What the Heck Have We Been Up To?

 We are finally back home after being away for 2 whole months.  We were doing the rounds for residency interviews out west and just decided to stay through Christmas too.  It was great to spend so much time with family and to go on our little interview jaunts together to Indiana, Washington, and Arizona, just the two of us.  But it was so weird to leave the kids overnight.  I've never done it, except when I gave birth to Sammi.

Anyway, I had to catch up on pictures and posts and I have to say I feel so out of loop, or disoriented, or something.  It's always weird that life just goes on.  You look forward to something coming and then it's over and things go back to normal and it's almost like it never happened.  It was so weird to walk into our house this evening and see a remnant of something Halloween related.  We left just days after Halloween and so I sort of feel like we need everyone to do Thanksgiving and Christmas over again so we can experience it here too!  So I guess this is my attempt.

The boys on a bike ride enjoying the beautiful fall weather

 Jumping in the leaves on Thanksgiving day with Daddy and Uncle Scott

 Where's Emerson?

 My mom really outdid herself this year.  Every bite was amazing.  Blissful.  To die for.  We all had to lie on the ground afterward just to redistribute some of the weight of our stomachs.  One of my favorite memories ever.

Sammi's silly little Thanksgiving dinner.

I couldn't be more proud that she adores mashed potatoes as much as I do.

More to come...