Dental School Graduation

The last four years has flown by. It is hard to believe that graduation has now come and gone...it seems like we just moved here. We spent Saturday night with just the adults at Lola, an
amazing restaurant downtown. It is definitely not a kid place so it was a fun evening out for the adults. Larry presented me with a beautiful bracelet after dinner to say thanks for the support over the
years. He is such a wonderful guy. It's nice to know that in his big moment he is sensitive enough to know that it truly is a team effort, and that it has been a long road for both of us. It was really a nice night. The
next morning started bright and early, and we went to the big Case commencement ceremony where Larry officially was granted the title of doctor. We were so proud of him. After the big commencement, I went back to get the kids & my mom & Mark, and we all went down to campus for the dental school's graduation luncheon. From there we went to the Church of the Covenant where the Dental School Commencement ceremony took place. It was nice, and Larry received his diploma and letter
from the dean which makes it official...he is now employable as a dentist!! We all went out (with the kids too) to Red Robin for burgers afterwards to celebrate that it is really official now. Hard to believe but it's true, and we all can't say enough how proud we are of Larry and all he has accomplished. His residency starts the first of July, and we have already got everything filled out for his Ohio license, so hopefully some moonlighting will start this fall. A pay check...what's that?

Mayson's Dance Racital

I got back from Utah just in time to go from the airport to Mayson's dance recital. She looked so cute and she always has so much fun when she dances! I love to watch her up on the stage...she is quite comfortable in the spotlight!

Utah trip

I had an unexpected trip to Utah the beginning of the month. I got the phone call that Grandma Hall had passed away the evening of our senior dinner, and that Monday I flew in to Salt Lake. Thanks to Aunt Sheree I was able to get there for the funeral. It was a very nice ceremony and I really think she would have liked it. It was nice to get to see everyone, I just wish it had been
under better circumstances. I extended my trip for two days longer than originally planned. I hadn't seen anyone in a while, and to have all four of us siblings there at once is something to take advantage of. We did have some fun while I was there, and as much as I'm sure my doctor probably would not have approved, the go-kart was a lot of fun! Hey, at eight months pregnant, you have to take your fun where you can get it...

Senior Dinner

We had our senior dinner the first of May at the Botanical Gardens down by Case. It was a beautiful setting, the food was great, and it was a fun evening. The first picture is one of a lot of us wives who
hang out together and have spent the last four years missing our husbands. The next one is one of Larry looking awfully happy because he was walking back to the table after having won The Joseph D. Gage Award. This award is given to "the senior exemplifying the highest level of professional and humanitarian ideals in the field of general practice dentistry." Pretty impressive!!! I'm sure part of the smile was due to the check he got with his award. Either way, I am proud of him and all that he has accomplished over the last four years!

Mayson's 5th Birthday

Mayson was so excited to turn five. She was telling everyone she saw, "today's my birthday!" She would then proceed to tell them what she got. We took cupcakes to her school and everyone sang happy birthday to her. She was excited, and as you can see, Rhyan was too at the prospect of getting to eat all that frosting!

We went to Applebees for dinner, and Mayson insisted she needed to wear her birthday crown the whole evening, and then again to school the next day. She got to open all her presents at dinner, and it was torture to have to wait until we got home to take them out of the box.
Her birthday party was a week later than planned because Larry was in the middle of taking his last set of boards over Mayson's birthday. Either way, we had purple cupcakes, and did a barbecue with her friends. She had a lot of fun and so did the rest of us.

AADA Conference in St. Louis

Becky and I went to the Alliance of the American Dental Association (AADA) conference in St. Louis the middle of April. We were able to get a grant so it was a free trip - that's by far the best kind to take. We stayed at a beautiful hotel right across the street from Busch Stadium, which is right in downtown St. Louis. We walked to the arch and got to ride up the tram to the top. It was a lot of fun, and because it was raining and the 5.4 earthquake we had had about 4am that morning, it was pretty much empty, so we got right in.

We also went to a murder mystery dinner at the Lemp Family Mansion which was a lot of fun. It was one that required a great amount of audience participation, and we were all either a super hero or a villain. Depending on which character you got you either had a big role to play, or just mainly got to laugh at everyone else. Our Last night there we had a formal dinner which was really nice. The other ladies in the picture with us student wives were some of the cute ladies we made friends with while we were there...all of which happen to be from Salt Lake.

