Update with Life - 4 Months Behind

I hope to get better about blogging.  A 4 month break wasn’t necessarily my idea of sharing our lives, but we’ve been quite busy.  Let’s see…I’ve graduated PA school, took and passed my boards and even began working for the same doctor I rotated with just prior to graduation.  Unfortunately it didn’t work out, and I was only employed 3 short weeks. So now I’m back on the job hunt.

Bear and I were also able to go on a few trips.  Mostly camping and visiting Mom and Dad Cummings in San Diego, but we had one big trip to Scotland & Ireland in the beginning of September.  And let me say, it was fantastic!  It rained quite a bit, but it was absolutely beautiful and green.  We were in the Highlands of Scotland, filled with waterfalls and castle ruins, and mainly the South in Ireland, visiting the infamous Blarney Castle and Cliffs of Moher. 

So this post is to update everyone a little on what we've been up to, with pictures!

Camping on the Mogollon Rim

Visiting Mom & Dad Cummings in San Diego (4^th of July weekend)

Jerome, AZ

Celebrating graduation, Joe's Crab Shack

They made me scream: "My crabs are having a FIESTA"

Somewhere in The Highlands, Scotland. 

This pub won “Best Pub of the Year” in 1709. (Note the waterfall behind!)

Irish Coast

Birthday celebration.  Let me explain some things first.  I miss birthday cake.  Not necessarily the sugary sweet confection itself, but the nostalgia that comes with it.  Food really is a way to connect with people, and going out to a special birthday dinner and celebrating with cake for dessert just means happiness.  So anyway, Bear made, and Mom decorated, this gluten-free hazelnut birthday cake (Recipe Here).  The "frosting" was simply cream and kefir.  I LOVED it, and everyone ate a piece, although I think everyone else was just being polite.

Dinner at Coal Burger.  Bear and I both got a 1/2 lb grass-fed beef burger on a lettuce bun, sweet potato fries fried in rice oil (not quite sure what that means yet), and an organic chocolate gelato milkshake (ah, well, we're still playing with dairy after all...)

A home cooked birthday dinner! I feel so loved by all of the birthday-ness I celebrated this year.  Tricia came over and we had grass-fed beef short rib stroganoff,  a sweet potato, and red wine

Hiking Abineau-Bear Jaw trail, Flagstaff, Arizona (10/14/11).  We could not believe there was so much snow!

And the pups have been eating their form of a paleo diet now for over 4 months.  We've seen the most improvements with Cai.  He has put on some weight and is definitely less itchy; the rust stains by his mouth and paws (from licking) have disappeared.  Elinor seems about the same so far, but they're both very happy and healthy.  We have pork brisket, chicken backs and necks, duck neck, and chicken offal in the freezer right now for them. YUM.

Elinor

Caillou