alamosa TOO! what happens in alamosa stays there

Don't worry no animals were harmed during this filming. We drove to Colorado for thanksgiving and had a great time in alamosa. justin has grown a foot, he is as tall as me which means it won't be long tell he is taller than spence. Alamosa is such a quiet place, i love all the geese that fly by its really pretty, cold but pretty.

Just the men and their toys!

baby taylor if she goes missing i might have taken her home with me...sorry jo she is just too cute!

gage the rock chrisman! he can do half nelsons and much more...becareful cause hes got the moves!

dancing with the twins! mama mia!

just some more fun pics we took while visiting. i needed to take more pictures but its hard to take a break from all the fun!

where we've been the past 2wks!!

Yeah school was out for spencer for a whopping 2wks so we took complete advantage and spent every day together all day, some would call that 24/7!! first on the list-o-fun was to finally make it to the mesa arizona temple, it was beautiful and a really unique temple, of course afterwards we went to del taco and ate like kings. then we packed our bags and headed of to my favorite place in the world UTAH! we wanted to surprise everyone so we left monday after work at 3pm and drove all night and finally got there...10hr and 1 almost squeezed our way out of it ticket later at my moms house at 1am and she was up waiting for us! love that place it is always so homey, i miss it!

we then went to have breakfast with the chrismans at 630am (they get up real early) jo was in the shower so we didn't really get to surprise her but gage and reese were floored! then we headed off to see the kemps. and little did we know it amanda was in the shower...at least my bffs are really clean they shower every day:)

spencer was able to spend time with some of his favorite little people, the twins! mary-gail was a little nervous at first with spencer (they haven't seen him since august) it broke my heart but then she warmed right up after a couple good squeezes from her favorite uncle.

We had a great time in UTAH! running with my running partners jo and dad and even spence was awesome (i haven't run since the marathon because of my leg) drinking egg nog tell my cholestrol level doubled. working with dad, twilight with the girls, drinking some more egg nog, playing cards with the nielsons, wrestling with a pro wrestling gage micheal chrisman brown black, going to church with my mom, watchin the office with kristy and brett, sleeping at grandmas, being with spence all day every day, seeing all the grandkids double in size (well some of em doubled ...chrismans) watching mary-gail and becca eat their birthday cakes, laying on my moms extra soft bed with her, watching kongfu panda, and the list goes on.

I didn't really think i was home sick til we actually got to provo, i really missed everyone! we had an awesome time utah. i feel made we didn't have a lot of time to spend with everyone, and that i didn't take more picture! next time for sure.

My super duper wife

I broke into the blog and wanted to thank my wife for being so good to me. My first quarter as a med-student is over and I could have never accomplished it if it wasn't for Carly. She did everything in her power to make my life easier and for that I will be eternally grateful to her. Just wanted to say thank you and that I appreciate all that you do for me. Love you

J.O.B.

many of you have asked about my job... what is it that i'm actually doing?? jo laughs because i've told her i bag lettuce in an ice box. so in a nutshell this is where i work and what i do. (i'm not web savy yet...thats amandas job she's gonna help me during thanksgiving otherwise i would have put a cut picture or something up)

its called chef-to-chef, its basically your local farmers market on wheels. Each week we head to downtown phoenix and pick up local fresh chemical free produce and then deliever it to certain locations around the valley. It is really an awesome idea, extremely healthy, and a fun atmosphere to work in. We have an awesome website chef-to-chef.com check it out! Most of my job consists of standing in a fridgerated truck prepping the produce and getting it bagged up for the costumers. I really enjoy my job and spencer is a really good sport because i have to be at work by 615am so that means he has to be ready and dropped off at school real early....so early the secruity guards think he actually sleeps there:) no really they do...when i drop him off the parking lot is empty, the lights are all off, yet you'll find spence studyin' away each early morn. what a trooper.

so today while driving back from downtown in the truck i thought about all the amazing people i work with and figured i'd blog a bit about everyone...when i got to thinking i couldn't believe all the amazing women i'm surrounded by...these are there back grounds:
NASA engineer/rocket scientist/astronaut currently working as a personal trainer! (oh ya her husband is a cardiologist) then we have a masters in public health who has been to over 6 countries promoting health, worked for the peace corps. for over 2yrs, and is taking a break to become a mom (oh ya her husband is an ER doctor) then we have the owner who is the nicest, sweetest, extremely faithful, funniest, wildest women ever!! (she reminds me of lisa chrisman which is super fun its always nice to have a mom away from home.) then we have a socialogist, who is putting her husband through podiatry school, also a police/firefighter in training, and then me! it is awesome!

Some days i find myself just grateful to have met them all because they are really great people. so take a gander at chef-to-chef and eat fresh fruits and vegetables!!

and don't worry i'm still job hunting for another job that will make me millions of dollars and fast!:)