Visiting Daddy at Work

Welcome back blog! After another long break we're back. There's really no excuse other than busy family life- work, moving, games, etc. This is from way back in the summer. Katie and I went to the Pediatrics residents' graduation again this year. I had only a small role, but we were honored as the outgoing Chief Residents. Now that I'm a big boy and have a real job I also have my own office. Well, sort of. I'm actually in a conference room that has been converted to an office for the time being. While it's a really nice conference room with 5 nice leather chairs and a nice, big wooden desk, I really don't need 5 chairs and actually need a drawer. Initially I was told I would be in there a couple months until my new office was ready, but I'm still there for now. Katie and the kids came by to visit and see the new office not long after I started. They had a lot of fun crawling on the chairs and punching the keyboard. We also had some lunch. I know you're impressed at the healthy lunches we offer at our children's hospital- Coco Puffs and Fritos. Also, you can see my nice picture of test tubes filled with what appears to be urine in my office. My secretary felt bad for me recently and I know have a filing cabinet and a bookshelf. I even interviewed a potential resident there the other day so I was forced to clean it all up and it's looking pretty good. Work is going well so far. Can't wait for the kids to come visit again!

1st Day of 1st Grade

Can't believe that this goober is in 1st grade already! His mother is a goober too. I wasn't able to stay home to see him leave for his first day of school this year, so Katie was left to take his picture. It took the two of them about a dozen tries before they even got one with his eyes open. It turned out really good though and so did the one at his school. It's definitely been a transition that has been more difficult than we expected. Drew says that first grade isn't as fun as kindergarten. He's doing well and learning a lot, but we still need to cut down on our talking. Katie is going to be room mom! I'm sure it will be an interesting year for all of us.

Father's Day 13

Reaching way back but trying to catch up. Here are some pictures from Father's Day. Not sure what all we did. I'm sure we probably went to church and then ate with Katie's family. I know from the pictures that we went to my parent's house, did presents, and then went to eat at a Chinese place in Germantown. Drew and I both got new belts. Then Drew told our future and hung out with the pandas. I do remember it was a fun day for all.

A Day with DJ

DJ Stephens is easily our favorite Tiger of all time. Drew thinks the two best basketball players in the world are LeBron and DJ. And not in that order. Anytime he plays basketball he pretends to be DJ and tries to jump and dunk it like him. Hopefully Drew has picked up on some of the hustle and effort that DJ always brings in addition to the flash. So when DJ had a signing day at the Tiger bookstore a couple months ago we had to go. Well, I had to work, but Katie and the kids went. Drew had fun meeting him and getting his autograph on a poster and his Tigers jersey. Allie wasn't so sure at first, but she eventually gave him high five. Our kids even ended up on some Tiger photos they were so darn cute. We wish DJ would have made it on the Grizzlies, but I'm sure we'll be finding You Tube videos of him over in Greece!

Fourth of July 13

We had our annual 4th of July fish fry at Mawmaw's house again this year. Kyle fried up some delicious fish and we had a fun time with all of the kids. That night we went to Brad and Sarah's and shot off some fireworks. We made it home with all of our fingers and limbs too.