Six Months and Two Seasons Later........

is exactly how long it has been since I lasted posted something. I think it is sufficient to say that I am a terrible procrastinator and thus worse blogger. I honestly dont know how people post something everyday! I mean, my life isnt that crazy or busy, I dont have any children yet and I only have myself and Kamron to take care of, so if I cant find time to blog everyday, who can? Lets see, a lot has happened this past spring and summer, and we are going into fall, geez! I cant believe that it is fall again and another year has gone by living on the east coast.

In May kams parents came to visit us for 10 days. They took a cruise that ended in Brooklyn, so we just picked them up from there and hung out that day (and several other random days) in New York. It was a lot of fun and nice to see some family from back home! We had a blast, we took them to Times Square that first day, China town, Little Italy and generally walked a ton all over NY. Kam's parents loved it so much that on days when we were both working they would take the train into the city and spend the day there. We live walking distance to the train station so it was perfect for them. In between we took them around where we lived, ate at good restaurants, shopped. We all managed to live together in our small one bedroom apartment too! It wasnt easy, and not because we didnt get along, because I love them, but because 1 bathroom plus one bedroom is not easy for four full grown adults to share! But all in all , I think it made us all a little closer and we really did have a great time. Here are a few pics from their visit

 The other fun thing we did over this past summer is that we made a trip back to California to visit our friends and family. We stayed for ten days and got to see both of our families and friends that we hadnt seen in a year. We ate out A LOT, lounged around, had a Torbati-Owens barbecue, celebrated my brothers belated 21st and reminisced about the good old days back in Fresno. Here are a few pictures from our visit

Also, when we were in Fresno we got to meet my second cousin Elizabeth Grace for the first time. She is my cousin Chris and Sarahs first child and she was born a week before we made it to Fresno. We were so excited for them and knew that they would make great parents! I am close to Chris and Sarah so we couldn't be happier for them, congrats! She is beautiful.....

We are also very excited for Kamron's brother and his wife Ashley who are expecting their first baby in a few weeks, a girl named Madison. We are excited for them to begin the journey pf parenting and get back to us on the secrets. I cant believe we are going to become an uncle and aunt!

Overall, we had a great time back home. It was especially nice for Kamron to take a much needed break between third and fourth term, and also before the madness of his Step 2 board exam.

 Right when we came home Kamron had to start studying like crazy for that long, grueling, life determining test! That was definitely a very stressful and trying time! Technically, its the last test in medical school. so at least that is done and over with. He took it September 9th and he said that he thinks he did well, fingers crossed! To top it all off, during the madness of this exam crunching time we had to move out of our spacious one bedroom apt on the ocean to the hospital housing for medical students and residents. Boy did I not know what I was getting into! Although the price is almost half as much as what we were paying (utilities included), I had no idea beforehand that it was maybe half the size, old as dirt and with virtually no kitchen. We made it our own though, with some nice touches, and I can proudly say that we probably have the nicest box in this entire complex, haha. With that Kamron is officially fourth year now and has applied to residencies all over the place (60 programs). It will either be the east coast, west coast, or the south. All I can say is that we want to go somewhere new and are ready for a new adventure! We are keeping all of our options open and are looking forward to the interviews in the next few months. We might live like vagabonds but at least we get to see so many new places and experience life to the fullest. For that I am grateful!