There is not much to add today to our blog. TJ and I have been busy little bees getting things ready for Christmas and studying for his finals. He only has three tests left and then he is finished for the semester. I can hardly wait. I am so excited and so happy deep down inside for the opportunity I have to spend time with him! I am so excited to see our wonderful families as well. What a huge blessing to us to be able to come home and visit over the holidays! I think I have a perm-a-grin on my face each day as I count down until we leave! =)
My heart is also full of happiness tonight. I am so grateful for all the things Tj and I have. It was our Christmas program today at church and it was beautiful and really got me into the Christmas mood. Then tonight Tj and I went around and delivered some of our holiday treats to our friends. It made me so happy to see everyone and just sit and visit for a few minutes or hours! =) We have made such great friends and are surrounded by such great people! What a wonderful time of year. I am just so happy!
Thanks to everyone who takes time out of their really busy schedules to call or write a few words in an e-mail. We are both so appreciative of everything that we have been provided. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing most of you over the holidays! Safe Travel and have a Wonderful time! =)

Hello everyone!!

So, I found out this week that I love to eat! =) No big surprise but I had no self control this past week with junk food! Over Thanksgiving I was alright, I only had one small piece of pie each day, but last week I went crazy! I was craving cookies on Tuseday night so I made a batch, pigged out on cookie dough and then ate cookies for breakfast for the next three days! Then I craved brownies, so I made some of those on Friday night! Yikes! I was a monster! Luckily though, I have phased out of it and regained self control! Only about 1/4 of the pan of brownies is gone and I haven't had much junk food since Friday night!
Things here are getting busier by the second it feels like! TJ only has two weeks left, one of lecture and one FULL of tests! He is excited to be almost done with this semester though! I keep busy trying to get Christmas all done! I told Tj the other day that I could not remember the last time I was even able to think about Christmas before the 14th, or before finals week. It has been really fun working on it over the past week or so, and not stressing about any up coming finals! I could definetly get used to this! =)
Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving! It was alot of fun, and the first Thanksgiving and Birthday we have ever celebrated in Georgia! I could not thank the Weber's enough for all they did for us. The food was fantastic, the games of Hand and Foot were competative, and the company was unforgetable! Of course we ate WAY to much, but that is just part of Thanksgiving right! =) Thanks to Alli for bringing the candy so we could make our own Turkeys! After we gorged ourselves on Thursday, we headed out on Friday to see Cartersville! We walked around the cute little shops and had our pictures taken at the first Coca Cola sign! We also went to the local museum wich had some great information and historical pictures along with the development of the locomotive. Plus it had alot of information on THE GENERAL, it was so neat! Then on Saturday it was off to the Aquarium (with about 500,000 other people) but it was fun! Atlanta is a really big and beautiful city! Plus, we couldn't forget about the HUGE chicken we saw at the local KFC! We also celebrated TJ's 27th (old man! =) birthday on Saturday! Of course we had to have trick candles! It was a great weekend and we made some unforgetable memories!
Well, I had better go. TJ and I will be home in two weeks! I am so excited I am having a hard time sleeping at night! Still a lot to get done before we leave, but it is all so fun! I absolutely love this time of year! The Christmas tree is up, the air is cooler outside (not as cold as Utah, but still cooler) and Christmas music is played on all of the radio stations! Merry Christmas and we love you guys!

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This past week has been busy and fun, like most of our weeks. I am finally on a more regular schedule at work and my body is now able to adjust to waking up early or staying up late! Work is going really well right now. I am learning so much each and every day. The staff are great to work with as well and they are so supportive of me! Sometimes I get so nervous to call and ask their advice, but they are always very kind and respond immediately!
This last week my office had their Thanksgiving feast! Everyone brought something, so there was TONS of food! I think there is only about 40 people in our department and we had three turkeys and a ham! Plus three tables full of side dishes from homemade rolls to sweet potatoes to homemade macarroni and cheese, plus two more tables FULL of just desserts! Needless to say I gorged myself and enjoyed every minute of it! =) It was delicious!
TJ had a good week at school as he only had two tests this week. He did great on both and now is buckling down for two more next week. He is so excited for Thanksgiving break he can hardly wait! He does not have any lectures next week, just a test on Monday and a test on Tuesday. Then he has the rest of the week off! He has a paper due the Monday after he comes back, but he has been working hard on getting it done so he can enjoy his break! I am also very excited for him to have a break! What will I do with him for four whole days! =)
I absolutely love this time of year! First of all, I can't believe that it is already Thanksgiving and the weather out here is still so warm! =) Second, the trees out here are beautiful. You drive down the road and on both sides of the street are hundreds of trees with all different colors of leaves. I love to just walk or drive down the roads because they are so beautiful. I have some pictures, but they don't do justice to the beauty! Last night TJ took me out to dinner to celebrate National Nurse Practitioner week! =) Then we went to the South Point Mall for a huge celebration. They had a free concert by Lifehouse along with the welcoming of Santa Clause to the mall and the lighting of this HUGE christmas tree. Afterwards they had fake snow blow from the rooftops of the buildings. I just chuckled as I thought about the fake snow and how amazed and excited everyone was about it! Not to mention that it was about 45 degrees that night and Tj and I are in our hoodies and pants, but everyone else was in coats, gloves, beanies and scarves. They were freezing! These people really don't know what cold is! =)
Anyway, I am just so thankful for everything that TJ and I have been blessed to experience out here. We have great friends and neighbors out here, I love my job and TJ is really enjoying his school! We have been so blessed and I am just so thankful for all that we have! I want all of our cute friends and wonderful family to know how much we LOVE you and we MISS you guys and we are SOOOO excited to come home to visit in less then four weeks! We hope you all have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

