Here are a bunch of photos from when we were in utah! It's a bit of a crazy week here. We're only in Casper for 2 more days before we fly to WA for Christmas. I've got a lot of packing, cleaning, and finishing Christmas shopping before then. Happy to be home together for a minute though. I'll get back to better posting after the New Year when life settles down to a more normal pace
p.s. quick shout-out to Kate, one of my OG blog followers! My youngest brother Tim happens to be in a singles ward with Kate, who has flowed the blog since pre-Grenada. I legit thought that only family members were still reading this thing, so I'm shook and honored for all you OGs who are still here even though my posts are much less thrilling these days haha. I'm going to send a present for you with Tim next time he comes to see me!
Mine and Jack's time in Utah is nearly over. It has been an emotional but good month. It's so hard to have to be away from Jared for this long. We've had to spend a month apart at least once a year since Jared started his medical training 5 years ago. This time around was the hardest though--mostly because now being apart from him also means a month of solo parenting. It has also been an emotional rollercoaster, with my mom getting an MRI during our first week here and subsequently finding out she has a pretty big brain tumor. I'm grateful Jack and I have been here to help out where we can. I always feel like I should be doing more though, and some nights I just feel sad because a tumor is a scary thing! She met with her neurosurgeon today. Looks like the tumor isn't life-threatening right now (though it is causing some gnarly headache/nausea/vision/balance issues), and they'll do surgery next month to take it out.
Ready to drive home at the end of the evening. Jack loves cars more than anything!
That's not what this post was supposed to be about, but this blog is something of a journal.
I got on here to write about Thanksgiving. This was my first Thanksgiving with my side of the family in 5 years. Since we lived far away from family all through med school, usually we've only been able to come for Christmas. It was nice to spend the holiday with loved ones, even if Jared couldn't be here. I'm so grateful his family was able to visit him in Spokane so he wasn't alone.
Here are some pictures from the night! There were lots more people than pictured here. Jack was in his element, saying hi to everyone and wandering my grandma's house ("Nana") and sticking his hands under the bathroom door invading people's privacy. Also eating chocolate pie.
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