Crawling

Wilson is soooo close to crawling. It is getting rather painful to watch. Here is a little glimpse...



Oops, not quite.


Not very happy about it.

Yellow Boots

Here is Zina showing off her new boots. I was saving them for easter but it was warm enough that there were a few puddles out and I couldn't help but let her go puddle jumping. She is turning into quite the character. She loves to sing what she calls her, "favowit pwincess cindewewa song." She will sing the "I know you" song off of sleeping beauty over and over. Then she informs us that Attena is her true love. It's pretty funny. Her dad keeps trying to convince her that he is her true love, but she always says, "No! Tena's my twoo wove."





Other exciting news is that Mark has been accepted to A.T Still University in Kirksville, MO. He was one more university to interview at and we are waiting to hear back from a few others before we decide. We are so excited!

Orange Trees, Temples & Warm Weather!

Mesa & Las Vegas

So Mark's first two medical school interviews were in Las Vegas at Touro University and A.T. Still University in Mesa, AZ. We found some cheap tickets to Vegas so we decided to take the whole family. We had so much fun. Zina was a little skeptical that our airplane would fly with all those people on it... :) Thank goodness it did. We picked oranges off of REAL orange trees which was a huge novelty to me. I'd never seen an orange tree - for some reason they don't grow in Rexburg, Raymond, or Alaska. We were able to stay with my cousins in Vegas and my dads cousins in Mesa. It was fun to catch up with long lost relatives and forego boring hotels. We visited both temples and had a little picnic at the Mesa temple. It was beautiful weather that we enjoyed SO much after being up in the cold north. We were exhausted when we got home but sure did enjoy a little time having fun and to top it all off Mark was accepted to Touro University on Friday! Hurray, we are so proud of him! He has three interviews left and we are excited about making a decision about where we will be for the next four years.
ps. I'm having issues posting pictures. I will get them up as soon as the computer will let me!

Oh Canada

It's official, we no longer live in Rexburg or the U.S. of A. Yep. We have moved the Canada to live in my parents basement until we go to medical school. Feels good to be home. :) (to Canada I mean, not necessarily the parents basement.) Actually I think that it will be lots if fun. We live in a little basement suite that includes 2 bedrooms, a very large family room, a bathroom, and a little kitchenette. Upstairs there are pretty much "on-call" baby sitters and people who absolutely adore my children. I think that we will really enjoy our time here especially since it will probably be the last time I ever live in the home land. As for leaving Rexburg, well I didn't feel that sad. We will miss all our great friends, but are really excited to move on and tackle the next adventure!

Thomas Family 2008

Luis took some family pictures for us while we were in Utah. What do you think?

New Years & More

Our new years eve was loads of fun. We were still in Utah so we played games with Marks family. It was especially fun as soon as I could pry Mark away from an old school Planet of the Apes movie. We kept a close eye on the clock and at just before midnight Travis poured us all some yummy drinks while Morgan, Mason, Jade, & Kaitlyn armed themselves with pots and pans and spoons. At the stroke of midnight we toasted one another, watched fireworks out the window and listened to the ruckus from the pots and pans. Here's to 2008!

I'm going to pull a Heidi and reflect on some firsts of 2007:
1. First time giving birth to a baby boy - Wilson Mark Thomas.
2. First time giving birth outside of the hospital. (I totally recommend it for those of you who are low risk :) )
2. Mark ran his first second Marathon...with his Mom - her first Marathon.
3. Moved from Idaho to Alaska and back again.
4. Went fishing on the ocean while 8mths pregnant and caught some sweet Halibut.
5. Ate Halibut for the first time and LOVED it.
6. Mark took the MCAT and applied to Medical school (which we now have 6 interviews from numerous schools across the country)
7. We both graduated with Bachelor degrees. Wahoo!
8. First time seeing a Moose...and then another one..and then another one...etc. etc. etc.

Ok. there are a billion more but I won't bore you with them all. We loved our adventures in 2007 lets hope 2008 has just as many in store for us.