White Coat Ceremony!

Saturday was Chris' white coat ceremony where he officially received his white coat symbolizing he is a professional and beginning his career in medicine! Unfortunately the ceremony took place right during McKenna's nap time and I spent the whole time in the hall but I'm so proud of Chris. He has worked so hard these first couple months of school and he's doing so well. I know he will be a great doctor! My grandparents came down which was great and afterwards we went to Chilis with some of our great friends! Congrats Chris! We love you!

Dang... does he look good in a white coat or what!...

This is the study group!!! Derek, Chris, Kristina, and Kyle!

Jessy and I keep each other sane!

It was so nice of my Grandad and Granny for coming down and taking us to dinner! Thanks!

Kristina asked if I could make her a cake for the ceremony and here it is! There are more pictures on my cake blog... jesicascakes.blogspot.com

Welcome Home Elder Dalby!

This last week McKenna and I flew to Colorado to welcome home Ryan from his mission in Panama. He didn't know we were going to be there and it was so much fun to surprise him and see him. This was the first time all of my siblings were together since mine and Chris' wedding!

All of us waiting for Ryan to come into DIA!

Ryan started crying as soon as he saw us! We missed him!


I'm not sure which he missed more... us or Taco Bell!

McKenna had lots of fun playing with her cousins Joshua and Livi... as soon as we got there they made sure McKenna always had lots of toys to play with... they kept bringing more and more... it was pretty cute!!!

My sisters and I made sure to we did what we do best... go out to eat... and shop! They recently put a Costa Vida in Colorado... I was thrilled since I've been going through withdrawls!

McKenna is SOOO close to crawling! I'm guessing it will happen within the next couple weeks!!!

Welcome home Ryan! We missed you!

Twinners

McKenna and I are now twinners with our zebra print bathing suits! Yes, as the rest of our family and friends are having their first snow falls and getting out their winter gear we are still in the search for new bathing suits and flip flops! We love it now but we'll see how much I like it in December... I think I will miss the snow then.

Chris brought me home some gorgeous roses the other day! Thanks honey!

McKenna's Faces!

Yesterday McKenna turned 7 months! With all the moving and changing over with insurance, etc. I wasn't able to get McKenna in for her 6 month appointment until yesterday. All is well! She is 17 lbs. which is in the 50 percentile, her head is the 50 percentile, and she is in the 90th percentile for her height!

She did very well with her shots! This is her at the doctor's office... she was even smiling when we were leaving! I was relieved she got over the pain quickly!

A little while ago our friend Jessy did a little photo shoot of McKenna to add to her photography portfolio. She called it "The many Faces of McKenna." I just loved this because I love how expressive McKenna is! She did a great job and here are some of the photos!...

Star Struck!

We had an enrichment activity last night for church and Bette-Sue from the Biggest Loser came and spoke to us! For those that don't know... I am a HUGE (and I mean HUGE,) Biggest Loser fan! I was there early since I have recently been called as the assistant enrichment leader and when she walked in I was just SO excited! I felt kinda silly... but I really was! She is adorable, hilarious, and inspirational! She told some of her most personal experiences both from her own life and from the Biggest Loser. It was just fabulous!!!

Me with Bette-Sue!!! Isn't she so cute!

My friend Danielle with Bette-Sue!


Afterwards I went up to talk to her and I helped her out with all her stuff to her car! I came home and told Chris that we were pretty much best friends now!... she did tell me to add her on facebook... which of course I did!

P.S. Biggest Loser starts up again next week!

Shop, Play, Eat... it's a hard life!

We have now been in Arizona for a little over a month and I can honestly say I LOVE it here! People complain about the heat but we all got used to it really fast and it doesn't bother me! I loved teaching so much but I am just loving life as a stay at home mom and wife, it is the best. I have not felt this calm and put together in so long. McKenna get to spend all our days together! Here are some pictures of what we do all day!

Shop...
I try and not spend money... but some of my friends and I will try and think of reasons to go to the store! This trip to Costco three of us went and we each only got like one thing... we just like to get out! This was McKenna's first time sitting in the actual cart! I just thought she looked so old sitting there!


Play...
I recently got McKenna a "sit and step" it is called! I like it because she can sit and play in the kitchen or where ever else I am... we drag it all around! Lucky Chris who got to assemble it!

Crafts and Hobbies...
So although I was a "Home ec" teacher, I feel like I finally have time to really work on my talents and hobbies. I have always loved cake decorating... but now... I'm officially obsessed! What other dorks spend their free time sketching wedding cakes and googling techniques. The hard part is that there isn't always a reason to make a cake... so my new goal is a cake a week. So basically I find ANY reason to make a cake! This is one I did for BYU's first game of the season! Chris agreed to this new goal as long as I give all the cake away so we don't sit there and eat it all... I agreed!


I also have been trying to be more "crafty!" I know this isn't very crafty... buying letters and painting them... but I had fun!

A Night Out on the Town!!!

Alright... so going out to eat followed by Chris studying and me spending the rest of the night watching What Not to Wear isn't exactly a night out on the town... but these days it's close enough! I have been informed by Chris that our hobby of going out to eat has to stop now that we are poor students again. I have convinced him that the hobby can slow down without completely coming to a stop!

We have already made some great friends here in AZ! We went to Texas Roadhouse tonight with Jessy and Kyle and enjoyed the rolls, food, and great company!