Update

Here are some pictures and a video. We'll actually update the blog tomorrow. Stay tuned!

...So it took a little longer than expected to update. Anyway, the pictures of Evelyn pretty much speak for themselves- she gets cuter by the day. She is also very talented insofar as a 2 month old baby can be. She can track with her eyes very well at all distances, lift herself up on her hands, jabber, interact, and almost roll over. She has adopted a love for being outside and we take her on walks regularly. Hopefully, this attribute of her personality sticks around.

Evelyn has been all smiles!

I spent the weekend in Columbus at the ODA Leadership Institute. For those who are interested, here are the details...

A while ago the school announced that they were starting a pilot leadership program to help develop leaders in the dental field. One day they announced that the orientation would take place over the lunch break and that food would be provided. I had not brought a lunch to school that day, and I was a little curious, so I thought I might as well see what it was about. That is pretty much how I got sucked in.

Once in, I had a great experience! There were regular meetings where students in the program (about 30 in all) learned leadership skills such as public speaking and how to leave positive and negative feedback. Also, there were guest speakers that were in leadership positions who came and shared there experiences with us and gave us advice on how to avoid some of the pitfalls they had fallen into. There was also a lot of food- not just pizza, but catered meals and outings to nice restaurants.

As a capstone experience, about 15 students in the group went to the Ohio Dental Association Leadership Institute in Columbus, where we got to sit with the leaders of dentistry and see them discuss the issues that are pertinent to the profession. Going down there helped me to realize that we don't have to just sit around and let others make decisions for us, but that through effective leadership we can bring about change for the better.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun- They are planning on doing the program again next year and I would highly reccomend it to those who have the opportunity to participate.

Every once in a while we are driving down the road and we see a tree in full bloom that just takes our breath away. Well, at the local cemetary (Lakeview- actually a historic cemetary) nearly every tree is of this type. They also plant tons of flowers in the spring time, and have an event known ad Daffodil Sunday. Here we are on this day- lots of beautiful trees and a hillside with over 100,000 daffodils. Spring time has definately come to Cleveland. It is so beautiful!