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TJ and I went to the Duke Basketball game tonight and it was AWESOME! I have to say that it was SOOOOO much fun. I was a little skeptical that it might not live up to its name, but it was GREAT! The crowd was so into the game. We were cheering, chanting, shouting, doing cheers and dancing the ENTIRE game. It was quite the workout, but it was SOOOO worth it! If you guys want to experience the BEST GAME EVER you have got to come and see us! We included the pictures of us and a bunch of TJ's classmates! I apologize as well that TJ's eyes are closed in like EVERY picture, I just don't know what to do about him! =) I hope you guys all have a wonderful weekend!

Hey guys!
This last week was VERY busy for us, but really fun! Last week, after TJ was done with all of his tests of course, we headed out for Halloween. It is really big here and they close down the mainstreet in Chapel Hill from lik 9:oo m to about 1:00 a.m. We went to dinner with some friends and then hung around and viewed alot of costumes until about 9:30-10:00 before too much alcohol came out. Our friends dressed up, but we didn't! It was a lot of fun though, the costumes were very good! The big hits were thing 1 and thing 2 from Dr. Seuss, a group of people dressed up as different Tetris pieces, a headless man (but he couldn't see anything so someone had to guide him through the crowd!) and Fred and Wilma Flinstone! Everyone looked really good! Plus there were TONS of policemen everywhere, so I wanted to get a picture with them!
Then, I worked independently on Friday night and Saturday during the day. I was very nervous to be the only one at clinic, but it went very well. I was excited that I was able to hold up the clinick, but I am also glad when I have backup as well. Plus I had my own clinic this morning. I saw a total of three patients! It was quite exciting! =)
Last but not least! TJ and I went to UNC game on saturday night! It was SOOOO much fun! It was just an exhibition game and it was a total blow out, but it was still great! They won by like fifty points but they started to show boat! They were doing windmill dunks, rotating dunks, etc. It was really fun! This week we are going to try to go to a Duke basketball game! I'm really excited!
Well, not that we are counting down or anything but we will be home in about 5 1/2 weeks! So we are REALLY excited to see everyone! we will be home for about 10 days! YEAH! Well have a great week!

Camping at hanging rock!



Us at Duke Garden's!

How are ya'll? Thanks so much for checking in on the blog. I really love using this site and I hope that you guys all enjoy it too! Thanks too for everyone who commented on the slide show! I learn something new every time I log on this thing! =)
This past week was a great week, for me anyway! Although I am still not quite legal (I will be as of October 30th YEAH!) I was as independent as I could be this last Friday. I saw about 13 patients, all of which I felt very comfortable treating and reading x-rays. So, this week was a great week!
TJ's week was a little different. He had a test on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this last week. He did well on all of them though, just like he always does! Now he is learning Hematology and Oncology. He really enjoys the learning, but it is SOOOO much information in so little time he is filling a littl over whelmed!
TJ and I also went to our ward's Halloween party! I was in the doughnut eating contest, but came in at a close second! I know this is a big surpirse to most of you, I mean who has a bigger mouth then me? We did have a small mishap though as the girl next to me in the contest ended up choking on her doughnut and needing the hiemlich maneuver. She was alright, but it was an intense few minutes! This next week TJ and I are hopefully going to attend an UNC basketball game. I am really excited!
Well, I hope that everyone has a great week and we look forward to hearing from you! Oh yeah and the weather out here is wonderful. It was a little chilly here, it got down to about 68! =) It is so warm, I love it here!!!

