Derm Rotations - Missouri and Texas

dan is almost done with his second away rotation and has really liked both programs. he spent 4 weeks at Mizzou in Columbia, Missouri (technically 3 because they let him come home for a week for the funerals), and he's starting his 4th week at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. i got to visit him in both cities and it was fun to see our potential "future homes".

i went to missouri about a month ago, and we did so much in such a short amount of time. we ate at the flat branch twice which was SO good! we walked the katy trail, visited rock bridge state park, and had a nice little picnic at a local winery overlooking the missouri river. we had planned to go to a popular farmer's market and then church sites on the way to the airport but found out about the plane crash and changed our plans. all in all it was beautiful, so green!

texas was a lot of fun also, because madison was able to come and we were a whole family again! we were told there is nothing to do in lubbock so everyone goes out to eat and the wait is always really long. we ate at texas roadhouse - after a 1 1/2 hour wait! we tried out another restaurant called abuelos and it was sooo good! luckily they have one in chandler so we can eat there in az now.

we went to the science spectrum, a kids museum and it was so fun! they had kid's zone with lots of stuff perfect for madison's age - she had a blast! my cousin annie lives in lubbock with her husband and kids and we got together with them a couple of times. madison LOVED playing with conor and taylor. thanks annie! we went to the mall one evening and dan let madison ride one of those little electronic cars and she got so MAD when it stopped (see pics below). it was a fun trip - and madison got to sleep in mom and dad's bed EVERY night. fun for her, not so much for us. she rolls all over, all night long!

madison was excited to see our cats when we got home to az and even shared her blocks with socks! she's growing up too fast!