Going Private

Zach and I have decided to go private with our blog. So if you would like to continue looking at it leave us a comment with your e-mail address so we can send you and invite! I also don't plan on publishing any of your comments so don't worry about leaving your e-mail address on here.

I realize I haven't put anything on here about Christmas and New Years, mainly because we were lame and didn't take any pictures while we were home. We did have an awesome time being with both our families during the holidays though. It was definitely winter there and I kept asking Zach why we want to move back to the frozen tundra of Idaho but of course by the time we came back to Memphis, I just wanted to go back to Idaho. Luckily, we will be heading back the end of February for Zach's little brother's wedding.

Thanksgiving...finally!

Zach is done with finals which means I have my husband back! This also means that I can finally put pictures up from Thanksgiving. We drove 9 hours to Hickory, North Carolina where my brother lives and spent 3 days with my whole family. It was so much fun and well worth the drive!

My dad's Thanksgiving tradition...grilled turkey. YUM!

Bella with her oreo turkey

Our family picture taken on my brother's porch. I love their Southern home!

Tara, Mike, and Bella

My parents

The 4 of us at Grandfather Mountain

All Bella wanted to do was play with the snow at Grandfather Mountain.

Making Toffee

The morning we left we gave Bella her Christmas present early...pink Ray Bans! She loved them. I love her wild hair!

It was great to see everyone, especially Bella! She is growing up so fast and has the cutest little personality. I taught her how to do the "pound" after giving someone a high five while we were there. My dad gave her a pound and she said, "whoa Grandpa, what are those?!" (pointing to his knuckles). My dad said, "They're knuckles, look you have them too." She then ran into the kitchen saying, "Daddy, look! I got me some knuckles!" I hope our kids are as cute as her someday!

Here you go Hailey...

I was tagged by my sister-in-law and since she is always so nice by responding when I tag her I thought I should do this. Oh, I do have lots of pictures from Thanksgiving but Zach has taken over our home computer during finals so it might be awhile.

Seven Things I Can Do:
1. I can cook. I didn't really know this until we moved to Memphis. Zach is very glad I discovered this hidden talent.
2. I can measure a patient's seg height. I'm sure most people have no clue what I am talking about...it's really not that cool.
3. I can beat Zach in bowling. Recently this has not been the case but before we moved to Memphis I think he only beat me once. Thank you dad for all the bowling lessons as a kid. :)
4. I can make people laugh.
5. I can memorize random facts about art and artists. Good thing or else I would have never gotten my Bachelor's degree.
6. I can beat Zach in Mario Party on the wii. This is a major accomplishment for me. Thank you Oswald family for not giving up on my pathetic nintendo skills!
7. I can drive for hours and not get tired. I proved this by driving to North Carolina and back all but a few hours that Zach drove.

Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. I can't play guitar hero. It is pathetic to watch me even try, just ask my in-laws or Jesse and Marissa.
2. I can't stay awake during a late night movie. Late night = anytime after 10.
3. I can't stay awake and read for hours and hours. I always end up falling asleep.
4. I can't remember every patient's name.
5. I can't do a cardio workout for very long. I'm a wuss.
6. I can't do math at all.
7. I can't play Settlers of Catan without getting annoyed especially when playing with Zach and Guy.

Seven Things that Attracted Me to My Husband: (Hailey-I'm changing it back)
1. His attention to detail. If you know what his first words to me were you will understand.
2. How genuine, honest, and sincere he was from the very beginnning.
3. How nice he was to all of my friends.
4. He had goals and was very hard working.
5. How much we had in common.
6. His awesome sense for fun and laughter.
7. Last but not least, his curly blond hair :)

Seven Things I Say Often:
1. Hello, how are you today?
2. What day would you like to come in?
3. What I need you to do is but your chin in there and place your forehead on the bar. Look at the balloon. It will go in and out of focus a few time but it won't puff any air at you.
4. Okay, here is some paperwork for you to fill out. There are 3 places to sign at the bottom. Our privacy policy is in the white binder if you would like to look at it. The second page is a medical history sheet.
5. Your glasses will be ready in 7-10 days. We'll call you as soon as they are ready.
6. Okay, I want you to put your glasses on your nose where they are the most comfortable, where you will wear them all the time.
7. Dr. Powelson is here on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Dr. Gerster is here on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings.

Seven People I Admire: (in no particular order...)
1. Zach
2. Mom
3. Dad
4. Lyndon
5. Ann
6. Becky
7. Chad Bushman

Seven Favorite Foods & Drinks:
1. Cafe Rio's or Bajio's sweet pork salad
2. Ocean Water with strawberrys from sonic
3. Craigo's chicken ranch pizza
4. My dad's amazing tri-tip, I am really looking forward to that at Christmas...hint, hint.
5. Gnocchi
6. Sweet and sour chicken
7. Johnny Carino's Italian cream soda

Halloween

For Halloween this year we got together with some friends and went on a ghost tour of downtown Memphis. We thought it sounded like a fun and scary night. However, that was not the case. I'm pretty sure that our tour guide thought he was a comedian and forgot that we were there to be scared. Oh well, we had fun with friends! Anyway, before the the tour we went out to eat at a place called Big Foot Lodge. It's kind of like Big Judds except a lot more sanitary! :) They have a four pound burger that they call the Sasquatch. They have this deal where if one person could eat it in under an hour then your meal is on them. They take your picture after you eat it like at Big Judds except only three people had their picture on the wall! One kid ate it in under 10 minutes! Can you believe that?! Just for you information that means he ate a total of 12,387 calories in less than 10 minutes. Just thinking about that makes me want to throw up. Yuck. We were going to get one and share it with all eight of us but it takes 40 minutes to make and we didn't have that much time!

A not so great picture of all of us at the restaurant...I forgot the flash was off!

Jesse and Marissa, so festive in orange and black!

Becky and Buddy (Becky is the new girl I work with)

So this is random but the hand dryers in the bathroom at Big Foot are super powerful. Look at Becky's skin!
Zach and I with Sasquatch himself

The Butcher Shop is haunted according to our tour guide. I took a picture because he said that some people who took pictures of it could see weird lights in the windows above the shop. I guess we weren't lucky enough.

This sign was posted on the way out of the parking garage. I thought it was pretty funny. Oh and by the way, the machine DOES take $20 bills, you just get all your change in quarters. Just ask Becky and Buddy!

Last but not least, Zach and I carved a pumpkin for the second time ever together! Okay, so I lied, I decided what we should carve it as and Zach did the carving! Here's what it looked like when it was finished........

Yes it is a white pumpkin so we had to carve it like Jack the Pumpkin King! Zach is so talented!!