Saying Goodbye

We had a lot of goodbyes to say before leaving.  It was emotionally exhausting.  It was really weird saying goodbye when we knew we wouldn't be seeing each other for years.

Caroline and Cecilia are such good friends.  They would have CC days where they would play all day with each other.  We are so grateful their family moved in the last year we were here.  I was also friends with Cecilia's mom and I didn't think I could make such a good friend in just one year.  Heather is a friend for life!  I love this family so much.

Graham and Titan love these cute buddies.

We miss the Broadbents so much!  Katie was a lifesaver for me so many times and her awesome kids were always so fun to be around.

Devin and Samson were kindred spirits.  

Graham and his class full of boys!

When we moved to Nashville the Robison's were the first people to invite us over and it made me feel so welcome.  I loved doing book club (occasionally) with Becca and Caroline and Lindsay were great friends and could play for hours and I'm pretty sure Graham had a crush on Kate.  

Graham with Margaret, best buddies in preschool.

I really wish we could have gotten Eli and Devin together more often because they both LOVE Star Wars and legos a ton and Eli has such a great imagination he and Devin could spend hours playing.  It was so nice of Tammy to let Devin hang out with them almost all day on one of our last days in Nashville. 

I loved going over to the Millers and watching the insanity of all those boys running around. It was so funny and Caleb, Bryce, and Ian are some of the nicest boys I have ever met.  Our first summer in Nashville they almost moved and I remember wanting them to stay because I thought we would be great friends, I was right and so glad we were able to know them these last five years.  Lucky for us they have family in Austin so we are hoping they may have a pit stop in Dallas if they drive down!

The Liddles have been such great friends too.  They moved in the same year we did and Dave was doing a fellowship at Vanderbilt.  I was so happy when he stayed on as an attending so I could have more time with his wife Amanda.  She is one of the reasons this last year was so great.  I looked forward to volleyball every Monday when she was there.  Miss them so much!

My volleyball buddies!  The last week I was there we had two nights of volleyball just the six of us and it was one of the most fun nights of my life.  We laughed so much, it is one of my favorite memories of Nashville!

Caroline and Annabeth have been besties since we moved in.  They are so creative and sweet I only wish they would have been at the same school.  That would have been amazing.  Hopefully Tracie and I can manage to get these sweet girls together again!

And Tennessee of course!  He is such a sweetheart, he and Graham got a long so well I"m glad I got to babysit him after school for a while. 

We had the best neighbors ever!  I loved playing outside after school with them everyday.  Frances was such a great example to me of being involved in the community and just a great friend.  We miss playing with Isaac and Cate so much!  

Our last picture in front of our wonderful house!  I miss Nashville so much.  I'm so glad we were able to be there for five great years and meet so many amazing people. It is the best place we have ever lived.  

Chief Roast

Every year the ortho program holds a roast for the outgoing chief residents and it was finally our year.  I usually look forward to this because its good food and pretty funny to watch the videos that the attending physicians and residents make to poke fun at each other.   Shawn did the editing for his group's video and it turned out really well.  By far the best video made by the residents that I have ever seen.  The attending's roast of Shawn couldn't have been more spot on. They made fun of him for stressing about the smallest things and always feeling guilty for leaving 5 minutes early and then deciding he should just stay.  It was hilarious, I kind of wish I had a copy.

Shawn, Justin, Travis, and Sheyan.  Or as they referred to themselves as the "lost boys."

Shawn getting his graduation plaque.

All the fifth years with Dr. Holt.  Dr. Holt is awesome she was so nice to us and encouraged me to keep baking for people by ordering lots of cakes and eclairs.  We will miss her and Lauren.

And the senior residents with the junior residents they helped train.

Shawn and Mark, one of the juniors.  Mark and his wife came over for dinner about a week and a half before we moved.  I only wish we had done it sooner.  They were so sweet and our kids loved having them over.  Mark's wife, Mary Charles even played Dance Central with Graham and he couldn't stop talking about it. Fun times in Nashville.