Bringin' the Holy to Toledo

So, once we (and the Webers) moved into the ward, the RS, EQ, and primary doubled in size. Actually, it's not a huge ward, but it's pretty good. We have several residents and medical students in the ward, so transition will be good for Shelly and the kids. Orientation is going okay--PALS, ACLS, Neonatal Resuscitation, ATLS, and learning 3 computer systems. Keeping busy with that. Here's a little about the move.

It was a long drive (and for Shelly and the 3 kids, a long flight), but we made it to Ohio. My parents and I took 3 days to drive our cars out. Shelly took the 3 kids on a 6:00 a.m. flight out of Phoenix to Detroit--the kids loved getting up at 3:30. Shelly said that everything that could have gone wrong, did, but that it still wasn't that bad. The girls both spilled their drinks everywhere, Caden puked, no one took naps, and our new portable DVD player (purchased just for this trip) was a flop. The kids weren't even interested in it. Having said that, the 4-hour direct flight sure beat a 30+ hour drive across country with screaming kids, especially since the tickets were $49.

We were excited for our first home. Just hours before signing, the previous owners told us that "out of nowhere" they started getting some water leaks from a newly-repaired roof and the new tub that they had put in was leaking, causing water stains on the ceiling. I looked at the damage, which wasn't that extensive, so we decided to go ahead and get the home and hold their money in escrow until the problems were fixed. On the day of the signing, our loan dude showed up with a completely different loan than the one he had told us about, the rate was up at 6.75% instead of 6.125% he told us it would be. Between the water damage and the loan issues, we almost dropped out of the deal, but the loan dude promised he would pay the difference until he could refinance for us--no charges this time. We walked into our new home, it reaked of dog, so we have the unexpected expense of new carpet, not to mention the scare that our roof looked like it was collapsing after our first rain storm (it was the lighting, we hope. Sometimes it still looks a little bowed). Meanwhile, the Webers are paying $619/mo for their 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment. That may have been a good option.

We have done some painting etc. to make the home more our style. Shelly's been cleaning nonstop, trying to get the house at least presentable. Amazing how dog hair can turn up everywhere, even a few weeks after taking out the carpet and dusting/vacuuming like crazy. Caden always has 3 or 4 dog hairs around his mouth (no idea where he's finding them).

The good news of it all is that we ended up not having to pay for our move at all. We got a $1000 stipend to move, and it covered everything, pretty much. ABF worked great for the Webers and us. Of course, it's still not as good as the military move, but we're not complaining. Here are a few pics.

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Checking in for the Koth's

I am just checking in for the Koth family. I am happy to report that they have made it safely to Sandusky, OH. Unfortunately their new digs while their house is being built does not come with internet access. So officer Koth has gone out and bought him a new PDA phone top of the line so he can have internet access. The problem is that in the two days it takes him to type out a message on the key pad the subject has changed on the blog and he has to start all over again. So lets try to stay on subject for at least 48 hours before changing and no pictures because the PDA has some problems with that. Officer Koth has also been to the construction sight and it has been reported that he has issued several citations for disorderly conduct, slow and slothful work, and littering on his property.

I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows Mr. Koth is still alive and well in OH as is his family. Leslie and Kevin will be having another officer koth in a few more weeks!! So Kevin if this comes across the PDA try to check in and let everyone know what's up in Sandusky and when the bar-b-que is!!

Phoenix Baptist Intern Blog

Nicole and Brent created this blog of our intern class--there's already some great pictures, stories, and an ongoing quote list that Jeremy (Rumblestrip/Jeremy the Junkie) is putting together.

http://baptistresidency2010.blogspot.com/

If it's not broken, don't fix it!

We're enjoying our same house, ward, and many of the same friends. We're finally settling back into life after the graduation and vacation bliss. Before graduation, we went to Cabo, Mexico for a week and then after graduation went up to Utah and Idaho for a couple of weeks. And, even though it's 115 degrees here, we couldn't be happier to be home.

Rock Arch at Lover's Beach in Cabo

Dinosaur Park in Ogden

On Temple Square

Hey, Adam, did you ever figure out who this guy was?

Can anyone else's intern class match this one?

The Grigg Moving Story

I don't know if Andersen has gotten the email about this blog so I guess I throw something up to represent. Right after graduation we took off for Spokane. It took us 3 days to get there. The first night we made it to Mesquite, NV. And of course since we were going through Provo we had to stop at BYU. Here we are with the "Y" in the background.

The second night we stayed in Rexburg, ID and visited with my brother John who is going to school there at BYU-Idaho. We got up bright and early Sunday morning to go to his singles ward with him. We provided quite the entertainment since our boys were the only kids in the whole room. Hope we didn't embarrass him too much. Here we are standing in front of the new Rexburg Temple. It should open up sometime this summer.

This is a picture of one of Campbell's many sleeping positions in the van. I don't know how he does it.

They have quite the set up back there.

We made it into Spokane Sunday evening and started unpacking Monday morning. Spokane was having a bit of a heat wave with temperatures up over 90. That made moving a little uncomfortable and our new house didn't have any fans or A/C. It was a long day but we finally got everything in. Here's the house we're renting.

That wednesday we left for Andersen's family reunion in New Mexico. We finally got back this Monday, but Andersen has been in classes all day so the unpacking is going slow.

Homeless but not hurting

Well we finished day one of residency yesterday and it was a barn burner 8:00-11:30am. Time for a nap. So far so good. Jill and I are finally getting settled into our new.............. room at my brother's house in Mesa. Somehow our first house fell through and our house sold before we had our new one lined up so we moved into Uncle Bob's mini storage. I thought briefly about just staying at the storage unit but since none of us are meth users (Austin knows what I'm talking about) we opted for moving in with family. We hope to close in a few weeks.

-Jeremy

Taking a Critical Care class

I'm taking a big critical care class as part of orientation. It's a course taught by the Socoety of Critical Care Medicine, and it's way more in depth than anything we ever did at the school. I would have gotten a lot more out of my ICU rotation if I had taken this beforehand. It's nice actually learning something about vent modes and stuff. On the downside, I have to pass a 50 question test tomorrow. Anyone got a study sheet?

-- Damon