You are the proud owners of a very brand new H & M. H & M opened it's doors to Los Angeles on Nov. 9th at the Beverly Center(6.68 miles from me). This is a special day for me--I love H & M. For those of you have never been--GO, it is a fantastic treat. Happy Shopping!
Morris and I had the best treat last weekend. My brother Ben and his wife Heidi came to visit us in Los Angeles. All of Nevada had Friday off from work and school for Nevada Day so I convinced these two Nevadians to head south. The weather was perfect for our weekend of LA greats. Friday we spent the day at Disneyland along with about a million other people in the blazing sun. Other weekend highlights included Tito's Tacos, Santa Monica Pier and 3rd Street promenade, Diddy Riese and a beautiful drive up the PCH. We had so much fun with Ben and Heidi. We hope we will be able to have many more weekends together while they are living in Reno.
I thought I would post this picture of Morris from his trip to Las Vegas. This poster represents much of our first year of marriage as well as all the hard work Morris has put into his research. I asked Morris if he would like to post about all of the interesting things he has learned in doing his research but he thought you would all enjoy it about as much as I do. I am so proud of my husband and all of his efforts in school. So here is to you Morris and all of the little rats that you used to create this wonderful research.
I had to post this adorable picture of Morris. Morris was so nice to watch Wyatt while his mom went to Dream Dinners with the girls. Life cam get pretty hectic with school and a new baby. Morris was holding Wyatt trying to get him to sleep when we got home and it was so sweet I had to take a picture.
Our friends the Hendrys invited us over for FHE/ pumpkin carving on Monday. The Hendry's are a fun couple in our ward that we love to spend time with. We have started combining FHE with Monday night Football--I know not a great combination but it works. They have a nice new TV with HD that Morris likes to take advantage of when it is offered. This week we decided to carve pumpkins while watching football and enjoying a spiritual message. Morris and I made a great team, he enjoys gutting the pumpkin and I prefer to carve. We ended up with two very cute pumpkins for our Trunk or Treat this weekend. Go Team Poole!
Friday night the "Dental Wives Club" went to Dream Dinners. We were all interested in finding out about how we could all simplify our lives by not having to make dinner every night. We had such a great time preparing our meals and dirtying the kitchen and not worrying about the cleanup. We booked a private session so we had the place to ourselves, singing and dancing was totally allowed in this kitchen. What a great idea for working ladies and busy moms.
Today is the day. Project Runway Season Finale is finally here! I did do a little peeking on the internet and get a few clues about what is going to happen--I just couldn't resist. But I will not spoil the fun for those of you out there who are as obsessed as I am. Go Michael!
Morris left for Vegas yesterday-boo. Morris went to Vegas for the American Dental Association (ADA) Convention or something like that. Morris has been working on a research project and has been asked by UCLA to go represent the school at this convention. Morris's research project won first place at UCLA, let's hope he has the same luck in the sin city. Each time Morris is away I always think I am going to be really productive and I plan a number of things to jam into my schedule so I don't spend so much time missing him. Needless to say I am more productive when he is not around but I don't think I miss him any less. Hurry home Mo, I miss you!
It happened today at about 12:00pm. I walked into the pharmacy in Beverly Hills and standing in line just before me was----Chris Rock. Really truly it was him. Given the fact that we live in Los Angeles and I frequent the Beverly Hills area daily for work you would think this would not be my fist encounter with a celeb. I didn't do anything embarrassing I just grabbed my prescriptions took a second look to make sure my eyes were not fooling me and sure enough it was still Chris Rock. I walked out the door and my first thought was- bummer I don't have a picture to put on the blog. Oh well. Hopefully Mr. Rock will be feeling better soon. Star Sightings to date: Bruce Willis, Reba McIntyre, Vanna White, Larry King, Hillary Duff, Dr. Rey (Dr. 90210--not sure E network counts) Buzz Aldrin and Sylvester Stalone.
Being someone who does not enjoy Math, I never thought I could like numbers so much. I was so irritated every time I saw someone working on one of these stupid number puzzles. I could not figure out what was so exciting about it. It seemed like every airplane or doctors office I was in someone was writing numbers in these little boxes. I just did not get it. It took the convincing words my sister in law Tieryn to finally get me hooked on this number mystery. Now I am that annoying person at the pool and in line at the grocery store working on solving yet another number puzzle. Who knew numbers could be fun? Morris too has caught the Sudoku bug and solves all of my puzzles once they are too difficult for me. He is much smarter than me and actually enjoys math. He already called Math homework duties when we have children as long as I take English. Sounds good to me.
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Betsey Happy Birthday to you. Today is my relief Society President's Birthday. She is a frequent flyer on Blogspot and just wanted to send a Birthday wish out to her.
