Wednesday, September 24, 2008

My Sister's Beautiful Wedding






My sister Merideth, and my wonderful new brother-in-law, Erin, got married 2 weeks ago in the San Juan Islands. It was such an incredible weekend full of hugs, good food, fun memories, beautiful scenery, relaxation and lots of laughter! Lots of guests came from far and wide to celebrate their special day, and they made it a full weekend affair so we could celebrate to the fullest. The weather couldn't have been better...high 70's low 80's all weekend. The rehearsal was at sunset on Friday followed by a delicious gourmet dinner. Saturday we had breakfast while overlooking Friday Harbor, shopped at the farmers market, shopped in the cute shops, and finished the evening with a BBQ crab feast at 4th of July Beach. Sunday was wedding day - we helped set up for the reception, I had lunch with Merideth and about 10 of her friends then the wedding prep began. The ceremony was at 4:30 in an amazing tiny chapel overlooking the harbor (it was like it was from a picture book!). The ceremony was complete with personalized vows and the minister was a longtime friend of Merideth's. The reception was at the yaught club - a band, good wine, great food and golf ball sized truffles on the wedding cake rounded out the night. There are so many wonderful photos that I am having a hard time selecting just a few, so forgive how many I am posting. Congrats you two, we couldn't be happier for you!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Hooray I'm Done!


Last Sunday was my graduation from Loma Linda! It was a small simple ceremony, but it was nice. It feels so good to be done with school! It was hard to say goodbye to all the girls in my class though, there were just 12 of us girls and we built such strong bonds and friendships over the last 2 years! Now I just have to buckle down and study for and take my boards! I'm trying to get them all, or most of them (There are 7 in all that I have to take...one for every area we studied...abdomen, ob, vascular etc.) done before we move back home. We're aiming to move home mid December - we can hardly wait!
This is my dear friend Sara. We studied our butts off together. I don't know how I could have survived these 2 years without her. She's an Oregonian, a Duck, and a Ford Scholar- we were destined to be great friends!

Jason's family sent me these beautiful flowers, so sweet of them!