medical school = reality!

ARIZONA HERE WE COME!!! Brad got accepted to 3 med schools and has finally chosen to attend Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. He will start in August, Life is good!

New pics for the Soph-aholics

Yes, that is a little curly pony tail!!!!

Crappy Commercial

I'm usually not big on politics, but I thought this commercial (click on link below) for "no on Prop 8" was HORRIBLE and it really makes me mad that people make things like this! I think dressing up like missionaries to make a fictional point about the LDS church is just wrong on so many levels.

Click Here to See the Monstrosity

Medical School Here We Come!

Congrats to my sexy, smart husband who has been accepted to his first medical school- Western University of Health Sciences (in California)!!! The good thing about this school is you can spend the last 2 years of school in Milwaukie, Portland, or Vancouver (yea for Oregon!) Mr.Genious has 2 more interviews this week, we'll keep you all posted with the results! Finally, we have dirrection in our lives!

Trip to L.A.

We went to L.A. (Pomona) this week for Brad's first medical school interview. I thought Utah drivers were crazy, but I now know California drivers are insane! The speed limit was 55, we were going 70 and cars were still whizzing by us on both sides, I felt like the turtle who likes everything slow on the comcast comercials! Brad's interview went well, although he had Mr. intense interigator as in interviewer. The girl who was interviewd before him walked out with bugged out eyes looking like she just saw someone get shot and almost triping over her own feet- bad sign! We'll hopefully find out soon if he got in. As of right now he has an interview scheduled for Kansas and Pennsylvania so if this one was a bust we're covered! Pomona is the GHETTO! Their polite way of acknowlging the environment was to say "it's not dangerous here but many people choose to live in the surrounding cities and commute daily".

Proposition 8

Being temporarily Californians now we have had the opportunity to help with proposition 8 (it would change the constitution to read that marriage is only between a man and woman). Last weekend we stood on the corner and held up "YES ON 8" signs. A new experience to say the least. I was surprised at how many people honked in support. We did get a few fingers, and I'm not talking about a thumbs up, but it felt good to take part in local politics. The wards and many of the local churches around here are taking a stance in this measure, it is really neat to see everyone come together. Our bishop put this little picture together, kind of funny

Guess I'd better take out the trash more often...

It's hard to see but those little dark spots are millions of ants marching after a piece of ham in the garbage! There were no ants when we went to bed, but when we woke up they formed a line from the garbage up the wall all the way to the ceiling, then around the corner, down the hallway, around the 4 corners of the entry way all the way and finally into this tiny hole in a corner next to the ceiling- yuck! I should have checked, but I think we could have set a world record for longest ant line. By the way the best way to kill ants is bleach, it kills them instantly, you just have to wipe up their annoying little carcasses.

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we went up to Portland, my mom and I took Sophie to her first pumpkin patch. It was really neat, you pay to get in then you get a hay ride, you get to pick out your pumpkin from the patch, free hot coco, corn maze, and 2 pumpkin launches. When we got home we carved the pumpkin and put soph inside! First we dressed the little Sophster in her kitty costume

Mom and Sophie in the pumpkin patch

the corn maze was 6 acres and took 45 minutes to do with a map! (us with our free coco)

The coolest thing I've done in a long time was the pumpkin lauching. You put a little pumpkin in a huge slingshot and try to launch it into a barrel 50-75 feet away.

So we took the guts out of the pumpkin then cut two holes out of the back so i could stick my hands in and hold her up. She was thought it was pretty cool at first...

Then she started eating the pumpkin and my hands slipped so she was kneeling in the pumpkin and rightfully decided "this sucks!" (if she develops a pumpkin allergy I guess i'll have to take the blame, anything for a funny picture, right?)

So still looking for a good picture we cut open the back of the pumpkin and let her hang out, she liked this much better!

Here I think she is contemplating if she inherited the insanity of her parents

I love the little toes!

I'm a Real Nurse!

