Well this month was my vacation from school, I had all of August off, We first went to Michelle's family reunion up at Bear Lake. The boys had a great time at the water and with their cousins. Then we were going to go up to Idaho but with the car repairs we could not it is great to make payments that you are not expecting. So with $1800 out of our account we just stayed home and did stuff around here. We did stuff with family and friends then the last week we took the boys to the aquarium and it was the best thing ever, they got to see some cool animals and fishes, then they got to touch some sting-rays. The boys would not stop talking about it for a couple of days afterword.Michelle is doing good she is just home and doing Mary Kay and still working on the phone. She will start going to a cake decorating class which she excited to take. Scott is potty trained we are so excited and very proud of him. It seemed that he just wanted to start just one day and has been going strong, he has some accidents but that is expected. Kyle is doing great with just talking and helping Scott with with stuff mostly helping with playing with the cars and eating candy :) But I did start school today the 31st and we will see how this goes. Other than that we are doing great.
The Hopes
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
2009 August: North
Let’s see, what happened this month?...It seems like there was something big, what was it? Oh yeah, Medical School started month! We just completed our 4th week of classes, and I have learned a new meaning to the phrase full-time student. I have between 5 and 8 hours of classes each weekday, and then spend between 2 and 3 most evenings studying. I spend roughly 8 hours on Saturday and then take Sunday off. The school is trying something new with our class. They have cut the number of classes that we start out with from 7 down to 3 and they have drastically shortened our anatomy class. The same class that used to take 8 or 9 months is now being taught in 2. We spend 2 to 3 hours every day in the anatomy lab working with cadavers. When I close my eyes at night I see anatomy. When I wake up in the morning I see anatomy. We are taking our second test tomorrow. I think the pace will slow down a bit after anatomy is done (that might be naïve of me). I have learned so much information in so short of a time, it’s almost hard to believe.
It’s not been all work and no play. Becky and I have been to see some neat things around here. Becky has pictures posted on our blog stewandbeck.blogspot.com if anyone is interested. The state fair was last week and we got to go watch the horse pull. Those horses are beautiful animals, and they are able to do so much work. It was impressive to see how they worked as a team. I got to eat a corndog at the fair ( I love corndogs). I dare say it was one of the best I’ve ever had, and believe me, I’ve had a lot of corndogs.
Last week Becky and I were given new church callings. Becky was called to serve as the assistant nursery leader, and I was called to teach the 8-11 yr. old boys. I will miss not being able to sit by her during Sunday School. When I walked into the primary room and saw a row of boys kicking, punching, and jabbing each other I thought “there’s my class.” So far the boys have responded very well to my direction. As I taught my first lesson today it became painfully obvious that I have not prepared a lesson for young children in a long time. Well, the Lord called me, so He’ll have to train me. I think I will have a great time with these boys.
Best of luck to all of you, whether it’s back to school, or just another day another dollar (oh by the way, we added it up, it costs $222 per day including weekends to go to medical school).
Stewart and Becky North
It’s not been all work and no play. Becky and I have been to see some neat things around here. Becky has pictures posted on our blog stewandbeck.blogspot.com if anyone is interested. The state fair was last week and we got to go watch the horse pull. Those horses are beautiful animals, and they are able to do so much work. It was impressive to see how they worked as a team. I got to eat a corndog at the fair ( I love corndogs). I dare say it was one of the best I’ve ever had, and believe me, I’ve had a lot of corndogs.
Last week Becky and I were given new church callings. Becky was called to serve as the assistant nursery leader, and I was called to teach the 8-11 yr. old boys. I will miss not being able to sit by her during Sunday School. When I walked into the primary room and saw a row of boys kicking, punching, and jabbing each other I thought “there’s my class.” So far the boys have responded very well to my direction. As I taught my first lesson today it became painfully obvious that I have not prepared a lesson for young children in a long time. Well, the Lord called me, so He’ll have to train me. I think I will have a great time with these boys.
Best of luck to all of you, whether it’s back to school, or just another day another dollar (oh by the way, we added it up, it costs $222 per day including weekends to go to medical school).
