Dr. Talbot

Brent spent all day Monday in orientation, then OU had a white coat ceremony that night at the Methodist Church across from the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial in downtown. It was a cool ceremony where all the students took the doctor's oath and received their white coats. Of course, the cute little dentist who gave Brent his coat was really little! She couldn't even reach his shoulders!

OU presenters explained the white coat ceremony became a part of the beginning of school instead of the end in 1993. Brent looked so handsome and noble in his doctor's coat. I can't believe we're here and finally starting dental school! It doesn't seem quite real.

OOOOOklahoma, where the wind comes....

... rushing down the plains! Yup, it's definitely flat here. However, I don't really notice it in the city. There's tons of green trees and rolling hills. We noticed it most in Texas. Although I must admit I was really disoriented for a couple of days and couldn't figure out which way was north, etc. We certainly miss Cedar City, but I can see us learning to like it here. We definitely miss our old place (we've cut down a bedroom and lots of storage), but we're living at the Lincoln at Central Park apartments, which are really nice. We love the location. We're straight up the road from the state capital and only four miles from the dental school.

We arrived Wednesday afternoon and lived in an empty apartment until our trailer got here on Friday. We had some wonderful volunteers from our new ward help us; we couldn't have done it without them! We're pretty much settled. I still need to dig into some boxes in our room, and there's two or three more piles of boxes. We just need to go find us a couch and we're good to go!

And for those of you who heard, my Utah driver's license had expired. I guess I should have renewed it before I left because it's been the biggest pain to get it here -- I had to retake all the tests! But -- YEEHAH! -- I did pass and I am once again able to drive. :) Brent started anatomy on Tuesday. His brain has been a little fried, but he's already working hard and I'm sure he'll get into the swing of things.

Albuquerque

We stopped in Albuquerque for a day to take a break on our way to Oklahoma. Brent's sister, Angie, treated us to an Isotopes game Monday night. We sat on the grass and chased Drew around. Then we went to sit by Angie's friends in these awesome seats along the third base line for the 9th inning. Sorry -- no pics! I forgot my camera!

On Tuesday, we went to Tingley Beach, which isn't a beach but some ponds where you can fish and feed ducks. We fed the ducks Drew's cereal snacks; he did pretty well throwing the cereal out the to ducks. Go figure: he has a great arm!

At Tingley Beach, they have a little train that goes from there to an aquarium then to the zoo and back. We rode it around and Drew seemed to really enjoy it.

The engineer let Drew go into the engine!

We went swimming at Angie's apartment complex, but, of course, as soon as we did the clouds came out. After Angie got off work, we walked up to downtown and ate at this little pizza/pasta bar. Thanks Angie! We had a blast!

Roadtrip to Oklahoma

We had two long days in the car on the way Oklahoma last week, with a day off in between to stay with Brent's sister, Angie, in Albuquerque. We enjoyed the scenery in Arizona and even crossed over part of the Grand Canyon. We had to stop and take a picture. This is at the Navajo Bridge.

Drew did well and enjoyed watching DVDs on our little player and spent a lot of time sleeping and eating (or stuffing his food into the corners of his chair).

Sarah and Brennon

Sarah and Brennon were married on June 19 in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. It was a wonderful, long day! :)





Brent and Drew were out by the time we got to the luncheon!!





It takes so much energy being this cute! Drew enjoyed the reception just because there were so many people to talk to and so much space for running around!





Drewby loves his Aunt Sarah!

Uncle Ken's and Aunt Shari's

We got to spend a night at Ken and Shari's in Lehi on June 18, the night before my sister's wedding. Drew LOVED it! They have a swingset and a pool; I think Drew was in heaven. Plus, my niece Shay was practicing her golf, so there were balls all over the backyard. Thanks again for letting us stay!

Moving on...

So we're coming down to our last week in Cedar City. We're in the middle of boxes, so you'll have to check back for a new picture later. We're outta here on June 23. We'll miss everyone so much! Check back soon for news from Oklahoma City!