Now that exams are over and we have a chance to come up for air from the stresses of school, we find ourselves with more free time than we know what to do with. We have become so accustomed to the fact that our nights and weekends are consumed by studying, writing papers and reading about how to treat patients that now it seems odd to have all this free time for a month. However, we absolutely love this time of year to be able to go travel and see family and friends. This also gives us time to update our blog and share some events from this past fall.
It started in August with a couple getaways before the full load of school hit. The first was an outdoor man retreat to a small cabin in the woods near Newnan, Ga with the guys from our bible study. The next was our fun little get away to Helen, Ga to celebrate our one year anniversary. College football and intramural flag football were also a big part of the fall semester that allowed us an outlet and kept us sane from the stresses of school. Natalie completed two clinical rotations throughout this semester, one with the Richmond County school system and one with Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Paul received news that he will have his next clinical rotation as an intern for the UGA football team next fall for the whole football season (16 weeks) so we will be residents of Athens. Overall, it has been a great semester and a great beginning of our second year of marriage. Here are a few random pictures from the past couple of months.
The whole group at the "mantreat"
Skeet shooting at the "mantreat"
Downtown Helen
Our room that overlooked the river in Helen.
Taking in the beautiful scenery.
DPT 2010 "Unstable Cavitation"
MCG Intramural Flag Football Champions 2008
This is a team Paul played on "you can call me doctor" that was put together to represent MCG at the Georgia State Flag Football tournament in Athens. All the teams there called them the old guys because they were the only graduate school in the tournament of 54 teams. They ended up making it to the top 8 teams. Not bad for a bunch of "old guys".
Paul making faces at Matthew
Jazzy absolutely loves Matthew because nobody else in the family will sit on her level and feed her ice (her favorite) from a cup.
"Here Jasmine, we can just share the whole cup but try not to get your head stuck" -Matthew
This was the night before the Irelands left Augusta to their next phase in Birmingham, AL where Chris will be doing his clinical rotation at Spain Rehab.
Natalie and friends at a Christmas get together.
