Well we are completely unsure of where January and February have disappeared. January started of with Kate's first round of GRE's which didn't go as well as she would have liked. The following week Robert started his open water certification for scuba. Yes, he is now officially Scuba Robert! After several weeks of night classes and pool sessions he dove two days the first of February and completed his open water certification at Seabase. Seabase is a salt water spring that supports tropical fish including angel fish and nurse sharks... in the middle of the desert!!!
We spent Valentines day taking in fresh air and looking for topaz at Topaz Mountain, which is out by where Kate helped the Dearing Lab trap mice for Hanta Virus research. Unfortunately we did not come home with any jewels, but did come home refreshed by clean air and sunshine with happy dogs and ready for a busy couple of weeks ahead of us.
The following weekend started with Widgeon needing to go under anesthesia to have his left eye de-brided of what we thought was a foreign body in his cornea. We were able to get his teeth clean and remove a small skin tag but were not successful at taking care of his eye and so now he needs to visit the veterinary opthamologist at the specialty clinic here in Salt Lake.
That weekend Robert went with Aaron Hamm and dove at the Crater. They had a wonderful dive and Robert was happy to be able to dive in 95 degree water instead of 70 degree water and with out a 7 mm wet suite.
The following Monday, after two months of re-studying for the GRE and sulking from her previous score in math Kate had to retake the test. While the writing and the verbal portion of the test did not go as well, she was happy to get over 100 points better in the math section and prove that she could get above a 600 in math!!! Therefore, now Kate is scrambling to get her application in to Ross University by the end of the day. It could be possible that we could be moving to St. Kitts in two months for her to start vet school the beginning of May.
We are super excite and are crossing out fingers that this all works about, but are both nervous and stressed about the numerous things that would need to be taken care of before we would leave. We won't know for sure till around the middle to end of March...Kate has to get an interview first!
On top off all the diving and vet school application process, Robert is taking another semester of school at the University of Utah and is enrolled in a photography class. Of course Kate is enjoying getting out to take pictures with him.... We took the boys to Wheeler Farm last night to check out the farm animals and give Robert some time to take a few photos for his class!!!
So things over the next few weeks are apt to be extremely busy...Robert is taking more diving classes, Widgeon needs to schedule a visit to see the eye doctor, and Kate has more than she can handle on her plate. On top of all that we really would like to get home to Washington to see family before we possibly move out of country...not to mention there are numerous pople back home hoping Kate can take some pictures for them this spring........We will continue to update everyone on our adventures and possible up coming move to St. Kitts!! Check out the pictures below!!!
Scuba Robert (Seabase)
Another Great One!!!
Robert Diving At The Crater!
