Fall Update II

We are actually doing this post in the living room of this cabin. We are currently on our first full weekend off since starting residency in July. We took the opportunity to come to the Smokey Mountains and rent a cabin. It is amazing and the views are outstanding! On top of that, it is restful, something that we truly appreciate.




Just a view from the inside of the cabin. Angela's parents are actually building a mountain house...we hope it has some windows like these!

This is at the large city park just beside our townhouse in Nashville. We took some bread to feed the ducks and the birds and as you can see, they were hungry. We have been blessed to have most of our days off together so we can enjoy activities like this. There is also a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in this park. We will post a picture of it soon.

Merry Christmas! Chuck's family took this picture at the ICE exhibit at Opryland hotel in Nashville over Thanksgiving. We hope you and your families are enjoying the holidays.

Fall Update I

Happy Thanksgiving! Our families came to visit for thanksgiving...everyone, even Bella, Jennifer and Seth's dog. We ate a lot of turkey, pies, and stuffing...played games...and saw the christmas lights at Opryland Hotel. We also bought a tree and decorated it. Thanks to our families for visiting!

Jr and Lindsay lived with us for a month during October and November while they did a pediatrics rotation at Vanderbilt. It was a lot of fun to have them here and we were recruiting hard for them to come back to stay next year for residency! This is us in front of our carved pumpkins. Chuck's is a skeleton face, Angela's is a spider, Jr's is a tree, and Linday's says "Boo". We had some help from other friends of ours carving the rest of them.

This a picture we took while hiking at Radnor Lake in Nashville. Although we have been busy at work, we have had time to get out and enjoy Nashville and some beautiful scenery. Jr and Lindsay were with us on this hike and it was surprising how far we felt from the city while still being so close. We were lucky to catch the lake on a clear day with the changing of the leaves.

This is a tribute to Zeke Barrier. Zeke died about 2 weeks ago. Many of you had met Zeke and knew how big a part of our family he was. This is the last picture that Chuck took with Zeke. He will be missed dearly.