Toad Suck Daze

The first weekend of May is Toad Suck Daze here in good ole Conway, Arkansas. Joe ran his first race ever in the Toad Suck 5k with our nephew and niece Cooper and Mckenna. They all did really well. They finished I think around 35 min. After the race Joe and I tried to get an early start on the actual Toad Suck Daze. We left our house around 10:45 am thinking we would beat the crowd but we didn't it was pretty packed already. We only go for our once a year cravings. I always get a funnel cake and a chocolate covered banana. As for Joe he loves him some fried twinkies. We only go for about 3o min. just for the food and then we leave. It was lots of fun and we can't wait for next year!

Our adventure hiking

A couple of Saturdays ago the weather was so pretty! Joe and I were excited and wanted to be outside all day. He had been begging me to go on a hike for months so I finally gave in. We went to subway and got some sandwiches and then I had the idea of maybe trying out a trail at Toad Suck that I thought would be more of my style of hiking. We got to Toad Suck and ate our sandwiches and then we were off for our adventure hike. We went up a hill and came down a hill and that was it.
Our waterfall

The beginning

The End

I was laughing hysterically because I remembered that being a lot longer. It seriously only lasted 2 min. Joe just looked at me and shook his head and then began to ask me if I would go to petite jean with him. I agreed in disgust because my trail let me down. I really thought I was being tricky and was going to get out of this big long hike. Obviously it didn't work. So we drove out to petite jean and when we got there I think all of Arkansas had the same idea as us because there were cars backed up for a good half a mile. I didn't have to say anything. Joe was sad but he couldn't stand the thought of being crowded on a trail with tons of people and neither could I so we found another trail called the Cave something and we did that instead. It turned out perfect, short & sweet, longer then 2 minutes, and Joe got to climb some big rocks. It doesn't get better then that. After that hike I told Joe that I had never been to Mt. Magazine. He insisted on taking me so off we went. We sadly got lost and didn't make it and then had to drive what felt like an eternity but really an hour and half home. When we got home we went and played tennis and then we crashed the rest the of the night. It was so much fun! Maybe we'll make it to the real hike someday.

Melanie turned 22!

Thursday was Melanie's birthday and boy did we celebrate. Ok not really. She had 2 finals that morning so we didn't celebrate until AFTER her finals. We invited a few people over and grilled out hot dogs and burned some chicken. Then we had the privilege of eating my homemade burnt crusted strawberry cheesecake. The cheesecake was good but it was 20 times better two days later. Melanie was shocked that I could make cheesecake from scratch. It was a special occasion. After eating we did the normal birthday stuff and Melanie opened her present. Yes I said that meaning one. haha. The night didn't last much longer until we were all exhausted and had to go bed. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!

This is for you Dr. J

Friday I pretended to be Dr. Johnson as I did my first ultrasound on Dr. Martin. I couldn't help myself but to actually play the part. So here's to you Dr. J!

Nichole got a mini van

Nichole, a girl I work with, is your typical person that hates mini vans and she said she would never own one mainly because it's called a "mini van", I told her she could call it her SUV (Suped up Van). Well her car (honda accord) started having problems so she got to shopping. Today she called me and told me that she was a new owner of a Honda Odyssey. I'm more excited for her because we can pimp out in the "SUV" now.

p.s. Nichole you made my blog!

i'm a retard

I'm so amazed by my teeth that I keep clicking back and forth between the before and after picture. I LOVE the dentist!

Dentist

I went to the dentist about a month and a half ago and I had one little cavity. They told me to come back and have it filled. So today was the day! During lunch I went to the dentist they numbed me up and went to town on my tooth. I felt a little bit but it tickled more then anything. Also while I was there I had them even out my top front teeth. It looks SO much better. Best 6o bucks i've ever spent. Most people don't notice and those that said they noticed I think are just trying to be nice. I'll give you a before and after picture so you can actually see the difference. My face was numb until about 4:00 and now my tooth feels like it has extra build up on it so I need to figure out if that's normal. Hopefully I don't have to go back.

Before

After

My parents can dance

If you have ever wondered what my parents look like while playing ddr here's your chance. I must say my parents have got some definite moves!


Melanie obviously didn't think they had moves because I caught her laughing at them.

Never seen that before

On Sunday we were over at the green's house eating lunch and after we were done Joe looked out the window and started laughing. So we all looked out there and this is what we found.
I was obviously amazed because I don't think in my entire life have a seen a squirrel sit for longer then 5 seconds. But this one was just relaxing in the sun.

