Celebrating a 50th Wedding Anniversary

This past weekend I went to East Bernard, Tx to celebrate a wonderful occasion with Kristi's family and her grandparents. They celebrated their 50th wedding annivesary this past Sunday. I was able to make it down for a special Mass in their honor as well as brunch/luncheon for them and their family. The weather was really nice and it turned out to be a really nice day for a big family gathering to honor a worthy occasion. I didn't get to stay very long because of having to be back in the hospital the very next day, but I did get to see everyone again as well as play with Klay and Luker a little, and that's always fun. And of course there were lots of pictures taken too. Way too many to put on here, but here's a couple.



Tommy and Yvonne Krenek



The Krenek Family (plus guests)

Start of Pediatrics

Today was orientation day for my Pediatrics rotation. It was mostly filled with lectures and seminar series but I did get to find out my schedule for the next two months. I will be doing Neonatology with the babies at Ben Taub Hospital for the next two weeks, then will switch over to Ambulatory Medicine also at Ben Taub for two weeks. A.M. consists of normal clinic visits and stuff, for immunizations, colds, ear aches, that sort of thing. I then finish out my last month at Texas Childrens' Hospital on the wards with pediatric internal medicine. I'm looking forward to it, and I like the schedule that I ended up with, so here's to hoping it all turns out well.

Parents to St. Louis

St. Louis Arch

It's official now, Conoco Phillips is transferring Jay to their St. Louis division to be a director of Human Resources starting as soon as July 1st. We've known about the possibility for a little while now, but only recently has it been made a sure deal. Of course this makes things kind of crazy around my parents' house now. Mom's in a flurry trying to get the house on the market (as if she really needs to work at it, it looks amazing as ever). Jay's having to make lots of plane trips now. He's currently in Denver, but he'll be flying very frequently back and forth to St. Louis to get everything ready for the transfer. Part of this is also so he can check out some neighboorhoods and possible houses to buy. Speaking of that, mom has made very clear that she wants a "real fireplace" this time, not some imitation that you flip a switch on the wall and fire magically appears, lol. I'm pretty sure she'll get what she wants this time around. It sounds like they may be there until he retires. This move won't affect what I'm doing much, I'll still be here in Houston going to school until I graduate next summer. Residency is still up in the air, but I'm hoping to stay around here and close to Kristi. This does mean that I get to see some new cities on occasion, holidays in St. Louis, maybe some road trips to Chicago where I've been before. That sort of thing should be fun. It's kind of exciting, I'm happy for them to get out of Houston and on to something different, and it is a rather nice promotion for Jay as well. We're hoping that with this new job he won't have to fly nearly as much if at all. That would be great if that's the case. We'll see, i'll keep everyone updated.

In Bluebonnet Country...

For the past several years, Kristi and I have tried to take advantage of Springtime here in Texas by going to see the different wildflowers that bloom and come to life this time of year. In particular, this part of Texas is famous for the Texas Bluebonnet, which is the official state flower. Bluebonnets are commonly seen on the sides of the country roads and in random fields across the area, some like Washington on the Brazos make for popular roadside destinations for many seeking picnic areas and wildflower viewings. This year, two of our good friends, Susie and Paul, came along with us and we made a roadtrip out of it to go to another popular wildflower town, Brenham. It's also the home to the Blue Bell Ice Cream Creamery (which was closed on this day, so no tours). But we did find a good spot with lots of flowers and took some nice pictures for eveyone to enjoy.


Kristi and Me


Paul and Susie


The girls...


Unposed pic of K


Hmm. . she looks contemplative


Roadside field we found


More bluebonnets


A little closer..


Opposite view




Ok, playing around a little here


Kristi looking sad because she just smushed some bluebonnets


Susie and Paul playing with some flowers


After Brenham, we also went back to Washington on the Brazos state park to see if they had many flowers like the years before, but it was rather disappointing and we ended up not staying very long at all. We also didn't get many pictures from that trip either, just a few. It was a fun trip though, and good to get out and enjoy some nice spring weather.