Hello All, well this has been a fun month. First off I finished my first semester of Dental Hygiene School. With 2 B's and 5 A's so I am very happy with myself. During the break I was at my sister-in-laws dental office to shadow the DH there and shadowed 2 hygienists. One of them I found out is on the board for my school. So we talked a lot about the school and ways it could be better. When I was there it was snowing like crazy and within the time there my car had a foot of snow on it and it was 90% covered. Michelle is doing good and just keep doing lots of stuff trying to keep the house in order. One day she was at the post office and she was backing out and another car was also backing up and they hit each other, well for the damage (was very little) the insurance paid us $450 dollars which came at a good time because you do not have to fix your car if you do not want to. Nobody got hurt. So we used it to buy a new video camera due to our cameras play thing was going out so have the time it would not play back. So it was nice to get that. Scott and Kyle are being silly as always if you look on my blog I put a video of them with sprinkles. Scott is having a blast with his school and can not wait to go back, mostly to ride the bus. Well for Christmas the boys got pajamas for the night before, on the Christmas day they did not want to go down to open presents they were very cranky. Finally they did and they had a blast, they got cars, bubble bath, clothes, candy, stuffed animals called Zoobies, movies, a play kitchen from a person from the ward, we got some clothes, games and a game for the wii, Guitar hero. On Christmas day we went to my brothers house and played games and had a blast we almost did not make it home because of the snow that day. We are doing great and hope everyone is haveing a great New Years.
The Hopes
Friday, January 9, 2009
2008 December: Bates
I was the slow poke this month and didn't write my newsletter... so here goes:
December was eventful. We went to Idaho for my father and sister's birthday. While there I did a bunch of computer things for different people.
Late that month we did a lot of computer stuff for neighbors. We've decided that we are going to tell people that I am a janitor- then hopefully they will stop asking for favors :)
Orianna crawled for the first time on Dec 23... and hasn't stopped since. It's been very fun to see her growing.
Other than that we've just been working and having the same old fun as always.
-Rob & Tamara
December was eventful. We went to Idaho for my father and sister's birthday. While there I did a bunch of computer things for different people.
Late that month we did a lot of computer stuff for neighbors. We've decided that we are going to tell people that I am a janitor- then hopefully they will stop asking for favors :)
Orianna crawled for the first time on Dec 23... and hasn't stopped since. It's been very fun to see her growing.
Other than that we've just been working and having the same old fun as always.
-Rob & Tamara
2008 December: North
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow, has it really been a year? Really where did 2008 go? It seems like it was just yesterday that we welcomed in the New Year. Well besides being in shock that it’s time to write this letter once again, Stewart and I are doing fantastic! Life is wonderful and we have been richly blessed
Last year around this time I (Becky) was on the lookout for a new job. I am happy to report that I found that job shortly thereafter. I still work at ISU’s Holt Arena when they need extra help selling tickets for different events. My new job however is working as a receptionist in the Academic Advising Center for Idaho State University. It is a great job, Stewart and I get good health insurance and because I work for the university Stewart gets to go to school for $5.00 a credit, which is a huge financial lifesaver. We lucked out when I got this job as it has helped us meet our needs.
Stewart is still going to school here at ISU. He will graduate May 9, 2009. Just one more semester to go! He has been extra busy this past year preparing to pursue his dream of becoming a D.O. Doctor (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). In May he took the MCAT, his score was a 28, which is competitive for D.O. schools. He then met with the Pre- Health committee for an interview, the reason being he needed a letter of recommendation from them to apply to med schools. That interview was not as helpful as we had hoped; many of the committee member’s slammed Stewart with questions that targeted his personal beliefs associated with ethics. It surprised Stewart that the very group whose job is suppose to help him succeed would try to drag him down for his standards/beliefs. Anyway, with the interviews behind him Stewart focused his spare time on shadowing a D.O. Doctor here in Pocatello, as well as volunteering his time at the Hospital in the E.R.
We ended up applying to four different Medical schools: 1) A.T. Stills, Kirksville Missouri, 2) West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg West Virginia, 3) School of Osteopathic Medicine (A.T. Stills), Mesa Arizona and 4) Midwestern University College of Medicine, Glendale Arizona. All schools invited us to do secondary applications but we decided to only reply to our two top schools (A.T. Stills, Missouri and West Virginia). Stewart was asked to fly out and interview with both of those schools, lucky for us… and our pocket book, both interviews were in the same week. So on September 26th Stewart took off and was gone for a whole week, it was the first week since we have been married to spend apart… needless to say, it was a long week. Both interviews went well, and we were accepted at the school in West Virginia and put on the alternate list for the school in Missouri. Because of time restraints, we have decided to forgo waiting on Missouri and accept in West Virginia. We will move to West Virginia come July or August of 2009.
