Baby Animal Days

I took advantage of the Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center this weekend! They had baby cows, horses, ducks, chicks, bunnies, etc! So cute! As well as lots of history to enjoy! Reminds me a lot of Grant Kohrs Ranch back home in Deer Lodge! What a fun experience! I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Medical School Interviews

Ron has been keeping busy the last few weeks interviewing at DO schools. Last weekend he was in Parker, Colorado interviewing with Rocky Vista University.


This weekend he will be down in Yakima, Washington interviewing at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.


Ron was put on the wait list at the University of Utah. They refuse to tell him where on this list he sits. So, we are moving on and hoping he is accepted to one of the DO schools. We are hoping to hear back from Arizona and Colorado by the end of this week. Maybe we will finally know where life is taking us.

Award Winning Poster

As the title states, I have an award winning poster. I created a scientific poster to enter into the Graduate Research Symposium on Wednesday (April 1) and the Spring Runoff Conference (April 2-3), both of which were held on the USU campus. My poster consisted of my thesis research so far. For the Graduate Research Symposium your posters are judged per college (I am in the College of Agriculture). As a nice surprise (and a definite boost in my self-confidence) I was awarded first place in the College of Agriculture. This comes with both prestige and a monetary award! What a great experience.

DO Interview

Ron has his first DO medical school interview tomorrow (Friday, March 20). He is interviewing at a school down in Mesa, AZ. He is pretty excited about the opportunity! We both hope it goes well. I also hope that he comes back after enjoying the warm temperatures and sunshine down there!!!

A Fun Update

The life of two graduate students isn't real exciting, explaining why we don't post very often.


Ron is in the process of waiting for his professor to proofread his thesis. He also has two medical school interviews with DO (doctor of osteopathy) schools (one in California, another in Arizona) at the end of March, at which time we also hope to hear back from the U. Here is a website for a definition of DO if you don't know what it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine


Lynda is also quite busy. She decided to accept a second TA position. Both classes are Climate Classes and keep her busy correcting papers, and remaining available to students. She is also in the process of pushing through her thesis proposal and finishing up her thesis. The goal is to graduate in May, but whether or not that will happen remains to be seen! Ah, the life of a graduate student! :-) She is also enjoying her one week a month forecasts she does for UPR!

Super Bowl

This upcoming weekend is Super Bowl! Yipee! We usually have a Super Bowl weekend with all our friends from Montana Tech where it's one big party for three days! Well, half of our friends are living/working out of country this year, so no party. So instead I decided to remember all the fun parties we did have! Hope you enjoy the pictures, definitely brings back good memories for me!

Super Bowl 2005 - Elko, NV
Ron and Lynda


The boys!


The girls!



Super Bowl 2006 - Logan, UT
The Gang


So cute!


Aggie Ice Cream


Ron & Kenny bowling!



Super Bowl 2007 - Elko, NV
The gang!


So cute!


Bowling!



Super Bowl 2008 - Soccorro, NM
The Gang


Me and JL


Waiting for dinner!

New Year's Wedding!

Happy New Year to all our friends and family out there! We wish you only the best for 2009!! May God bless your families!

This New Year's was quite exciting! One of Ron's good friends got married. We are so close with the entire family, that they just consider us one of the kids! The wedding was beautiful, kind of a mix between a Mormon ceremony and a civil ceremony (unique is a good word). It was just a beautiful day with our wonderful friends! What a better way to ring in the new year! (The lights in the room make the pictures look yellow.)

Us with the bride and groom!


Aren't we cute?


Me, Amanda (bridesmaid) and Michele


Yvone, Amanda, Lea (the beautiful bride) and myself


Shawn (the groom) and Ron (my adorable husband)


The beautiful cake made by a family friend (I helped make a couple of the flower arrangements and added the pearls...minor by comparison)!!


Cutting the beautiful cake (they nicely fed each other the cake, I smashed it in Ron's face)!


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