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So, Tj was so proud of his tractor pull pictures that he talked me into making him a slide show of ALL of the pictures to share with you guys! So, below is the slide show from the tractor pull with ALL of the pictures that we took. Some are a little blurry, so I apologize, but he could not bare to part with any of the pictures! There is also some in there of me eating a deep fried twinkie and a deep fried snickers. Neither of which were very good, but it was traditional North Carolina State Fair food so we had to try it!
This past week was more of a difficult week for us! TJ had four days of lecture followed by a test on day five. It was a test that 75% of the students last year failed, so needless to say he was studying like MAD all week long! All of the wifes got together on Saturday and we were all greatful that Friday's test was over and we were able to have our husbands back. Other than that, everything else was great! He continues to learn so much and it is so much fun to see the excitement in his eyes as he talks about what he is studying! Plus, each day I feel a little more inadequate as I cannot remember all the fine details from the nerve innervation of the adrenal glands to all the small blood vessels in the kidneys! Oh well, what can ya do!
This last week I became one step closer to being more independent at work. The North Carolina State Board recognizes my license now! YEAH! I still have one or two more weeks, but shortly I will be out on my own! I am excited and scared to death all at the same time! I am ready for the independence, but that also means more responsibility. Plus, people are actually going to expect me to know what is wrong with them! =)
This weekend I talked TJ into taking some time off so we could carve pumpkins with some friends. I didn't have my camera but Brook took our picture, so hopefully I will have the picture to post next time! Plus, TJ had a heart walk today for Duke. So we all got together, walked just over a mile, ate some food and enjoyed some free water and chaptstick! It was a lot of fun, there are alot of good people in his program.
Well, I am really enjoying this blog thing, I hope guys enjoy it as well. Have a wonderfull week! I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Love ya!

Here are pictures from Julie's trip. One of us at the beach at Duke Chapel and at the Dairy!

Here is pictures from Alyssa's visit! It is Alyssa and I at Duke Gardens, Alyssa and I at the Dairy and Alyssa and I at Eno State park!

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Hello everyone!

I know that it has been a while since we have written to everyone, and I apologize, but things have been so busy around here! Julie, (TJ's mom) came out to visit back at the end of September. It was so much fun, we had a blast. We went to the beach, shopping, out to dinner, to old historic sites, etc. She plum wore me out! =) Then, Alyssa came out to visit for a few days and we had so much fun as well! I took her all around Durham. I took her to several historic sites, including old slave houses and the orignal Duke Homestead where we learned how to roll our own cigarrettes! Plus, we made conference apple pie (which was delicious) put a puzzle together, visited the Duke Gardens and Duke Chapel, and took her to the Bridge at Eno State park! We had a lot of fun together! I am so greatful that her and Julie were able to come out and visit. Everyone knows that Durham is not the most appealing place to vacation, but TJ and I sure enjoy the visits!
Well, besides the visits, Tj and I have also been having a great time together! This past weekend was TJ's fall break. This was great not only because TJ had almost a full week off, but it also means he is half way finished with his semester! He is quite excited! He really did enjoy his time off as well. It consisted of a little bit of studying (of course) but also some golfing, sleeping in, camping, hiking, frisbee golf, and best of all a Tractor Pull! Tj was on his own for entertainment on Wednesday and Thursday, but I took Friday off to spend some time with him as well. Friday morning we woke up and went to play Frisbee Golf. It is A LOT of fun! TJ, of course, did much better than I, but we still had fun. We went with several of his classmates and really had a great time! Then, we left to go camping with some friends. We went to a state park called Hanging Rock! It was beautiful and was surrounded with several different hikes and waterfalls! Plus, TJ FINALLY was able to wear his hoodie without being too hot. Then on Saturday we came home, cleaned the house a little and headed off to the North Carolina State Fair! Let's just say, it was SOOOOOO much fun! TJ wanted to go to the Tractor Pull which I was not so sure about! However, once it started it was great! I had never been to one before and this was a WHOLE new experience for me! For those of you who have never been, I would reccomend it! If you go with kids, make sure and take ear plugs! The tractors are great, especially the multiple engine ones! Two of them actually had Jet Engines on them. It was great!
Well, I'm sorry that this is so long, but there is so much to tell you guys! TJ continues to enjoy his schooling. He is learning SOOOO much. He is also becoming a lot closer to some of his classmates which is very beneficial. My work continues to go well. I am learning so much each and every day. Our calling continue to go well. Tj really is enjoying his CTR 5's and they are so cute with so much personality. I am enjoying my nursery kids, they continue to surprise me each and every Sunday!
I hope to hear from you guys, and thanks for visiting our new blog! I hope you all have a wonderful week!

We love you All!