White Coat Ceremony

Last week Alan had his white coat ceremony for Pharmacy School. It was so fun to see Alan receive his coat and start his journey in the medical field. I am so proud of him! Although, I'm still trying to accept the idea that we are going to be here for four years. Alan keeps telling me that I can't think of it that way or I am going to go crazy. I am beginning to think he is right!

Alan receiving his white coat

Alan signing the Pharmacy Code of Ethics

The future Dr. Pannier

A Walk Down Memory Lane...

On Mondays and Fridays I work at the middle school in Shelley, Idaho doing Psychosocial Rehabilitation with a 6th grader. It has been a pretty nostalgic experience walking down the halls and eating lunch in the cafeteria. The best part of my day today consisted of three students asking if I was an eighth grader. I'm not sure I should take that as a compliment!

We Made It!

We are now official residents of Pocatello Idaho! We moved last Friday and I vowed to myself that I will not be moving again for a long time. Moving is a lot of work and not to mention expensive! We are so grateful to our families and friends who helped us out so much. Pocatello is definitely a lot different than Salt Lake but we are slowly adjusting to small town life and are embracing the field and railroad tracks in our backyard. Alan starts Pharmacy School on Monday and I started my job last week as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist. We are excited to start this four year adventure!

24th of July

This post is a bit late but we had a fabulous 24th of July. We started out the day with breakfast in the canyon with my family. There is nothing better than eating in the canyon in the summertime.

We went boating at Deer Creek with Blake and Michelle. As always, we had a blast. We ended the day with a barbeque and spent the night in Heber.




They think they are so cool!!!

Couchless

We were very fortunate that Alan's mom had an extra couch and love seat that she gave us when we got married. We decided to buy some new couches for our home in Pocatello. A couple nights ago we decided to post our old couch on KSL to see if we could make some money. Alan posted the couch at 11:00 at night. The next morning I was up early getting ready to head to Pocatello for a job interview. I got a call at 8:00 from a 208 number which is the area code in Pocatello. I assumed it would be someone calling about one of the jobs I applied for. To my surprise it was someone calling about our posting on KSL. She said she wanted to come look at the couches that morning because she was headed to Pocatello. Turns out she recently got a job as the women's soccer couch at ISU and was moving that day. She came over, sat on the couch, and we helped her load them into her moving van. I'm still in shock about the coincidence of the situation. Seriously, what are the chances that she would be moving to the same place as us. And of all places...Pocatello! Hilarious! So basically I'm sold on KSL and looking for any item in our house that I can sell. Next item on the list...our microwave!

This is how we will be watching TV for the next week until we move!

Weston

A couple weeks ago I went to California to meet my new nephew Weston! I can't get over how cute he is and I'm counting down the days until I get to see him again. It was so fun to see my sister as a mom and I wish so bad that we lived closer to each other. I had so much fun holding Weston, laughing with my sister, and eating frozen yogurt every day. I'm still confused why Utah is behind on the frozen yogurt trend! However, word on the street is that Golden Spoon is coming to Salt Lake. Just another excuse for me to make the trip from Pocatello to the SLC!

I can't get over how cute his hands are when he eats!

Probably the cutest outfit ever!



Check out his little booties! Weston looked so cute in them!
I love this little guy so much! Congrats Shan and Cam...Weston is so lucky to have such great parents! Love you guys!

Happy Birthday Al!

Alan turned the big 2-4 on July 17th. He told me he was happy to be turning 24 because he thinks it sounds better than 23. I disagree and think time is flying by way too fast! I made Al breakfast on his birthday and then we spent the day boating with some of his friends! I think this last minute boating trip was Alan's favorite birthday present. I probably could have bagged all my surprises and he still would have been happy. He LOVES to wakeboard!



There were no pictures of me wake surfing that were worth posting. However, the highlight of the day for me was getting stuck in the life jacket!

That night we went to dinner with Alan's family at Market Street Grill. It was very yummy!


The next night I surprised Alan with tickets to The Fray at USANA amphitheater. We loved it and were actually very impressed hearing them live.

It was so much fun to celebrate Alan's first birthday home from his mission! Happy Birthday babe...I love you!