First decade of the 21st Century

Who would of thought 10 years ago we were all freaking out over Y2K!?! A few of my friends (thanks Chi-ch) did a list of a decade in review, so I decided to jump on the wagon as well:

2001 - R & J met at SIU-E
2003 - May - R & J Graduated from SIUE
September - R moved to St. Louis for grad school
2004 - J started grad school
Priti graduated and started at U of M
2006 - January - R graduated from one grad program
May - R graduated with another grad program, J graduated from grad program
June - R Moved to Boston for Fellowship
November - J & R got engaged (yay!)
Abhi graduated high school and started at Claremont McKenna
2007 - J was transferred to the downtown Regions Bank
whirlwind wedding planning
May - R moved back to St. Louis and started a new job
September - R decided that the job with Mercy was not the proper move for my career
October - R & J got married and went on honeymoon and moved in together!
Both of our parents celebrated their 30 year wedding anniversary!
2008 - R started job with SIHF
J & R celebrated 1 year wedding anniversary
Karen diagnosed with breast cancer - family came together and started her fight
Emily graduated from grad school and moved to Indiana
Evan graduated high school and started at NIU
2009 - Karen won her fight!
Emily & Dan got married
Ritu & Tim got engaged
Priti graduated and started law school
Ritu graduated from graduate school

It has been a busy decade! Here's to the next one!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe that 2009 is over, I was just getting used to it! For NYE we headed to Molly's in Soulard for dinner and drinks. We had not eaten there yet, the food was phenomenal! I am looking forward to going back. It was a fun night, my siblings were even able to come, sans Ritu - who we missed very much! Happy New Year everybody, wishing you a safe and blessed year!

H & I at dinner


Priti & Jerry (her BF)

The guys (sans Tim - we missed you!)

Siblings sans Ritu (we missed you!)

The Group

Merry Christmas

This year with Christmas landing on a Friday, it gave us the opportunity to spend more than a day with both of our families.


Out for a Scotch Tasting in Quincy with good friends.



Before Christmas Eve Dinner with the Schutte Side of the family

Christmas Morning at the Bordewick's

Christmas day with the Grandma's

Christmas Dinner at the Nemani's


Dinner and a Show - every year the Nemani side goes out to dinner and a show - this year we went to kemoll's and went and saw "White Christmas"

Happy Holidays!

Like every year, the holidays were busy and packed with fun activities. We did many dinners with friends, Annual Condo progressive dinner, and work parties. Here are some photos from the season!

On to the Next Chapter

After almost 2 years with SIHF, I am now moving on to a new challenge. After a month of interviewing, I was offered a job with BJC Health Care as a Start-Up Manager. It was a big decision and after a lot of thought and lists, I accepted the position. It was hard to resign from my role with SIHF, I built some amazing relationships and learned a lot during my time there, but I knew it was time to take the next step in order to meet my career goals. I am very excited and nervous about the new position. It is to do Mergers & Acquisitions for the Medical Group and the 13 BJC Hospitals. The position is brand new, so it should be very exciting and challenging - which I look forward to. My first day is January 5! I will update once I have been there for a little while!