November

Ben left AGAIN for the first 3 weeks in November to start his residency interviews.  He got back just in time for Thanksgiving.  We decided to stay in Richmond this year since Ben has been traveling so much.  We were invited to have Thanksgiving dinner with several friends from our ward and it was delicious.  The best part about it is I DIDN'T COOK!  No surprise because I never cook.  Ben prepared yams and some other side dishes to contribute to the feast.

October

October was all work and very little play...unless you include crafting as play :P

Ben was finally back after 3 weeks in Utah but had a month long rotation in surgical icu.  He might as well have been out of town because between our 2 schedules there wasn't a whole lot of overlap time where we were able to spend time together.  We're so lame we didn't even dress up for Halloween this year.

The bright moment in October was my niece Ellie Marie being born, which puts my twin sister 4 kids ahead of me!  She looks exactly like her brothers and sister!  I was so sad we weren't able to visit until later in the year.  My sister definitely makes cute kids.

September

September...

• brought 17 Kindergartners
• was emotional
• was extremely hard
• rewarded me with a new table made by Ben
• is when Ben and I said good-bye for 3 weeks while he went to Utah
• I relived my childhood by going to the fair!!
• changed my hair color

Back to the days of lesson planning. :/