Life

Hello...my name is Amanda, and I'm a total blog SLACKER! I wish that I could say that I was going to do better, but that would probably be a lie considering I am so dang proud of myself for updating right now that it's pathetic:) So anyway, this summer has been going by WAY too fast! I can't believe that it's already the end of July! I feel like we haven't really done anything to enjoy the summer too much because it seems like I am always working, but I sure do love the WARM weather! Taylor is now in summer school and is super busy because all of his classes are condensed down to 8 weeks instead of 16 like normal. He has been so diligent about studying and I am so proud of how well he is doing in school! My job is going good. I'm surprised every day at how much I don't know about medicine. It keeps me on my toes looking things up all the time and I can't believe how much I have learned in my first 10 months practicing. The learning curve is pretty sharp, but I love medicine, so what better thing to learn about right? Other than work and school, we have been really enjoying the local farmer's market here in Moses Lake. They have it every Saturday and there are tons of fresh fruits and veggies, the BEST homemade salsa ever, and lots of other goodies. Is it sad that the farmer's market is the highlight of my week? Oh well, I really love it! Since the last time I updated the blog, we did go back to Idaho to visit family. We spent some really fun time with my family and then headed to Yellowstone to stay in a condo with Tay's family for a while. Even though this post is ridiculously late, I am still going to post some pictures of our trip. I have to thank Nicole, photographer extraordinaire, for the pictures that were taken. I realized when I was looking through the pictures that my family is really "photo phobic". They really don't like getting their pictures taken, or they pull funny faces, so I didn't even have any really good ones to put up of our time with them. It was so much fun though and, next time, I am going to force them to take pictures with us:)



Here's a picture of the girls at Carino's in Idaho Falls. Man, I MISS that restaurant!

Here are the boys at my parents house looking all manly.

This was inside the condo in West Yellowstone. It was so nice!

Wow...Tay looks like the meanest, most selfish uncle in the world right here huh?? I promise she got plenty of sweets that day! Isn't she so cute?

Again, at the condo. We were all just hanging out and having fun!

I seriously LOVE this picture. My husband HAS to be the hottest man alive and Kaydence looks adorable with her little hood on! This was outside the center with the bears and wolves. The wolves were SOOO cool! I was amazed at how huge and playful they were. I loved it! (No, this does not mean that I am a member of Team Jacob:))

In the lobby of the hotel.

Here we are at the bear and wolf center.

Okay, so there are some of the pictures. We had so much fun and just love being able to spend time with family. That quality time is really priceless! Taylor will be leaving to go back to Idaho and then Arizona in about 2 weeks for Johnny and Jess's wedding and for some family time in Arizona. I couldn't get off work, and am so bummed, but still so excited for the soon to be newly weds! Well, I hope this post isn't too boring, but we're just not that exciting!