An end to Residency!

Its been 5 years and Lyle is saying goodbye to residency! 5 years! Although at times, it seemed to creep by, it general I guess it went really fast. When we see how much the kids have grown that's when it seems to have flown by. I can only tell you what Lyle has told me, residency was hard but he learned a tremendous amount, made lots of friends and has become a much better surgeon. He was so glad to have it over though, like really really glad!!
Here he is on his official last day taking the kids somewhere with me.

Each year there is a big celebration for the senior residents and fellows. This year, because Lyle is finishing, we got to take the kids with us (AB stayed with uncle Craig). We had a nice family pic that included AB and I but some how we lost that photo:( We have been waiting for this for 5 years! So excited that the kids got to go with us, Lyle especially, he wanted to show them off and let them meet some of the people he works with.
He they are all dressed up.

Here they are trying to keep themselves entertained during cocktails.

And then acting goofy while waiting for food.

After that, things went downhill fast. Luke was so hungry that he act two slabs of butter off the table (trying to make his sister laugh) before the food got there. This caused him to get sick, so I spent the rest of the night running him back and forth to the bathroom. He ended up not eating at all and laying on the floor in the corner until the event was over. Ugh! Typical kids! Why do they have to be so hard sometimes! Anyway, back to Lyle. His attendings said very nice encouraging things to about him. He received two awards, one research award and resident of the year award. Lyle gave a very nice speech and even choked up a bit....he is a pretty sensitive guy. He is going to get so mad when he reads this;) In the end it was a fantastic night. We are so proud of you Lyle! You have worked so hard and accomplished so much! Thanks for letting us be a part of it. We love you!