Family

It's been a while since I've blogged, so here's a little recap of what's happened in the past 6 weeks. We've been busy with work and school and lots of family fun!! This first picture is at the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu. Jason took me there for my birthday and it was really fun. This was a pretty cool mosaic.

Jannae, Victor, and kids came and stayed with us the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was so good to see them. We had lots of fun playing at the beach, visiting UCLA, and playing games. Kyler, Alyssa and Kara had a great time getting to help Uncle Jason at the lab. They thought it was pretty cool.


I think Kara's more into the photo shoot than the skilled dentistry being performed by her brother!! What a cutie! We hope they'll come again soon!!

Since I had to work Thanksgiving this year, we headed to Ridgecrest the day after to be with Grandma and Grandpa Grattan. We had a nice visit and were able to help make pear-raspberry jam with Grandma, watch lots of football, and do a little black Friday shopping!!


This past week I went to Spokane to see family and get my fill of winter, and it was a blast!! I loved every minute of the cold and snow. My sister Becca was also in town with her two kids, so that was a bonus. Micah and Emmett were so dang cute together. They are both such sweet little boys and were so much fun to play with. I already miss them!!





We had the Thomson and Deakins kids over for a slumber party one night. It was a little crazy, but super fun making crafts, playing Monopoly, and eating lots of pizza!! I wish we could do this more often!


Since Sarah was in Hawaii, we were staying at her place with Josh and Hailey. They live in such a beautiful area. This is their backyard, where the kids played in the snow for hours! We saw deer, quail, and wild turkey. It was so peaceful and relaxing there. A bit different than L.A.!!

I also got to spend a little time with my Dad and Peggy. We ate some yummy Mexican food and then spent the afternoon shopping. It was nice to see them and their new place.

Mae and Micah and Me by Sarah's Christmas tree!

My last night there, I got to make sugar cookies with Amy's kids. Kade had a blast rolling out and cutting the dough. He also had a great time piling on the frosting and licking his sugar covered fingers!! What fun! Can't wait to go again.

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!
We celebrated Halloween last night with a group of friends from the ward. We had a lot of fun and everyone did a great job dressing up! We started the night out by stuffing ourselves at BJ's (which is always super delish!), then we went back to Kylie and Daniel's apartment and filled ourselves with more yumminess. We made gourmet caramel apples and ate lots of yummy desserts then let it all settle in during a movie. We had lots of fun!!

The whole gang at BJ's. The kids at the restaurant loved our group and I think the other adults were surprised we weren't drunk! ;) I'm just kidding. However, I do think some were trying to figure out what group of sober adults wear modest Halloween costumes and no one in the group is drinking!

Waiting for our meal while Jason enjoys a little cigar.

Pretty sweet cigar, huh?! Nothing like a little second hand smoke in my face.

Matt and Ashley Marianno, our cute Irish couple. They looked awesome in their sweet green attire!

Steven and Keeley Johnson made an awesome Popeye and Olive Oil!!

Ms. Frizzle (from the magic school bus) with her jack-o-lantern side kick. We were all impressed by Cheryl's creativity and Kirk was a good sport for dressing up and even sticking out his stomach for the picture!!

Daniel and Hope made the best Mr. Miyagi and the karate kid. We especially liked Mr Miyagi's goatee!

I'm pretty sure Kylie and Daniel made an even cuter Jessie and Woody than the originals!

Yes, we are alive...and well

After numerous messages, e-mails, and missed calls from my best friend wondering if I am still alive, I decided to let everyone else whom I have neglected to keep in touch with as well, know we are still alive. (And of course, I did call her back and talk for a good hour!) Life in the Scott household has been rather busy. Jason is working his tail off in dental school and is doing quite well. Today he came home from school with his mouth completely numb after he and his buddies practiced injecting each other- what fun! (and I thought the things we did to each other in nursing school were bad...) As for me, I have been working a lot and enjoying life in L.A.

Luckily, during Jason's break in August, we were able to take a week away from L.A. and visit family in Spokane. We had such a great time, it was so hard to leave!!

Huckleberry ice cream...heavenly!! It was so fun to hang out with mom. We all stuffed ourselves at the annual Pig Out in the Park at Riverfront Park and enjoyed every minute of it!!

Now this is vacation!! One of our favorite things was spending Labor day weekend at Sullivan Lake with two of my sisters and their families. There was hardly anyone around, making it a night and day difference from L.A. and we loved every minute of it!! We had such a great time just chillin' with family! We enjoyed the sun, the slight rain, eating lots and lots of yummy food, and most of all, just sitting around the campfire and catching up.

