You know you(r husband is) are in Medical School...

...when your husband's 7am meeting and following classes were not canceled even though it was 10 degrees outside, windchill of -2.
...when it was declared an actual blizzard outside, hazardous to drive, and a winter storm warning by the local weather service.
...when all the other local schools are canceled.

Kris was a brave man driving to school because I know I wasn't going to attempt dropping him off.

The view from our back door. To bad I couldn't show the freezing wind and blowing snow.

Hmm, is there something wrong with this picture?

That's it, the wreath fits snugly between the screen door and actual door. The wreath stuck to the the glass portion of the screen door when I opened it.

Isaac wanted to take a picture of a few of his cars.

Where's Waldo, I mean Kaylie?

This is what I saw while checking on Kaylie during a nap August 21. I'm surprised she didn't wake up from my laughing. It was SO hard resisting the urge to lean over and pinch those thighs!

Remember that time...

...when I actually updated this thing every few days? Wow that seemed like so long ago, like BEFORE I had two kids or an active toddler. I can't tell you why I haven't I guess I've had so many other things occupying my time. I've been doing a lousy job updating my family "journal" recently but do I wait for inspiration and desire to flood back into me or do I force myself? Hmm, that is SO the question to so many things in my life and personality. We'll see what happens.

Oh and I'm HEADED TO TEXAS in about a week and a half!! SO THRILLED!

Isaac and an I-touch

Apple product owners BEWARE!! Our 2.75 year old son has a second sense about these things and will know you have an i-pod, i-touch, i-phone!! While he loves Daddy's i-phone and all it offers, it was not available during the Utah-Missouri trip (Kris was not in our car.) My mom graciously donated her i-touch frequently to the cause.

Isaac playing while packing.

Isaac in the car.Isaac decided putting a pillow under the i-touch made it easier to watch. Isn't it cute how he holds the ear piece in his ear? Isaac at Kristopher's White Coat Ceremony. Hey, Isaac, what do you have there?Mimi's i-touch. Oh, did I even need to ask?

And we are off...

Let me tell you, if it wasn't for my parents documenting this move, I would have ZERO pictures. At times like these my mind is so NOT on picture taking, but afterwards I'm so happy they have these. My mom got some great ones.

Here we are minutes before we were to send Kris off in the truck. The apartment was packed and man were we READY to get on the road.Here is Pop pop and Isaac by our car. My dad drove this vehicle across for us. They look so cool in matching orange.Here we are. That truck was STUFFED, no way anything else could have fit inside. My dad is a MASTER PACKER. He has such a talent. Could have not done this without his help.Bye Bye Kris. We'll catch up with you in a few hours.

Izy man, peeking out from his perch.

On the road in Nebraska.

Looking so cool in blue. Day two and Isaac was still doing a good job.

Home Sweet Home. Yup, the truck is backed up to our GARAGE. I love having a home for my car.

We have arrived. Tired, hundreds of miles under our belt, and I am SOO not in the mood to unpack. Yeah Missouri!

The final days...

We had a busy last few days in Provo-land. My parents were in town and so was Kelly, Kristopher's mom. IT WAS WONDERFUL!! They were all such great help/calming forces/packing geniuses/cleaning fools! We would not have been able to do it with out their amazing help. I'd say Isaac did a good job adjusting to the whole thing. He loved to "help out."

We stopped by the Provo Temple one last time to say goodbye/take pictures. Isaac LOVES temples and recognized where we were when driving and would ask to "see the temple." So, we stopped and had a nice evening. Isaac wouldn't sit still for anything, he wanted to look at the flowers and play with the water from the fountains.Pop pop and IzyKris being such a cool dad!My personal favorite..

Kaylie's Blessing

We held Kaylie's blessing on the Sunday before we moved from Provo. Kaylie's dress was sooo neat. She was wearing the blessing dress that my great grandmother, grandmother and mom were all blessed!! So beautiful. By now it is no longer pure white, but a little off white and while I didn't get a picture of it, I had a beautiful band and flower to match for her head. It was a wonderful experience and we were so happy to have friends and family in town for the occasion. We had a luncheon afterwards (Thanks Luanne, Ashley, and Kimmy!) Here are a few pictures we took afterward.A fantastic four generation shot. Thanks ladies!Isn't my dad so handsome? My SILLY Isaac... He had such a blast playing at the park and seeing family.