Dental Formal

Our dental formal this year got delayed a month due to weather. We got about 18" of snow the day it was originally scheduled, so they decided to reschedule it. I had a dress that still fit and everything, but a month more pregnant definitely changed that. So, I went shopping for a new dress that would fit a seven month pregnant Misty. Either way, shopping for an appropriate formal is hard enough, let alone one you can wear pregnant. Things worked out okay though, and we really had a lot of fun. The food was great and we had a lot of friends who went this time, seeing as it is our last year.

Kaleb's Field Trip To Shaker Lakes Nature Center

Kaleb had his field trip to the nature center and mom got to go with him. We learned about animals, marshes, fields, forests, ponds and lots of other nature stuff. It was a lot of fun. The kids all got cards with clues on them and had to figure out which animal they were. They worked on it as we walked around and looked at the different environments. Kaleb was a woodpecker!

Splash Lagoon

Every year over Larry's spring break we go to the indoor water park. Normally we do Great Wolf Lodge, but this year we went to Splash Lagoon in Erie, PA. We all had a blast!! The kids loved the room, because it had a kitchen, fireplace and hot tub...hey, what's not to love?? And everybody had a lot of fun in the water park. Rhyan especially was a lot of fun this time, because she is now big enough to want to play...forever. She knew exactly what it meant when her swim suit got put on, and she would run in the direction of the water park saying "swim, swim!" She was so cute and had so much fun. The other kids did too. It's nice that Kaleb can swim now, because he can do everything, and has a little more freedom to run around. Him and Michael had a great time together.

Mayson's Fieldtrip to Lake Farm Park

Mayson had her field trip to Lake Farm Park the beginning of April and had a blast. She was so excited to go, and was really excited that dad was out on spring break and could go with us.











As you can see, there was this little lamb that was following the kids around, and they thought it was great. Rhyan had been eating some chocolate cookies, and the lamb was loving licking the chocolate off her hands. She thought it was great, though she was convinced it was a doggy!








Rhyan was not scared of the animals at all...she wanted to pet everything and thoroughly enjoyed herself!








Mayson learned how to milk a cow, and was pretty impressed when she actually made the milk come out!










Mayson's favorite part of the trip was the horses. She has a thing for horses right now, and took some apples to feed to them. I tried to explain to her that they probably wouldn't let her feed them, but when we asked the lady in the stables she was great about it. She let Mayson take the apple into a paint horse by the name of Lakota Dancer. This was definitely the highlight of the trip for Mayson. She was so excited the the horse ate the apple she gave it!

Pinewood Derby

Kaleb enjoyed his first pinewood derby the end of March. He had a lot of fun making his car...dad helped him carve it and mom helped him paint it. He knew exactly what he wanted it to look like and we tried to get it as close to that as possible. Either way, it turned out great and he had a lot of fun racing it!

Isn't She Cute!

Here is the newest picture of our cutie Rhyan! She is such a doll and she makes us all laugh on regular basis. She is starting to talk a lot and is getting interested in the potty. She is such a sweet little things and loves to snuggle, give hugs and kisses and be held. We can't wait until everyone gets a chance to see her again. She really has grown so much and is so cute!

Easter

The kids got to dye Easter eggs, and as you can see Rhyan was taking this very seriously. We had a kit where you used a little paint roller to paint the eggs, and I have to say it is probably the least messy way we have every dyed eggs, and the kids thought it was pretty fun!

Here are some pictures from a couple of the Easter egg hunts we went to. The one of Mayson was at the one the city does. There are just hundreds of eggs dropped on the ground and it's a free for all for he kids to see who can grab the most. We always come home with way too many eggs. The one of Kaleb was taken at the Huang's house. There were a lot of people & tons of kids for them to play with. They had fun and of course, we came home with more eggs. You can see that Kaleb had to wear his Cavalier gear again... it was a hit for sure!
Here are the kids on Easter morning. They were very excited and of course, they got more candy.

Here are our cute kids all decked out for Easter. The girls had their Easter dresses, and Kaleb felt he needed to dress up too so we got him a new shirt & tie. They all look so cute!
We had the Campbells over for dinner and an Easter egg hunt with the kids on Sunday. We had a lot of fun and managed to send a few of our many Easter eggs home with them. We still have a lot left, but hey – it helped!