Wow, those are small hands

I've been reminded more then once that I haven't updated my blog. So here I am, sick, off work, and blogging. Last Friday some girls and I went to lunch and during our conversation we started trying on each others wedding rings. When we got to Amber Hunts we realized that her ring barely even fit our pinkies so of course I looked down at her hand and realized she had a hand the size of a 5 year old. I had to take a picture and I told her that she was making my blog.

I'm Pregnant!

Not really! I tried to play an April Fools joke on Aubrey by doing a pregnancy test with one our OB patients urine. I sent it through a text message to Aubrey and she of course called me immediately but she didn't believe me. I really wanted to send it to my mom but I knew she would not be happy. That's the only good joke I could come up with and Aubrey was the only person that I knew wouldn't get mad about it and then she didn't even believe me. Maybe next year I can do a better job.

How to suck up to your boss

When I first started I was being nice and warmed up some lunch for Dr. Johnson because she had been in surgery during lunch and wasn't able to eat. We had some left overs in the break room so I warmed up some food on a plate and I put it on her desk with your usual napkin, fork, and drink. Well apparently it looked fancy so when Dr. Johnson saw it she asked me where her rose was. Ever since then it's been a joke with me, Dr. J, and a fellow co-worker Nicole. On Tuesday Dr. J asked Nicole and I to pick her up some lunch so we agreed and then we got the big idea to make her lunch extra special. So before we headed off for lunch we found some flowers that were laying around (hideous flowers might I add) and a candle for kicks. When we got back we got it all set up with her food on a plate, flowers infront of her food and a lit candle. We figured that since we lit the candle that it would only be appropriate for us to turn off her lights just to make it more romantic and special. We waited and waited and waited until finally we pretty much forced her into going into her office. She obviously loved it! Were only the best workers ever!

AGAIN?

In case you are wondering Arkansas is under ANOTHER tornado warning. We are supposed to get large hail along with more tornado warnings. I can't wait! I love the weather here. Also, if your wondering how we get so many tornado warnings it's because it's like days like this when we start out with it being 42 degrees till about 3pm and then it suddenly changes to serious humidity and a temp of about 75. Get me out of this place!

Really it's Raining?

Ok it has been raining for WAY TOO LONG! We went from all this pretty weather to cold and rainy then to humid and rainy and now to tornado's and rainy. I HATE tornado weather. It creeps me out! Right now it is storming as if we don't have enough rain. Most of Conway is already flooded. I just don't know how much more I can take this. My situation doesn't get better because I married a pilot and all they care about is weather. So Joe is always looking at either the radar or outside our back door making comments like "oh it's raining hard", "oh no the winds are shifting", and "it doesn't look good out there". I have got to move somewhere where it doesn't rain this much or have this many tornado warnings.

Gusano's

There's a new pizza joint in town that we decided to go and try out on Saturday. Since it is literally a hop and a skip away from our house we decided to walk over there. After waiting for an hour and a half for our pizza we were able to try this pizza that we had heard so much about. Me being the picky eater that I am didn't care for it as much as everyone else. I don't think i'll ever go back but it was fun to try it out. After we got done eating I realized that I was way too cold to walk home so I ever so kindly asked Joe to get the car and come pick us up. Being the wonderful husband that he is he did while dragging Adam along. While Melanie and I were waiting on the boys we decided to write them poems on a napkin. We found ourselves to be freaking hysterical but the boys just laughed out of kindness. We had fun regardless of how long the pizza took and our poems were really funny.

Easter

When Joe and I first got married he thought I had lost my mind when easter came around and I told him that girls are supposed to get a new easter dress. After being married for 3 years he now gets excited for me to get a new dress. While we were in Dallas we both found ourselves Easter outfits. This Easter was fun. We went over to my parents to eat dinner and then after dinner my dad had hidden snickers for us throughout the living room. I found the most but I still shared.

First day of spring

I had never heard this before but the girls at work said that on the first day of spring you are supposed to be able to stand an egg on it's end and thats supposed to be the only day that you can do that. Well after many hours of trying they finally got it to work. I thought it was pretty cool.

