Chris's Medical School Graduation

We had such a wonderful time at Graduation with our family and sure appreciate all of their love and support!  It was wonderful to see our friends that we hadn’t seen for a long time, it was truly a momentous experience!  

Thursday Chris had to be there early for pictures and exit interviews and Chuck, Tika, and I joined him in the afternoon for the welcome back reception in the Commons and got to visit with friends! Then we rushed to Chris’s class Party out at Jackson Stables, then to 1000 Hills for the SAA Banquet.  It was so fun to see everyone and celebrate we have so many wonderful memories we share!

 Amber, Brian, Chris and I 

 Our Board 

Melanie, Sarah, Amber, Me, Jenny, and April 

Some are in other classes and have since moved so they were not pictured (Alana, Krystal, and Kari)

Or pregnant with Triplets! (Tamra)

Each year a few SAA members receive special awards for their service in SAA and it was such a privilege to be a recipient of one of the Gutensohn awards! So many others were deserving of this award, so thank you for this honor! 

 Dr. Toni Smith, Me, Jenny, Melanie, Melinda, and Lori Haxton

 Dr. Toni Smith has the honor of presenting these awards and was a personal friend of the Gutensohns she is an amazing lady!

Me (Leadership) Jenny (Service) and Melanie (Overall Outstanding)

 Lori and I 

Lori is an amazing woman also and I love her and have learned SO much from her! I truly miss serving with her she does so much for SAA and we are so lucky to have her!  

 Melinda Brown and I 

Chris and Brian studied and did everything together in Med school! 

Here they are running out for their midnight snack just like old times, but usually Amber or I would run and get it so they could keep studying!

Friday we had the class picnic at the Country Club inside because of the rain! 

 Jenny, Melanie, Me and Alyson

Then we had a military rehearsal for their swearing in at Truman followed by h'orderves and drinks at the Dukam Inn! It was nice to see everyone again!  

Jake Barnard, Chris, Ian Riter and Joe Gavin

 Chuck and Chris

Jake and Tiffany

 Chris and I

Then off to the Friday Night Awards Banquet

 Dean Maag and Chris 

Chris worked for Dean through work study and really enjoyed going to his house to shoot their bow and arrows and talk about hunting!

 Our table

Us, Sarah and Matt Guymon, and Jessie Justus

 The Barnards and us

 Sue Magruder and I 

(another amazing woman the Magruders are such neat people!)

Chris with President Magruder

The Big Day!!!

Saturday May, 14th, Chris was sworn in as Captain of the US Army and it was a neat experience for him to have his Father and Mother pin him!  Everything went wonderful, but it was freezing!  The Graduation ceremony went really well and I really enjoyed seeing everyone walk across stage and graduate! We were all like a family and the memories of so many good times flooded my memory! We met incredible people from all over the world and shared in a lot together!  Medical School is tough and these med students went through so much to get to where they are! They are incredible! Each will make amazing doctors and I am so proud of all of them and the experiences we shared in, especially my wonderful husband!!!  We are so grateful for all of our many blessings! 

Here he is as 2nd Lieutenant

 Bri, Chris and Jake

Chuck, Chris and Tika

We were so glad to have some of our family their to celebrate with us this special day!

The ceremony at Truman University

 The Army

 Uh oh! Wrong hand, he is never going to live this one down! 

 Oh good! He finally realized it!

 His Mom and Dad pinning him as Captain

 Captain Squires!

 Chris and Brian

 Chris and I

 Mara, Chris, Elana and Erica

 Chris Graduating!

 He was so happy! We all were! It was an incredible feeling and so neat to go through this with him and see first hand how hard they all work through this! 

Dr. Squires!

Jake, Chris and Bri

Chuck, Chris and Tika

We celebrated at The Pear Tree and had a nice dinner! Then Chris and I went with Chuck and Tika to Kansas City and stayed downtown and went to a delicious steak restaurant and did some shopping! What a wonderful week we had!
So many wonderful memories! We made such great friends and loved our time in Kirksville! We wished we would have had more time to see everyone.  Kirksville was such a great place for our family to be! We learned so much from so many of you and you each hold a special place in our hearts!