Happy Birthday To Us!

So I've been incredibly busy lately, I started writing this post about 3 weeks ago, and well here we are, I'm just getting around to finishing it. But good news is I'm only about 30 days from being finished with school!!!! Bad news is it's going to be a hell of a 30 days. I like surgery so far, I've seen a lot of cool cases, but it's definitely time consuming. 

Ron and I both Celebrated our birthdays last month. His was on the 12th, and mine on the 16th.  Yes, you read that correctly, Ron will ALWAYS be older than me by 4 whole days!!

On Ron's birthday, our friends Bryan and Sue took us to the City Museum in St. Louis (here's a link for those interested: http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp)

Basically it's a 7-story building that was renovated and turned into a Ginormous Jungle Gym.  It was so much fun!! We ran, climbed, slid, jumped, crawled, and good god did we sweat!  It made me feel like a kid again (that was of course until the next day when I couldn't walk and my body was covered in bruises).  Despite the bruises, we still had a great time. Here's a few pictures I took that day.

We can't take Bryan anywhere...he always causes trouble!

We're thinking about buying this charming home...what do you think?

   

Ron just hangin' out.

All that work just to come back down...

       

Bryan climbing in the wire thingy.

On our way up!

Ron walked right over me!

Afterward we came home for some R&R, the pups were glad to see us!

Since Ron couldn't be with me on my acutal birthday, he sent me some beautiful flowers!

Since our birthdays, I've just been trying to survive. I finished equine without killing myself, and started Small Animal Surgery about 2 weeks ago.  It's been extremely hectic, but I'm surviving. I take boards a week after I'm finished, and then I plan to do a whole lot of NOTHING! I have time off until after Christmas, so we plan on driving home for Christmas (we will be in town from the Saturday before, until the Saturday after...so put it on your calendars!).

Hope you enjoyed the pictures, and Hopefully I will be able to update more frequently in the future. 

Roots, Blues, & BBQ

Columbia had their 2nd annual Roots, Blues, & BBQ festival this weekend.  I didn't go last year, but I had heard good things about it. And when I heard that Buddy Guy was going to be here this year, I called my Mom to let her know and she immediately started planning her trip down to visit.  

Unfortunately I was on call Thursday night when she got here, so I got to spend all of 15 minutes with her before being called in, and I didn't get home until about 2:30am, so that stunk.  But the rest of the weekend was a blast. Mom got to meet Sampson, and she, Ron and I all went out to dinner for mine and Ron's birthdays.

Here's a few pictures from the weekend!

One of the BBQ joints at the festival was called The Pirate Pig, and this was their sign. 

I thought it was cute!

Mom and I waiting for Buddy Guy!

Sue came to join us, even though she had to go back to the hospital to take care of her cow!

Us and the pups! Our first family photo!!!