For the past couple of months David has been applying for med-school, DO school and also has applied to the Caribbean med-schools. He applied to 4 Caribbean schools but he had his top pick. He has interviewed at all of them and we waited patiently for the answers, especially from St. George in Grenada. He received his answers from the other 3 schools and was accepted but he wanted to go to St. George, so over 3 weeks after his interview he received a phone call and he is accepted to St. George... yeah!!!! we are going to Grenada.... how fun, beach and sunshine, I was all set. I was mentally prepared for 20 months on the island. The university said they would FedEx our stuff so we could start on the visas and housing and such. I received the package Friday afternoon and all I was reading was housing for England, visas' for England, living expenses for England. What!!!???? so I called up David and he called his advisor. Apparently David applied for a study program that allowed the student to study 2 semesters in New Castle England and then the last semesters in Grenada and David was accepted to that program.... so now we are going to New Castle upon Tyne, England. He is still going to St. George, all of the curriculum, teachers, tests, everything is from St. George, but the campus is in England. It is at the Northumbria University.
So we are moving to England on August 8. We will store all of our stuff here in Charleston and go back west for a short time to be with our family then head to England for 9 months then on to Grenada. Crazy but exciting times. I look forward to the adventure and experiences that await our family.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
I turn 30
yes, it is true. I have joined the 30 and older club. I can't believe it. Usually birthday's come and go and I am really not phased by it but this one seemed to have significance for some reason. I felt like it was a defining time, "what have I done before 30" I felt like I should be running a marathon or participate in a triathlon to feel like I am accomplished at 30. Well none of those things happened but I realized that I had already accomplished a lot in the decade of my 20's. Why try to cram one more thing in just to do something for when I am 30? I will do a lot during my decade of 30's, maybe run a marathon, triathlon, or maybe even move to the Caribbean.;) So I didn't do anything spectacular for when I turned 30, but I did have a great time.
David was scheming all week and I knew nothing about it. To pre-empt this story, when my sister Tiffany turned 30, I drove down to Orlando and surprised her and then her friends threw her a "wigging out" party in which we all wore wigs and our pajamas and went to Uno's pizza and got dessert. i thought it was the coolest thing.
Anyway, Wednesday night David got a call at 11:15 at night and it was our friend Paul. David gets up and tells me that he has to go help Paul get raccoons out of an apartment downtown. Now Paul has been notorious for calling at random times for random things, but this seemed to top it. I couldn't believe it that David was leaving at 11:30 at night. I kind of thought he was up to something but I couldn't figure it out. Was he decorating for me, maybe shopping... I didn't know but he was gone for over an hour and I started to get more and more curious. It started to rain and a huge thunder and lightning storm came it so my nerves were on edge also. All of a sudden I hear a girls voice and little kids voice and I was even more confused, then walks in my sister and her three kids from Kentucky. they had come down to surprise me for my birthday. So my sister came and we played at the beach and I, unfortunately had to go to work for a few hours but when I came back there was a party waiting for me. A few of my friends were there to surprise me. It was a great party. David had done so much scheming and planning but it was awesome.
I had a great time with my sister and her family and I was blessed to have them miss their flight and they stayed an extra day. Thanks TIFF !!!!!
Here are a few pics of the party and notice that the "wigging out" wig has been passed down to the next generation... watch out David you are next.
Fenton the stud
Fenton is getting funner and cuter everyday. He is 9 months now and taking steps everyday. We went to a little spray park by the river and he had a blast.
Also, David has wanted to buy some church clothes for our little man so we bought some.... seriously, he looks like a little banker. (Notice the red matching tie with his dad and his shiny black shoes.) we love him!!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
some cute pics
That is the effects of the first red vine, as you can tell he loved it.
he is standing up by himselfBlake comes in
I have been selfish in my church calling.
I called my brother about 2 months ago and asked if he could come down and speak at one of our enrichment days in May. Yes, he is a great speaker and would inspire the women, but truly I just wanted him to come down and visit and if this is the way to do it then so be it.
We had a great enrichment activity. Blake was awesome !!!!! All of the women commented on how funny he was, and how they could have been in that class for hours. Thanks Blake for such a great class!
The sisters then proceeded on to the other classes of bread making, couponing and canning. It was so fun to have the women get in and actually do it, touch the dough, cut the beans, start their couponing book. At one point while I was doing the beans I looked around and thought this is what Relief Society is truly about, the women getting together talking and learning a skill from another woman that has that talent. It was such a great activity.
After the activity Blake and David and I played some racquetball and Eliza and Fenton just watched, although Eliza had an "emergency". Lets just say that I had to run her to the bathroom and put her in the shower, no other details are needed.
We played in the pool for a little bit then we headed down town. We went for a little walk and gave Blake the best tour we could of historic downtown.
We then were famished and got some food and headed to the hockey game. The local semi-pro team, the stingrays, where in the Kelly cup, which is equivalent to the Stanley cup but in their division. The Stringrays were 3 to 1 and this game could be the final game so we got some tickets and went.
I brought some warm pajamas for the kids and I brought a portable DVD players for Eliza and we stayed for 3 hours. Fenton was a little concerned about all of the sound but drank it all in, but Eliza was great with her headphones on watched Little mermaid. It was really cute and it allowed us to stay for the whole game.
We had a such a great weekend. I love my family!!!
I called my brother about 2 months ago and asked if he could come down and speak at one of our enrichment days in May. Yes, he is a great speaker and would inspire the women, but truly I just wanted him to come down and visit and if this is the way to do it then so be it.
