Milano Party

We live in a neighborhood called Milano. When we moved in there were 4 LDS families living in here. There are now 12 LDS families living here. Out of the 12 families, 10 of the husbands are in Nurse Anesthesia school. This past week our neighbors had a Christmas party. It was lots of fun. No one has dared to invite everyone over because our townhouses are pretty small. But our friends did last week. They had a Christmas party and invited everyone in Milano. It was great! They do have a larger unit than most of us.

Here we all are!  LOTS of kids- mostly toddlers.  I think Paul is the oldest kid out of all of them.

The kids exchanged gifts- they loved it!

Some of the guys. Nate, Brett, and Jake

Ryan and Alisha Jensen, Jillian and Micah Mckenzie and their twin boys. 

Kam and Gerrit Miller with one of their 3 daughters (and Ellie's good friend) Chloe.  They live right across the street from us.  Garret is in his last semester of CRNA school.

Jake and Lauren Lufkin.  They have 2 girls and she is expecting.  They are from Rigby, Idaho and lived in Tennessee with us.  Jake is in his 1st semester of CRNA school.

Nate and Jennie Moos.  They came from Spanish Fork and have 4 kids.  Nate is in his 1st semester or CRNA school.

Here is our host family!  Katie and Mark Dalling.  They are also from Idaho.  His mom was one of Darren's teachers at BYUI Nursing School.  His brother is also in the program, and lives in Milano.  They have 3 girls and live right next door to us.  Mark is in his first semester of CRNA school.

Micah and Jillian Mckenzie.  With Tess, and their twin boys.  They are also from Utah.  Micah is in his 4th semester of CRNA school- the same one Darren is in.

Sorry for the couples I missed!  I took the pictures at the end when some of the people had left.  And a few families didn't come.  Oh, and CRNA means, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.Here are some of the other families I missed.

Aaron and Katie Marler.  Lived in Idaho by us.  Aaron was a builder in Idaho and Darren worked for him while they were both at BYUI nursing school.  They moved to Tennessee after us and lived right by us in Tennessee and Aaron worked at the same hospital as Darren.  Aaron is in his 3rd semester of CRNA school. They have 3 kids and live right behind us.

Brett & Kendra Dyer.  Came from Utah, 3 cute kids.  Brett is in his 1st semester. They live right across the street from us and next to the Millers.

Ryan and Alisha Jensen.  They have 1 boy and she is expecting.  Ryan is in the 4th semester with Darren.  They came from Utah also.

Jill and Alex Hacker- they were not there.  I think he is the only one who actually has a job.  He works for
a big hotel here. 

Mark & Megan Mcpherson- In CRNA

Brad & Kayle Dalling-

I think we actually have another family that moved in, and Emily and Spencer Clark just moved out.  I guess I'll need to meet the new family. 

It is a blessing to have so many families in a one block radius.  My kids just go outside and all the kids play in the driveways together, or ride their bikes around.   They have great friends and we do too!