Full of Life

Mckenna and Mike playing in the leaves

Yay!  I got a night out with my buddy Mike!

Super cool colors early one morning

Raking the yard with her daddy...I love this picture

A break from raking....look at the size of that bubble!

Making a tunnel and secondary bubble

The last week and a half have been busy, fun, exciting and this weekend and next the fun will just continue.  Last weekend my friend Mike came to Boise with Cirque Du Soliel.  We got to hang out on Friday night then got to go to the show on Saturday.  Had friends over Saturday night and had a great relaxing day on Sunday.  I finally got to teach a bit...finally feeling slightly productive at work, Yay!  If anyone needs ACLS OB or wants training, let us know...it's a pretty great class.  This weekend was my birthday, kind of uneventful, but had a nice afternoon with Sam and Mckenna and got a new car stereo which is awsome!  This week I get to spend the whole week in the hospital doing direct patient care which I am SO excited to do...I miss it so much!  Then on Thursday my great friend Kristen is flying in and we are watching the Cat/Griz game (I will post pictures.)  Back to work for 2 days next week, I have my 90 day evaluation, and then off to Montana for Thanksgiving.  So busy, but SO FUN!

Thankful...and kinda sad

These last two weeks my heart has been aching for MN....funny huh?  It used to ache for MT and now I have two places that make my heart ache!  I miss my friends, I miss my amazing neighbors, I miss our playdates with 16 kids (because we were all awsome and decided to get pregnant at the same time), I miss the fall colors and even raking the leaves, I miss owning my house even if it was teeny tiny, it was mine and I loved it, I miss all the parks, I miss the zoo....like every week, I miss my co-workers and my patients.  I am thankful for a great job here (even though it is very very different).  I am thankful for so many quick friends here in Boise, but miss the easy, comfortable friendships in MN.  I posted a picture on my work website the other day....We all have to have Bios.  Most people post a headshot taken up against a plain wall.   Mine...I posted a picture that DeeDee took of me last year at an apple orchard.  There I am standing below a sign that says FRUIT LOOP and pointing to myself.  I feel silly posting it on a professional website....but this is internal and I want people to know this is me, a total dork!  I can't wait to have easy comfortable friendships again.  I am thankful for outdoor opprotunities, thankful to be closer to my family, thankful for a normal schedule, thankful for a healthy family...I am thankful, just missing my old life.  Here are some cute pics from Pumpkin picking with a good friend from High school this last weekend...I am thankful and blessed.

Fall Fishing and River walking