North Carolina

We took off labor day weekend for Charlotte, NC to visit Garrett and Val!! :)   We stopped at a rest stop in SC and saw this beautiful lake and had to jump.  I love the carolina's their lakes are so pretty!

 Just to let you all know this is not an actual butt, this is a water tower, disguised as a peach.  We call it The Peach Butt.

 Charlotte was hosting the DNC in a few days and we randomly got stopped and asked a few questions.  I wanted to laugh so hard in this picture!! SO awkward!!

 Funny group shot

Val and I with the biker gang!  The cops were everywhere we went in Charlotte!!

Visited the cemetery, also I love the cemeteries down here!! So much bigger and non-traditional, to the West. 

They were my practice couple with my new lens. :) Thanks guys!

 Leaving rainy downtown!

 Sunday we had lunch at a local park.

 Found this cute critter.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADLEY!!!  Celebrated that night with pazookies. :)

 Monday we went hiking by Kings Mountain.  Beautiful view!

 Thanks for such a great time garrett and Val!!  We miss you guys, can't wait to see you again!!  Now time to update my internship blog, which has been going FABULOUS!!  Here's the link to that
http://jessicastethoscope.blogspot.com/ I've only done 2 posts, so the next bunch will be coming soon!!

Recap on August

We played with connor for his last week before his mission!!  Eating, and doing whatever he wanted!

 Golfing at stone Mountain

  Mommy and I in our Red white and blue before she left for the RNC.

 Brad and I went walking at the local park.  So GORGEOUS!

 I love Georgia!

My uncle Dean, my moms brother, was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor.  So for the surgery to remove the tumor he had to shave his head.  My mom and all her sisters decided to get bald caps to show their support for him, since all the guys were shaving their heads.  I think the pictures turned out awesome, and super funny!  You can read more about his story here http://teamirondean.blogspot.com/ .  They are an AMAZING family!!

Colorado

Once school was done we packed up and left for Colorado!!!  We had such an amazing time with Bryan and Jen and the kids!!  THank you SO much you guys for such a wonderful week!! We are so glad we were able to make it out there for a week with them.  Pictures don't even show half of the fun we had!

Brad played Legos... In Carter's lego closet.  With Carter... sometimes?!

 We went up to Breckenridge and went on the husky ride.  The dogs pulled us in a golf cart basically, and it was so much fun!!  The dogs were SO pretty!!

 With our sled team

 At Garden of the Gods

 Brad got all parkour

Carter showed Addilyn his future driving skills. :)

  Another trip up in the mountains! :)

 Pres was trying to put a rock in her nose like Bradley... :)

 Best friends!  They are so cute.

Thanks again Bryan and Jen!! Miss you guys everyday!!

Paramedic Pinning

Before we left I also GRADUATED!!! i.e. had our Paramedic Pinning!!  I didn't want to do the whole graduation thing.  But my program had our pinning which is being recognized for our hard work in the program, and that's what I care about!  The program was so focused on my class and our accomplishment.  It couldn't have been more perfect!!!  My class was the FIRST class to have every single person comlete it together, normally someone gets kicked out.  Go class!!! :)  The program consisted of a few words from my teachers, one of our students talked, had some awards, getting pinned and a video of pictures and video clips from our class and things we did.  It was AWESOME!!  Best graduation ever!!
Waiting for it to start:

 The Madison Fire Department performed the color of the guards, complete with Bag pipes and drums.

 This is someone in my class getting pinned.  The girl who was suppose to take pictures of me failed miserably!!!  grrrr!!!  I didn't know people couldn't work a camera, even after instruction by Brad... blah.  Brad was the one who pinned me. :)

 Here is my whole class!  All 25 of us... Spent 11 months together in the same classroom for multiple hours a day!  Such an awesome group!

 Here we are after the pinning. :)

Here I am with my two professors Brother Holley and Brother Lewis.  Best teachers of ALL time!!

 This is the back row gang.  We all sat on the back row the entire program and were good friends.  From left to right Stephen, Ricky i.e. Richard, Me, Levi, and Brandon.

 Here is my badge!!! :)  The 416 on the bottom is because I was the 416th person to complete the Paramedic Program since it's started at BYU-Idaho

 Also becuase I went on some flights with the flight crew they gave us our "First Flight" wings. :)  We were also pinned with our wings when we got our badge.

The Paramedic Program was the hardest most rewarding thing I've done!  I love having this knowledge and can't wait to incorporate it more into the field on my internship here in Atlanta. :)

Leaving the apartment

We started packing the first week in July.  I was a little anxious to get going and had some time, so I did it.  I think I did all of the packing actually... Yup pretty sure. :)

We saw this weird bright thing coming up by the water tower one night.  We kept watching and realized it was the MOON!  So pretty! :)

The last of my basil plant! 

 We started on the floor and ended it on the floor.

 Finally clean and emptied our apartment on the day we moved!! 

 Spinning in my wonderful kitchen

Haha....

 We left and hung in Utah for an evening and then to COLORADO!!!

Cliff Lake Camping

I forgot to blog about his but our last week in June, maybe first of July we went camping up at Cliff Lake, Montana with Noelle and Ryan and Nellie and Justin!!  It was SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!  On our way out there we ran into a little problem... an extremely flat tire!!!  We were driving on big rocks and somehow it got the best of our tire... 

So the boys put on the donut! :)

We were tricked by this sign and drove the wrong direction, so we made this sign for Ryan and Noelle who were coming a little after us to make sure they didn't get lost like we did.

Once we all got there Friday evening we had dinner with smore's and cobbler. Yum. :) 

The next morning we got up pretty early, cause who can really sleep in when they are camping?  It wasn't very comfortable....  Boys made the fire again and we ate breakfast.  I found this recipe on pinterest for baked oatmeal to go, we call them oatmeal bites.  (They are pretty healthy too depending what toppings you add.)  They were PERFECT for camping and filling.  Sat like a rock in your stomach, but we're camping and didn't care. 

Morning campfire

 After packing up we went on a hike that takes you up to area between the two lakes.  There were lots of fallen trees you could climb on and rocks.  :)

 Then we went swimming in the gorgeous lake!!  That water is really that blue, with soft white sand underneath.  It was basically freezing, but so worth it for this beautiful water!! :)

Then endured the long drive home...  Great weekend, Thanks guys!!