Thanksgiving in West Virginia

First of all, here is the finished "OHIO" with all the letters put together. You saw the "O" in an earlier post. That is the letter I am in. Sorry that it has been a while since we posted anything. We both have been very busy.

We went to Jacob and Jennifer's house in West Virginia a couple weeks ago for Thanksgiving. We were also there to see baby Victoria, our brand new niece, come home from the hospital. Shawn's birthday happened to fall on the day of Thanksgiving, and we also celebrated Jennifer's birthday on Saturday, November 28th before we left to come back to Columbus. So we had a lot of things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!

William was helping me fix my scrubs that my mom made for me so that they would fit me.
Here are some pictures of me with the newly altered scrubs on. I think my mom and I made some pretty sweet scrubs!









William became my little buddy during the whole Thanksgiving break. He always wanted to be right there with me whenever I did anything. It was so much fun to play with him, and I'm so glad that we live close enough to Jacob and Jennifer now that we can see them more.

I'm not really sure how to get this formatted right, but these are some of the pictures we took while we were at Jacob and Jennifer's house.












Here are some more pictures of Shawn and me playing with our cute nephew!

MOLARS!

This is the video that Dr. Weiss (our awesome Oral Anatomy teacher) used today to start off our discussion about molars!

White Coat Ceremony

Laura's White Coat ceremony was Monday the 21st of September and it was a nice night. For all of you who insist on pictures and blog updates, here you go.

Top 10 Things We Love About Our Apartment in Ohio!

We love Ohio. Here are some of the reasons why: (these are in no particular order)

10: The weather here is not too much different from Utah, except for the humidity. So far, we don't think the humidity is too bad: we put on chapstick less and don't use nearly as much lotion! (Although we look really sweaty when we go outside, but I guess it could be worse!)

9: We love our apartment! The front room is one of the favorites. We haven't put anything on the walls yet, so they will look better when we do so :) We saw the couches while we were running one morning out on the sidewalk in front of a house. The guy who lived there said they were moving and we could have them, only problem was that they were soaked because it had rained the night before. We borrowed someone's SUV to go pick them up, let them dry out most of the way outside, then completely dry under the air conditioning inside. Once we bought covers and pillows for them, they turned out pretty nice, says us!


8: We have grass in the front yard and grass in the backyard. The backyard also has a playground where kids from around the complex play. There is also a pool! This is a picture of the front of the apartment. Ours is the green door on the left. That brings us to number 7...
7: The apartment number is clearly visible from the front of the apartment (although I don't think you can see it in this picture) Haha


6: We found somewhere to put every kitchen item in the kitchen, although the kitchen is very small! Here is a picture of the kitchen in Cedar City (left) compared with the kitchen here (right):
I really don't know how we fit everything in it!













This kitchen table was at JC Penney Furniture Outlet. We got it for a really good price!!

5: We love having the extra bathroom,


the extra bedroom (the office for me to study in and Shawn to work in until he finds an office in Columbus),















and the extra balcony to store our bikes between rides:

4: Our neighbors are wonderful! Actually, we have not met anyone yet who has been less than loving. Our apartment complex is full of LDS dental students, so we fit in great. Our ward is wonderful...everyone we have met has been more than willing to help us out in any way possible! The moving committee in the Elders Quorum had our moving truck unloaded in ten minutes flat. It was wonderful to have so much help!









3: The temple is really close! It is one of the smaller ones, but very beautiful. We drove to it and around it on Sunday after dinner, so now we know where it is!



2: Having a dishwasher, air conditioning, washer and dryer has been so nice! We feel so spoiled!




























1: Our bedroom is a lot bigger in this apartment than it was in either of our other apartments! We actually have two sides of the bed, which allows the bed to be made much easier! Check out the comparison:


















We have a balcony that can be entered from our bedroom. We have been throwing all our empty boxes out there as we unpack.








We love the fact that our bedroom is a true master bedroom with a bathroom and walk-in closet. The shower head in our shower is actually high enough! I hate it when they are so low, I have to bend over just to get my hair wet!

It's been a month! sorry about that, but we saw pretty much everyone up at Wolf Creek, so that can count as a blog. I thought I would update everyone on our move, so here we go. We are less than two months away from going to Ohio and have started to worry a little more about things we need to get rid of, sell, and take with us. We have a truck reserved, which is a huge worry off of our shoulders, now we have to pack and all that stuff. So when August 10th gets here we can be completely ready to get the truck loaded and begin our drive to Ohio, which will take a few days.

Apart from the move Laura and I have less than two weeks of class left for the summer, which is just awesome because I'm tired of school and ready to concentrate on other things.

So far the summer has been really nice, I don't think we have reached 90 degrees yet, the clouds keep us cool, and it rained the other day :-) I am looking forward to some nice thunderstorms before we go because I love lightning and can just sit outside and watch it, hopefully on a metal chair to bring it in closer! Just kidding.

Well this has been pretty random, no pictures or anything, I just wanted to update the blog because it has been so long. Sorry for all of you who sit on the edge of your seat hoping and waiting for a blog to show up so you can read about the fantastical lives of Laura and I, I will try and do better next time. See ya!!