so, what do you study?

When I tell people that I study speech language pathology- the general response is something like "oh- that's awesome... what does that mean?" well the other day in one of my classes, i finally learned the technical definition of speech langauge pathology. This comes from the offical state licensing board... and is, please note, once sentence:
Speech language pathology is: "the appication of priniciples, methods, and procedures for the examination, measurement, prevention, testing, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, instruction, modification, prescription, restoration, counseling, habilitation, predition, management, and research related to the development and the disorders or disabilities of human communication, speech, voice, language, cognitive communication, or oral, pharyngeal, or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies, for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, prescribing, prevention, managing, correcting, ameliorating, or modifying those disorders and their effects in individuals or groups of individuals."
so now we know. and knowing is half the battle.

i have had a birthday

on tuesday turned 23. it was good. I really appreciate all of the birthday wishes and surprises everyone had to offer...
my family in providence threw me a pretty legitimate birthday party... there were hats, blowers, decorated trees, presents, a six foot inflatable birthday cake, and a non inflatable real apple pie with candles and ice cream. pues, all necessary ingredients for a birthday party were accounted for. it was real cute.
some other highlights include hearing from my precious and tiny nephews who assured me that on my next birthday I would be 44 (uhhh, carson- check your math k?) but also that I looked really pretty- so that was kind.
oh and not to mention my dear dear roommates and friends who got me a long sought after eblskiver pan and carly who made me a delicious strawberry cake (from SCRATCH...what a lady).







thanks er'y body!

outside

last weekend me and the logan fam went camping! it was SO fun. Being away for so long makes me appreciate people and placed a lot more. I've ALWAYS really loved my brother and his family and I have been so grateful that they are here in cache valley with me- but now I REALLY really REALLY like them... (other family- don't be mad. I really really really like you too and i miss you just as much).
So, camping was really fun.


this is snowy showing us humans how to lick your nose with your tongue (a task which few homonids are capable of).


here are some trees and some light. photo cred goes to amber, sister-in-law extraordinare.



er'y body in the boat.



I just thought this little family picture of everyone in the middle of the woods hovered around the camera looking at the digitally captured scenery... was kind of cute.


me and my crocheted football helmet-esque beanie and my not so crocheted nephew.


The original dragonfly hair clips... yup. those are real.



Slacklining in the forest. the nephews did really good for their first time. I was really impressed.



this is me "pretending" to fall off this log... you know, if there is one thing i have learned from young children- it is that the line between pretend and real is imaginary. pretend is real. which translates into- I was really falling off this log.

summer is over

Sorry about the blogging hiatus... I'm back in Logan now and everything is WONDERFUL here. I really loved my time in boston. I learned a lot. but I think I've filled my big city quota for a while. I really love the familiarity of everything here. and the dry heat. here is a little summary of my last little while in boston...


Ashley and Cassidy came to visit me! They are just the Best. It was so fun to have them.



We went to this cute place called the breakfast club. this was a really delicious meal, prepared by the nice man in the background. he was very nice.


we also went to New Hampshire and Maine! (sorry I couldn't get this flipped around for some reason)




this is a train i rode a lot.



this is me kicking harvard.


and this is my first attempt at defacing public property! pretty good ya? If you are ever in Brighton on the corner of Western Ave and Mackin Street, you may want to check it out.



this is the very last day of my internship! My supervisor took us all out for lunch (upper crust pizza= WAY better than school lunch pizza).



and this last one pretty much sums it up...