Stewart and Becky North
2009 August: Bates
This month was a lazy one... apart from working like a mad-man at my normal job. Most of my side projects came to a complete halt, and we spent the large portion of the month watching movies and playing video games. It was a nice break.
But, it lead to a new side-project. I am now communicating with Nintendo to try and get licensed to become a game developer. My ne bro-in-law specializes in 3D modeling, and said he would be interested in such a project. We'll see what happens though, because we have to get the OK from Wii, and we have to pay $2,000 for the license... so right now it's JUST an idea.
Orianna is fully walking. She can even kind-of run. She is loving her new ability, and using it to her fullest.
The last of the "Big News" is that Marnee has now officially moved to Kansas. she and Dan got all of their stuff from our place and UHauled it down there. They are doing well- but with hectic schedules.
Well, that's it for the Bateses this month. Cheers,
-Rob, Tamara, & Orianna
But, it lead to a new side-project. I am now communicating with Nintendo to try and get licensed to become a game developer. My ne bro-in-law specializes in 3D modeling, and said he would be interested in such a project. We'll see what happens though, because we have to get the OK from Wii, and we have to pay $2,000 for the license... so right now it's JUST an idea.
Orianna is fully walking. She can even kind-of run. She is loving her new ability, and using it to her fullest.
The last of the "Big News" is that Marnee has now officially moved to Kansas. she and Dan got all of their stuff from our place and UHauled it down there. They are doing well- but with hectic schedules.
Well, that's it for the Bateses this month. Cheers,
-Rob, Tamara, & Orianna
2009 August: Robertson
Hey Everyone,
August has flown by. It seems like the last month of summer vacation always does even though we didn’t have too busy a schedule as compared to some months.
The month started off slow. Derik had a campout with the young men. He received the comment at church the next week that the quality of the food at the campouts has gone up dramatically since he started going (he hates and refuses to be content with roasting hot dogs over a fire – they had ribs at this most recent campout). His campout happened to be in Amish country and there was a little farmers market there in the morning that he got to stop at. They had some pretty incredible quilts and plenty of yummy things to eat too. He had a good time.
Later in the month Morgan’s aunt and cousin flew in from Virginia for a few days to visit. She took Kyla and Daria on a little day trip to a place called Lark toys-they have an incredible indoor merry-go-round and miniature golf and some other fun things to see there. Kyla and Daria got to ride on the merry-go-round and thought it was pretty fun…once they were safely off and could appreciate the memory. They both just started blank faced while they had their ride. It was kind of funny. After that we went over the river into Wisconsin to a little town called Nelson and we stopped at a place called Nelson Cheese. They have lots of great, freshly made dairy products as I’m sure you can image! It was quite yummy. We got sandwiches and then ice-cream cones for dessert. It was fun watching Kyla and Daria try and eat theirs. They definitely got sticky!
We also took a little mini-vacation for our 5th anniversary and as a “baby moon.” We turned over Kyla and Daria over to Morgan’s parents for two nights and we found a nice hotel room in Rochester to stay in. We went out to dinner at Red Lobster and then went to a Frank Sinatra tribute concert that was being put on by a shiners convention in town. We enjoyed it even though it was attended mostly by Shriners and their families. The next day we went over to the Medford mall about 45 min away. It’s an outlet mall. We found some good deals while we were there. We each got an item of clothing and a few other odds and ends. Then we stopped by a little town on the way back and looked around. We got some chocolates at a local shop there that were pretty decent. That evening we decided to take it easy, so we did a little more shopping, rented a movie (Coraline), got take out and then went back to our room and watched the movie and had our dinner there. It was really nice having such a loose agenda for our trip, we actually felt relaxed when it was over instead of feeling like we needed another vacation to recover! The next morning, we got all our things together, checked out, stopped by an old Mansion in Rochester called the “Plummer house” (the family’s last name was Plummer-not their occupation) and walked around their grounds-a very pretty place. Then we went and got our girls, enjoyed some time with family there and headed home again.
Other than that, Derik started school again, Morgan had a few more doctor’s appointments (she has less than 3 weeks till her due date, hooray!), and just went about life as usual. We hope you are all doing well. We missed getting to see you at the Family reunion. We look forward to the next time we get to see you all!
Love,
The Robertsons
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