Crazy catch up

So here's the quick recap for August.....

My 28th birthday!! We came home from our Boise trip a day before my birthday.  I was exhausted and so all I wanted was a long nap--which I got!! I went to Cold Stone and bought myself a birthday cake (Spencer's a resident--no time for baking cakes).  But he did bring home some beautiful flowers! He's pretty dang awesome--how did I get so lucky?

 Spencer is totally mocking me in this picture.

I had Spencer take a picture of me with my flowers before I headed out to Applebee's with a bunch of awesome ladies! Love this ward--amazing friends all over the place.

 On most Friday nights you would find the Miller family at Oxbow zoo/park.  It's not only beautiful and nice to be in the outdoors, but the kids make it so fun because of their excitement for s'mores.  Life is sweet with them around.

My family totally ROCKS and surprised me with a quick road trip.  My Grandma Lloyd really wanted to see our new home and so they literally jumped in the car at a whims notice and drove 24 hours to see us!  They used the excuse that Spencer and I were talking in Sacrament meeting to see us!  We had a blast with them.  We went to Mall of America, an Amish town, the SPAM factory (that stuff is disgusting), and to Flapdoodles (amazing ice cream parlor).  We laughed and had a great time together. Thanks for coming--you guys are the best!

 The boys and I have spent the summer outside.  We have awesome neighbors who are outside 24/7 which makes it fun to go play.  It's so relaxing and refreshing to stay home and enjoy a more simple life.  Reece and Benson truly are best buddies.  They can play for hours without a singe fight or without needing anyones attention besides each other.  This has given me plenty of time to enjoy little Tanner.  He's a pretty dang cute kid as well.  Not going to lie--he was the biggest mama's boy until he started crawling which made life a little more difficult.  He would literally start screaming anytime I set him down--he just loves to be on his mama's hip.  Now he is crawling and enjoys chasing the boys around!

 Neighbors

 That pretty much sums up our summer.  We started the summer with medical school graduation in Seattle, Washington.  Went home for a week and packed our house--then took a 3 day trip to Minnesota where we moved into our new home.  After a week of unpacking we settled into our new home and have been loving it ever since.  We have been so blessed here in Rochester.  Spencer is so happy working at Mayo.  He loves his job and finds it to be very fulfilling.  We both feel so blessed to have wonderful neighbors and friends.  We had a neighborhood BBQ at our home a month ago which was a huge success.  Rochester is so family friendly.  You can always find a neighbor outside ready to lend a hand or have a good conversation with.  Our ward is full of wonderful friends and plenty of fun activities to keep us busy almost every day.  We prayed for so long we would go to a residency that would be a perfect fit for Spencer's training and for our family--and we have found it.  Our prayers were answered and we Thank the Lord for all our many blessings.