simple joys

i hate that i'm so late in posting these because i've looked at them on my camera 100 times, but here are a few recent things...

we snuck out to three forks with katie & travis during restaurant week when they came up from wacko. it was a fantastic, mojito madness reunion.

we snuck over to ft. worth to celebrate miss ella's 2nd birthday! she absolutely melts us...

it was a rare showing of the lindsey playground skills (which on the new millenium playgound sets were a little rusty). ella called me out on being a distractable, inconsitent pusher.

i'm not really sure what ths thing is...look for it in london 2012.

meredith, ryan & blake

john & russell braved the cold water with ella. (no, that's not a boring khaki bathing suit that russell is wearing...he just decided to swim in [part of] what he had on...and i think that's perfectly appropriate to just strip down & bare it at a childrens' waterpark. russell had at least as much fun as ella.)

this was the bravest smile i could muster as we said goodbye to sara & john & sent the smiths off to their new home in colorado.

and, last but not least, this is my ward team from the past month---syed, me & troy. clearly, i'm bringing down the height average...maybe i could be the point guard. it's always kind-of interesting because we just get assigned to teams (who, at that point, are basically strangers) and then you spend many, many hours everyday and many, many call nights working together....and pretty soon you're pretty good friends. the hospital certainly strips away all glamour and there's no real way to deny the greasy ponytail, the worn-off makeup or the black under-eyes. you run codes together, you eat meals together, and when there's a lull in the action, you play...

ping pong together! i love baylor! (this would have already been stolen from parkland.)

don't worry...my competitive streak is alive & well. i got STOMPED--that court is just to *!@# small. how am i not supposed to swing?! i think i even hit my leg with the paddle, just for old times sake (those veins are already broken from the AHS giddly days anyways).