Brazil

Anyone interested in seeing the rest of our Brazil trip, I have posted the pictures on picasa. There are a ton of them so they didn't make the blog. Here is the link
http://picasaweb.google.com/jillespie/BrazilTrip2010#
Enjoy!

Ohio update

Mom and Dad- here are some pictures of our place.. finally. The other is at Ross' white coat ceremony.

Brazil Trip!

As a last hoorah before we both go back to school this fall, Ross and I decided to go on a trip to Brazil. We were there for 2 weeks, and had a blast. We went to Rio De Janeiro for the first few days,to see the Christ statue and go to the beach. Unfortunately it rained the whole time we were there, so we ended up wearing ponchos to the beach. We went to the Maracana Stadium, where the next world cup will be, and saw a Brazilian soccer game. The fans were crazy. They lit off fireworks in the stadium. After that we went to the Amazon for 4 days and saw tons of animals, cool plants, and spent a day with an Indian tribe. They selected Ross to wear their palm leaf skirt and do a ritual dance with them. He was so embarrassed, but it was absolutely hilarious. After that we went to Iguazu Falls, which were awesome. I could not believe how much water there was, and it just went on forever. Finally we went Curitiba where Ross served his mission. We visited some of the families that he taught, and went to the temple there. That was really cool, because it was still being built when he left, so he got to see it completed. We had so many pictures that it would take forever to load them all, so here are the few I picked from our trip.

Future Buckeyes!

We received some very exciting news today. Ross was accepted to Ohio State Medical School for this fall. It's been his life long dream to be a Buckeye, and it looks like it's coming true. We will both be attending school there this fall, and may even get to have a couple of classes together. He surprised me and told me by filling our apartment with red balloons and was wearing his OSU shirt when I got home from work. I'm a little dense and took a minute to get it. We are so excited though, and will love living so close to his family.

AZ Wedding

A couple of weeks ago we got to go home to Mesa for my sister Nicole's wedding. It was fun to see everyone.

Ross' Graduation

Last week Ross finished up his days at BYU. It was a lot of fun to have both of our parents in town, as well as Ross' sister. Even though we've still got a long road ahead of us, it is exciting to be done with this step.

Finally succeeded at making homemade rolls

So I have attempted several times to make homemade rolls, since they are my all-time favorite thing to eat. Every time they have turned out more like rock hard biscuits that go straight to the garbage. Tonight was different though. I made some of the most delicious rolls ever. I know they were actually good because we ate every last one.

Yesterday Ross and I helped out at the Man Expo- a big show that my brother put together. We helped run a couple of booths, including a demolition zone. People could pay to take a baseball bat to a couple of old cars and unleash their rage.