ENT Graduation

June 11 was an amazing day. Jeff had his official ENT Graduation dinner. The night begins with drinks and appetizers, followed by dinner and a program. Dr. Kellman talks about each graduate to congratulate them. He likes to read from the opening essay from when they applied to residencey. Jeff's essay echoed what he is today and actually received a spontaneous round of applause. Dr. Kellman gives the certificate to me to pass along to Jeff. It is the departments way of saying thank you for supporting the resident. Jeff then got to say a few words. He still has to finish out this month, but he has his certificate. WOW!!! This is the end of Jeff's educational goals that he has been working on for the entire time I have know Jeff-- even before we were married. He has always wanted to be a physician. He didn't always know that he wanted to be an ENT. For a long time when he was asked what kind of doctor he wanted to be he'd say, "A good one." Now we are heading back West for Jeff to join a private practice in South Jordan, UT. I just want to say that I am proud of Jeff for the amazing amount of hard work and many long hours he has put in. I love you and am very proud of you.



Jeff, Spencer and Tucker-- The graduates.

Jeff and Dr. Kellman, his department chair.

A shot of Jeff and I

The boys came for the first hour during drinks and appetizers. It was a perfect way for the boys to feel the importance of the night, but not be overwhelmed with 3 hours of being perfect. Thanks Bruce for taking them to Doug and Connie's.

Memorial Day

We had a grand time on Memorial Day. Darleys invited us to their "home". They are staying there for a month before they move to Florida. Anyway we had a fabulous time. Dane couldn't go in the water, but had a good time watching. Oliver caught a fish with the help of Lou. You can tell he was a little bit excited. Seth loved chilling in the hammock. Bry and Alex loved the water. Who can complain about good food, good friends and wonderful weather?

A lot of hot air

Oliver and Bryant had their rain gutter regatta race for cub scouts. I was happy that the boats were put together. They were very simple. But it appears that simple is best because Bry took first place in the Bear pack and Oliver took second place in the Webelos. Both boys got trophies and were thrilled. They push the boat by blowing through a straw. I always knew my boys had a lot of hot air, now I have proof.

Relearning

Dane is learning to walk again after breaking his leg. I was getting a bit nervous because it took him several days to even try and walk on it. But once he did it was just like when he learned to walk. He is very happy and doesn't really complain. The cutest thing he says is holding his arms up, "Hold you mama. Hold you mama." when he wants to be picked up. If he'd continued doing the army crawl I think I would have lost it. Now however he is climbing onto the tramp and jumping with his cast on. I'll try and get a shot of that one too.

yankee doodle

At Seth's school they have Monday Program. It is a weekly assembly to sing happy birthday, recognize the stars of the week, sing the school song and so forth. It is very community oriented and quite cute. Throughout the year each class takes a turn giving a program. May 24th the kindergarten classes all preformed with an American theme. Here is one of the songs they sung. Seth is standing and has on a red Mickey Mouse shirt.