Happy Reunions!

This picture was taken back in October when Dan and I rolled back into town (Des Moines) after our five month exodus on the road during rotations. Bonnie, Brenda, Leslie and I all got together at the WDM playground one last time and let our kids have a party together. I miss everyone in Iowa SO MUCH!!

I had a wonderful reunion this January with my great college roommate, Yvonne, and some of our friends from college. Yvonne is the one with the adorable baby. Talk about an amazing group of women. We hated to say goodbye! (Man do those girls make me look like I'm two feet taller than them!)

Dan ends APMSA Presidency

Dan got to be in Des Moines last week and has officially ended his year as APMSA President. I'm looking forward to having him home more often now! But I guess I am no longer the First Lady of Stinky Feet!

On Sunday morning, he missed his plane flight my minutes (his airport shuttle was late and he characteristically set the alarm too late). Then, due to the bad weather, the flights kept getting delayed. So, instead of flying into SLC at 11:00 a.m., he didn't arrive until early the next day. He was happy, though, to get some fun time in with Uchenna and the rest of the Chukwurahs while he waited for the next flight out!

Benjamin's Pirate Ship Bed

Benjamin's ship arrived a few days after Christmas 2007. His Dad built it in the garage and was able to reconstruct it in Benjamin's room after many sleepless nights! We also added a Ships wheel on the upper deck. If you look closely you'll see a cannon made from scrap parts and black pipe that actually works!

Dan was highly motivated to build this bed - with every nail he hammered, he knew he was that much closer to getting Benjamin out of our bed!

Chin Theater

I don't think that many future doctors spend their Saturday mornings doing this, but then again, we've always known Dan was a little 'different'!