Well, Joel is a month into his second rotation! Only 8 to go! This one is surgery, which he was NOT looking forward to. He thought he would be getting sick and passing out the whole 6 weeks, but to his surprise, he really loves it! He has been right in there assisting in surgery, holding intestines and other internal things, stitching people up from the inside out, draining abscesses, packing wounds, and all sorts of things. He has a new story to tell me every night when he gets home.
The hospital he is working at is about an hour away from our house. So the drive to and from, plus the long surgery hours makes for some really long days, but he is a trooper! I don't think I've heard him complain once. He loves the Dr. he works with, they get along great and have a really fun time.
At this point he is still thinking of starting off in a family practice office. At least to spend the first several years getting really well rounded, before he decides to specialize in anything particular. I am so excited that he has found something he truly loves, and I am really proud of all the hard work he is putting into this!

This last weekend we went down to Utah for the quickest trip of our lives! We almost didn't make it to the airport on time due to a GPS malfunction.....that may or may not have been helped along by an unsmart phone user. But after 15 minutes of driving aimlessly around downtown not anywhere near the airport, a little bit of a freak out, a husband stressed out at his panicking wife, and the help of one single soul in the entire city of Little Rock walking around at 5 am, we made it just.in.time. I still can't believe we actually made it.

Candace and Byron got married! Everything was beautiful......We got to see our babies, and have a sleep over with them. It was so fun, we love them sooooooo much! We spent our entire day and a half there with family. We loved every minute. It was so good to see everyone! We are already looking forward to Christmas.....

Pictures to come later......