That's the first

For those of you that don't know I work as a medical assistant at an OBGYN clinic here in town. I absolutely love it and I have a blast pretty much everyday. Well today was one of the better days because around 11:30 one of our patients mom, who was in an ultrasound room, opened the door and yelled "we need help in here". A few of the nurses ran in there to help the patient. She was an OB patient and she had passed out after her exam, there not that scary I promise. After about 10 minutes Dr. Martin asked one of the nurses to call and see what the fastest way would be for her to get to the labor and delivery unit. She called and they suggested that we come and pick up a stretcher. When she said that we were going to have to go pick up a stretcher I couldn't pass up the moment. I was just too excited! So off we went to labor and delivery to pick up the stretcher. The whole way back we looked like a drunk trying to drive a car. It was pretty bad. Neither one of us knew what we were doing so i'm sure people that we were crazy. When we got back to the clinic the patient got on the stretcher and then they told us to take her back to labor and delivery. I must admit I was pretty worried because our driving skills weren't so good getting there and plus her family was going to be following us. We made it there ok with only one mistake. When we got in the elevator we couldn't figure out why the door wouldn't shut and we weren't moving so finally after waiting for a little bit Amber (the nurse helping me) asked me if I pushed the button to the floor that we were going to. Of course I didn't and then I felt stupid because her family thought I was a retard. Oh well, we got her there safe and sound and there ended up being nothing wrong with her. We later found out that our air conditioning broke at work and the ultrasound room was set at 80 degrees. We didn't realize it until the whole clinic turned into a sauna after lunch. Needless to say we sweated all afternoon and they never did fix the air conditioner. Maybe tomorrow will be cooler.

I have bangs and I feel like i'm 5 again

Our entire weekend in Dallas I was not having good hair days at all so on our drive home on Saturday I decided that I was going to cut bangs. Joe didn't think it was a good idea but as soon as we got home I got in the shower and when I got out away I went on cutting my bangs. I really liked them the first day, the second day not so much, and the third day I was getting used to them. You can let me know what you think. It won't hurt my feelings. By the way I promise there not crooked they just look like that in the pictures.

Our trip to Dallas

This past weekend Joe and I went to Dallas to see one of his mission companions get married. It was so much fun! We drove down right after work on Thursday and got in around 11:30 pm. We stayed in a springhill marriot in Dallas. We woke up Friday morning had a great big breakfast at the hotel and then headed off to the wedding. It was so pretty outside. They seriously had the perfect weather. After the wedding we had to of course go shopping. We first went and ate at the one and only cheesecake factory and because it was so nice outside we got to eat outside. It was amazing food, I had the best chicken salad sandwich I have ever had and Joe had a chicken and guacamole sandwich. Then we went shopping there at the mall. I didn't feel like trying anything on so we mainly shopped for Joe. It was alot of fun and he got alot of great things. After we got done clothes shopping we went to Ikea! By this point our feet were so tired so we just walked around Ikea, bought a lamp, and headed back to the hotel. We rested for a good hour to and hour and half and then headed out again to a restaurant Joe had been to and wanted me to try called the blue goose. It was really good. But the atmosphere was annoying. It was really loud. The next day we went to the Galleria and finished our shopping and then we came home. It was a really fun trip.

Horse Shoes and Croquet

Last year Joe and I bought a set of horse shoes and croquet for us to play with my parents during memorial day. We had a blast playing it but we could never play it at our own house. So when we first moved in to our house that was the number thing I was most excited about was having a yard for us to play horse shoes and croquet but we had to wait for the weather to get nice. This past week the weather was PERFECT so everyday after work we went out and played either horse shoes or croquet. Melanie and I have not been able to beat Joe yet. But, I did kick some butt at the croquet. Joe doesn't like losing at croquet so it's pretty funny to watch him get all nervous while someone is beating him. Also since we have a yard Melanie and I have been trying to convince Joe into getting a trampoline. It hasn't worked just yet but if any of you want to contribute to our trampoline fund it will be greatly appreciated.

They both got ringers!

DDR

When I realized that Melanie had never played Dance Dance Revolution I immediately got it out for her to try. She did really good, better then most people that start out. We figured if we danced enough we could work off some calories. Well, We all got an itch for cupcakes so all three of us went to kroger and fought over which cupcakes and which icing we were going to get. We all finally agreed on white cake mix and confetti frosting (which is amazing by the way). While we were at the store we also found starburst jelly beans and ice cream. We came home, made the cupcakes, and ate 24 cupcakes and a bag of starburst jelly beans all while we were dancing of course. Let's just say my stomach was hurting for 3 days.

