It's Official:

When you matriculate in med school, they have this awesome thing called a "white coat ceremony" where they "cloak" you in your first white lab doctor coat (bet you didn't see that coming haha).

It was a really great day. It was sort of like all my years of hard work had paid off and were culminating in this amazing event that officially welcomed me into the medical culture. 

I'm really going to be a doctor!

 ^^^ hooray for new med-school friends!

The actual white coat ceremony was so inspiring, I was expecting more of a graduation ceremony type boredom, but instead I was riveted the entire time! Between the speaker (who was this fabulous pastor, loved him.) and the BAPTIST CHOIR they had come sing (that should be a requirement for any ceremony, AMAZING.) and they showed this video, and if that doesn't make you want to become a doctor I don't know what will. 

Also I was introduced to this quote about medicine and I really love it, because it gives such a nice perspective on the whole field:

Medicine is the most humane of sciences, the most empiric of arts, and the most scientific of humanities.

Edmund Pellegrino, MD (1979)

And now suddenly I'm two weeks into school and we already had our first test! Ah!

Snippets of our new place!

We love it up here! 

Below are some shots of our home, and then some of our neighborhood!

We live in the most beautiful area filled with huge old trees that line the streets and we're surrounded by houses that are a hundred years old and full of character, I love them so much!

^^^ JP bought me these gorgeous sunflowers to celebrate our 3-year anniversary!

We've been married for three years, but it seriously feels like we should still be classified as 'newly weds.'

Every day with him is so fun, and I truly don't think I could be doing this whole med-school thing without his support! Oh I love you to moon and back JP! 

Here's to three fabulous years, and a whole lot more to come.

Crawdad, Crayfish, whatever you want to call them:

On the last Saturday before studying filled all my free time, we went crawdad fishing! 

(we, meaning me, JP, Eric, Kimmi, my dad, brother, an uncle and cousins too! Quite the crew. Those crawdads didn't stand a chance.)

Using raw chicken legs attached to make-shift fishing poles and butterfly nets (we run a professional operation), we managed to catch over 200 of the little guys! 

Which we promptly took home and enjoyed at a big cook out all afternoon :)

see previous years here and here!

my little brother Max and Kimmi!

 Strawberry Reservoir is gorgeous this time of year!

 Basically a mini lobster. 

 ^^^ they're clearly friends. 

 The cooked crawdads turn a lovely shade of red, don't you think? ;)

Grace and JP in the big city!

We've moved!! 

Yes, I've been completely MIA for like 2 weeks, but that's because boxing up your life, loading it onto a moving truck, unloading it into a brand new (to you) place, and then wondering why you have so much stuff as you are attempting to fit it all into new cupboards and bookshelves and closets takes up a lot of time. Leaving very little time for blogging. 

But I'm back! And hopefully I"ll be posting more regularly as I am getting back into more of a routine... because guess who starts medical school on Monday?! THIS GIRL!

I cannot wait. I feel like I have been waiting FOREVER to start and I am so excited I can hardly stand it. 

Other updates:

+ pictures of our new place are coming soon- it's a fabulous little basement apartment in Salt Lake City. It also has a washer and dryer, a luxury we are unaccustomed to. #parentlaundromatforlife

+ our car got broken into (we're definitely not in Provo anymore...) BUT they took everything out of the back that we were planning on throwing away or donating anyway so... jokes on them. #winning

+ JP still has 1 more year of law school at BYU in Provo so he will taking the train down south probably 2-3 times a week for class. (I won the "who should commute" battle). 

+ Best thing so far about living in Salt Lake City? THE FOOD. We haven't cooked yet because there are just too many new places to try!

Which leads me to the focal point of this post (and most of my posts...):

When in Salt Lake City and craving mediterranean street food, you must go to Spitz SLC and get anything on the menu (seriously it's all so good). JP loves the donor basket and I got the street cart donor but I truly I am going to order something different each time we go back because everything looks fantastic.

We are loving it up here already, I've been amazed at how much it already feels like home! 

Also - any SLC recommendations are much appreciated!