Fellowship Graduation

Grandma, Papa and Grandpa Stan

I set my kids up with a different set of family members over the space of 4 days in hopes that it wouldn't get too overwhelming for anyone. My grandparents had the first shift and my dad filled in as well to help out. It is so nice to be able to live in a place where they can come to you. This makes it especially great because all the kids have their stuff all in one place. My flight was pretty uneventful unless you want to include the male flight attendant flirting the entire flight with a woman in front of me. It was quite entertaining and I really wish I had the guts to have taken a photo of him. To top it off as he was welcoming us to the city he said and I got Jenny's phone number!! (Kinda ironic we had the same name eh?)

I can't even express how excited I was to see Doug. I felt like we were going on a fancy date much like when we were courting. The restaurant where the dinner was located reminded me like uptown New Orleans on St. Charles. In order to even eat at this place you have to be a "member" of their club.

Since super nice restaurants are out of my comfort zone you can imagine the anxiety I had upon our arrival. Mix that with our non-alcoholic beverages and people you really aren't exactly used to being around (catch the my drift).... but I was pleasantly surprised at how easy going everyone seemed to be (perhaps the amount of liquid being passed around). These are all the physicians Doug worked with over the past year. They are quite an eclectic, yet great bunch of men.

left to right
Dr. Toland, Dr. Jakobs, Dr. Delee, Adam Perry (the other fellow),
Doug, Dr. Huff, Dr. Kaiser and Dr. Casillas

The Argyle House

My camera doesn't even come close to doing this amazing house justice. They have restored this home and it is not only used as the Argyle restaurant, but parties and weddings are also held here. The grounds are breathtaking!

chocolate souflee

I ordered the lamb chops. I figured I had never tried them and decided to get a little crazy rather than order my safe "steak" plate. It didn't disappoint they were really delicious. The lamb was based with a lingonberry sauce. At the same time we placed our order if we wanted dessert it had to be placed then due to the time it takes to make. I got the chocoloate souflee, again so yummy!

Adam & Heidi Perry, me and Doug

Once dinner was pretty much over Dr. Casillas got up and made remarks about Doug and Adam. Despite the crazy schedule it brought for Doug, he had a great experience. Overall, I think he feels more comfortable doing surgeries and going in a practice by himself. This year he logged in over 600+ cases. I don't know much about surgery, but that seems like a lot to me!

Dinner got out around 10:30pm and we headed on over to Givenchy Hotel (aka The Gordon's) Mackenzi was sweet enough to give up her room for the weekened so we could have our own private suite. This is the current view....ahhh I love the hill country. I am off to play weee!