DS 1 Christmas Party!

Our friends Willie and Anne put on an amazing Christmas party this past Sunday. We had a baked potato bar, an ugly Christmas sweater contest, and an ornament exchange. There was a really good turn out and it was so nice to get to know some of the other DS 1s. There were some great Christmas sweaters, but Anton was the winner! His was truly the ugliest Christmas sweater there! Way to go Anton!










Anton and his wonderful sweater! (Also, Stevenson and Tyler Scott)











People mingling before dinner.










Tyler and Megan Scott and Steve and Danielle Jackson.










Ornament exchange!











Tyler and me!


It was a great party and everyone had tons of fun! Thanks to Willie and Anne for putting it all together and making it happen! Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy Hour!

I've decided it's about time to let everyone know about the greatness of Happy Hour here in Portland! For those of you not familiar, "Happy Hour" is very common in restaurants all over Portland. The "Happy Hour" menu is discounted a lot! The restaurants intentions are to make all their money off alcoholic drinks. However, since we are a bunch of LDS people we just get cheap food! It's amazing! We can usually eat dinner for $12 or less for the both of us! We have a group of us that usually go to enjoy it while we can! There are about 5 or 6 couples that go and we are always squeezed around these little tables. It is quite the sight! We will have to take a picture sometime. We usually get weird looks when we all order a round of waters (or pop if they make you do a drink purchase), but we're okay with that! It has been a lot of fun to try more expensive restaurants at a very cheap price! I would recommend looking into "Happy Hour" at your local restaurants. However, I don't think you will find any in Utah.

All Hallows Eve!

This Halloween was a blast! Our friends threw a rockin' Halloween Party! We bobbed for apples, ate dough nuts off a string, watched the Balzer's game, played some Wii, and ended the night with the greatest movie ever... Poltergeist II! (haha not really the greatest movie ever). Tyler and I had a few ideas for costumes, but finally settled on the easiest idea. It turned out great! I was a laundry basket and Tyler was static cling! So... here are a bunch of pictures!

Me and Tyler (obviously!)

Dr. Cameron and Dr. House AKA: Danielle and Steve Jackson

Biker Stud and Biker Babe AKA: Willie and Anne Fugere.

Cutest witch and die-hard UTES fan AKA: Megan and Tyler Scott

A scary clown and skeleton AKA: Jon and Malorie Hall

Obi Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, and Yoda AKA: Stevenson, Marissa, and Spencer Smith
(PS I stole this from their blog because they didn't dress up for the party, but Spencer was the cutest little Yoda, I had to put it up here!)

The group of 1st years at the party!

Willie won the dough nut eating contest... he ended up eating off the floor! haha It was great entertainment to watch these guys!

My Tyler eating a powdered dough nut off a string!

And Tyler bobbing for apples with his head totally submerged in water! He got beat by Willie by .5 seconds! It was soo close!

Thanks for a great party Megan and Brittany! It was a blast!

Free Money

Last night one of the Fraternities at OHSU hosted a get together at the Artisan Dental Laboratory. Dental Labs are where they make EVERYTHING! They make crowns, bridges, dentures, veneers, etc. It was actually really neat to see how they do it. Artisan sponsored it and had a dinner before hand, tacos, which were really good. Then we went around and toured the place. At the end there were drawings for cash prizes! Tyler and I both have never won anything from a drawing before, so our hopes were not high. When we found out that there was a drawing we made a deal. If we won $100 (yeah right) then I could use some of the money to go shopping! I have been wanting to go shopping for a long time, but since I don't have a job yet I kind of can't. So... the 3 $50 cash drawings were over and we didn't win ... then it was onto the $100 drawings. They called the number 552 for the first $100 cash drawing and we won! We both kind of stood there at first waiting for it to register and then Tyler collected our prize! It's very exciting. And the best part is... I get to go shopping now!!! So, it was totally worth our while to go! Yay for sponsored events!

Oh... and on a side note! Today Tyler and I have been married for 8 wonderful months! Love you sweetie!

A Weekend of Soreness and Goodness

This past Friday, the 26th, Tyler finished his 5 week pre-term for dental school! This meant we had the whole weekend to spend without worrying about school! Saturday morning we got up and Tyler went to play football with the dental school. Only 1st years and 4th years showed up, so they played against each other. It was fun to watch! The 4th years had obviously been doing this for awhile evidenced by the fact that they called out plays such as "Blue Ribbon 52"... who knows! The first years lost the first game, but after warming up came from behind for a win in the second game!

The guys getting ready!

An awesome play!

And that's the back of Tyler!


After playing football we went to Raleigh Park with some friends and played Tennis, Dodge Ball, Bocce ball, and had a barbecue. I have a new found enjoyment for tennis. I really enjoyed it, and it was the first time that I had played in ages! I want to do it again! My hope is to become better than Tyler (which probably won't happen because he played in high school).

Tyler and Willie playing doubles, and you can see the beautiful park in the background!

Tyler had beautiful form while playing! I need to learn more from him! It was fun to watch him play!

Our men cooked our meat, and it was delicious! This is all of them around the grill being manly men! :)

And all the women around the food, ready to eat!

After we were done there we went over to Tyler and Megan's to relax in their hot tub! It was the perfect end to a wonderful day! Thanks guys!
After all the physical activity the guys are complaining about their abductor muscles (thank you anatomy!) being sore!
The weather was gorgeous this weekend and we were so glad that we were able to get out and enjoy it while it's still there.

Mini-Vacation

This weekend all the 1st year dental school students got to go to a cushy resort in Cannon Beach. They had a conference to attend. The hotel they stayed in was soo nice, too bad the wives couldn't go. Tyler had a really great time playing water polo, ultimate Frisbee, and having a sand sculpture contest. Their bridge (Fremont) built a putting green with a mouth. The teeth were sculpted amazingly. They did a great job!


A few of us wives went up to Cannon Beach on Friday to meet our husbands. We then proceeded to Cape Lookout State Park near Tillamook. We camped about a hundred yards from the beach on Friday night. The beach was gorgeous and it was neat to hear the sound of the ocean as we were falling asleep. We got to the campground around 4:30 and set up camp, found some wood, and started the fire.

Finding wood on the beach.


The guys trying to start the fire... we had "strike anywhere" matches... I don't think they were really strike anywhere though. ;)

Our tent is the one in the back. I like it. We decided to tough it out and sleep on the ground! It was actually quite comfortable!

We had tinfoil dinners and played a few rounds of Catch Phrase before it was "quiet time". The girls kicked the boys butts (like always!). =) The next morning we had eggs and sausage (thanks Anne!) and scones! I think all the food was a big hit! We were well fed. We went down to the beach for a little bit to hang out while Willie and Jon decided to Skim Board (I think that's what it's called). They were pretty brave because the water was freezing!

Just hanging out.


If you look closely you can see Jon Skim Boarding in the background!

After we had enough of camping we tore down camp and drove into Tillamook to have some lunch at a local diner and tour the Tillamook cheese factory! It was a lot of fun. We got to sample the cheese and bought squeaky cheese! We also had some delicious Tillamook ice cream! It was great!

Cows at the cheese factory! (Alicia this is for you!)

We had a fun weekend! It was nice for Tyler to have a break from school and to be able to hang out with our new friends!