Our California Vacation

A few months ago my Mom's side of the family had a Fish family reunion. It was fun and I got to know a lot more about that side of my family. While we were at the reunion we actually met one of my Mom's cousins that is going to medical school right now at Western University in California to become a DO (doctor of Osteopathy). This is exactly what Jared wants to become. We were excited to meet a family member who could tell us more about what we are getting ourselves into. Well, he had a lot of great advice and he invited us to go stay with his family for a weekend to visit the med school. We got there Thursday and Jared spent the day with my cousin looking around the school.

Friday we went to the beach. Caleb thought the water was too cold so we played in the sand together. He seemed to love it.



Saturday we spent the day at the park and riding moutain bikes. There were some really beautiful trails.

We came home this morning and I can't believe our vacation is already over. I have been looking forward to it for a long time and now we are already home. It was a fun weekend though and I'm glad we were able to go. We definitely learned a lot while staying with Boyce and Downi and their family. They have been though so much to get to where they are today. They have a neat story. Their story gives us hope that we will be able to make it also. This morning when we left their family, Boyce also had to leave his family for an entire month. He is going all over the country looking for a place to do his residency. Once he gets back he will be home for a little while and then he is leaving for another two months. I know that things like this are in our future if we go to medical school and I know it will be hard. It will be worth it though, because although many things in life are hard, in the end hard work pays off.