Over the past year Stewart and I have had the privilege of serving in a singles ward. If you recall shortly after we were married Stewart was called to serve as the second counselor in his old singles ward bishopric. We loved being able to learn from the great men and women that made up that ward. Sadly, the bishopric was recently reorganized, resulting in us going back to our home ward. We now are serving as ward missionaries in our university married student ward. Even though we both miss the singles ward we are enjoying our new calling and the opportunity to serve together. It has been a great learning experience thus far.
This past summer we had fun going to two family reunions. It was fun to see many of our family members there and to learn what they have been up to. On a sad note my Grandmother, Lucille Willard passed away October 17, 2008. She was a great example to all who knew her and has been greatly missed. On another note, Stewart and I decided it was time to sell one of our cars since we needed the extra funds to pay to hold Stewart’s seat in med school. We sold our Toyota Corolla, making us officially a one car family. The car actually sold recently, so currently we are not sure how having one car is going to work with our schedules, but we will be just fine. This may sound corny to some, but I am really going to miss “Miles”, he was an excellent car and gave us no grief; I hope the new owner will appreciate him as much as we did.
Well, In conclusion, Stewart and I are doing well. We have been richly blessed and have felt the influence of our Father in Heaven guide us along. We are grateful to Him for his loving arms that have been extended to us. We know that without this gospel in our lives we would not be the people we are today. Life together gets better and better day by day! God bless you and your family this coming year.
Loves, Stewart and Becky North
Wow, has it really been a year? Really where did 2008 go? It seems like it was just yesterday that we welcomed in the New Year. Well besides being in shock that it’s time to write this letter once again, Stewart and I are doing fantastic! Life is wonderful and we have been richly blessed
Last year around this time I (Becky) was on the lookout for a new job. I am happy to report that I found that job shortly thereafter. I still work at ISU’s Holt Arena when they need extra help selling tickets for different events. My new job however is working as a receptionist in the Academic Advising Center for Idaho State University. It is a great job, Stewart and I get good health insurance and because I work for the university Stewart gets to go to school for $5.00 a credit, which is a huge financial lifesaver. We lucked out when I got this job as it has helped us meet our needs.
Stewart is still going to school here at ISU. He will graduate May 9, 2009. Just one more semester to go! He has been extra busy this past year preparing to pursue his dream of becoming a D.O. Doctor (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). In May he took the MCAT, his score was a 28, which is competitive for D.O. schools. He then met with the Pre- Health committee for an interview, the reason being he needed a letter of recommendation from them to apply to med schools. That interview was not as helpful as we had hoped; many of the committee member’s slammed Stewart with questions that targeted his personal beliefs associated with ethics. It surprised Stewart that the very group whose job is suppose to help him succeed would try to drag him down for his standards/beliefs. Anyway, with the interviews behind him Stewart focused his spare time on shadowing a D.O. Doctor here in Pocatello, as well as volunteering his time at the Hospital in the E.R.
We ended up applying to four different Medical schools: 1) A.T. Stills, Kirksville Missouri, 2) West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg West Virginia, 3) School of Osteopathic Medicine (A.T. Stills), Mesa Arizona and 4) Midwestern University College of Medicine, Glendale Arizona. All schools invited us to do secondary applications but we decided to only reply to our two top schools (A.T. Stills, Missouri and West Virginia). Stewart was asked to fly out and interview with both of those schools, lucky for us… and our pocket book, both interviews were in the same week. So on September 26th Stewart took off and was gone for a whole week, it was the first week since we have been married to spend apart… needless to say, it was a long week. Both interviews went well, and we were accepted at the school in West Virginia and put on the alternate list for the school in Missouri. Because of time restraints, we have decided to forgo waiting on Missouri and accept in West Virginia. We will move to West Virginia come July or August of 2009.
Over the past year Stewart and I have had the privilege of serving in a singles ward. If you recall shortly after we were married Stewart was called to serve as the second counselor in his old singles ward bishopric. We loved being able to learn from the great men and women that made up that ward. Sadly, the bishopric was recently reorganized, resulting in us going back to our home ward. We now are serving as ward missionaries in our university married student ward. Even though we both miss the singles ward we are enjoying our new calling and the opportunity to serve together. It has been a great learning experience thus far.
This past summer we had fun going to two family reunions. It was fun to see many of our family members there and to learn what they have been up to. On a sad note my Grandmother, Lucille Willard passed away October 17, 2008. She was a great example to all who knew her and has been greatly missed. On another note, Stewart and I decided it was time to sell one of our cars since we needed the extra funds to pay to hold Stewart’s seat in med school. We sold our Toyota Corolla, making us officially a one car family. The car actually sold recently, so currently we are not sure how having one car is going to work with our schedules, but we will be just fine. This may sound corny to some, but I am really going to miss “Miles”, he was an excellent car and gave us no grief; I hope the new owner will appreciate him as much as we did.
Well, In conclusion, Stewart and I are doing well. We have been richly blessed and have felt the influence of our Father in Heaven guide us along. We are grateful to Him for his loving arms that have been extended to us. We know that without this gospel in our lives we would not be the people we are today. Life together gets better and better day by day! God bless you and your family this coming year.
