finale of cat vs dog

Ty and Ash come home and their dog was still all in one piece! By about day 8 the cat had finally given up, and realized that the dog may annoy her but she can't do much about it. A couple of times we would see the dog race by chasing the cat, only to again see the dog race back by as the cat chased him! it was hilarious to watch. Hopefully ralphy enjoyed his stay, and yesterday kai spent the morning looking for the dog. I think she misses having someone to boss around on. but we will have another visitor for doggie day care this week. Teeny tiny capri is going to come over and visit while michael is at school. I think that ralphy broke kai into the whole cat/dog thing, so well see how it goes.

friday nights....

So one thing that I and many of my friends (all med school wives) have realized and started to come to terms with is that there is no such thing as a "Friday Night" or a "Weekend." I still remember the meeting for significant others at the beginning of school mom and I attended and this lady told all of us to never plan on having a weekend or a day off from medical school. At first I thought this was a bit harsh,

but now I understand what that mean lady meant.

There really is no such thing as a typical friday night, friday nights in med school mean something else. Sadly I have watched spence have to tell several of his friends...oh the games on...well i gotta study....friday night ya maybe but probably not....well i'll have to study all day on saturday too! poor spence he can never go out with his friends and play. You see the instructors are nice enough to give the exams on mondays which allow the boys more time to study!(Which we're all really grateful for) And with all the material they are required to go over they could use all the time in world to complete the material and be ready to be tested. so now i and my friends are learning the new meaning of Friday nights....it now means a long lonely weekend of watching your husband study all day from sun up to sun down (just like every other day of the week) and just cause its the "weekend" in the real world doesn't mean the craziness of school has taken a break, now weeekends mean catch up time for spence, and for me they mean.....hold on tight and create my own weekend fun.....but this friday night some co-workers from chef-to-chef had us over to make gingerbread houses!! Alyssa had everything together and we had a great time! This was spencer's first gingerbread decorating experience and he was so good at it that he has pattened several decorating techniques!! It was so fun to get out and actually remember how good Friday nights can be!! thanks spence for taking the night off from studying!

dog vs cat

one last thing to blog about. we are watching tyler and ashley's cute little dog while they are away to welcome her little brother home from a mission. last week when tyler called i was excited! i thought, yeah kai will have a friend to play with!! so ralphy or as spence likes to call him franky has been here 3days and the cat is so mean to him. for no reason she will just hiss at him as she walks by. poor ralphy is getting bossed around by a 7lb cat. its funny to see them interact, both unsure of each other and unsure of why the other one is here, it cracks me up. so far they haven't become fast friends but i'm hoping by the end of the week that they will become snuggle buddies....or at least kai will stop bossin the dog around.

congrats to spence!

Caylen & Dave, Alyssa & Michael & us

all the girls and spence

JJ & Spence

This weekend was so fun mom and grandma came into town on Wednesday and we partied from dawn to dusk! debbie came on friday and again the excitement and fun continued! we shopped, ate too much, and laughed just enough to get side aches! we had a blast and spence loved being the only boy in all the bunch! Congradulation spence! your hard work is paying off! thanks for all your sacrifices and hard work! you are going to be a wonderful doctor!

white coat weekend

this weekend spence had his white coat ceremony! it was really wonderful to attend this event and be able to see spence welcomed into the health care/physician professional world. I was so excited!!! mom, grandma and momma mort came out for the ceremony and we had a blast watching spence and all the student participate in something so special. --here are a few pics, sorry our camera isn't the greatest.