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Well the last pictures were from July and last update was over 6 weeks ago, so I (aaron) thought it was time to update! Aug. was filled will a lot of studying and I also took my boards the end of August. I got my scores back about 2 weeks ago and I passed!!! Praise the Lord and thank you Sonya for praying so much. Sept. I was in Geriatrics which was better than studying all day or being in school but I don't think i want to do that as a career! I love the patients though it was just kindof slow as far as learning medicine goes.

October 1st I began Surgery in a small community hospital in Pulaski, VA about 30 min. from our home. It is fantastic. 1st day i was putting stitches in a belly after a gallbaldder removal. Since then i've got to see and do a lot. I've also learned a lot and the hours haven't been bad at all. This tuesday is my last day there then I'm on to ER at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. It should be a great rotation also. Pray that God gives me clarity on what area of medicine to persue.

Sonya has been working and this year seems much less dramatic than last mostly because her kids are less wild! She has some good kids to work with but is picking up one more that seems a bit of a handfull. She has begun helping out with Awanas on Sunday nights at church and is still doing bible study once a week with our neighbor Brenda. She is no longer leading but still attending the med school wives bible study twice a week... lets see, i'll put some pictures on here for good measure.

Here's Carla, Sonya's sister and the newest nephew Jackson camping in the Mountains over Labor day. We did little labor except for cooking. well i didn't cook i just labored over when to stop eating!

Sonya's parents came to visit us at the end of September and we had a great time. The weather was beautiful and we drove all over SW Virginia! Here we are at a restaurant call the Homeplace. it was beautiful and delicious!

We also had the time of our lives at Mountain Lake resort. Sonya couldn't keep here hungry eyes off me and we realized that nobody puts baby in a corner. yes it's where dirty dancing was filmed. I'm so lame at blogging!

After starting my surgery rotation i realized i have no idea how to really suture so i came home and practiced on a chicken breast one weekend. Sonya had to take a picture. i was going to eat it after i finished but it didn't sign a consent form for me to do that.

I was best man in a wedding Oct. 13th in Knoxville so we headed down to K-town for the wedding of the century. We had a blast at the dinners at Regas and Beaverbrook and the 12 min. ceremony was not too shabby either.

I met this hot girl there. She said she liked my shirt. So i had my picture taken with her. The shirts were our groomsmen gifts. Dusty's a big fan of trucks! Not just any trucks obviously

Of course i busted out some dance moves that most people had never seen before. I was lightening fast as you can see from the photo, my hands had disappeared from sheer speed and J was trying to cool me down.

After the wedding we hung out with my sister and her family, which consisted of playing with dinosaurs and hide and go seek. Gavin likes to roar alot, then beat you with his hard plastic toys.

yet for the pictures he looks so innocent, just like his mom.

Caryss on the other hand is sweet unless you take her braclets, then you feel her wrath.
Then Sunday we went to sonya's family's house for lunch after church. Jackson was protecting his coreas from damage and looking good at the same time. His dad Scott tried to do the same.Colton would ride down the hill on his gator but uncle mikey caused a pretty ugly wreck that made it burst into flames... maybe not that bad but it's all on video. colton only had 6 broken bones which i set and casted my self. um the last sentence was made up!