Congratulations Geoff and Jessie!

What a handsome dude!

So, as your big brother, I want to tell you I love you and will always be available for you! Congratulations on getting hitched! It's about time huh? I think you guys are great, and hopefully you will have lots of fun and growth during all the years you will have together.

This was a great wedding! Let me just summarize:
* Beautiful chapel at the Wynn Resort, Las Vegas, beautiful flowers

* Small, short and sweet wedding ceremoney

* Great message by the reverend, all the meat and no fluff, and realistic and right on!

* Beautiful bride and handsome groom, even better looking bestman (hee hee, wink wink)

* Huge limosine cruising down the strip! That was really cool.

* Got to meet Jessie's wonderful family! Everyone was meant to be there.

* Lots of eating, eating and more eating...

* Falling asleep to a beautiful view of the strip on my feather bed after a warm bath in the roman tub...

I hope you guys have fun on your honeymoon!

Ventura Update

Hey everyone! Man, I haven't posted a blog in such a long time. I have been having so much fun at the residency program. Living on the beach, full view of the California Channel Islands, beautiful sunsets, surfs, city night lights, happening downtown, fresh fruits and vegitables, wonderful people, small town, and my absolute favorite job in the world... what else can I ask for?!

It is now almost end of my 2nd month in resideny. First month I was on inpatient Medicine-Pediatrics. Now I am on Surgery. The unique thing about this place is that most of the residents wanted to be completely self sufficient to practice full spectrum medicine in the middle of no-where. So, the training here shows it. We, residents, run the whole hospital. We are also a regional trauma center... so, here are some of the things I've been doing this month: help run traumas, doing surgeries (either primary or first assist), primary c-sections, did the burr hole into the brain, making scalp/skull flaps with the brain surgeon, suturing up the face and reconnecting tendons with the plastic surgeon, doing orbital implants, general surgery stuff, being the only surgery resident on-call at night in the entire hospital, my hands on the brain, doing and managing chest tubes/tracheostomy/central lines, enjoying delicious hospital food, quality reading times, playing the violin and guitar, hanging out with attendings, Bible studies, OMT, acupuncture on my fellow physicians... anything else...

I am having so much fun, living in paradise, and working with such a great residency and hospital staff. I can't ask for more.

One thing I do struggle with is quality time with God. Please pray that I would make that into my schedule.

Today, I found out that there is a Wilderness Medicine Society that does all sorts of expeditions and teaches other physicians about wilderness medicine... man, I am all ear!

Thanks for reading this blog, I hope to hear from you soon too.

Oh... PS, my brother is getting married at the Wynn, Las Vegas! I will post pictures soon! I am so proud of him!