So it's been quite awhile since my last post. Since then a lot has happened and there is no way I could possible tell you everything so I will just sum it up. In March we took a trip to Utah. I had a wedding cake that I made and just made a long trip out of it. Ryan came the end of the month for his spring break and we spent Easter there and celebrated Rafe's 3rd birthday with my family and Ryan and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. We had a great time there and we did a lot!! In April, we celebrated Rafe's birthday with his friends here in Colorado. Rafe started gymnastics and he LOVES it! He loves his coach and loves doing flips, a.k.a., front and back rolls. Ryan continued to study and work hard in school and did AWESOME!! May has come and is almost gone. Ryan finished his last semester of his 2nd year of Med. School and, like I said before, he did AWESOME!! We are so proud of him! He has been taking a Kaplan course to help prepare for the Boards, which he will be taking on June 14th. He just took a practice Boards test yesterday and did really well on it. He was very happy with his score. His Kaplan course ended yesterday and so now he has a few weeks to study study study until he takes the actual Boards test. Finn is growing so fast and in a month will be one year old. I can't believe it!!! This past year has gone by faster than I could have imagined. Finn is almost walking and is starting to say words. He says, "Hi!" to everyone and is learning and developing so well. I have been continuing to run when I can and still plan on running my first 5K. I just have to choose which race I want to run. I have a new found love in running.....which is so weird because my whole life, I've never cared to run long distances. I was mostly a sprinter but I very much enjoy running with my boys. So that is it for now. I will try to be better at posting more frequently.
Ryan and I met in 1999 as freshman at Southern Virginia University where we fell in love. Ryan served a 2 year mission in the Philippines, 2000-2002, while I did one more year at SVU, worked, and waited for him to get home. We were married in April 2003 and moved to Orem, UT where Ryan attended BYU and I worked at America First Credit Union to help put him through school. Four years later we welcomed our little boy into the world. Rafe William Parks was born April 8, 2007. Ryan graduated from BYU August 2007 and we moved to Mtn. Green to live with my parents and save some money for medical school. We moved to Colorado in June 2008 where Ryan is attending Medical School at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is doing Med. School through the Air Force and is a 2nd Lt. I am very proud to have my husband in the military. I have so much respect for those in the military. We bought a condo in Parker, CO and love where we live. We are expecting our second baby boy in July. We are one happy little family.