Finals are over!!!

After all is said and done, my latest bout of finals ended up being quite a big one. Fortunately, they are the last finals before the bar exam (yea!). Going into finals, I knew that this was a big semester because I had 5 finals. Usually I have at least one practicum class that focuses more on in class work than having a final at the end of a semester; however, this semester required that I fit in a lot of the big ones that I hadn't taken yet. For example, I had to take Evidence (does anybody truly understand hearsay?) and Constitutional Law II (most interesting class ever; 1st, 5th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, Amendments and Fundamental Rights). Unfortunately for me (and several of my friends that have similar classes) those two classes had finals on the same day. Two very big classes, two 3 hour long final exams, and only 2 hours in between those exams! Needless to say my brain was mush afterwards. But I couldn't stop and rest there, I had another final two days later. In fact, I had 5 finals in 6 days. It was by far the most demanding stretch of brain work I've ever had. Looking on the bright side of things, I suppose that this is good practice for the bar exam in February which is 2 days and 13 hours of testing. But it all eventually ends, and my friend Mike and I immediately left and stuffed ourselves with incredible pastrami sandwiches from a beachside deli in Ocean Beach, and then went to the cliffs above Blacks Beach. The ocean seems to dilute the information that i had crammed into my head and releases the tension. Here's the picture I took on my phone.

Pro Bono Awards Dinner

Tonight we attended the Pro Bono Awards dinner. The apple pie was cold, the rolls were bland, and the chricken was outright gross, but it was nice to be included in the Pro Bono Honors Society. All things aside, it was a fun night because Shandie and I always have fun no matter where we are.

4/4/09 - MS Walk

Dave and I participated in the MS Walk on Saturday. My mom, aunt and nephew spent the weekend with us and participated in the walk as well. Thanks to everyone who helped us raise $515! If you would still like to donate you can do so until May 29. Please go to this website: www.mswalk.com/mightywalkers2009.

Registration for the walk started at 7:30am. After a cloudy day on Friday it was nice to wake up and see that the sun came out in time for the walk.
MS has officially adopted the color orange for it's cause (just like pink is used for breast cancer). We had been shopping the day before when I found these AWESOME orange shorts and sunglasses.
Event organizers expected nearly 4,000 people to participate in the walk this year. They had booths set up with refreshments that had all been donated.
Our team photo. We are expecting this team to be much larger next year when we are back home in Utah.
The walk was 3 miles. I'm not sure if Shane made it through a whole mile. Uncle Dave and Grandma Angie carried him through most of it.
They did have a few things set up for the kids and this playground was Shane's favorite part of the MS Walk.

My mom and my aunt Pat arrived on April 1st and stayed until the 5th. It was really nice to have them here to participate in the walk and to spend the weekend together. The following pictures are from the rest of the weekend.

Aunt Pat and my mom came into my work on Thursday for some breakfast.
After I got off work we headed over to Seaport Village for some shopping and sight seeing.
We spent Friday at Sea World.
Grandma Angie bought Shane this sword. After this day I came to the realization that they shouldn't sell swords at Sea World.
SHAMU!!
I took this picture and I am proud of it.

Mary Lou's Birthday Bash

Dave and I traveled to St. George during the last weekend of March to celebrate Mary Lou's 60th birthday. We really enjoyed spending time with everyone. Here are just a few pictures from the trip.