Saturday, October 13, 2007

We love when family comes to visit!!!

The past ten days have been awesome! Tom and Nina, and Jason and Candice came to visit us and we have been busy taking them to all the cool places around. The guys waisted no time at all and went straight to the XBox for some brotherly bonding. The main reason they came to Richmond was for Matt's White Coat Ceremony for Dental School. The ceremony was in a small auditorium. Many people had to stand or find alternative places to sit, like Jason and Candice who sat on the floor. (you guys are great!) The ceremony was good and short. There was an interesting presentation by one of the alumni who practices in a small town in Virginia. His whole slide presentation was about his small town and how great it is to have all these fabulous things only minutes from his beautiful house (but he wasn't trying to tell the dental students to move to his town, just to get them thinking about small town practice...right...). He went on with his 250 slide power point that also included pictures of his family and neighbors. I wonder if that was the presentation the school had in mind. Then each student was coated by a professor or someone in the dental field. The students stood up and read the Dental Oath. And then the dental hygeine students did the same thing. It was great to see Matt in his white coat, looking so official. I am so proud of him and how far he has come. He'll be a dentist before we know it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Way to go Matt!!! We're also very proud of you and all you have accomplished so far. Keep it up!
love tons, Mom and Dad Burk

Anonymous said...

Whoo hoo Matt. Lookin good, lookin good. I think I have a tooth ache can you hook me up? just kidding.

we love you guys and cant wait to see you next weekend.

love jill and corey

Jessica said...

Congrats Matt! Your white coat makes you look so... distinguished and sort of old! j/k