Thursday, July 31, 2008

More Gamma Pics


Here are more ultrasound pics. I have to say that this 4-D imaging is pretty cool. Pretty amazing if you want to know the truth. They have never done this kind of ultrasound for us before so it was really fun to get these pictures of Alex's little brother. The mystery in the belly.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Who knew?

blog readability test
So, I saw this test on a friend's blog and I thought it would be interesting. Who knew?

Friday, July 25, 2008

Health Care Around the World

Permit me a moment to stand on my soapbox.

A couple years ago I took a course at GMU called "Biomedical Ethics". The course was quite interesting and I was assigned to give a presentation on Managed Care. I really learned a lot about health care around the world. I know a lady at church who has a million dollars in medical bills, and the care she received was sub-standard. She suffers from the poor treatment still.
This is not just a political issue, but for many of us it is a personal issue. Health care decisions often shape our life-changing decisions. How many of us have chosen a certain job because of health care benefits? When to have a child? Staying at a job we despise? My hope is that Americans will be more proactive in speaking up for health care reform. We are the people, so therefore we are the government.

If you are interested, here is a link to a very interesting NPR series on health care.


Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sorry No Pictures

This post is more reflective than anything else. I've been taking a few free minutes to read the blogs of my friends and family. I really and truly do enjoy reading all of your blogs. Kids, dogs, vacations, and crazy hijinks all make me feel more connected. But, it has also made me reflect on how much I am missing. Erin and I are now in the fifth new ward since we married six years ago. Everywhere I go I get to make new friends and then I move (or my ward gets redistricted). I'm trying not to get despair by giving up on new friends, but our next move is looming within the year. I'm starting to wish that we would stay someplace for more than a year or two. I just don't know when that will be. Hopefully we will settle before Alex starts school (three years away).