Bundle of Joy!

Our friends Sarah and Jim are way cool, but not as cool as their new baby girl Evelynn Eileen Oman "Evie."

They adopted this cute baby girl two weeks ago; props to them because they only had three weeks notice! The Oman's are really rich and live on the Kansas side and little Evie was born in Missouri. According to the law, the child cannot cross the state border until all the legal mumbo jumbo is complete, even though they only live 20 minutes away! Since we are ghetto and we live in Missouri, the Oman family packed up their stuff (Travis required Jim to bring his X-box... Oh Gahhhh) and they stayed in our basement on our "pee" futon for the first 8 days of Evie's life while waiting for everything to go through.

It was a really neat experience to witness a babies first week of life. We know now what to expect, to a degree. She was a delight and Sarah and Jim weren't so bad themselves. We had a lot of fun; played games, played tennis, watched movies, had a contest to see who showered the least (won't mention the winner), made dinners, played with Evie and mostly watched Travis play X-box... did you know he totally rocks at Halo... that's way hot (not)!


The Oman's were set free to go home and are gone now. We miss them, but to be honest, mostly miss their daughter! After seeing the real Charles family I hope they still want to be friends!

Cute Family

Baby Evie

On the court already

So sleepy!

*PS all comments directed negatively towards Missouri are not meant to be taken seriously... its a great place, home of the Red X!

My Boo

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for you people out there, but Trav is one step closer to practicing medicine. He passed his medical boards this week! Don't worry or flea the country; he still has two years of clinical rotations and two more series of boards to take. He is a genius because he not only passed but he got a little above average on the test. He worked harder for this test than I have ever seen him work! Sorry I nagged so much. I'm so proud of him! Its been a little crazy around here so besides a nice pat on the back from me; we didn't do to much to celebrate. I imagined in my head a huge celebration dinner but just never got around to it... sorry! However; its never too late to celebrate so Trav; if you are reading this we are going to go to a Japanese Steak house to celebrate!

There is your future MD! (PS thanks for the hair cut Brandi, he really needed it!)

I'm so excited to have a fun husband again. We have started playing tennis again (very convenient for him because I'm 6 months prego and not as agile as before). The rest of the Summer is going to ROCK! I declare its the summer of Trav '08.

Its Official...

I think I'm going to have to declare myself a walker from now till after Spud gets here. I tried running Tuesday and failed because my tummy kept cramping up. I thought it was a fluke; or gas so I tried it again yesterday and I felt like I had to hold my tummy the whole time again because I was cramping up. So instead of running I turned on the speed walking. Yes; that is correct; I'm going to be one of those cool people that sways their arms back and forth as fast as possible while taking large swift steps. Maybe I will go and buy a spandex outfit to match; it seems like some of "those" kind of people wear that stuff?

Speed Walking Facts:

• The world's largest registration walking event is the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen.
• You can burn about 440 calories an hour if you weigh 150 pounds and are walking at the brisk pace of 4.5 miles per hour.
• Speed walking was made an official event in the olympics... but then was removed :(
• If competing in a "race walking" competition you always have to have one leg touching the ground. "The advancing leg shall be straightened (i.e. not bent at the knee) from the moment of first contact with the ground until the vertical upright position."

"Going to the Temple, and We're...."

ARIGHT ALREADY!!!! I'm on it, ok? Now that boards are over, my only excuse is I am still in that post-test letdown period while all of my activities are devoted to myself. Milli finds herself even more neglected, oddly, and has to continually pull hair out to get me to update the blog. What better place to do it than gate C45 in the Denver airport? I am stuck here for two hours, more than enough time to get this done. By the way, all of you people I don't quite actually know yet, feel free to comment on how great I am for getting past test season.

Boards are a hard thing for your average medical student. I consider myself one of those. I have to say, though, the odds were stacked against me on these tests. The story starts about 22 years ago, when my brother Wes dropped me on my head, handing me my only concussion in my up-til-now-relatively-accident-free life. How many millions of brain cells were lost on that day only above average medical students may venture to guess. Fast forward to the present summer, when my doofus brother waited 36 years to get married DURING BOARDS WEEK!! I suppose he was just trying to finish off the job that he started so long ago. In response, I guess I roasted him pretty good during my toast at the wedding dinner. Sorry, man, but it was not only a pleasure but a duty of the upmost importance.

Ok, that was the intro. Wes got married! We flew to Utah for a quick weekend wedding fiesta, and left Utah even before they left the state on their honeymoon! We flew two nights before the wedding, and were able to spend wedding eve reacquainting ourselves with my family. The kids are huge, no kidding. We had a neat little wedding dinner at the Lion House near temple square, during which the last batch of "old batchelor" jokes were thrown at Wes. It was kind of a sentimental thing for me; we are all going to have to come up with some new material now!

Wedding day went off without a hitch. The Bountiful temple is gorgeous! During the ceremony, I think Wes had that same cheesy smile that I had plastered all over my face during our wedding. When you're in there, though, it just feels right to smile I suppose. After the wedding, everyone just waited and waited and waited while pictures were being taken. Wow, I don't remember people waiting for Milli and I that long! Seemed like they stuck their faces in front of the camera for a quick pic, and then poof, they were gone! All except for Tammy and Sadie, of course (thanks, ladies).

The backdrop for the reception was impressive. Wish I had a picture, but you will all have to trust me that the view from my brother's place in Glenwild (outside Park City, UT) is hard to beat. There were quite a few friends and family members there, and it was good to see them all. And there was some crazy moves on the dance floor, most provided by the Charles and Wilton families. The top dancers were (in no particular order) Milli, Tracie, and Jesse. The most impressive couples had to be Milli/Jesse and Alex/Shane.

All in all, a good solid trip back to the motherland. Our best wishes to the new couple, we are so happy for the both of you!!!!