Happy Birthday Sam!!!

Today is Sam's 1st birthday!! I can hardly believe it! He is so much fun right now!! He is learning so fast...in fact this picture shows Sam's latest trick...."show us your teeth!" Sam loves to walk everywhere!! He has started to talk, and while he babbles on all day long, some of his favorite words include: ball, baby, Daddy, uh-oh, dog, duck, Ally, and blue. He's also learned to sniff whenever he sees flowers, do a fish impersonation, and bark like a dog. Sam loves to give kisses and wrestle with his Daddy. He continues to be such a sweet boy. He adds so much to our family!! WOW....We just love our Sam!

Back to reality in HOLY TOLEDO!

Well, our summer has officially come to an end! We made the long drive back home last weekend after spending a WONDERFUL 3 months in Utah!! Wow...it was so great to be in SLC and see SO much of family! We feel so lucky. It really was the summer to be home with both Josh and Kelsey getting married just 6 days apart! It was kind of a whirlwind summer, but we wouldn't have missed it for anything!!! Sam got completely spoiled while we were home. He definitely misses having everyone around. In fact, he often shrugs his shoulders and says "Aaaaa-eeeeee?" (translation: Ally), as if he's trying to figure out what happened to all of our 'lost' family members!!

In the meantime, things here in Ohio are going great! It's been fun to get settled back into our apartment and see old friends again. Eric started school on Monday and is already back into studying full swing. He's enjoyed his first week of classes...so hopefully that continues. Sam and I are staying busy swimming with the ward's playgroup, going to book club, and walking in the park with the other med students' wives. Life is GOOD!

Here are a few highlights from our summer...ENJOY!

I've Been Tagged....!

Wow...it's been over a MONTH since I've posted anything! I was tagged by Cari, so here goes!!

Four Jobs I've Had:

1. Shivers- cashier/milkshake maker (this is DEFINITELY a job I'd like to forget about!)
2. Coldstone Creamery- ice cream maker extraordinaire
3. Chad L. Woolley, Attorney at Law- secretary
4. Thanksgiving Point- Wedding Assistant/ Secretary

Four Movies I Can Watch Over & Over:

1. Father of the Bride
2. Tommy Boy
3. My Best Friend's Wedding
4. Little Mermaid!!

Four Places I Have Lived:

1. Salt Lake City, Utah
2. Irvine, California
3. Laie, Hawaii
4. Toledo, Ohio

Four TV Shows I Enjoy:

1. The Office
2. Man Vs. Wild
3. America's Funniest Home Videos
4. What NOT to Wear

Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:

1. Costa Rica
2. Puerto Rico
3. Thailand
4. Vietnam

Four Of My Favorite Dishes:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookies....that counts as a dish, right?
2. Chicken Enchiladas
3. BBQ Chicken Pizza
4. Taco Salad

Four Websites I Visit Daily:

1. Email
2. Blogs
3. ????
4. ????

Four Places I'd Rather Be Right Now:

1. Soaking up the sun in some tropical place
2. Disney Land
3. On an airplane headed to some tropical place
4. Shopping....but with unlimited funds!

Four Blogger Buddies To Do This Next:

1. Britt
2. Emily
3. Rachel
4. Nikell

Go Cougars!

Eric and I were feeling nostalgic today, so we decided to head down to Provo and show Sam all around BYU. It was so fun to be back down there and reminisce about our college days!! We visited the new alumni building, the Wilkinson Center, the bus stop where Eric and I met (nerdy we know!!!), etc. Good times... Eric is still waiting for the day when he can take Sam to his first BYU football game, but until then we'll keep teaching him the Cougar fight song! Go COUGARS!!

Memory Grove

We went for a walk in Memory Grove tonight and was it was just beautiful!! It was the perfect summer night...

So long swirl...

Eric put his barber skills to work this week by giving Sam his first hair cut! The swirl on Sam's forehead was getting SO long that we were being forced to give the poor kid a comb over do!

FINALLY....!!!

Wow, this past month has been crazy!! I am FINALLY getting around to updating this thing! We have been LOVING our time here in Utah. It's hard to believe that we've been here over a month now. We're staying busy and playing hard!! Here are some pictures of fun times since being here in SLC....