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Mom and Alex Visit NY

New York was so much fun and Nathan was a great tour guide. We went somewhere everyday until we thought our legs would fall off. We went to the statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ground Zero, the temple, central park, China town, Little Italy, but best of all--two Broadway shows. We won front row tickets to Wicked and it was totally wicked! I cried for about an hour on the plane when I left Nicki in New York, but it was great to have her home at Christmas time.
~Mom

Nicki's Dad and Brother come to visit

When me and my dad went to NY we went to the Mets and Dodgers game. We saw the Geicko Caveman there. He was so cool. Also we went on a carriage ride in Central Park. We went by the ice skating park and other cool stuff. Also we went to the Natural History Museum we saw Rexy there from night at the museum. Also we saw Dumb Dumb. My dad and Nathan got to got to the Letterman Show and I got to meet one of the guys on it, Rick Reilly from Sports Illustrated. We had a great time.

By: Grady Olsen

Nicki Starts PA School

Just a couple days after moving to New York, I started PA school. I'm usually studying from the minute I wake up to the minute I go to bed. Luckily Nathan is a good sport and lets me practice on him. Most of my physical exam skills are too hard to practice on him because he is so ticklish. Even though he has no experience in the medical field, he sure is good at finding ways to quiz me on the things I've learned. I haven't decided what field I want to go into because everything sounds so interesting. For now I like the idea of family practice so I can see a variety of patients! When I got my lab coat and ophthalmoscope set Nathan took this funny picture. I'm not sure why my patient was standing and I was sitting or how I saw anything in his eye from that far away but it was fun to pretend I knew what I was doing :)

The Big Move!

We started off our married life with an amazing adventure. About 2,897 miles later we ended up in Bronx, NY. We were super excited to find an affordable (kinda) 1 bedroom apartment in a cute little neighborhood. We were lucky to discover the wonders of craigslist with FREE furniture when we moved in. Besides our bed and a bookshelf, we've gotten everything we needed to furnish our apartment from the oh so kind people of New York. Other than our fun neighbors that live right below us, we live in a building with a bunch of cute little old people. They love to tell us stories and check on us. Our neighbor Nicki still thinks Nathan's name is Nat...we've tried to correct him but he can't seem to remember so we just let it fly.