A new kind of family....

So....this picture is a picture of most of our orientation group (minus Jen, Ava, Erin, Harley, & Damon) including our Orientation Leader (OL), Amy--in the middle holding the sign she made--after the 1st semesters white coat ceremony. Through this week and last night, some of us were talking about having a cookout at the beach with our orientation group and are planning something for later this afternoon (either at the beach or possible at Jen and Jason's place) and I'm just excited about us all getting together. During orientation and still now, we've become a sort of surrogate family for each other since we're all in the same situation and at least a thousand miles or so away from our homes and families! It's been really nice having people around us that we can count on and spend time with...so far it's made being away from home and loved ones bearable and sometimes we even have a lot of fun together! There are also a couple of families with kids other than us, so it's nice to have people to talk about the kids with and to have other kids for Isaiah to play with sometimes. So...hopefully our little potluck group cookout will work out and we'll get to have a nice evening together!

I guess this is going to be a short post because Isaiah woke up early from his nap and is now crawling on me and trying to kill the laptop! I'll post soon and let you know how the "new family" get together goes this evening!

Love to all!!! We miss you! :)