Happy Anniversary!!

It's hard to believe that it's been two years since our beautiful wedding at Graylyn. We both look back on that weekend with such fond memories, and often wish that we could relive it over and over!

The past two years have been tough to say the least...we have yet to celebrate our anniversary on the actual day due to crazy hospital schedules, but the fact that we have each other to get through the good days and the bad days far outweighs an on-time anniversary dinner! David's on call in the MICU tonight and I'm the "mole" working nights from 6:30PM to 6:30 AM, but we managed to say a brief hello as we crossed paths in and out of the hospital this morning! I did wake up to some beautiful roses yesterday though!

We are looking forward to celebrating another Memorial Day weekend wedding this coming weekend as we travel home to celebrate Peter and Kenzie! We're looking forward to some time away and good times with friends and family!

Happy Anniversary to my best friend! :)

Truly Fortunate

Unfortunately it takes times of great struggle for others in order for us to realize how fortunate we truly are. Nashville has been hit by a "hundred year flood," one that has left many homeless and others with devastated homes and businesses. Although we did awaken to a house without water one morning, that has been the extent of our troubles. Good friends of ours ended up with a good deal of water damage on their bottom floor, and they've had to move out of their house for awhile and have become honorary members of the Barry household! Given that David's on call every third night, I've enjoyed having a little extra company around! Their visit is complete with a cat and dog too, which has been fun! We've been trying to help them out with their house as much as possible, including a crash course in insulation installation. David picked it up pretty quickly!

Otherwise, it's business-as-usual around the Barry house. David's in the MICU and I'm on the wards, so we're staying pretty busy and hang out together every couple of days. We're anxiously awaiting David's June 16th fellowship match as our next step in life will be determined...stay tuned, fingers crossed!

Nashville Flood

We've never seen anything like it...15+ inches of rain in less than 48 hours! I swear we saw animals loading up the ark two by two... Fortunately, our house has been spared from the flood waters, but we've been "flooded in" for the weekend! Check out this video of a building floating down I-24 just miles from our house! All of the wet weather has given us the rare opportunity to lounge around on the couch and clean out those closets that we've been meaning to get to for weeks...

Backpacks, Beaches, and Babies

The month of April has been exciting in the Barry household...we started it out with two much-anticipated weeks of vacation! We had a fantastic vacation that took us from the mountains to the beach with relaxing in between! We flew out to Las Vegas for the first week and spent 4 days hiking at Zion and Bryce National Parks. What an amazing experience! The weather was a little chillier than we first anticipated, but fortunately we had the long underwear and parkas, and it didn't affect our ability to get around. Zion Canyon was magnificent, carved by an unbelievably small river. We particularly enjoyed the "Angels Landing" and "Observation Point" hikes, though they are not for those afraid of heights!

Bryce Canyon National Park was a little colder and a lot snowier than Zion. It snowed 4-5 inches the night before we arrived, but made for a beautiful hike into the canyon with the "hoodoos." We had a lot of fun taking crazy pic

tures amongst the hoodoos, though we got incredibly muddy!

We headed back to Nashvegas via Las Vegas, and spent most of our time walking to the various casinos. We did manage to win a whopping $5 on the penny slots (BIG money!) and enjoyed a night at the Bellagio. These party animals did Las Vegas the way it should be done as seniors in college...this visit was very different! Our favorite finds were the flower garden in the Bellagio and the umbrella display at the Venetian. Kathleen managed to do a little bit of shopping, but otherwise, the gambling was minimal!

The second week of our vacation was spent with some dear residency friends, Matt and Stephanie and their cutest toddler in town, Lucas. We spent a week at Navarre Beach, Florida soaking up some rays, reading books, playing bocce, and outlet shopping...ah, the life! We couldn't have asked for better weather and better company! Lucas learned to call us "KK" and "DooDoo," and we enjoyed teaching him new tricks and words. Here are a few pics from the week....

The icing on the cake of our two weeks was the arrival of our first niece, Alexis Paige Frist, born on April 17, the last day of our vacation! Fortunately we were able to detour through Atlanta on the way home from the beach to meet the new little bundle. Though our visit was brief, were were thrilled to be able to share such a special day with Lisa and David and the new grandparents! Happy and healthy mom and baby is all we could ask for!

The Blue Deacon

If there is one constant in our lives, it is a major interstate: I-40. For our entire lives, we've always lived on the seemingly infinite stretch of I-40. David, the die hard Blue Devil, lived in Durham during his coveted college days while Kathleen moved to Winston-Salem to become a Demon Deacon. As our lives have unfolded together, we've become a "Blue Deacon," and ultimately relocated our ACC-loving selves further down I-40 to Nashville, Tennessee to complete our residencies at Vanderbilt.

Life is a whirlwind as we juggle call schedules, a significant lack of sleep, and cherished time with family and friends. Either way, we make the best of it, and want to share our times of laughter with you...