First Trip to CHICAGO

We took our first trip to Chicago yesterday. We both have to say that we never thought that we would be standing in the middle of Chicago and still just hours away from were we live. It is still kind of crazy to think that we are so far from home. We went to the temple with our friends Mike and Robyn. Then to downtown Chicago. Mike and Robyn had tickets to see Wicked and we were playing tourist. We found out that some streets just close down at night, we could not find an open restaurant for the life of us, so we ended up eating at this random surprisingly good priced cafeteria type steakhouse. Let me just say that the real Chicago deep dish pizza does not compare to the imitations we have back west. After Mike and Robyn left for their show Brad and I went exploring and found lots of open restaurants, a beautiful sunset over the river and a park full of magnificent gardens, sculptures and outdoor amphitheater. Now we know where to start next time we are there. Enjoy our slideshow of the day.

White Coat Ceremony

The week of Orientation has culminated with the White Coat Ceremony, where the medical students were adorned with their white doctors coat that will set them apart at medical students. Brad won't be wearing this to class on monday, but he will wear it as he has patient interaction in clinicals.

Our Wauwatosa Bungalow!

We made it to Wisconsin!! Here are some pics of our new place.

We added some hanging flower pots to brighten up the front porch.

Here is Brad in the kitchen making lunch for his second day of school.

Here is our fireplace. Brad is sad that it is not real, but I have found it as a good use for our books and pictures.

And here is our new dinning room, you can also see our couch in the back. Overall we love our new place and hope to stay here another 4 years becasue moving is a lot of work.

Kings Peak Trip

We decided we wanted to make a trip to the highest point in Utah before we left. This started the Kings Peak adventure. After finding out that our friend Eddy had done the hike before we enlisted him as our guide along with his amazing wife Krissie. The trip included a 7 1/2 mile hike in with our gear for day one, a 7 1/2 mile hike to summit on day two and 7 1/2 mile hike back on day three. The hike in was beautiful, full of trees, rivers, and lakes.

Oh, and some kissing. We had a wonderful meal of chicken and rice that night followed by chocolate pudding (thanks to Ben). Day two started with a nice hike over Watchman's Pass, back down and around the base of King's Peak and then the summit...

The last mile or so was straight up these huge boulders and then up more boulders and even more boulders (there were two false summits). But once to the top it is breathtaking with 360 views of lush green valleys and mountain ranges.

The pictures don't even do it justice. Well after the long hike up we had to go back down. We thought it would be a good idea to take a shortcut and go straight down the saddle, but that included straight down a sheer rock face with loose boulders. We somehow made it down without harm or accident with all the falling rocks (we decided next time we go back around). Day three was the hike back out, but let me tell you it was so good to get back to the car and have a real seat and then to get back to our home and sleep on a real bed. Though I would still suggest this hike to anyone because it is a real feat and you feel amazing after conquering the highest peak in Utah.