We Matched At...

...Greenville!!! We are so excited. After much prayer and consideration, we put Greenville as our first choice with Charlotte and Vanderbilt close behind. We would have been happy at any of those places, but we are confident that we are going where God wants us to be. Greenville has an amazing orthopedics program and Stephen had one of the best "gut feelings" after interviewing there. He will get an amazing education and get to work with really great people at Greenville. He meshed really well with the other residents and the attendings. The big things you look for are quality of education, happiness of the residents, reputation so you can get a good fellowship, if you get along with the residents (because you will spend a lot of time with them), and location. We really felt Greenville was strong in all these areas.

Stephen's parents, my parents, and Stephen's brother went with us to the match ceremony. One at a time, a name is drawn at random. When they call your name, you walk up on stage and open an envelope to find out where you are going. It is completely nerve racking and exciting at the same time. We were so excited to say "Greenville" into the microphone. Each person gets to walk up to a song of their choice and have some pictures on the screen. We walked up to All Time Low's "Vegas." It is one of our favorite songs that has a lot of meaning to us. It is filled with memories of when we started dating at Clemson. Here are the pics that were shown on stage as we walked up:

Lots of people dressed up. There was a crustacean, a banana, a pirate, the cowbell guy from SNL, a dancing otter, hulk hogan, many St Patty Day costumes, and lots more. If you want to see a video from the local news you can go here.
Here are some pics from the ceremony:

Afterward we went to lunch with the family at Saffron's downtown. After that we went to Salty Mikes for the post-match celebration, which continued at Fuel for dinner, and then Closed for Business on King Street.

Stephen, I am so proud of you. You are an amazing man and I continue to fall in love with you every day. I am so excited to start this next stage of life with you!