Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today...

I want to be part of it,

New York, New York!

So Jeff's already on his way to UNC and will be heading off next to interview at Columbia in New York City, UNLV in Vegas, and UCSF in San Francisco. Holla!

Jeff's big fat black rain cloud

So the UNC news was a little too good to be true...Jeff saved up to buy both of us All Sports Passes for the BYU football games. Sadly, the UNC interview falls exactly on the same day as the BYU vs. Florida State game here in Provo. Jeff was so upset he looked up the other two interview days for UNC to see if he could reschedule for a later date and oddly enough...they just so happen to be on the same day as the other two big home games for BYU. Jeff feels that his sacrifice of missing such an important game should automatically earn him a spot at UNC. And as for me, welp...oddly enough I am a basketball fan that will now be attending the Florida state football game without Jeff. Lame. Way to rain on our parade UNC...

GO JEFF, GO JEFF, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY...

Okay it's not really his birthday but it's almost like his birthday. Yesterday he got a really nice surprise - an interview invite to UNC. Whoot whoot! September 19th is the big day and I'm sure he'll do great. It's exciting to get any invites, but UNC is considered to be one of the top five dental universities in the US. Since they are a state school, they are very bias towards state residents. Only 7 out-of-state applicants got in last year, so this interview invite is great news! This is an exciting time and we're really stoked to figure out where we will be next year. Yay Jeff! He's worked so hard and deserves a big pat on the back for a job well done. So if you happen to see him any time soon, feel free to give him one...

MDon's Pancakes and the Guac that Rocks!

So I love making breakfast meals. I think there is a reason why they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day - because it tastes the best! Pancakes are one of the breakfast foods that Jeff loves, so I've tried several varying recipes. However, I could never get more of a response from Jeff than "Yeah...they're good." (Which we all know really means...they just taste like normal pancakes.) No one wants to just make normal tasting pancakes. BORING. So we found out the recipe to Jeff's favorite pancakes - McDonald's. I didn't believe him that they tasted better until we made them and they totally do! The secret ingredient is...SPRITE! Weird, huh?



We have also been obsessed with Chipotle's guac. If you haven't ever had it...well you're missing out on some pretty awesome guacamole. Nothing else at Chipotle is fabulous enough to make us crave it, but that guac...mmmm, delicious. We found the recipe for that too! The secret with their guac is you don't put any tomatoes in it (like a lot of the recipes on The Food Network...tomatoes, bleh). So we made that too and let's just say we will be having the guac that rocks for a long, long, long time.

If you want to be as cool as us, you can make the same guac too.

4 avocados
1 jalapeno
1/2 of a red onion
1/2 of a lime (juiced)
1/2 teaspoon salt
(And a little lemon juice, but not a lot. Just mix it all together in a food processor. It's super easy.)

Success is just so sweet...

Well...he did it! Jeff took the DAT and… alright, hold on. First things first, I know most spouses like to pat each other on the back (even when they do something mediocre), so that’s what I’m going to do. Jeff actually did an awesome job. He’s worked so hard and deserves to be noticed and appreciated. Since Jeff doesn’t like tooting his own horn, I’ll just have to do all the tooting (as weird as that sounds). His scores were…

Perceptual Ability Score: 25 Percentile: 99.8

Total Science Score: 24 Percentile: 99.1

Academic Average (overall score) Score: 23 Percentile: 98

Ironically enough, his best section in the sciences was in biology, which has always been his lowest scoring science section. However, the studying paid off and he scored a 26 in the bio section and was in the 99.6 percentile.

After the test Jeff shakily picked up the score report from the proctor (he was still in shock at his test results). She was surprised to see such great scores and told Jeff that she’d never seen anyone leave with scores like him. Yay! Who knew?! Jeff is a genius! We’re excited to move onto the next step of applying to dental schools. Now maybe we can choose a school instead of crossing our fingers and hoping to just get into one. Jeff has worked hard studying and this definitely wasn’t a random coincidence. We’re just glad that all his dedication has paid off.

So basically, you can start referring to Jeff as Dr. Youngberg. WAA WHOOO!