see.fathers.day

Happy Father's Day!!!

To all the hard working dads out there!!

We had a friend over for her birthday dinner Saturday night, and because it was the night before Father's Day, I made everyone share their dad's favorite sayings, when they were kids. We went around the table and shared funny, embarrassing, sweet, and father-filled stories about each of our dads.

Because I am never at a loss for words, I happen to share a few things about my dad. Haa haa, who I know is reading this! Don't worry dad, I provided a glowing report, I promise!!

Here are a few JB classics:

"Practice doesn't make perfect... practice makes better!"

"The more you know, the more you don't know"

"When in doubt... toss it out" (a favorite in college when dealing with a shared fridge!)

and my personal favorite

"It's just around the corner, Mel"

It's funny how these things didn't resonate at 8 years old, the way they do now. Now, that I'm a little older, when I am faced with a difficult challenge or task... I find myself saying "it's just around the corner Mel" and it is always the case.

Mike's favorite father moments included his dad encouraging him to do his best and that he always believed/believes in him.

We are so fortunate to have such awesome dad's.

Happy Father's Day!!

xoxo

see.mamma.mia

Mike's mom came to visit us a few weeks ago.

We had so much fun with her!!

It was such a nice weekend, we did a little shopping, some eating, and just relaxed.

Mike took her to our local garden store and when they came back... they pimped our yard.

We now have a beautiful bird feeder, many mint plants, blueberry bushes, sage, dill and more.

It looks amazing!!

Here are a few pics right before she flew away.

We hope to see her again soon :0)

see.new.path

This isn't news to most of our (limited) reader base but she (the blog creator and updater) is currently going through a career change. This may not seem like a big deal except I am switching careers into medicine and starting on a marathon journey. Last year, I started with day 1: biology 1o1 surrounded by a classroom full of freshmen. A journey in medicine is just that... a journey.

I am 27 and won't actually see my own patients until I am almost 40. What the heck am I thinking? Well I ask myself that EVERYDAY! And, if I had the time I would list the million and 1 reasons why I want to do this but it boils down to 1 reason: it is a passion and desire that is internal, like a broken record or (because i am currently taking physics) a positive personal force, much like gravity, that is unseen but felt. I tried for years to take the "easier" route by ignoring it and becoming interested in something else to save myself the years of study, class time, library time... but if you have ever just "known" something was for you then you also know it will nag you and keep you up at night and apply pressure until you move.

I am currently taking "post-bacc pre-requisite" classes to apply to medical school, if I am accepted into med school, I will matriculate Fall 2013. The choice to change careers is very personal and was not taken lightly... I agonized about this decision discussed it with family, friends, michael, the dog... pretty much anyone who would listen and when I applied to post-bacc schools my stomach was in knots.

But here I am and the best encouragement I can get is when I meet, read about and listen to others who made the leap just like me. That's why, getting this story from my sister this morning was a wonderful confidence boost. Thanks Jen :0)

see.song

Ah! So much going on, so many trips taken, visitors visited, jobs, and school...

but for now I wanted to share this video.

My 2.5 year old niece Charlotte will specifically request this song "my music video" as she calls it and sing all the words! I'm not sure how it all started but it is pretty darn adorable. I can't listen to it without thinking about her.

So this is for you sweet Charlotte!