Dr. Darrell Brimhall

In May we had two family members graduate. One graduation was slightly more important though. Darrell graduated from the University of Arizona Phoenix Campus Medical School, and is now a Doctor. The graduation ceremony was very nice. It was hard to get pictures because there were so many people, so some of these pics are from the school. The ceremony was held at an Art museum in Phoenix. It was very nice.





After the ceremony there was tons of chaos in the lobby as the graduates met family members and had pictures. Pretty much everyone was able to attend the graduation including Darrell's Aunt Nan and Uncle Mike.



This picture is Sarah being shy about me wanting to take a picture with Darrell's graduation hat on. The second picture is prior to the ceremony. We had to be there an hour early and that is a long time plus the actual ceremony for kids. Our kids were pretty good considering. But thank goodness for my parents who took them out when they got to disruptive, I was so appreciative of that.

It's been a long road to get here and it was a relief for Darrell to be done with another step of the journey. Next is residency which will be at Phoenix Baptist here in the Valley. He applied to every residency in the valley and when he interviewed at Baptist he felt if fit just right for him. He actually never thought that would be in his top 5 choices. He loves the small feel of the hospital and he loves that the family medicine program is the only residency at the hospital which means there are not tons of residents competing to get enough patients and experiences. He matched at several of the other hospitals we know simply because they sent a survey wanting to know why he didn't choose them. So now begins another adventure. Only 4 more years in the valley. A 3 year residency followed by a 1 year fellowship in geriatrics at Boswell hospital and they we are off to cooler higher country.

And then of course the second graduate: Derek Brimhall. He graduated from kindergarten:) A much smaller affair...well at least I thought so, although when I showed up at the graduation you would have thought by how some people were dressed and the amount of flowers and balloons they brought that this was at least a high school graduation. Boy was I amazed...or maybe I'm just a bad mom:) Although he is cute in his cute little Velcro button gown and paper hat. My favorite part was watching the kindergartners all sing and do hand motions to a song together.