FHE

While I used to think having Monday Family night could be rather torturous in the early days, Isaac has made it one of the best evenings of the week. Isaac LOVES to look at the pictures we got from Distribution and singing the songs out of the Primary song book. (As in there are weeks were we have several FHE's because Isaac wants to "have a lesson." Well tonight after singing some songs Kris was going through the pictures of the LDS Prophets and Isaac named (correctly!) Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff!! Holy awesome! According to Isaac this man is :Thomas Smith Woodruff!!

Every other time he's known who it was, so it got us laughing pretty good!

(just a little LDS family humor)

A question...

Kris: So, I'm making it a family goal for us to not get Type 2 Diabetes. Is that ok with you?

Guess what he's been learning about in school? (I agreed by the way.)

Go to bed!!...

Kris went to bed waaay early tonight so he could get up in the wee early morning hours to study for an anatomy test (I love that he is not studying on Sundays, keep it up husband!), and Kaylie was soo ready for bed. Insert my fantastic 2.75 year old boy... My thinking I'd actually be able to get into a blogging type mood, because trust me it was really starting to creep up, got totally blown out the window. 2 hours and 45 minutes AFTER I turned off the lights for the first time Isaac FINALLY decided to fall asleep. Each time I was just about to put Kaylie down to sleep out would pop Isaac. Grr! We had two trips to the potty and two times I came in to see him wearing his BYU hat, reading a book while sitting in his chair. So needless to say that desire I had is long gone and I'm going to watch the end of a Project Runway episode.

So today's highlights include:
-Isaac repeatedly asking to watch more Conference
-Elder Holland's talk during General Conference
-Isaac only having ONE accident today for potty training!!
-Kaylie having a blast in the walker for the first time today and Isaac showing her how to play with all of the toys on it.
-Kris getting up this morning with the kids and letting me to sleep in!!
-We made today this morning and they ROCKED!!
-Kris made awesome home made pizza for dinner tonight.

Here's hoping I have that blogging urge tomorrow!!

Way back in March...

when we were still living in Utah, we took a walk around the neighborhood to take advantage of the warming weather. I was still pregnant with Kaylie, that seems like it was ages ago. We brought the new camera along we got for Christmas to experiment with. Isaac looks so young!

Advice...

I was given my first two pieces of advice from another med school wife:

1. Suck it up.

2. Just keep smiling.

Pretty good, simple and direct.
It feels like I'm going to be saying goodbye to Kris for 4 years, but I know it will be worth it. I want him to know that I support him TOTALLY and expect him to be away studying/in class. Go for it and do your best Kris!!

Leave provo (check) Arrive in Kirksville (Check!!)

I know it is about time for a new post when I begin to form posts in my head before falling asleep.. Guess I should have been writing them down, but that is fine. I don't have any new pictures to post really, but here we go...

We made it, still have some boxes to unpack by this weekend, but I no longer live in Utah!! No, I live in small town Missouri, and have been enjoying it. We had a busy week before moving. Family came into town, we blessed Kaylie, packed up a storm, I stressed and my dad performed magic. He somehow packed in WAY more than I thought possible in our moving truck and the two cars. We did leave some things behind, including our TV, but we will prevail. The hardest part about the packing process to me is when you get down to the "stuff" after you've packed already and everything just seems to multiply, UGH!! My mom did a bunch of cleaning and helped me with the kiddos.

We didn't do too much caravaning but each car/truck traveled at it's own pace. My mom and I were with the kids and for the two long days in the cars they were really good troopers. Isaac slept on a raised queen bed the two nights we were in a hotel and somehow managed to NOT fall off the bed, I was impressed. The kids are doing great in the new house. Isaac is enjoying our background area with Kris and yesterday I finally gave in and played out in the humidity. As a final thought, I am LOVING central A/C!!

Made it!! Will post more when we get Internet and I'm not on an iPhone