The White Coat

northwestern founders day ceremony was held on friday

aka spencers white coat

this was a special ceremony for all incoming m1's (first year med students).  it was when they received their white coats. after years of prep and applications and planning it was so nice to jus sit and watch. we were finally here. a day we have talked about for what seems like a life time. he may not be a dr. yet but this was the first big step forward. now, with his white coat he can go into the hospitals. help dr.s and treat patients. i loved looking at my cute man in his coat.

please excuse the heads in front of me....i was pretty far away and didn't want to stand up.

welcome to northwestern medical school. interesting fact...northwestern was the very first medical school to have clinical work included in the education. before northwestern med students just took science classes and called it go. they were dr.'s before even seeing the inside of a hospital. boy am i glad things have changed.

spencers mom flew out for the event. it was so wonderful having her with us. thanks to her spencer is here today. she and his dad put so much time, effort and money towards spencer and his education. thank you for getting my man to this place in life!

of course we had to run outside and get a picture in front of the water. we may not be in cali but chicago has great waterfront. thank you waterfront! boy does my man look cute in that coat!

the classic three. i have a feeling these three will be inseparable during the next four years. how grateful we both are for friends this early on. 

and the wives. boy do i need to grow a foot or two. how grateful i am for these girls. they are already my best friends here. girls nights are going to be in high demand with our boys studying late into the night.

in four short years a little md will be next to that name.

we finished taking pictures and headed over to a reception held in the med students honor. it was fun to see the sea of white coats, meet some of spencers friends and see what life as a med student will be like. we spent the rest of the weekend playing with mom!

so proud of my mr. med school

Rockin' the Suburbs

I grew up spending lots of time in church gyms, parks and dance halls. My dad played in band called Milestone with his brother and two friends that were sisters. On the weekends my parents would load up the sound system, guitars and all five of us kids and drive hours to Idaho or Wyoming or wherever the band job was. I was young enough that I mostly remember running around empty churches searching for chalk and hiding in the girls bathroom with my cousin Jamie to escape our teasing older brothers. During the off season, our siblings would rock out to the bands demo tape that had about 30 seconds of each song they played. It took me a long time to realize that the Electric Slide didn't actually morph into Old Time Rock and Roll. 

Lisa, one of the sisters in the band, had crazy blonde hair that suited her husky voice. She wore animal prints and big earrings and I idolized her. Uncle Jeff would play one of the guitar leads with the guitar behind his head and that and him the best guitarist in the ENTIRE world. Cheryl was some musical prodigy that everyone was always talking about because she has perfect pitch. But the coolest of them all was my dad; because he has a voice like butta that woos a crowd like no one else in the world.

Last night my dad's band got together for a reunion at a neighborhood block party. They hadn't played together in a few years and they didn't practice at all but I loved them just the same. They were still rockin' and got me on the dance floor which is saying something. I love the way my dad's band always brings the family together to reminisce about the "good old days". It was D's first time hearing the band play, and while he enjoyed the show, I think what he loved most was getting a glimpse into my childhood.

Because seriously, it was awesome. 

the b. family went crusin'

so spence and i just got back from our little summer vaca to the caribbean
after a week in the sun we were excited to get back
and work was more than excited to have me back
maybe thats why i worked 11 hours today....boo

so this is us....

enjoying our slight tans
apartment hunting
because guess what......we move in 3 weeks and still don't have a place to live. yep that's us. but don't worry we'll find a place (at least thats what i keep telling myself).

so to catch you up i thought i'd post a few cruise pictures (thanks to my cute lil sister in law for facebook posting these)

i'll post more later when i've uploaded the memory card from my camera. remember 11 hour work day....now it's time for bed!

don't be jealous

hi all,
our update will be short
for you see we are sitting pretty in the sun
thats right
the mr. and i are off for a week of crusin' awesomeness

we couldn't be more excited (and more ready) for a week away
playing, laughing, and simply hanging out in the sun.

we had a rough time getting here (dang layovers and delays)
but made it non the less

here we are enjoying our extended layover....
(sorry for the blurry picture, i was too excited to hold still)

have a great week
we'll miss you but will bring back some sun!!!