding planning. I am happy that I get to be around to be a part of this wedding and to help Mom and Ashley (one perk of moving to Utah).

Randy is taking two GRE prep classes to help him study as he will take the exam next month. Last weekend, we drove again to Emmett, this time to bring Mitch and Winter back with us as well as much stuff as we can fit. I guess we can now say we have officially moved in, now that our little family is together again.

All in all things are good in our lives and we would be amiss to forget our blessings.

 

Change of Plans

Back in February I was offered a job at a mixed animal practice in southern Idaho and I accepted. We thought this was a good place to start. We would be close enough to Jerome so Randy could potentially continue to work/volunteer for Idaho Fish and Game. We wanted to be in southern Idaho and it was about half way from either of our families. The owner was great as were his staff. We had found a good option for housing. It seemed like a good fit for us.

The following is from one of my instragram posts from about a month ago.

"The last week has been quite a whirlwind. We thought we had our next step in life planned out and things were starting to come together until I decided last Tuesday to decline the job I had accepted (for a variety of reasons). That was one of the scariest things I've ever done. At that point graduation day was 3.5 weeks away and now I didn't have a job. The thought of moving to Utah started entering my mind and this time I didn't reject it. I've never had any intention of moving to Utah, but for some reason it seems to be the right thing to do for us at this time. I have spent this past week interviewing for jobs in the northern Utah area and I have been surprised at the number of practices looking for help. This week has been exhausting, but many doors of opportunities have opened (much more then I anticipated). I will be leaving Utah tomorrow with multiple job offers, but I have no idea which one to choose. Today I was finally able to make it to the temple for one precious hour to clear my head. I still don't know what job to take or what the future holds, but in the temple I was able to find peace."

Yesterday I signed the contract for employment at a small animal practice in the Roy/West Haven area of Utah. I will be working 4 days a week with one Saturday a month, no emergencies, or on call. I will be the 8th doctor in this practice. This schedule was particularly appealing as it will allow Randy and I to spend more time together. For now the plan is to move into my parents' basement for about 6 months while we decide where we want to live (hopefully somewhere we can have the horses) and Randy figures out what he is going to do (fingers crossed he can start grad school this fall!). My parents' house is only 5 minutes from work. I am excited to spend more time with my siblings. I have been away for 8 years and I missed out on them growing up. We also have friends from vet school moving to Utah (BONUS!).

Moving to Utah feels like this is the right thing to do for our family at this time. I am looking forward to see what this adventure will bring to our family.   

Mom, Chantel, and I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point during that week I was in Utah interviewing- the flowers were amazing!!!

March 11, 2016

This evening while I was eating dinner, I started thinking of my blessings. The longer I thought, the longer the list became. 

Today I am grateful for -

A comfortable home

Homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese

Finding someone to buy our house

 A soft bed with lots of blankets

 Hot running water

 Randy being safe while caving this past week

 Winter and her silly antics 

My new job 

 Good friends

 Mitch (he is curled up on the couch with me)

That Randy and I will be together again in 57 days 

 The strength to finish the last 6 minutes of yoga 

Chocolate with toffee and almonds 

Chantel and Garrett's Wedding

My baby sister Chantel was sealed for time and all eternity to Garrett Cox on January 2, 2016. I can't believe my baby sister is all grown up and married! Everything was very beautiful and so joyful. The sealing was perfect with many tears of pure joy shed. I was able to sit by my Dad who was serving as one of the witnesses and thanks to my seat I was the the first to hug the newly weds.  After the ceremony, I was able to help Mom get Chantel ready for pictures. The wedding day super busy with the sealing, a luncheon, a ring ceremony, more pictures, cake, and lots of dancing. The only thing I would change is Randy being there. Unfortunately, he couldn't get off work and spend the day in the snow trapping deer.

I have loved the Cox family for almost 10 years
and finally we are one big family! 

This so describes the four of us! 

My little brother 

    

Christmas 2015

Randy was able to come home for an entire week for Christmas! And he came home a day earlier then planned (again), not that I'm complaining.