Loves, Stewart and Becky North
2008 December: Robertson
Hello Everyone,
Time to think about everything that happened in the month of December. What hasn’t happened? At the start of the month, I was in full swing with school. I had several teaching demonstrations and end of course projects due. Somehow I got through all of them. My biggest teaching demonstration was done in front of two highly critical faculty members. Both gave me more or less glowing reviews. Somehow in all of the months and weeks of stress and being running here and yon, I was able to pull through with straight As my first semester. Yay! That was a huge relief. It lets me know that I do have what it takes in some degree at least to do well in this field. I have made some good friends among the students and the faculty. Now we’ll see how the next three semesters go. I will need to take at least two more semesters with one extra class than a normal full time student in order to graduate when I want to plus from here on out I will also have my teaching load to think about. Now the fun part begins.
Right after school got out I recuperated for a day or two and then we got ready for Christmas. Between shopping and decorating and baking, it kept us busy. I also went out with the missionaries a few times at the beginning of the month to be a third person so they could visit some single women t teach. It was nice to be back in missionary mode. While I was feeling the missionary spirit and the spirit of the season, I gave a Book of Mormon to a fellow student in the grad program here. She accepted it and promised that she would read it, but told me to remember that she was Christian. Interesting experience. I will have to see what she thought of it after break if she had a chance to read any of it.
Morgan enjoyed spending time with her family for Christmas. We went and spent the majority of Christmas break with her family. While there, she was able to go out to lunch a few times with family and cousins. It was nice to be around family for the Holidays. Too bad that it isn’t possible to be with both sides of the family at the same time. We are looking forward to Christmas in Rexburg next year. We had a big New Year’s Eve party at Morgan’s parent’s house where we played games and put the girls to bed early (they slept right through the party and the night with no real screaming).
A few times during the break, I drove back to Winona in order to help people move. The first time, I helped a family move out of the branch – they are moving to Utah (like Utah needs another Mormon family moving in – we need them here). Then I helped the branch president move his family into a new house since he was kicked out of his apartment a couple of weeks ago. So spending two days of moving furniture in snow and ice did a number on my knees and shoulder (back came out fine – lift with the knees, not with the back). I was able to join the infirmary of Morgan and the girls who all came down with colds. There a plenty of sniffles and snotty gross-out moments right now. The joys of two year olds (in a few weeks). Other than that we have just been preparing for all the changes that come with the New Year with school and church. I think that about covers our month pretty well. We hope that you all are doing well. God’s blessing be upon all of you.
Love,
The Robertsons
p.s. Does anyone else have a Skype account?
Time to think about everything that happened in the month of December. What hasn’t happened? At the start of the month, I was in full swing with school. I had several teaching demonstrations and end of course projects due. Somehow I got through all of them. My biggest teaching demonstration was done in front of two highly critical faculty members. Both gave me more or less glowing reviews. Somehow in all of the months and weeks of stress and being running here and yon, I was able to pull through with straight As my first semester. Yay! That was a huge relief. It lets me know that I do have what it takes in some degree at least to do well in this field. I have made some good friends among the students and the faculty. Now we’ll see how the next three semesters go. I will need to take at least two more semesters with one extra class than a normal full time student in order to graduate when I want to plus from here on out I will also have my teaching load to think about. Now the fun part begins.
Right after school got out I recuperated for a day or two and then we got ready for Christmas. Between shopping and decorating and baking, it kept us busy. I also went out with the missionaries a few times at the beginning of the month to be a third person so they could visit some single women t teach. It was nice to be back in missionary mode. While I was feeling the missionary spirit and the spirit of the season, I gave a Book of Mormon to a fellow student in the grad program here. She accepted it and promised that she would read it, but told me to remember that she was Christian. Interesting experience. I will have to see what she thought of it after break if she had a chance to read any of it.
Morgan enjoyed spending time with her family for Christmas. We went and spent the majority of Christmas break with her family. While there, she was able to go out to lunch a few times with family and cousins. It was nice to be around family for the Holidays. Too bad that it isn’t possible to be with both sides of the family at the same time. We are looking forward to Christmas in Rexburg next year. We had a big New Year’s Eve party at Morgan’s parent’s house where we played games and put the girls to bed early (they slept right through the party and the night with no real screaming).
A few times during the break, I drove back to Winona in order to help people move. The first time, I helped a family move out of the branch – they are moving to Utah (like Utah needs another Mormon family moving in – we need them here). Then I helped the branch president move his family into a new house since he was kicked out of his apartment a couple of weeks ago. So spending two days of moving furniture in snow and ice did a number on my knees and shoulder (back came out fine – lift with the knees, not with the back). I was able to join the infirmary of Morgan and the girls who all came down with colds. There a plenty of sniffles and snotty gross-out moments right now. The joys of two year olds (in a few weeks). Other than that we have just been preparing for all the changes that come with the New Year with school and church. I think that about covers our month pretty well. We hope that you all are doing well. God’s blessing be upon all of you.
Love,
The Robertsons
p.s. Does anyone else have a Skype account?
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