Family Blogging

Since I have the day off I talked my mom into letting me create her a blog. You'll have to go check it out. She is very proud of it and like the rest of us she is starting out asking herself "what do I blog". So do a good job of welcoming her into the blog world.

snow again?

I think we have hit a world record with the most snow days in one week. Once again it is snowing today. It snowed all night and is still snowing at 8:00am. The sleet is coming next so the clinic shut down which means I don't have to go to work today! I do have a dentist appointment at 12:30 and I've had this appointment for like a month and a half and I really need to go so maybe the weather will be ok for me to go. I wish Joe wouldn't have had to go to work but the roads weren't bad enough when he left this morning. So I don't have anyone to go out and play with. I guess I could try and get Melanie to go but she's just gonna be sleeping all morning. Does anyone want to come play with me?

I need help

I want to make my blog cute without having to pay anyone to do it. I've been trying to research layouts and stuff but I can't find any that aren't for myspace. Anyway, if any of you have time to help me out that would be fantastic. Just let me know. I love blogging. I hope Oprah calls soon for Dr. J and I to go on her show.

more results

I got my heart monitor results back today and they were normal. I still have an abnormal heart beat, My heart beats an extra beat per minute. So now I'm setting up an appointment with the psychiatrist because I officially feel crazy. I know somethings wrong with me and I wish someone would fix it. It's pretty bad when you have an MRI and a heart monitor and you want them to come back abnormal just so they can fix it. I will be going to see a neurologist and an ear, nose, and throat doctor sometime soon. I'm sure all of you are sick of me talking about my dizziness but I'm sick of being dizzy.

my dizzy day at the mall

Saturday Melanie and Katie Baney invited me to go shopping with them to the mall because we all had coupons to the limited. I wasn't going to go because I hadn't felt good but Joe suggested me getting out of the house and he was going to be in little rock so he said I could call him and he would come pick me up if I wasn't feeling good. So I decided to go and it ended up being fun. We didn't go to too many stores but we did all get our $15 dollars off plus $20 dollars off of our pants. I was excited. Our last stop was aeropostale. I was so tired and dizzy that I fell asleep in the dressing room. Melanie and Katie thought it would be funny to take pictures so here they are.

It did end up being fun! I'm glad I found me some good shopping buddies!

Results

I got my MRI and my blood work back today and they both came back negative. Now all I'm waiting on is my heart monitor results. So far so good but they better figure something out because I'm sick of being dizzy.

Welcome to Arkansas

I woke up this morning to Melanie calling me telling me that we didn't have to go to work until 1:00 today. I was confused and asked her why and she asked me if I had looked outside. I told her no so she came in my room and opened my blinds and it was SNOWING! I could not believe it! It was just 67 yesterday. I was so excited that I opened all of my blinds and laid on the couch and cuddled up in my blanket and slept the rest of the morning. Needless to say the snow was gone by 3 this afternoon and it's supposed to be in the 60's tomorrow. That's why I said welcome to Arkansas where the weather is always changing.

this morning

this afternoon

i'm bringing sexy back

So today was the big day! I got my MRI done and I also got my heart monitor. It's pretty much the sexiest thing I've ever worn. My MRI went well, I won't get my results back for a couple of days. The heart monitor....well, it's more painful then the IV that was put into me during my MRI. I have so much tape on me I could wrap all my christmas presents. The bad part is is the more you move the more it pulls on your skin. Katie Baney warned me of this but I didn't fully understand until today. Besides the painful tape I have to push a button everytime I feel dizzy or my heart starts beating fast or anything like that. So I have a little diary that I have to write everything down on. I write down the time, what I was doing, and what it is that I was feeling.

these wires on my torso not on my bosoms

So it's not vertigo....

I found out Friday that my medicine was not supposed to give me that kind of a reaction, I no longer have vertigo, and my heart is beating an extra beat. I had to go back to the doctor on Friday and they did an ekg on me, which showed fine, and now I have a MRI set up on monday and I get to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours and can't shower during that time. Yeah i'll smell like poop! I was however prescribed Valium and they told me to watch for dizziness. I had to laugh to myself because i'm already feeling dizziness before the drug. Don't worry though, my doctor told me that he only prescribed me 2 mg instead of 5 or 10 like he normally does. Even with that low of a dosage though I felt EXTREMELY groggy, but don't worry I wasn't having to work while taking this one.