We had a great enrichment activity. Blake was awesome !!!!! All of the women commented on how funny he was, and how they could have been in that class for hours. Thanks Blake for such a great class!
The sisters then proceeded on to the other classes of bread making, couponing and canning. It was so fun to have the women get in and actually do it, touch the dough, cut the beans, start their couponing book. At one point while I was doing the beans I looked around and thought this is what Relief Society is truly about, the women getting together talking and learning a skill from another woman that has that talent. It was such a great activity.
After the activity Blake and David and I played some racquetball and Eliza and Fenton just watched, although Eliza had an "emergency". Lets just say that I had to run her to the bathroom and put her in the shower, no other details are needed.
We played in the pool for a little bit then we headed down town. We went for a little walk and gave Blake the best tour we could of historic downtown.
We then were famished and got some food and headed to the hockey game. The local semi-pro team, the stingrays, where in the Kelly cup, which is equivalent to the Stanley cup but in their division. The Stringrays were 3 to 1 and this game could be the final game so we got some tickets and went.
I brought some warm pajamas for the kids and I brought a portable DVD players for Eliza and we stayed for 3 hours. Fenton was a little concerned about all of the sound but drank it all in, but Eliza was great with her headphones on watched Little mermaid. It was really cute and it allowed us to stay for the whole game.
We had a such a great weekend. I love my family!!!
Memorial day
Memorial day was so great for us. we went to the local water park on James Island. it was so fun and so family oriented. They had extra life jackets for all of the kids so that was fun to not have to worry the whole time about Eliza. There was a huge splash area for Eliza and she loved it. Splashing and walking around playing with all of the other kids there. Fenton was on the wading side and crawled around and splashed.
We took eliza with her life jacket into the regular pool and let her practice swimming and she did great. She loved that she was in control of where she went. She is coming along way with swimming and it is exciting.
We later cooked out and had a great evening on our deck. We set up the tent inside and watched a movie from the tent. We tried to sleep in it but Eliza was too excited and by 10:30 we put her in her bed and we slept in ours. A perfect way to camp, inside, with AC, with popcorn and a movie, then in our own beds. teeheehee.
What a great day with our kids.
We took eliza with her life jacket into the regular pool and let her practice swimming and she did great. She loved that she was in control of where she went. She is coming along way with swimming and it is exciting.
We later cooked out and had a great evening on our deck. We set up the tent inside and watched a movie from the tent. We tried to sleep in it but Eliza was too excited and by 10:30 we put her in her bed and we slept in ours. A perfect way to camp, inside, with AC, with popcorn and a movie, then in our own beds. teeheehee.
What a great day with our kids.
Travels.........
David has been interviewing for Med schools and the interviews seem to be happening on Tuesdays. He doesn't want to miss work so he works from 3:00 am to 10:00 then we all hop in the car and drive for 3 hours to his interview while he sleeps in the car and then he interviews while we play.
well we headed up to Charlotte and right next door to his appointed interview was a children's museum and it was awesome. Eliza and Fenton loved it. They both played in the water for a long time then just loved that there was a whole area dedicated to little people. It was so fun to have them play while I relaxed and watched them.
The next Tuesday we ran up to Augusta and on the way David dropped us off at the Columbia zoo. it was so fun. Not very many people and not too hot. Surprisingly, Eliza loved the reptile and aquarium. We looked at the monkeys, lions, birds, hyenas, penguins, and bears and had a Slurpee afterward. Fenton was thoroughly entertained by just walking around outside. David called and said that he was going to be an extra hour and it was getting hot so we went in to the air conditioned area with the fishes and Eliza stayed there for 35 minutes. She just sat in front of the huge fish tank that was the size of the whole wall and watched. She would ask "where is Dori" and then say "I'll keep looking" it was such a game for her and she oohed and ahhed when the fish that looked like dori came swimming by.
My favorite part was the Gorilla. it is so great how they show them. there were 3 of them and they have a full wall of windows and the gorillas just sat next to them looking at us. They are such an impressive animal. Eliza was ok with it until one of them grabbed their food and sat right in front of where Eliza was and she was scared. she wanted to go home.
We had some great times on the road these last couple of days.
well we headed up to Charlotte and right next door to his appointed interview was a children's museum and it was awesome. Eliza and Fenton loved it. They both played in the water for a long time then just loved that there was a whole area dedicated to little people. It was so fun to have them play while I relaxed and watched them.
The next Tuesday we ran up to Augusta and on the way David dropped us off at the Columbia zoo. it was so fun. Not very many people and not too hot. Surprisingly, Eliza loved the reptile and aquarium. We looked at the monkeys, lions, birds, hyenas, penguins, and bears and had a Slurpee afterward. Fenton was thoroughly entertained by just walking around outside. David called and said that he was going to be an extra hour and it was getting hot so we went in to the air conditioned area with the fishes and Eliza stayed there for 35 minutes. She just sat in front of the huge fish tank that was the size of the whole wall and watched. She would ask "where is Dori" and then say "I'll keep looking" it was such a game for her and she oohed and ahhed when the fish that looked like dori came swimming by.
My favorite part was the Gorilla. it is so great how they show them. there were 3 of them and they have a full wall of windows and the gorillas just sat next to them looking at us. They are such an impressive animal. Eliza was ok with it until one of them grabbed their food and sat right in front of where Eliza was and she was scared. she wanted to go home.
We had some great times on the road these last couple of days.
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