You can call him Doctor.

We are so proud to announce that after 4 long years and many endless hours of hard work Justen has finished Medical School.  Justen's graduation was very nice and simple.  The ceremony was at 9am in the auditorium.  We were so blessed to have so many family members there.  As Justen walked across the stage we all screamed out and clapped our little hearts out.  After graduation we went to Abuelos for a celebratory lunch.  Medical school has been a long journey; and we are sure glad it's over! We are packing and getting ready for our move to California and the next phase of this journey to become a doctor!

And we're off to...

Redlands, California! 
That's right folks. In just 3 short months we will be Californians. Never thought that would happen.  We are so proud of Justen and all the hard work he put in to get this residency. He will start in June as a neuro-surgical resident.  We are looking forward to this new adventure! 

 

Utah Trip

Justen is doing his last away rotation in Illinois. Yay! Since I dreaded being alone with the two boys by myself for 4 weeks I decided to split the time and go to my mom's in Utah for 2 weeks. Best decision ever! My sweet mom was so kind to have us come and stay with her (she even drove there and back with us. Not so fun with a toddler.) We had a blast visiting lots of friends and family. The trip was well spent with tons of good memories.

Lucas's Blessing

Sunday, October 21st, was Lucas's blessing. We felt so blessed to have tons of support from our family and friends. We were early to church (imagine that) and we were able to snag the back row. Justen gave a beautiful blessing and Lucas was an angel the whole time. We attempted pictures afterwards, but Tanner was everywhere! By the following pictures you can tell it was a pain to get him to be still. We held a little brunch for our family afterwards. Everything tasted delicious and the weather was just beautiful. We ate on the back patio while the kids played in the yard. We are so grateful to have little Lucas in our family. He's an angel! A few of these pictures are from the Scottsdale RR park we went to the day before. Couldn't resist adding a few favorites.

Cousins

Love when Aunt Cami, Uncle Jake, & Bentley come.

Clark & Nana

Someone didn't want to get off the Carousel

Almost everyone who came.

Sweet little man!

Big Boys Don't Cry; Unless they're getting shots...

Today was Lucas' 2 month appt. That means shots. While we were there the Dr. said that Tan could get his flu shot too. Shots for both. There was lots of screaming, crying, and tears. Lukie went first. The nurse was super fast (good; better than those who drag it out). Luke got really red in the face and held his breath for like 15 seconds before he finally started screaming. While I was comforting him the nurse put Tanner on the table. He was so excited to be on the table because he'd been trying to get up there the whole time. Little did he know why he was up there. The nurse cleaned his leg and stabbed him real quick. Tan had a 5 second delayed reaction and then went ballistic. He was screaming, crying, throwing things, and was just down right angry. I was laughing; (like any good parent would do). Somehow, I convinced him to leave the room and head to the car. We grabbed a sucker on the way out and made it home just as nap time became a necessity. Both are sleeping and life is good! Hopefully they won't be cranky tonight! Here's a few of my recent favs; just because :)