the joys of love: Finally....

Finally we are done with.....

january!

having sick kiddos in the house.

residency interviews.

a teething baby.

auditions for residency.

having a 2 year old...well almost. in 1 week he will be 3.

paying off my car.

Whew, that is a lot of stuff to be done with. To elaborate just a bit;

We had a rough January. Both the boys and I were sick off and on for nearly the entire month. Colds, fevers, coughs, sore throats, sinus infections & grouchiness. We are all finally past it, and so glad to be feeling better.

Wes finished up his last audition for residency, and sat in on his last interview. Such a relief to be done with that part of his final few months of school. And in just 10 days we find out where we are matched for residency, and where we will be living for the next 5 years!

Grayson popped in 2 more molars, and 4 I teeth this month {on top of being sick}, so he is now a new & happy kid!

Camden will be 3 next week and I don't even know how to understand how that happened so fast!

My last car payment is set to go through, and I couldn't be more excited. It took us 6 years to pay it off. Only because the original 4 year plan had to be changed when I quit working and we had to refinance to get a cheaper monthly payment. All that to say, we are done!! Now, the only debt we have left to our name is our home {obviously} and the medical school loans that we won't have to start paying off until after residency. We feel so blessed to have made it through 4 years of school, neither of us working, and acquired no extra debt, while still owning our home. We are thankful our parents raised us to be money savvy, and we hope to use our knowledge to make smart choices in how to pay back Wesley's loans someday.

Ok, so now on to some cuteness.

After being cooped up in the house for so long with being sick, we decided to catch some fresh air over at my parents house. Camden's poor little nose was still raw from being sick and he got his clothes wet from the water balloons Wes was filling up. He stripped down to his skivvies and high top chucks, and really, it just made for some adorable pictures.

Grayson loved the water balloons. The one in his hand sprung a leak & he loved it spraying all over him....then it popped!

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After a few days of rain {yes, even in AZ we sometimes have rain for a few continuous days} the wash by our house was totally flooded. Wes decided it would be fun to take our toy boats sailing. So we did! Camden thought it was the greatest thing ever to be able to wade in the water in his rain boots and not get wet. The boats did a pretty good job of sailing. This is something we will definitely have to do again, next time it rains, probably in another year or so.