Summer 2011

The PA program decided to start an annual white coat ceremony, and we got to be the first class to go through it :) It was a lot of fun going to Boise and celebrating a year of accomplishments as we prepare to embrace our 2nd year in clinicals. As always, seeing my brother Travis and his family is always an adventure and just made the trip even grander.
Luis is a VERY clever person. He found a bunch of PCP pipe at the DI and used a handle from my resistance bands (which he broke) and turned it into his own baseball tee! He even made it so you can change the height on it (just for me). Don't mind all the garbage in the background. We are moving in 1 week to Salt Lake, so EVERYTHING is a mess. And quite frankly, I could care less. I've got tests to worry about!

In other news...Luis and I participated in the Pioneer day celebration fun run and bike race. The bike race was 16 miles, and Luis was such a great sport doing it because he has not been riding his bike for exercise lately AND he does not have a top-of-the-line bike (to say it nicely). In the end it was funny to hear how he was open to the idea of someday getting a nice bike where he could be more competitive in bike races (since he's not much of a runner...darn it!). I ran the 10k (6.2 miles) and ended up doing better than I was expecting since I hadn't been training for the race at all. We signed up for this 2 days before the races, so we gave it all we had with our regular day-to-day workouts going into it. I ended with a time of 45:30, equal to 6.2 miles at a 7:34 pace. Not as fast as I used to be by a long shot, but I was still impressed with myself. Here we are with our friends who talked us into signing up. The one of the left (Eric) got 1st in the 10k for guys and I got 1st place in the 10k for the girls!1 more week in Pocatello and Salt Lake here we come! It will be awesome for Luis to not have to travel anymore for classes. We will be 3.4 miles from his school and .6 miles from temple square. Maybe this next year we will be able to explore just a teensy bit more...