White Coat Ceremony & Parents come to Texas!

Ty's parents came to visit in October for the big White Coat Ceremony. It was the first time we had seen them since we left Utah, and it was so fun!! We loved spending time together, and showing them a bit of Texas. 

They majorly spoiled us with dinners out, mom-cooked meals, multiple grocery trips, games, and lots of love. 

Friday night they took us to Spring Creek BBQ, definitely one of the best barbeque spots in Texas!

Saturday was the White Coat Ceremony, a special ceremony where the med students get their first official white doctor coats, which symbolizes the beginning of their service as a doctor. There was some awesome speakers and then the students took turns going on to the stage to put on their white coats. 

I think he's going to make a pretty cute doctor!

Doctor McDreamy pose :)

We are so so happy to have the Deere's and the Warne's with us here at Medical School! 

The Batty's are also here at UT Southwestern, which means 4 Bingham Miner Alumni ended up here, pretty crazy! We have the best friends here. SO many game nights and fun times. 

After the ceremony, Ty's parents took us to Maggiano's, a favorite Italian restaurant in their family. I had never been before, and I have to admit, it was awesome. We got the family style meal, and there were like 6 courses. Spinach artichoke dip, anti-pasto, ceasar salad, bread....and that was all before we actually got our entrees! The entrees and desserts were amazing, and then we all went home and played fat dog. 

It was so much fun to have family in Texas! Thanks for coming for Ty's special day and spoiling us. We love you! Ya'll come again! :)

And so it begins...

Our Med school journey has begun! Ty is in his 8th week of school and so far has had...like 8 tests, so pretty much one big test a week. Needles to say it is a ton of work, but he does love what he is studying. I tease him that he complained more about one semester of Spanish history than he has complained about Medical School so far!

First day of school...rocking the t-shirt tan line!



One cool thing that UT Southwestern did before they officially started school was to have a retreat for all the students, and they let "significant others" come! We got to go to a family owned camp and stay in cabins. We played at the lake, did a super terrifying zip line (the whole tower was shaking as we walked to the top), and ate some good meals. Tyler's med school class is super diverse, and it was awesome to meet so many cool people from all over the world.

At the camp, the med students were sorted into their "houses," which they will stay in for their years here as a med student. I was geeking out over this (imagining that there would be a sorting hat, and they would put it on each student), and although it wasn't quite as awesome as Harry Potter, it was still pretty cool. They had all the students line up and brought them into a big amphitheater while a drum banged ominously, "bum, bum, bum," over and over until everyone was seated. Then, one by one they got called down and given their house (Yay free t-shirt!)

Mostly it is just a formality, but it still made us feel excited about the school and how they try to get everyone included so quickly. It was fun to meet some of the other significant others, and to hear all sorts of advice on how to help our marriage survive medical school.

So far Ty is loving it and we couldn't be happier about our decision to be at UT Southwestern here in Dallas. I am excited to continue to see Tyler loving what he has chosen to do, as long as he keeps practicing the immunizations on the oranges, and not my arms. :)