Saturday, I had patient care in the morning and then we met up with Rebecca and Gretchen to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We tried to go to the 11:30 movie, but it was sold out by 11. I was shocked. I thought for sure it would be wide open since it was the middle of the day in Pullman after the finals week. We bought tickets for an showing the evening which worked out fine since we had a errands to run. I had seen Star Wars Thursday night with Rebecca and Bryan. Randy was supposed to be there, but he couldn't get off work.

Sunday we went to church. Oh it is so nice to go to church with my husband. That afternoon we went to Beth's house to decorate Christmas cookies. It was wonderfully relaxing to frost about a million sugar cookies while snow was falling and visiting with friends.

Monday the 21st was the big day, NAVLE day. Thankfully, I was able to sleep the night before. I left the house extra early because of all the snow and ice and I was told if you show up early the testing center will let you start your exam early. Also my mom and sister Ashley were coming in that afternoon for one night. I was hoping to finish at a reasonable time in order to spend time with them. Before I could take my test I had to turn out all my pockets, show under neath my belt buckle, show my ankles, shake out my hood on my hoodie, show my wrists, have my photo taken and be wanded down. Can you say anti-cheating? I also had to sign out if I wanted to do anything more exciting then get a drink from my water bottle. I think the test went ok. Somethings I knew for certain, sometimes I had a vague idea and others 'I know some of these words!'. I finished the monster exam in just under 4 hours and my mom and sister only had to wait at the airport for 1.5 hrs. Randy made me this sweet sign for finishing my test.

It was so so good to have family around and to catch up on their lives. That night we went out to eat at Sangrias and went shopping. Ashley and I ended up getting matching grey boots for Chantel's wedding and we picked out the same dress (must be sisters yes?). That evening we played a few games including Telestrations and I about died of laughter. The next morning we feasted on pancakes and bacon and then it was time to make the trip back up to Spokane to drop mom and Ashley off at the airport. Randy and I did a lot of window shopping and treated ourselves to lunch at Red Robin. That evening Rebecca and Gretchen came over for dinner and to play games.

Wednesday I finally figured out what I wanted to get Randy for Christmas so I spent a good part of the day working on his presents while he was working on something mysterious in the back room. I also finally had time to bake Christmas goodies per Randy's requests - pumpkin pie, applesauce cookies, and butter wafer cookies. You can see our tiny Christmas tree int the background. (It's small enough that Winter doesn't bother it)

As if all the cookies and pie weren't enough, Randy made cinnamon rolls on Christmas Eve. Growing up in my family every Christmas morning we had cinnamon rolls or something cinnamon based. Randy wanted to be sure I could keep my family tradition. That evening he finished his mysterious workings in the back room and gave me this beautiful hand crafted book. I love it! Now I have to think of something worth while to fill it with.

Christmas day was relaxing. Mitch was super duper excited about his $2 chew toy and Winter liked the ribbons on the packages more then her new toys. That afternoon Bryan and Rebecca came over for Christmas dinner and to play games. There was soo much food- ham, rolls, potatoes, salad, asparagus, and a variety of sparkling juices. Bryan also brought a decadent chocolate cake and Rebecca brought mint brownies. We were in a food coma most of the night, but we were able to play several new games. Mitch thought it was great fun to wear a cape of wrapping paper. He also promptly destroyed the toy Rebecca game him.

Saturday morning we spent recovering from all of the good food, but in the afternoon we spent time with Chris and Kristina and their family. They live in Idaho and we don't see them very often. We went bowling and played a few other games. That evening, Randy and I went out for quick dinner as I was teaching a lesson in church the next day and needed to finish up my lesson.

Randy left this morning. One day we will be together. I am grateful for the many blessings we have been given- a warm home, good food, dear friends, loving family, education, and many extra luxuries. Most especially for my testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel and for my wonderful, kind, intelligent, thoughtful, hard working, love-of-my-life Randall.

Just a few extra pictures- Randy hung up stocking for the 4 of us this year and the animals having 'fun' in the snow.

Richly Blessed

My life is richly blessed. 

Thank you to Sarah, Katie, Kelsie and James, Amanda and Jake, Mark and Lisa, Brooklin and Brett, Allison, Rachel and the many more who have invited me into their homes, left dinner in my fridge, fed and played with Mitch and Winter, listened to me, inviting me to activites, and for never letting me feel that I am alone. I have rarely felt so loved by so many. 

