Edo's cooking class with KMA

When we first moved here, my friend Kate told me about this group of medical wives in the Kingsport area that meet together once a month to get to know each other and support each other in the area. This month's get together was a cooking class at a sushi place in town called Edo's. Robert, the owner showed us how to make dumplings and cooked veggies on the side! It was very educational and of course, delicious! It was so fun to visit with fellow medicine wives.  Such a wonderful group of women! 

Hike at Warriors Path

Met up with my friends Krissy and Shannon during the week earlier this month for a fun little hike near Warriors Path.. Ended up being a great workout with Marshall as my tag-a-long hiking partner. Ha! Nice morning hike with perfect weather!  

Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia

On the Monday of Sam's interview, Emily invited us to go to the zoo with her and the kids! It was such a fun little zoo to visit and we had the best time. Weather was perfect, kids were behaved and happy most of the time, and the mamas were able to visit while we walked. Loved this day so much! 

Watching the big gorilla eat lunch:

Feeding the giraffes! 

Kids enjoying the zebras and horse rides:

Columbia, SC with the Savages (and Sam's bday!)

Sam has been busy this season with lots of interviews around the region for residency programs in Family Med! It is excited to see all the potential places we could possibly be going to next. I haven't been to any of his interviews so far but we have some great friends in Columbia, SC so for his interview at USC, we decided to make a weekend out of it and go for a visit! Jeff and Emily were our good friends out at BYU and with selling pest control and it's been way too many years since we've seen them! They let us come stay at their house for a couple nights and showed us the ropes of their fun city! Jeff is a professor at USC and they now have 4 kids. It was SO fun to catch up with them and let our kids play together! Their girls are about the same age as our kids so it was a win-win for all! On Sam's birthday, we drove down and they found a babysitter for us to go out for a double date at an amazing restaurant in town called Motor Supply. Fun birthday dinner with great company! Then the next day, Sam and I drove around the city and took a look at some of the neighborhoods just in case we ended up matching there! Wanted to see what housing was like. The kids were SO tired and both of them passed out. It was a nice little morning nap for them. Haha! We headed back and hung out at their house for the afternoon. They live on 9 acres of land, so it was fun watching the kids explore a little. We went out Sunday night with the residents (typically in interviews, they take them out for dinner the night before) and Jeff and Emily were SO nice to put our kids to bed for us. Then Sam's interview was the next day. Thank you SO MUCH to Jeff and Emily!! We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends! It was such a fun weekend and I know it won't be the last we see of each other, now that they are down in our region of the country. ;)

Randoms from October

Sunrise run with my girls in the country..

We found a cool park in Johnson City with a train for Marshall, and a stage that seemed so perfectly fitting for Ivy. hehe:

Family Date Night later that evening:

Washing both cars:

Texans game! Represent:

Visiting with the horses behind our house:

Tumbling gym with friends:

5-year-old fashion:

Magnatile creations.. Kids built a Dunkin Donuts all by themselves, complete with drivethrough. haha! On other days, Dad helped build an airport and a pirate ship with boat dock. I was pretty impressed:

Bays Mountain finally all colorful!

Leaf gathering playdate:

Halloween nails:

Park fun and milkshakes with our besties:

Gavin's birthday party at Putt-putt! These boys were hilarious:

Spirit week at Ivy's school! Every day was a different theme. First day was "mismatch day" and the second day was "dress like a book character day" so she went as Pinkalicious, with even her face pink! The other days were wear funny socks and something else that I can't remember but it wasnt as involved. Friday was dress like a cowboy/cowgirl day. Love that cute girl and how excited she gets for stuff like this!