The school year ended very well for Luke, nothing too incredibly crazy just a lot of studying for his final exam and then voila! First year down only three more to go!
So this summer was FABULOUS! Let me just say that it is a complete night and day difference having your husband home all the time :) and not only physically being there... but mentally present in your everyday life! Didn't even know how great it was till I had it and let me just tell you I cherished every single moment!
Lots of med school students tend to shadow physicians or do some research work, some travel the world and go backpacking... the options are abundant and I think it is so nice that they have so many choices! Mr.Smile spent the majority of the summer at home, taking care of EVERYTHING and it was so nice! I'd come home to the lawn freshly cut and the house tidy with towels folded and dinner cooking... seriously incredible!
He shadowed one of our wonderful friends who is a Urologist and head over the Robotic Surgeries! His name is Mike and he is fairly new to his practice, only being there about 10 months when Luke went to spend a few days with him, he was able to relate to what is going on in Luke's life at the moment and give him some pointers as well as a great time experiencing a day in the life of a Urologist! I think one of the coolest things that Lucas was able to do while shadowing was playing around with the latest and greatest Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System! He said it was quite awesome and not too long after he had this experience the T.V. show "Doctors" had a segment on about it and I was able to see what Luke had been talking about all that time... so fun!! (not to mention it is so cute to see him get all excited about this stuff)
We also took a really fabulous trip to Colorado Springs (which we L.O.V.E. it is one of our favorite places on earth) over the 4th of July. His amazing Grandparents invited us out to their beautiful summer home and we had the most wonderful time with the entire crew! We went to our favorite zoo there and drove through the beautiful Garden of the Gods... so many amazing things and adventures happened while we were there! Some of the best times were just sitting on their back patio with everyone and looking at the mountains! One day we went to a small town up in the mountains (whose name escapes me at the moment) filled with casinos, of course we almost all left in a small amount of debt (minus the boys dad... he was a big winner and our sister-in-law won some too). However, one of the greatest parts about this day was the fact that we got to take a LIMO... yes I said a LIMO up the mountain to the little casino town and out to dinner at this amazing little place called Swiss Chalet! Oh it was just so fun! We also got to drive around in Lucas' precious grandma's little sports car one day... everything was just like heaven!!
I also took up a new hobby this summer... for our anniversary Luke got me the camera I have always DREAMED!! So I was lucky enough that our anniversary came right before our Colorado trip so we could take it with us! Something fun we also did was celebrate our 1st anniversary with dinner at the top of the Devon tower... words can't even begin to describe what a wonderful experience that was!
Summer was a blast...
Now its back to reality!
Today was the first day back for all the med school students... I would be lying if I told you I didn't cry a little last night! I've just had the best time having him around this summer that I don't want to share him with school!!!!!
So here we are, starting on what I think is going to probably be the most strenuous year of med school with the big test coming at the end that everyone is so worried about! But I know God is there to help us the whole way through! We will prevail and we will only become better at this little routine! I truly am excited to see what this year has to hold for us.... Here we go!!
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