The Howe Family: June 2011

Nancy's Bachelorette Party- Chicago, June 2011

It was so great to reunite with med school friends in Chicago for Nancy's Bachelorette Party.

L, Jillian, Nancy and Erin

The Underground, Chicago

Can't wait for the wedding in August!

Dexter AA Half Marathon and Kevin and Crystal visit!

Kevin and Crystal came up from Cleveland for the weekend. We had a great time playing golf!

The next day was the Dexter AA 1/2 Marathon: Mike at the finish!

My running buddy for the last 3 miles- Lauren! So glad we found each other in the humidity and heat!

Post race BBQ at our house!

Kate, Laura and Lauren

TC visit May 2011

These two ladies were the majority of the reason I made the trip. I couldn't wait to meet Isabelle and I can't believe it wasn't until she was nearly 12 weeks old!

Laura, Isabelle and Katie

Dinner with many of my dear TC friends at the Old Mission Tavern!

Mike was in Denver at a conference while I was home, and he got to explore Colorado for much of the weekend too!

Internal Medicine Prom

Every year, the Internal Medicine Department has an end of the year event we lovingly call the Prom :)

Mike and I with Dr. DelValle, the Internal Medicine program director.

Finally, residency is coming to a close, and we celebrated with THREE GRADUATIONS!

In early June, we had 3 graduations in 8 days! It was a busy few weeks, but lots of fun!

Internal Medicine Graduation

My family came down to join for Med-Peds Graduation

I <3 Peonies!

Clinic Crew: Dr. Dean, Cathy, Dr. Daniel, Laura and Dr. Kahn

*the ones listed as Dr. are the guys who taught us the last 4 years!

With my program director, Michael.

Peds Graduation

Med Peds crew (minus Adam). It has been a great 4 years together guys!

4th Year Med-Peds Ladies

I can't believe the 4 years are coming to a close in 3 days!

Lindsey and Phil's Charleston Wedding

The beautiful streets of Charleston.

We explored a nearby beach town, Folly Beach, dined at a favorite restaurant, Blossom, and explored the streets of Charleston before the wedding.

Wedding! Congrats Lindsey and Phil!

We are excited they will be moving closer, to Chicago, while Lindsey does her fellowship.

Phil is Mike's best friend from high school.

Sunday Brunch at Husk. The Chef is a James Beard award winner and you could tell. We had the best bloody mary of my life in their adorable bar :)

Restaurant on the left, bar on the right.

We love visiting Charleston and can't wait to go back!

Tina and Sarah Visit

Thank you Tina and Sarah for traveling back to AA to visit. Tina came from MA and Sarah from CA!!

Much of our usual crew at breakfast at Zola!

We are loving our new back yard. We have been excited to see what blooms, and adding our own personal touch. So far we have added 3 rose plants, the hydrangea plans, 2 bleeding hearts and herb garden, a vegetable garden, and lots of pretty annuals!

Thank you to my mother in law for planting lots of bulbs last fall. There were lots of pretty tulips and more daffodils than I could count......

Bleeding hearts

With some of our new tools!

Beginnings of a vegetable garden. This was the day I planted, and everything has grown so much bigger already!

Herb Garden

Laura's 30th Birthday- April 18th

For my birthday this year, we had a great celebration at the house with friends. Despite cold weather (for April), we had fun playing corn hole, and had a fire in the chimenea. Mike got some yummy cupcakes from the Cupcake Station, and filled the house with 3 vases of pink tulips! Good work Mike :)