I love my ward family. I have never attended a ward where the lessons are discussions, not lectures, where people feel safe to ask personal questions and for help to understand doctrine. Where the Spirit of God is readily present in all meetings and I leave every Sunday feeling uplifted and filled. 

I am grateful for a husband that refuses to give up. 

I have had only wonderful rotation mates. No matter the rotation, the work load, the excitement, or mundane there has also been someone who reaches out and helps carry the load. 

I am grateful to have flying privileges that allowed me to fly down to Utah and back in the same day to surprise my sister for her bridal shower and to able to be a part of her final fitting of her wedding gown. The look on her face was worth the early morning and late night. 

I am thankful for the chance to work with incredible people who love their job as veterinarians and technicians and are willing to teach and share. I am grateful to be apart of an amazing profession that allows me to do what I've always wanted to do. I spent 12 hours a few weeks ago delivering puppies for the first time. To help bring life into the world is a feeling of wonder that never ceases to inspire me. 

I am grateful for Heavenly Father who has given me all of these things and by so doing shows me how much He loves me and is aware of me.  I am grateful for my testimony that God lives, He is our Father, Jesus Christ lives and completed the Atonement so that I may live with Them again. 

In church today, one of my favorite quotes was shared - 

“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God." - Elder Orson F. Whitney 

I was reminded that my life, though difficult at times and is not altogether going how I had hoped, is still very good and very very blessed. 

Testimony

As I have mentioned on here before- I love Sundays! I am grateful for the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. Taking a break from life's craziness gives me a chance to slow down and remember  what is truly important and what is not. Today I was able to attend church and worship my Heavenly Father, cradle a baby, make meals with my Randy, reconnect with loved ones, study my scriptures and listen to recent General Conference talks. I feel so good right now- I can feel the Spirit in my home and within my heart as I write this.

God loves us and cares about us. We came to Earth to decide who we will become. We are meant to be happy now even amongst challenges and hardships. God has blessed us with innumerable tender mercies. God has also given us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who came into the world to provide a way to cleanse us from sin and to lift us higher. Jesus Christ is our brother and I love Him dearly. I am looking forward to the day I can once again look into His eyes and tell him how much I love him.

Sisters

The week that Randy came home my two incredible little sisters flew up for brunch. We went to a little French cafe in Spokane called Madeleines and it was so so good. Afterwards we went to Manato Park and showed my sisters where Randy and I got engaged. Chantel made us act it out for them to see. It was wonderful to laugh and catch up with my little sisters, I just wish they could have stayed longer. 

4th of July - Emmett

Wild Cow Milking 

During my Radiology rotation I had an extra day off. Randy and I planned to meet in Emmett at his parents for the weekend with both of us arriving Friday afternoon. Thursday afternoon Randy decided to head up early and arrived at his parents Thursday night. I finished school at 5 and I hadn't packed or anything, but decided to follow my mother's spirit and drive up Thursday night (My mother is a strong believer in last minute trips and staying up a few extra hours to be with your husband sooner). I threw some essentials in a bag, loaded the animals in the car, and left the house at 6. I arrived at midnight.

Friday morning we went to a local bakery called The Rumor Mill for doughnuts and pastries - yum. That evening we went to a rodeo in Vale Oregon. My favorite part was the Pig Scramble which consists of letting 6 piglets lose in an arena with 60 kids who each want to take it home. There was a sweet moment when a bigger kid caught a pig but quickly gave it to a younger kid.

Saturday (the 4th) I went to help my in laws put on a pancake breakfast at the church. Later we worked with our horses. It was a gorgeous day, but hot so none of us worked too hard. That evening Randy and I went out to eat a Red Robin (where else?). That evening we watched the fireworks in the cemetery (it was up on a hill over looking the park where the fireworks were lit). It was cool to be able to see not just the city fireworks, but all family party fireworks as well.

Me and Tag 

Randy and Montana 

Cindy on Sax

Sunday came too soon and I had to drive back up to Pullman for my next week of Radiology.