St George

     Normally, I'd be very stressed right now, with Christmas cards, parties, concerts, presents, but mainly because of a final exam in pathophysiology for which I feel utterly unprepared. Now, I find myself paradoxically calmer, but because of a very unfortunate circumstance. A few days ago, on December 6th, the 80th school shooting of this year occurred, and it was at UNLV. My professor was on campus and she and her students had to be evacuated under duress. Because of the trauma related to this incident, UNLV teachers were allowed to end the semester however they thought appropriate. We were given the option to have our current grade become our final grade without having to take the final exam and quizzes that were scheduled. So here I am, catching up on blogging. 

    One quick highlight is that yesterday David got a colonoscopy at the center where I work. He loved talking through the diarrhea process with the kids. They loved it even more. He took a speaker into the bathroom and blasted some very suspicious sounds he found on YouTube so that he could see the looks on our faces when he came out. The highlight for me was putting a needle and catheter in his median cephalic vein of his ante cubital fossa. I always look at those huge veins lustfully.

     Family trip to St George

Stopped in the Valley of Fire

the rock thrower

Elijah's up high on this one and Iris is up front

Sybil, jumping. 

She climbed high to the ledge and David, to my horror, yelled, 

"I bet you can't jump from there! 

If you move your arms fast enough, you can fly." 

Temple open house

Elijah and Hadley went on an all-day date with a group of friends for Sadie's dance.

No date is complete without Goat Yoga.

While they were out, Sybil whispered to Brigham Young and Iris and I did some thrift shopping.

We also visited the site of Mountain Meadows Massacre and listen to a podcast about it.

And we met up with the Esplins to eat bingsu (Korean shaved ice).

The trip was awesome. We stayed with my Uncle Jim and Aunt Kathy and had breakfast with David's Aunt and Uncle, Rod and Janet and cousin Jake and Harmony.

Claire at her Winter Formal. She went with her besties.

Third graders built games. 

Sybil and her group made a basketball game.