January:
We came back in January from California only to find that we were in the middle of a polar vortex! We had wind chills of -35 degrees!! I don't think either one of us knew that was even possible! We also got back to Cleveland only to find out that our car had been buried under 2 weeks of snow!
February:
Keith did his first neurology rotation and realized that he really enjoyed it!
March:
We rented a cabin in Amish country! We had a lot of fun slowing down and relaxing with the Amish :)
We also had the chance to celebrate Stephanie's birthday with friends at Happy Dog and Sweet Mo's Ice Cream
March was also special because we after nearly a year of attending Gateway Heights church we officially became members!
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| Our car when we got back to Cleveland |
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| Amish Buggy outside our cabin |
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| Sweet Mo's For Stephanie's Birthday |
April:
May:
We celebrated our one year anniversary! Stephanie finished her first year of graduate school and was featured in the MSASS magazine. Click here to read the magazine!
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| The Botanical Gardens on our 1 year anniversary |
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| Stephanie on the cover of Action Magazine |
June:
June was exciting! We were able to travel back to California to be a part of Phil and Becky's wedding.
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| Keith with Will and Kaleb at Mason Beach the day before the wedding |
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| Phil and Becky's Wedding |
July:
After 3 hard months of working with Y.O.U (Youth Opportunities Unlimited) Stephanie finished working with the Mayor Frank G Jackson Summer Youth Employment program.
In July Keith started his Acting Internship with the University Hospitals. His AI was in internal medicine.
August:
Stephanie's parents visited from California. We visited Niagara Falls. In August we were also notified that Stephanie was awarded the Mandel Scholar award, a full tuition scholarship!
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| Selfie at Niagara Falls |
Stephanie in front of the Mandel School
September:
Keith submitted his residency applications for Neurology programs! During that he received invitations to nearly EVERY school in California. We also had the chance to celebrate Keith's birthday in Cleveland.
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| Keith with the Darth Vader Pinata that Pablo and Diane made for him |
October:
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| Playing games at Gameworks in Chicago |
We had fun dressing up for Halloween! We also had the chance to visit Will and Christina in Chicago.
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| Uhura and Spock |
November:
In November Keith had interviews at UCSD, Loma Linda, and UC Davis. We had the chance to visit California for those interviews. We even had the chance to go to Disneyland.
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| At Disneyland |
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| At Disney California Adventure |
December:
December was a busy month! Stephanie finished off her semester. Keith had a series of interviews in California, including interviews at: UCLA, USC, Kaiser, and UCI. We had the chance to watch White Christmas before we visited California. We spent 2 weeks down in orange county and will be spending the next two weeks in Lodi
2015!!!!
2015 will be an exciting year for us! Keith will find out where he is matched March 20th. We will be visiting Guatemala during spring break. We will be graduating May 18th!! We have also planned a vacation after graduation to Disney World.
You're prayers for 2015 are always appreciated. We pray that God will continue to sustain Keith through all of his interviews! That God begins to prepare a home for us for wherever Keith ends up in residency. We pray that wherever we end up we find a Jesus loving, bible teaching church. We pray that Stephanie finds a job soon after graduation. We pray for good health in 2015.
Happy New Year!!!

















