Something Old, Something New...

 2011 has been one of the most monumental years in my life with the beginning of this adventure I am calling dental school, but with everything new this year has also been about some amazing things that have not changed...

As 2011 marks the year I began dental school it also marks the 25th year of my mother's graduation from dental school (my mom and i love how cosmic things can be)!

However away from teeth and dental school for a moment, there is an even greater anniversary to be celebrated...

November 14th, 2011 marks the 30th Wedding Anniversary of my amazing parents!!!
I cannot even begin to describe how blessed I am to have the parents I do.  30 years that is something to brag about!!!  I am not sure children always realize how much they are loved by their parents, but I have so many blessings to count everyday.  I have two parents who not only love each other unconditionally and have spent everyday of the last 23 years living and breathing for their children.  Sometimes, my brother, sister and I forget that my parents ever had a life before we came along because we have always consumed their everyday.  I have now gotten to age where I am beginning to look back and appreciate what amazing parents I have...

My sister is two years younger than me and growing up (until I was a senior in high school), Hanna and I hated that we had to share a room.  My dad would always tell us it was because he wanted us to be best friends...we hate to admit it, but it worked (maybe too well).  Hanna and I cannot get enough of each other and would love nothing more than to always live together.  We have planned our future lives together, when we are going to have kids, where we are going to live/practice dentistry (yes my sister is going to be a dentist too and yes our future husbands are just going to be along for the ride haha)!  And we have not forgotten our little brother, who has been an only child for the last 4 years, he is also our world and the greatest little guy I know (we are also bringing him along for the ride)!

Every lesson I have learned, every experience I have had and every accomplishment I have achieved is completely a product of the love and guidance of two people.  I have a family that is built out of love and is united by an unbreakable bond.  I cannot be more thankful for everything in my life and look forward to every opportunity to pay it forward!