i am au.d.

meet this year's audiology students

it feels great to finally be on the top row...

that means we're almost done!

meet my classmates.  just the 4 of us.

sticking through it all

and getting ready to move on to bigger and better things

we sure are an au.d. (odd) bunch

these are the officers of our student academy of audiology organization

somehow i got nominated to be the president

good thing i've got a lot of help in the planning and executing of all our activities

and what is the biggest thing we are planning for right now?

our annual humanitarian trip to...

peru!

i can't even explain how excited i am

there is a lot of work to be done there

but hopefully we'll get a little free time to explore

may 2011 can't come soon enough!

if you want to help in our fundraising efforts, 

we have a dinner scheduled on monday, november 15

at none other than the fabulous

cafe sabor

let me know if you want details

and a little update:

i am currently applying to different places for my 4th year externship

(aka: residency year)

josh's job can transfer to slc, denver, and phoenix so we are trying to focus our efforts there

i've already applied to two places

an amazing otoneurologist's office in chandler, az

i had an interview about 2 weeks ago and hope to hear from them soon

the other place is the mayo clinic in scottsdale, az

getting the position there would be a dream come true

i'm not holding my breath, but i'm crossing my fingers!  :)

hopefully all my hard work will pay off soon and some awesome clinic will want me!

i'll keep you all posted

my pup, tess

sunday was my little puppy's birthday

well, not her real birthday because we adopted her from the animal shelter

but she was a year old when we got her...

and we got her a year ago sunday....

so october 24th is her birthday from now on

since i'm not an official "mom" yet

and don't have any children to brag about

and show cute pictures of,

and document all the cute things they do everyday,

i will bore you all with a post about my little baby

she's the cutest and weirdest dog you've ever met.

super friendly

almost too friendly

loves loves loves belly scratches and ear rubs

her nickname is "roo"or "roonie"

we started calling her tess-a-roo

which lead to "roo"

and now "roonie"

she responds to anything these days

sometimes we call her "cat dog" 

(ok, it's only josh that calls her that)

but it's because she sits on the top of our couch and stares out the window

all day long

she can be a lazy dog, and loves "her" chair with all the pillows

she is obsessed with riding in the car

just the jingle of our keys is all it takes to put her into a chaotic frenzy

it's a good thing, too, because we spend a lot of time driving back and forth

from logan to murray

her favorite errand to run with me is going to the bank

because the drive thru teller always gives her a doggie treat

she sleeps... a lot...

and in some weird positions

and she snores

and she has nightmares and grunts in her sleep

we think she's dreaming about the white cat that lives in our backyard

she sure hates that white cat

despite the ups and downs we have had with this little pup

ie: worms, double ear infections, chewing on anything with a strap (my purses, backpack, camera bag, etc), outrageous vet bills, sinus infections, the pooping/smearing incident (see here), etc...

her cuddly, loveable personality makes up for it

so there you have it

we sure love our dog

wind caves

about a week ago, josh and i decided to hike the wind caves.

the weather was perfect

and the fall colors were brilliant

it was josh's first time hiking the wind caves

it was also tess's first hike ever

the views were amazing

even tess enjoyed them

while i'd like to say that my dog is a champ and made the entire hike

up and back without a hitch...

that most definitely wasn't the case

we carried her about halfway up the mountain

and about 1/4 the way down.

this may just be her first and last hike ever.

and another

congrats to these two cute kids!

my little sister and her bf finance zac got engaged at the happiest place on earth last weekend.

she's a disneyland nutcase so it was the perfect location

and the timing was impeccable- right as the sun was setting and the lights on the castle came on.

yay for another wedding in the spring!

more on disneyland soon :)

one lucky girl!

Look what showed up on my porch today! I have no idea how I'm going to study for my test tomorrow!

josh's genius idea

josh and i are hanging out tonight

not doing a whole lot

and out of the blue he says,

"i was thinking... maybe we should get you a new car.  an audi.

you know, because you're going to be an audi-ologist"

i think that hubby of mine is on to something!

congrats, kids!

these two love birds got engaged on saturday and we are so excited for them!

yay for adding another sister to the family on march 19th!

congrats spencer and blakely!