Doctor X 2

You know how sometimes good things come in pairs? Two of our kids became doctors this week. On Tuesday, our baby (Quinn) defended his dissertation at the U of I. We were able to attend his defense and were pretty proud of him. He looked great, and sounded great, even if we understood little of what he said. His PhD in Biochemistry is official now and next week he's off to Harvard to begin a 3-5 year post doc -- grades 24 to 28.

The following day, Travis graduated from the 27th grade and became an official doctor. He's done a bachelor's degree, medical school, residency, and now a fellowship, and I don't even think there is anything more he could do if he wanted to. Even as I write this he is driving his family across the country (and I really mean across -- from Boston to Washington State) where he will begin his practice as an orthopedic surgeon.

Our children have all worked really really hard and have gone through years of long hours and little income. They've had children and been good parents, held significant church callings, provided lots of service to other people, gone through discouraging times, scary times, tired times, and exhilarating times. Congratulations to our two newest doctors!