Congratulations Mom & Dad on 30 years!

This weekend, my siblings and I surprised my parents with a family dinner in downtown West Palm Beach to celebrate their upcoming 30th wedding anniversary.  The restaurant, Top of the Point, occupies the top floor of the Phillips Point building.  The view from up there includes the Intercoastal, the Atlantic, Palm Beach Island and The Breakers Hotel, where my parents spent their wedding night.  The food, wine and dessert were all excellent but their favorite part must have been having everyone together from out of town or possibly the new 47" TV we got them.  : )

July 4th Weekend with Alex

So I have already posted tons of evidence of my trip in VA last weekend via my iPhizzie but here are the official pics. My brother Alex was kind enough to let me stay with him in this little room in the house he lives at. We went tubing with his boys on the James river and also drove to West Virgina for some rock climbing. Apparently my little brother is the Lance Armstrong of climbing or something. He rocked it, I sucked hard but had a lot of fun. We also had a BBQ, played stump and lit some fireworks but I forgot to bring the camera for that part. Probably was a good call.

 Seeing Alex capped a week of visits with my family. My Dad came up to see me and then my sister was in town for interviews before I left for this trip. Getting some bonus familytime has been a nice perk of moving back east.

Congratulations Joanna!

We are all extremely proud of my older sister, Joanna for completing Duke's prestigious Masters of Science in Nurse Anesthesia program this May. For all of her hard work, she was also awarded the Sigma Theta Tau Thelma Ingles Award for clinical expertise and scholarly activities. Joanna is now (very) qualified to practice as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

 Here are the pictures of the ceremonies I took in Durham.

 CONGRATULATIONS JOANNA!!!