Fall Has Begun

One of my favorite things about the fall is apples and oranges. I love making anything with apples: Apples Crisp, apple muffins...and in this case apple pie.

I think this is the first time I made an Apple Pie with a crumb top...but it turned out pretty good and was delicious! (It's making me hungry just writing about it).

What are your favorite things to do in the fall?

Happy Fall!

Happy Birthday!

Fall is the season of Birthdays in our family.

Today is the Love of my Life's Birthday!

It's amazing how quickly time goes by. It's crazy to know that just four short years ago I didn't even know this amazing man.

He is so thoughtful, kind, sensitive to my feelings, understanding, patient, talented, smart, great with kids, hard working, creative, a fabulous musician, a wicked awesome athlete, has such a strong testimony, and is just an overall wonderful husband.

(Only to name a few of the many wonderful qualities Austin possesses.)

Happy Birthday Austin! I hope its a good one! I love you!

Halloween with the Hales

Austin has met some great people at school. The night before Halloween his friend, Robbie, and Robbie's wife, Tiffany, invited us over for games and treats.

They invited over a few other couples but only the Wilson's and us made it.

Here's the gang: We made some homemade root beer (a first for some), played games and ate the DELICIOUS treats that Tiffany made.

We're so glad the Hales invited us over. We loved getting to know the Hales and Wilsons better and we can't wait to hang out with them more over the next four years.

Dental School

Austin is officially through with midterms so I thought it was about time to tell everyone about how Dental School is going.

Austin started orientation the first week of September. The night before his first day I put together a little Dental School Survival Kit. It included this manly shoulder bag with things like: items to relax (movie, toys etc.), a Spanish for dummies (he has to take a Spanish class), and an "Office" notepad to motivate him for the days he'll be his own boss. Needless to say I think the bag was the biggest hit.

Austin walking out the door on his first day of Dental School! Hooray!

Austin's first day driving away to dental school

(now he leaves so early its usually dark outside)

This is Austin in his oh-so-fashionable chocolate brown scrubs. Notice the finely embroidered "UNLV Dental Medicine" on the side.
(First day of classes.)

And this is Austin actually doing dental stuff.

(I'm lucky someone in his class is picture happy, happened to take a picture of Austin, and then posted it on Facebook)
Austin has been working pretty hard. He wakes up at 5, leaves by 5:40 and is on campus by 6 to study. He's in class from 8 to 4 or 5ish and is usually up studying until 9 or 10 at night (unless he has an exam... I wont even go there). His grades have been pretty decent. He loves most of what he's learning and really enjoys getting "hands on" in pre-clinic and clinic (He assisted for an oral surgery operation at a Veteran's Clinic in September and will be assisting at a Children's clinic this month).

Veteran's Day

My dad wrote this article that my sister posted on her blog.

It has some great things to keep in mind as we remember the great men and women that have served our country in the past and continue to today. Maybe it will also help us remember our personal responsibility in defending our Country.

Labor Day

Labor Day was one of our final hurrahs before Dental School officially started for Austin. As part of this special day we decided to do something we've wanted to do since we've moved to Las Vegas...

Grill some steaks! Since we're not allowed to have a Barbeque of our own, our complex has a placed at least one grill by each of the pools. We went to the store and bought some delicious steaks (courtesy of Austin's parents). Austin put his BBQ skills to work and we had a most excellent dinner.

Here's the final product!
Thanks so much Mom and Dad!

Weezle's Vegas Visit

At the end of the summer Weezle came through Vegas to help celebrate a friend's birthday. She was just here for the weekend, but we were lucky enough to steal her away for a few hours.

We got free pizza at Nathan's,
checked out a few stores,
had fun with the color options on the camera,

and played in the arcade at Excalibur.
Austin and Weezle showed off their stuff at the shooting range,

and Weez was on fire when it came to winning prizes.
First she won a prize at skee ball,

next she won a prize at a tic-tac-toe toss,

and lastly she won a ninja sword at the balloon pop. It was amazing to watch.

Thanks for letting us hang out with you Weez!