Final Football Season

Well Brandon finished yet another season of Flag Football.  He put the team together, and it was a bunch of guys from his class, so it was really fun to know everyone (and their wives) on the team.  Monday night was the Championship game, but before they made it to the Champs, they had to play in two single-elimination playoff games (at 7PM and 9PM)...and then they would play their Championship game at 10:30PM!  Doesn't the U know that these guys have families and babies that won't last past 10PM??  Tenley tried her very best to stay up, but after the 7PM game, her attitude started going down as fast as the sun was setting. So, we missed out on the games, but Brandon said the Championship game was close, but they were just too tired to pull out a win.  And...judging by the purple toenail and humongous blister on the bottom of his foot, I'm pretty sure he was more than just tired.  More like, his feet could not make one final "juke" on the field. Wish I coulda' been there :)

Had to bring the camera on the last game-day to make it seem like I had been documenting these games for the past month!

 Here's our little flag girl.  She always knew where the pile of flags were and always requested that I put one on her for the duration of the evening.  Then we would play repeat games of "Mommy is going to pull your flag" as she would run away laughing.

This shoulder ride was brought to you by Tenley's ornery behavior, like I've said before...shoulder ride from Daddy = instant happiness 

And, cute picture of Tenley and hilarious of Brandon.  A part of me thinks he is thinking, "I have two games left to play, and my wife is going home to go to bed." Sorry honey, this is what happens when we're not 23 anymore. 

Pre-game stretch.  Most of his teammates had no idea that he will be 30 years old this year.  He still has some amazing athleticism, and seriously is one good looking man....but pictures like these remind us that our hot man is getting old! 

It took me 9 seasons of flag-football to learn that I just need to take pictures of when they are walking.  Action pictures never turn out for me.  

Here is Brandon's weekly support club.  Marquelle is the BEST sister and even stayed for the 10:30PM game in our honor.  

This is Tenley's little buddy Easton.  They would always run up to each other and hug, and then go play on the forbidden pole-vault mats together.  I was grateful for Easton to keep her occupied and not running into the field every two minutes. 

It really is so much fun to watch him play football.  It is just his "element"...and you can just tell how happy Brandon is when he is on the field.  Brandon has to hang up his cleats for real life now.  Pretty bittersweet, because he realizes that the 3rd and 4th year of medical school has no real schedule, so he can't commit to a specific night.  $30 bucks says that he will still find a way to play and I will be blogging again from the field in September 2012.

Prom

If you're a long-time reader of our blog (which let's be honest, unless you're family, you're probably not even reading this) you will remember this post wherein I beg and plead with my husband of ONE year (back in 2008) to please, please PLEASE take me to the BYU Homecoming Dance. Well, flash forward to my husband of almost FIVE years and you will get this exchange:

B: Our Med School is having a Prom, and I think it would be fun if we went to it.

E: (Speechless) (Jaw Dropped on the Floor) (Brain immediately thinking of every outfit I own that will resemble a Prom Dress)

That's about how it went, he needn't convince me to go! So, we asked our friends who live above us (the Loves) if they wouldn't mind having their Friday Night Date night in our apartment and we would provide the snacks and movie. Tenley was already asleep before the dance started (because hello! We do cool things like leave our house after 7PM sometimes!), so they didn't even really have to "babysit", more like "supervise".

I got all gussied up and wore my old bridesmaids dress from Tiffany's wedding, and we set out for our fun "Night Out".

Our first picture depicts us out after dark (notice the background) with the EMPTY car seat in the back. We have a "date night" every Friday night, but it almost always consists of dinner and snuggling up to "Shark Tank" and "Grimm" after Tenley goes to sleep....but we try to go out once a month Tenley-free. Here is the proof:

The Dance invitation said that it started at 8:30PM, so of course we thought we should be prompt and be there at 8:30! Note the empty dance floor behind us.....turns out we didn't get the memo that it's not cool to come to dances early even AFTER you're graduated from High School. I mean, I knew that was the cool rule back in HS, but I just thought once you were adults you show up on time to things because you are just THAT excited to be there :)

The real party started when all of the Second Year Med Students started showing up. Brandon has such an awesome class, everyone gets along SO well and they are all so down-to-earth. We had so much fun, even if it meant that we were the 1 out of 5 couples sober in the club. (yes, a CLUB...with a DJ...and candles....)

Turns out, I either a) have forgotten how to dance since EFY, or b) never really knew how to dance but thought that snapping and clapping was cool back in 2005. We had so much fun though, and it was a great break from the day-to-day routine we have been in.

I was a little bummed that we didn't wear a boutonniere/corsage and equally disappointed that they didn't crown a Prom King/Queen, but aside from that...I finally had my first real PROM Date, ten years later. And you know what, it was worth the wait.

Eggs and Playgrounds

March can pretty much be summed up with Easter Egg Hunts and going on long runs to find our favorite playgrounds. For Brandon, his March can be summed up with Studying for the Boards (June 22!), studying in the library, spending time with Tenley and me, and playing flag football.

First off, we have Tenley venturing around on a new playground that we found. Although it goes without saying, that no matter how cool the park that we find, she prefers her old blue and yellow playground (setting = our front window).
Annnnd, the rest of these pictures will be proof of the FOUR Easter Egg Hunts that Tenley went to. Needless to say, she knows exactly what the use of a plastic egg is = candy. And since I was in charge of our apartment Egg Hunt, we had about 400 plastic eggs in our house at one point. Tenley was in heaven, although she would get so frustrated when the eggs were either: a) empty, or b) only had a sticker in it. So Mommy got smart and started filling the eggs with raisins, grapes, cheese, goldfish, etc....just to keep her happy. Worked like a charm.

First up, Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Papa and Grandma Eva's house:

Here's our little Easter Bunny in her Easter Dress....never got around to taking official pics because she had a meltdown the day I was planning on it. Such is life.

Here are our cute nieces/nephew. The older girls didn't think they were "young" enough to hunt for eggs....made me feel bad since I still wanted to find the eggs myself. Grow up.

Second up, we have the Annual Wilkinson Egg Hunt.

This is Tenley's cousin Mckynlee (as blogged about before), they are only 1 month apart but COULD BE TWINS. Must be related.

Tenley on the hunt with Uncle Mark

And here's Grandmother helping her out with the eggs. She didn't like the "put them in the basket" concept so much as she liked the "shake them and open them and eat them" concept.

And, lastly our Annual Apartment Egg Hunt (didn't get pictures of the fourth Egg Hunt we did with the Med School wives, because I was seriously egg-xhausted...yes, I've been waiting to say that).

Our little bunny getting ready to do her business

I just LOVE this picture of Tenley (littlest one in the yellow) and all of her neighbor-friends. These kids seriously are the cutest, and every time we walk out of our apartment we always hear, "Tenley!" and they come running up to her. She has about 40 friends just as we walk outside, needless to say, they are all 4+ years older than her too. She'll learn to be wise at a young age.