My cute sister Sarah and her son Josh just hangin' out.

This picture says it all!! Kade is such a fun, energetic kid. I'm not sure I've met a funnier, more mischievous, sweet (on his terms) kid than Kade. I miss this little boy so much!!

Emmett was such a trooper. I think he loved being outside as much as the rest of us. What a sweet boy!!

Hailey, Katya, and Josh enjoying the fire and drying their pants after fishing in the creek with Uncle Jason. They were also quite worn out from shooting their bow and arrows all day, that their Uncle Jake made them.

Me and the kiddos. The smoke from the fire kinda messed this picture up a little, but at least we got one together. (my camera battery died after the first few hours and unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures with my sisters or with Jason)

Of course we had to do a silly face picture. (funny that we all stuck our tongues out!)

After camping, we were able to visit with my sister Amelia and her family for a little while and catch up with their busy lives. Man have her kids grown!! That night we met Dave, Lori, and the kids for dinner. This was the night before they started home school and they were all ecstatic!!

The girls were both missing several teeth and had to show Jason!!

The rest of the pictures are of Jason's 6 day backpacking trip in the Sierra's. This fish above is the reason they went on this specific hike. The golden trout is a beautiful fish that is native to California and is only found in certain areas, especially at high elevation. Jason went with his buddy Kirk and they had a great time hiking and fishing.

Very pretty. (who knew California could be so pretty... ;)
What a stud!!


Kirk and his prized golden!!

Big Bear

Jason had a two week break in June between quarters. Unfortunately, I still had to work, but we were able to escape for a few days up to Big Bear Lake here in California. We had a wonderful time and loved every minute of being in the mountains. The air was fresh, the lake was beautiful, and you could see the stars at night. It was great!!

Jason fished a little bit, but only had his fly rod, so it didn't last too long, especially with the breeze that day. But we still had fun hiking along the lake and eating our picnic and simply enjoying the outdoors.



One day we went to the local farmers market and saw that there was a forest fire not far from us. It was neat to watch the helicopter and the plane work to put it out. Fortunately they were successful and the fire was contained pretty fast.

You can't see too well, but the helicopter is dropping the water on the flames. He would then quickly fly down to the lake and hover while he sucked up more water to drop. It was amazing how accurate they were. Pretty fascinating for some reason.

The last night, our friends Kylie and Daniel came up. We went out to dinner and a local BBQ restaurant and played games. The next morning we watched the U.S. world cup came, then went to the lake. We decided to rent a little fishing boat and headed out on the lake for a few hours. It was a little windy, and unfortunately we all got our thighs fried! I guess the reflection from the boat and the lake was a nasty combination or something. My muscles even ached from the sun burn for the next few days. But, we had a lot of fun and were glad the Johnson's were able to join us! We also found a little candy shop in town that became one of our favorite places. They make homemade everything there! It was yummy and we can't wait to go back! It's nice knowing there is somewhere relaxing, in the mountains not too far from here!! Big Bear was a huge hit for us!!

One Year Down

Congratulations Jason!!

The first year of dental school is officially over and Jason did awesome! After watching Jason's dedication at BYU and preparing for dental school, I knew I had married a hard working, self-motivated man. However, after watching him work so hard through his first year of dental school, I have seen a whole new level of persistence and dedication. I could never study the amount of material and for the length of time that he does. But his ability to exceed the demands of an intense dental program isn't what amazes me the most. What I don't understand is how he is able to excel in such a challenging program and still make time for me. I feel so blessed to have a husband who always makes me feel loved and important even when he is under a great deal of stress. I couldn't ask for more. Way to go Jayce!!

Gardening in Southern California

We are so excited!! Yesterday we planted our garden. Small, yes. But it's ours and we are excited to try out our green thumbs (or lack of...who knows) here in L.A. The apartments we live in offer few of these little garden spots. We got the awkward shaped one on the end, but we're ok with it. We had fun picking out our veggies to plant yesterday, and then it only took about a half hour to fertilize and plant it all- the benefit of having a small garden (and it won't take long to weed either!!)

Looking down the row of gardens. You can't really see ours too well, but these will be our fellow gardener's plots. Maybe this will be a good way to meet some of the neighbors we haven't meet yet. I'm sure our harvest will be plenty to share with all, right?! ;)

We only planted 7 plants. Of course we did 2 kinds of tomatoes, 3 bell peppers
(we eat lots of bell peppers), 1 zucchini (Jason made me choose between zucchini and squash), and.....

STRAWBERRIES!!!
We probably won't get much from just one plant, but we had to try it out. We hear they grow great here in Cali. So, we'll see. Hooray for our first California garden!!