Part 3

Kindness.  Since the news of our baby, we have been the recipients of so much kindness.  We got an Air Force beanie within a week of releasing the news from Anna De la Cruz, a coworker of Brian’s (Michelle’s dad).  A few weeks later we received a package in the mail from my mom and dad.

Shortly thereafter Cali (my sister) sent Michelle some fabric to make a baby blanket.  Friends in the church have been kind in:  lending Michelle a large selection of maternity clothes, giving us an exersaucer, and other baby things which we will need soon.

Immediately after finding out the gender of our baby, we received a gift and card from the Page family.  We are so grateful to all of these people for the kindness they have shown to us.

Library.  I finally got a library card here.  Both Michelle and I have enjoyed the benefits of this card.  On my first visit, I purchases a used copy of Flowers for Algernon and checked out the second book in the Hunger Games series in hopes I would be able to find the first soon.  I also checked out a few books about cooking that helped us learn some basics to working in the kitchen.  Eventually, we found all three of the Hunger Games books and devoured them.  We highly recommend them to anyone.

Matt and Medical School Interviews.  Matt and I became close friends when both of us returned to the Air Force Academy from serving missions in Taiwan in the summer of 2009.  Matt is currently in his final year at the Academy and has had three different medical school interviews in D.C. this fall.  Michelle and I have been lucky enough to host him for all three of these interviews.  He first came in the beginning of October to interview with George Washington University.  He stayed through the weekend to watch the LDS General Conference with us.  It was a good thing he was with us because we drove a little too far with the gas light on in our truck and I’m glad he was there to help me push the truck the half mile to the nearest gas station.

On his second visit later that month, he interviewed with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (the military medical school) in Bethesda.  The day after the interview Matt and I went rock climbing at the Great Falls National Park on the Virginia side.  While the falls aren’t exactly Niagara, it was still really pretty and a great place to climb.

It is pretty fun climbing right on the river

If it had been two weeks later, the leaves would have been gorgeous

On his third and final visit, just a few weeks ago, Matt interviewed with Georgetown University.  All three interviews went well and he has already been accepted by George Washington and USUHS.  He should hear one way or the other from Georgetown soon.  We are excited that he will be out here next year and are excited to hear what decision he will make.

Nephew.  When Michelle and I got married Michelle inherited several nieces.  Trevor and Michelle have Lacy, Niki, and Courtney; Trent has Brena and Kiara; and Abe and Grace have Clara.  One month after we got married, Ray and Cali had our first nephew, Levin.  We got to see him right after he was born but then had to leave Washington for Maryland.  We are excited to see him again in another month.  He is so cute and we are grateful for our new nephew.

Seeing Levin may or may not have helped us decide to start having kids soon



After seeing how cute he is, you can probably figure it out