This week I finished everything for dental school so I'm officially ready to graduate. Graduation is in two weeks on the 18th. I have been looking forward to this for so long it's hard to believe we're finally here. I also found out I passed my licensure exam, which I took two weeks ago. I was really worried about it and it was a huge relief to pass. It was the last thing I needed to be able get a dental license. Someone's looking out for us.
Because we've been here 4 years and we're nearing the end, I think I'll post some highlights of our life in Boston.
In February of 05 there was a blizzard that dumped 3 feet of snow on Boston and 1/2 - 1 inch inside our windowsill (we had some pretty rattly windows)
Nice intro to new england winters. Our first winter, we had 2 weeks were it never got above 10 degrees F and a monster storm.
Ezra was born March 12 2005
Acadia National Park as a family. Ezra's having a great time.
It didn't take us long to find someplace to climb. This is our local ghetto wall. Urban climbing at its finest. If you look closely at the lower left of the picture, you can see a little graffiti. It is 1/8 inch thick in some areas. You pretty much figure if there is paint on your foot holds, you can up the grade by about half a number grade.
Here's a better picture of some graffiti with Megan showing off her "huge" pregnant belly. We were amazed at how much she was showing.
Halloween is always fun. I carved a pair of dentures for this poor pumpkin. He lost his teeth in a tragic accident involving a kitchen knife.
Giddy up.
We always tried to climb as much as possible. I'm not sure how Ezra felt about it. Here we are in Pawtuckaway, NH. Meg's cranking in the background.
This is what happens when you take a 3 year old climbing in New England in December. Who knew my down coat was made for 2?
sometimes the stress just gets to you. My friend Peter cut this mohawk for me after our last exam of dental school. We both passed and no, this was not a cry for help.
Ezra got to hang out with his cousin Ian in Texas. It was fun to have the whole family together again. It had been a long time.
Travis was born on March 19 2008. Everything was going well until he started vomiting forcefully about 3 weeks ago. We took him to the doctor and he was diagnosed with Pyloric stenosis. The opening from his stomach to his small intestine was obstructed and he had to have surgery so he could get food through again.
Ezra's a pro on his bike.So after 4 years, here we are. Our family is twice the size it was when we moved here, we have no money, and all we have to show for it are 3 letters. DMD.
8 comments:
Wow! Those were awesome pics. I especially like the Mohawk. so where are you guys moving?
We'll be in Utah for a few weeks, then we go down to the 4 corners area. I have a job in Shiprock NM on the Navajo reservation. We plan to live in Cortez, CO, though we still don't have a place.
Congrast! Congrats! Congrats! At the beginning I thought I was reading my own blog:)
We sure have had some fun times here! I remember the carving pumpkins contest, Halloween parties (that we all stayed about 15 minutes for), the mohawk, the crazy winter snow and lobstering... we've had a lot of good times together:)
Wow! that's some pretty cool muzak you have going on in the background. congrats on finishing dental school successfully, and we'll see you in a bit.
Congrats on making it through! Fun to catch up on what everyone is up to. Keep in touch. ~Adam and Ahnah
Congratulations bro! It'll be nice to have another Doctor in the family.
Matt
Can I just say Ezra looks soooo much like Thomas!! Do you hear that a lot? He looks like I remember him looking when he was about 4. Wow, what a wild ride y'all have had these last 4 years!
Dude, those were some good times. I've been a blog slacker for a few months. -Good to catch up. And yes, that was a sweet hawk - can't believe you didn't shave it for a week.
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