Pine-filled Prescott

Adam is officially one quarter of the way closer to being a podiatrist. Can you believe it? We are nearing the point where we cannot see the light beaming from the entrance of the tunnel. To celebrate such a momentous occasion, we spent an incredibly beautiful day up in Prescott, Arizona. Amazingly enough, it wasn't too far of a drive and we were free from cactus covered hills. Honestly, there is nothing better than pine saturated mountains with scattered oak trees. Brilliant yellow leaves spotted the green slopes. It was spectacular. We were in heaven! In addition to celebration of finals being over, we really wanted to adventure out with the newest addition to our family, Scout. She is a 9-week-old Mini Australian Shepherd who seriously has stolen our hearts. Her striking appearance caught our attention from the get go, but since then her puppy energy and sparkling personality has truly made it feel like she was meant for us. She marched up the trail behind Adam as if she was part of his shadow. Surprisingly enough, she made it about a little more than two miles up the trail before she tuckered out and luxuriously rode back in the backpack. The best part about it was watching Adam's reaction when we found a patch of snow and Scout dove right in as if she were a little polar bear. He was beaming from ear to ear. We have a little snow lover. She must have Wood blood in her.

Happy Halloween, BOO!

Even though it isn't cooling off very much and the leaves aren't changing colors, we are still enjoying the Halloween festivities. We were able to get a pumpkin carved between busy study sessions and hours in the office. But unfortunately we did it a little early, out of excitement, and had to
already toss it. It was fun while it lasted. Then the other night we went to a Halloween costume party as Tron characters and yep you guessed it, totally won the best couples costume prize. Okay, it was napkin, but still awesome! Adam wished he could have gone dressed as the Riddler, but I found it a little revealing.

White Coat Ceremony

On October 21, Adam took part in the White Coat Ceremony at Midwestern University. He and all of the first years were presented with their first white coat as future doctors. It was an extremely well done ceremony, but unfortunately I was sitting on the opposite side of the auditorium and couldn't get a good picture of Adam as they presented him with his coat. But he does look really good in his new white coat and is one step closer to being a DPM. Congratulations Adam!!

Let's try this again

Okay, so last post we said we had a new member of our family. Well that new addition only lasted about 24 hours. Luna was not the right fit for us. She was happier with her foster mom, Betty. Since Luna didn't work out so well, we thought we'd try a different breed. That is where Dixie came into play. We actually have no idea what breed she was, but apparently she wasn't the dog for us either. She had a few corks that made us realize she wasn't for us. We did have her for a little longer than Luna, but not by much. At this moment, it is just the two of us and we are thinking three times over if adding a four legged, furry family member is right for us in this stage of our lives.

Luna: The newest edition to our family

We adopted Luna from a desert dog rescue. She was abandoned in the desert and has been living in a foster home for the past little while. She is 2 years old and is a Korean Jindo. We are so excited to add her to our family.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was quite an adventure. I was able to drive up to Utah with a girl in our ward. Unfortunately, Adam had to stay home and go to class. It was the first time since we got married that we have been apart. That wasn't too much fun, but I was able to spend a couple of days with my family.

Museum of Natural History

Glendale Public Library has these things called Culture Passes that allow you to go to place like art museums, the zoo, and the science center for free. So we thought we would start out with the Museum of Natural History. It was awesome! The best part about the museum was probably panning for gold. We were very tempted to take it to the place that buys gold on our way home. But we decided against it.