The Noehren's

We got a big kick out of finding Dusty sleeping like a rag doll on the couch the other day.   Crazy cat!  After seeing these photos, it made me think of some older photos of Grant and Dusty....

Yesterday we hosted the yearly Lab party for all of the students that help out in Brian's lab.  They are a great group and we had a great time.  We welcomed the first year PT students and wished the graduating 3rd years good luck on their boards!  This year we opted for corn hole instead of kickball since it has been so hot. Although mentoring students takes effort, there is no way Brian could collect and process his research data without them.  Horray to another year of great research!

This weekend we pretended to be country club orthopedic surgeon types at the Greenbrier, and it was great!  This funny adventure started with Brian writing a paper with a few orthopedic surgeons last year.  Unbeknownst to him, the paper was submitted and accepted at the Southern Orthopedic Association's yearly conference, held at the Greenbrier this year.  However, neither of the two ortho doctors could go to present it this weekend, so they asked if Brian could go - to which he cooly answered affirmatively, but inwardly was doing fist pumps.  Or maybe that was me doing the fist pumps.  Either way, we found a free family ticket to a 5 star resort, all for a 6 minute presentation!  Score!  For those people not familiar with the Greenbrier - it's in White Sulphur Spring, West Virginia - and it's fabulous.  It's old and historic and fancy pantsy.  Presidents stay there and they even had a bunker hidden there for...

We started this fourth of July just like last year - chearing Brian on in the Bluegrass 10,000 - a fun 10K fun they do each year.  Here he is crossing the finish line.  Here he is after the race in all his sweaty glory!  Way to go Bri!  Then we geared up for the over-the-top neighborhood parade.  Try as we might, we have never won the bike decorating contest, but we still had fun.  I guess it pays to have the police chief live in your neighborhood!   I will admit though, that since we live half way up the parade route, and it was over 100 degrees, we decided to catch the parade from our front door.  Best decision ever!  We tried to stay cool the rest of the day and enjoyed a nice get together with friends that night.  This July we've also put this little pool to great use!  And we tried out this colored vinegar in baking soda idea I found on pinterest.  Fizzy fun!