Fall Leaves . . . Winter Snows

Today Spencer asked me why he couldn't jump in the leaves any more. I explained to him that the leaves had all fallen off the trees so there were no more to jump in. He was disheartened by this, letting me know that "Leaves were his favorite thing to play in".

Trying to cheer him up I reminded him that it won't be long before the snow comes and he could play in that. He responded by stating "Oh Ya, acutally, snow is my favorite thing to play in" He also added that mabye once it snowed he and daddy can build a snow family like they did last year. So Daddy better gear up for another 2 hours in the snow building the second Corry snow family.

(The extra snow person on the end was Grandma as she was visiting us at the time.)

This one's for Doug

Sorry it has taken so long to get some deer hunt pictures up Doug. Here they are.













As you can see Bob really got into his fire making.

Back home for a few days

We made it back from our whirlwind trip to Ogden. I interviewed at the McKay-Dee family practice residency yesterday and I'm very happy to be back home in good old Cedar City. It was by far the strangest (worst) interview I have had this year. I was initially very impressed with the facility and the curriculum, but as the day wore on I became more and more disinterested in them. I think they became more and more disinterested in me as well. I felt like I was being interviewed because the program is feeling pressure from the state to train rural docs and I fit that profile, but they really weren't too interested in me as a resident. I was also somewhat disappointed with the residents as none of them even seemed to want to put on a happy face and the welcome we got from the hospital (there were 10 applicants there yesterday) was less than warm. In the end I still think McKay-Dee is a great residency and trains great docs, but it is definitely not a good fit for me (or my family). Here's hoping next week goes better at St. Marks and the University of Utah.

Turkey Day

We had a very fun and busy week. The week started out on a plane from Chicago to SLC, but when we finally returned to Cedar City we tried our best to get things back to normal.

The first half of the week was somewhat hectic as I was on call. Taking hospital admissions for all of the family practitioners in Cedar isn't as easy as I had once believed. We were very busy spending close to 3 hours rounding on patients each morning. I'm not complaining because at this stage of my career I love hospital patients because they are interesting (you don't ever want to be an interesting patient). Melissa and the kids saw very little of me Monday-Wednesday.

We left for the Powell household in West Valley (a beautiful suburb of SLC) Wednesday evening arriving just in time to put the kids to bed and get some much needed sleep bef0re the big day. Melissa spent the morning of Thanksgiving helping her mother in the kitchen while I slept, ate, and watched the new Die Hard. It's not hunting rabbits or playing in a turkey bowl, but I enjoyed myself nonetheless. You may think it was a bit unfair that I was able to relax so much while Melissa slaved in the kitchen. You would be right if you are thinking that. She's a good woman (and somewhat of an enabler for me). Ironically I happened to be sitting at the bar on the day after Thanksgiving for lunch and commented to Spencer (sitting next to me) that I was just like him being served lunch by mom. He responded by saying, "That's because we're the men, dad".

As always we had enormous amounts of food, and enough pies to satisfy everyone. Not only did I not watch any football this year, I didn't even care that I didn't watch any football. I am completely apathetic toward the NFL this year. I'm not sure how long that will last, but it may be due to the fact that my favorite team is in the race for the worst team ever and my most hated team is in the race for the best team ever. It's gotten so bad that I'm almost hoping for injuries to the Patriots (I said almost).

We are now safely back in Cedar City and looking forward to putting up our Christmas decorations this evening. I have an interview in Ogden on Tuesday but otherwise this should be a more normal week.

I'm excited for another bad year for the BCS should Hawaii win their bowl game. What a year when the one undefeated team in DIV-I football not only isn't the national champion, but isn't even given a chance to compete for that title. We desperately need a tournament.

4th and 18

Another year another new catch. I can't wait to spend the next 12 months watching replays of the new version of Ute ineptitude. I think its a great plan to cover everybody except the number 1 Cougar receiver and to not only let him slip through the defense, but to allow him to pick up 49 yards. 4th and 18!! I don't even blame the refs for donning their Blue and White during the rest of the final BYU possession. If the Utes can't stop the Cougs on 4th and 18 they deserve to be called for phantom penalties.

4th and 18 what a joke.