Spooky Dinner!

And here comes our obligatory Halloween post...

We spent Halloween chillaxin' at Greg and Brianna's place.

They made a spooktacular dinner with scary shapes and orange cupcakes.

My favorite part of the evening was giving out candy to trick-or-treaters. Because there were two couples present, each visitor received twice the normal amount of candy.

Of course, what Halloween meal would be complete without grilled pineapple?

Rachel being great, like always.

Woot! Woot!

We were accepted to medical school!! Yay! We were really excited to hear back so soon (this is the first week you start hearing back). So here are the schools we've been accepted to so far...

UT San Antonio

Ohio State

UC San Diego

Another Milestone!

By far the most important event of this past week was our 3-Monthiversary. Every moment since our wedding has been exciting and wonderful. This time has been the happiest of our lives by far.

Houston, Ya'all!

The interview circuit brought me to Houston this past weekend, where I managed to squeeze two schools into one day. I interviewed in the morning at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UT Houston) and, in the afternoon, at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).

My day lasted from 7:30 am until 7:00 pm, and it would have been longer if I hadn't skipped out on the Baylor sponsored gathering at a local pub that night.

UT Houston

Baylor

The two schools are actually located within a two hundred yards of each other. They are both located within the Texas Medical Center- the largest medical district in the world (yes, everything is bigger in Texas). Its 45 medical institutions (among them 13 hospitals and 2 specialty institutions) provide more than enough clinical training opportunities for students of both schools.

The commons buildings, just one of many impressive places at the TMC.

One of the two 65-foot waterfalls flanking the commons building. Behind that you can see MD Anderson, the #1 cancer hospital in the country. Pretty Impressive.

I stayed with the Anthons- friends that used to live in my parents ward in California. They were such gracious hosts, driving me into the city and everywhere I needed to be. Larry (or "Doc") took me out to dinner to celebrate the successful completion of a very busy day of interviewing. Thanks Larry and Susan!

Autumn in Provo

Having grown up in Southern California, living in Utah can be a bit of an adjustment. One novelty has definitely been living through four distinct seasons. As Autumn now unfolds on us, I thought I'd take a minute to review some of the cool things there are to do during this time of year in Provo:

BYU football (of course)


Corn Maze, or as I like to call it, "the Maize Maze"
[Doesn't Rachel look soooo cute in this picture?]

Drive through Provo Canyon and check out the leaves.


Speaking of leaves, you can always play in them too!

Celebwation

Friday was our 2-monthiversary. Yay!

Another Trip, whew!

Austin just got back from another round of interviews. On Monday he was in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio State University, and on Tuesday he visited Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN (above). For some reason he only took pictures at Vanderbilt and decided not to include himself in any of them.

A statue on the undergraduate campus. The place was filled with beautiful green trees punctuated by buildings in the distinguished architectural style you would expect at a university in the South.

While he was there, he checked out a couple of other places:

Took a break between interviews to watch the local sushi place burn down.

Apparently we're so important that the medical school has dedicated an entire building to researching us!

Austin was most impressed with their global health program. Here's a close-up on the map of some places their students have visited as part of a school-funded research program.