Nathan's Graduation!

Although Nathan has to officially work until June 30, they already had the graduation. Since he wasn't getting any degrees (he got his MD and PhD in med school) it wasn't too fancy--no caps and gowns or anything. However, there were two nice events. One was a reception at the hospital. The children were invited to this and we had a great time eating and talking. The second one was the more formal graduation banquet at a country club where tickets were limited. We took Kylie and Madalyn, who were only interested in the food and not the speeches, but they were still glad they went.

These desserts were so glazed over that Kylie thought they looked fake.

Minutes after this Thomas spilled his grape juice all over the nice white table cloth. I was glad the younger 4 stayed home the second round. :)

Nathan receiving his diploma.

We're so proud of all his hard work. Can you believe it's taken 26 years of schooling to make it this far? He has done 13 years of kindergarten through high school, then 13 years since then (3 years of undergrad, 7 years of medical school, and 3 years of residency.) If he had taken longer for undergrad and to earn his PhD then it would have been even longer. And his residency (Internal Medicine) is the shortest there is. So a lot of other doctors do even more schooling/training than he did. Wow! In anycase it's a lot of work! I can't believe it's over. I've loved residency and we have been very happy here. The past 3 years have flown by. I'm so blessed to be married to such a hard worker and smart cookie. I'm glad he loves to learn and wants to help people. I know he's excited to start pursuing his own resarch ideas and be moving on as a full-fledged doctor.