Betsey-I hope you have an excellent Birthday and you do something fun. I am so happy to know you, you brighten up my day each time I see you. Thanks for all that you do for each sister in the ward. You are so fantastic! Have a great day and welcome to the Village. Love Ash
Thanks to a discount compliments of my brother and a very generous bonus from my employer I am the proud owner of a brand new laptop. My very first computer that is all mine. I had been begging Morris to let me buy a computer but we couldn't justify it on our budget. For the first time I do not have to beg my husband for a few minutes during one of his study breaks or log hours in a boring computer lab to surf the web. I can now view my emails and shop for hours from the comforts of my sofa. After a few hours on the phone with Dell Customer Service trying to work out the shipping kinks she arrived here safely and she is a beauty.
And the award goes to...Brooke! Last week I was talking to my sister and telling her how badly I missed watching General conference at home and partaking of my Dad's wonderful scones. Every conference weekend my Dad would make a huge batch of scones and we would eat them while listening the morning session. I have been missing the days of watching conference at home and eating delicious scones. So Brooke and I decided we would spend the weekend together going to soccer games, watching conference, and what else eating scones! Brooke got up early on Sunday morning to indulge me in my desire to eat wonderful scones, it was such a wonderful day. Scones, a wonderful conference session on a home television, and jigsaw puzzles. I love having my sister and her family near. It makes home feel not so far away.
Saturday I went out to Corona,CA to watch my niece and nephew play in their soccer games. I have never really enjoyed the sport of soccer a whole lot but it is a lot more interesting when the players are under 7 and family. My nephew Christopher (who would now like to be called Chris after turning 5 two months ago) was the first game of the morning. This is Chris's second season of soccer and he still is more interested in picking the daisies in the field than scoring the next goal. Although he has yet to score a goal he is getting much better at his cartwheels and provides entertainment for all the parents on the sidelines. However my niece Bethany-7 is a the super star on the team. She is excellent in all positions and scores and average of 10 goals a game. It was so fun to see Bethany play and Chris do what he does on the soccer field. I still don't love the game of soccer but it is pretty great to be the Aunt on the sidelines.
One of the joys of living in a warm climate is you get to share your home with all kinds of four and sometimes more legged creatures. Wednesday morning we woke up to one of the biggest gatherings we have had. The most frustrating part is that we just had our apartment sprayed last week while we were on vacation. We found the ants consuming my favorite cookies in the cupboard--the pink frosting sugar cookies from the bakery. I can't blame the little guys I can't stay away from them either-they are my favorite. I think I am most upset that they got to eat more of them than me and I am sure they will not be bringing me anymore anytime soon. Dirty little ants.
Sunday evening we decided to invite Morris's classmates over for a toast(Martinelle's of course). Morris had to go back to school on Monday-boo, so we felt like we should all get together to start this year off right. We toasted to a much better than the second year of dental school. I love to host so I look for any excuse to have people over. We have made such great friends here--I love it when we can all get together and talk about things other than school. Highlight of the evening was when I shot whip cream all over myself and the kitchen. Good times.
Morris and I recently returned from a much needed vacation to Mexico. We spent six days in Puerto Vallarta. Morris and I decided we needed a vacation after the year we had just been through. Morris finished his boards in July and we decided we needed a vacation to celebrate. We stayed at a resort on the North side of Puerto Vallarta called Grand Velas. It was so nice. We were so sad when we had to go home--six days was not long enough. We spent most of our time poolside enjoying the rays and pina colada's. Morris actually consumed 34 of them in 6 days.
He took full advantage of all-inclusive. We had wonderful meals and excellent service. They must have thought we actually could afford to be there. We did leave the resort one day for a canopy tour. We went up to the Sierra Madres and rode mules to the top of the mountains then we took the zip lines through the jungle down to the bottom. We drove home through downtown and this was the only glimpse I had of real Mexico--and I am completely fine with only having seen that much. We had an excellent time.
Morris and I headed up to Park City, UT for a few days. Well Morris stayed for a while to spend some time with his family but I was only there for two days. Morris's dad had a confrence in Park City so we decided we should all stay the weekend there to keep him company. I wanted to stay in Park City because I was really looking forward to hitting up the outlet mall. It had been along time since I was able to vist the Banana Outlet. I was a little disappointed in the selection of clothing but no worries the trip was still a success. We spent one afternoon at Park City resort and rode the alpine slide and the new coaster. We had such a good time. It is always so nice to come home and spend time with family.
Congratulations to Jennie and Spencer! Jennie is a very close friend from college, we both studied Interior Design. She and Spencer have known each other since grade school and I think they are a fantastic couple. They were married in Las Vegas the second week of September. The wedding was so beautiful and such a great time. The best part was getting to spend time with my girlfriends. We think back about all of the good times we shared as roommates and the next fun trip we are going to take together.
It is hard to believe September is almost over. Morris and I have had a very busy September. My next few posts make up our September of Craziness. Labor Day weekend Morris's best friend Sam came to stay with us. After our weekend full of football I decided we needed to spend Labor Day at the beach. Morris and Sam went to the sporting goods store in the morning and purchased some beach gear among other things. We spent much of the day basking in the sun and enjoying a day of no labors. Yeah to Labor Day!