I PASSED MY NCLEX (national nursing test)!!!!

sophie and solids

We started with a spoon and obviously that did not go over so well...She seemed to like eating off my finger much better

I'm pretty sure more cereal ended up on her face than actually in her stomach

This is my little gem pooping out our trial run! Easy come easy go!

The results are in

I'm starting to believe that all this crying was well worth it! Thank you Lindsay for all your advice and support! Soph now goes to bed at 7:30 and takes 3 naps a day with no more than a few minutes of whimpering. This is totally the life! She saw the doctor the other day and now weighs 15.1 pounds (the doc says she definitely not starving!) and is 26 inches long. We are heading out to Oregon this weekend for Brad to shaddow a doctor and for me to take my RN test... hopefully the nightmare known as the NCLEX will be over soon!

Sleep Training & Solid food

So tonight was day one of sleep training 2008. Soph cried for 31 minutes, I was pleasantly suprised! Brad bet 2 hours of crying and I thought 45 minutes. It is also day 2 of solid foods, thats not going as well. She mostly just drools it out and maybe swallows 1/2 a teaspoon. We figure it's worth the mess just to see the funny faces! Pictures to follow tomorrow!

Red Hair...

Another new thing since moving to California, I got sick of highlighted grow out so I died all my hair red (yep, out of a box, the cheapest one I could find!) It will probably be a mess when it grows out, but for now i feel all chic like I belong on Cali!
(Good thing I have a photographer for a hubby!)

sophie's first day of school outfit

So if Sophie was going to school this would definitely be her first day of school outfit! She is getting so big so fast I can't believe it!

what we've been up too...

Well, its been a while... we are now living in Salinas, California (Brad is working for a contract company doing water meter stuff in Monterey Bay). The weather here ROCKS! It is really warm (not blisteringly hot like Utah) with a breeze that keeps you at just the right temperature. I gota be honest, I think I'm falling in love! We will be here for an unknown amount of time, at least until December, but having as much fun as we can! Here are some pictures of what we've been up too..
Hawaiian Vacation: So Brad took over 650 pictures and these are the only ones of us!

The airplanes are so cold, and she didn't want to wear a blanket so we had to improvise on some gloves and a hat!

Sophie's Blessing Little Sophster and her blessing bracelet (Thanks Kristin!) Soph and Grandpa JacksonGrandma and Grandpa Jackson with Sophie

4 Generations of Tunks~Our little fam.

Sophie joins the family

Sophie officially joined the family today when she crashed on the bed for her extended Sunday nap.

Pokey Time

Sophie had to get her first shots. This is about how much she liked them! She actually did really good, but I think she set the world record for 2 month old breath holding after they poked her (like 45 seconds)! I'm not sure who it was more traumatic on me or her...

Sophie meets Grandpa Tunks

Sophie met Grandpa Tunks for the first time! I think they like each other!

hike of the century

Last weekend we went hiking up to Stewart Falls. The falls were beautiful, the only downside was there was a family reunion going on so we had to share the view with a few million screaming kids (not to mention our own!). Brads brother Zach is going to a 2 week BYU camp and surprisingly they were up there too- so we got to spy on him with all his girlfriends!!! Basically Brad and I had to be intense mountain climbers to hike the 4 mile trek with Sophie on our back. Not to dispel the illusion of our buffness, we crashed when we got home and the entire Warner clan had to take a 2 hour nap, not to mention the intense soreness the next day!

Movin' on up...

We finally moved! ok, it's only 8 blocks north, but we love it. The outside actually has pillars! Mostly we are excited to be out of Starcrest (aka crapcrest), but central air and a dishwasher don't hurt. Our new address is 361 S 100 W apt. D.

My little pirhanna...

Introducing Sophie the fish! Melissa and I took Soph swimming for her first time this week. She wasn't sure at first, but after her second time going for a dip she loved it- well ok at least wasn't crying anymore!