Ryan's match!!/Alice is home!!

It's been a great week! On Monday night, Alice returned home from living in Australia and India for seven months! Finally, all the sisters were together in the same house! We haven't had that since our beach vacation in August! Here is a picture of Alice and me in front of her very cool "down under" welcome home sign, made especially for her by Jess and Leah.

As if Alice coming home weren't enough good news for the week, Ryan had his match day on Thursday and matched at his #1 spot!! He's still glad that he interviewed at all 11 places, because you never know with the match process where you will end up, but he is pretty excited about getting into the Georgetown radiology program in D.C.



Here we are post match!

Black Tie/White Coat Gala

Here is a picture of Ryan and me right before the black tie/white coat gala last Friday night! It was so much fun to take an evening just to dress up and be with friends and have "free" drinks and food! Most of the people at this event were USC med school alumni; needless to say, there was plenty of people-watching the whole night. A lot of the important people of Columbia showed up at this event. And the music all night was mainly catering towards those 40-somethings in the crowd! Ryan and I had a blast just dancing and having fun. At one point in the night, Ryan said he wanted another drink so that he could look as stupid as his friend, John. He meant it as a compliment, I think, because John had no reservations about breaking out his Cosby-like dance moves on the dance floor. The whole night was a lot of fun!


Another pic of Ryan and me at the gala


This was our group - they are Ryan's friends from down in Columbia

The next morning, Ryan and I met up with my awesome sister Anna and her very sweet, fun husband Jason. Ryan knew of a great little pancake house in Columbia, so we just met up and talked and had a very nice, very huge breakfast. It was great seeing Anna; since she lives in Columbia it's harder to get together with her! She looked beautiful and rested, and when I told her how bright her eyes looked she said,"That's because my baby's here!" It was sweet! :)