he did it!!!
that’s right folks, phil tsai has graduated from medical school! yahoo, yeehaw, and hooray!!! his graduation ceremony took place last friday afternoon.
here’s dr. tsai (!) striding across the stage just after receiving his doctoral hood.
the sign joanna made for phil. she also made him a candy necklace with all green jolly ranchers! sooo cute. good thing she made all that cuz i never would have thought of it. the sign came in handy too, as phil spotted it from the stage and was able to find us afterward.
mikey trying on daddy’s puffy hat.
happy family…
johnny and joanna borrowing the kiddos for a family shot. they’ll make such great parents someday!
it was a gorgeous day and tulips were blooming everywhere on campus.
that evening, we went to timber lodge steakhouse for some yummy prime rib. johnny did a great job helping mikey eat and even cleaned him up afterward. mikey loooves his ‘unka johnny’!
it was such a beautiful day all around. i got a bit teary-eyed during the ceremony reflecting on how good and faithful God has been to phil and to our family as He led us every step of the way through this long journey and ultimately allowed us to make it to this wonderful day of joyous celebration.

13 Comments
pastordennis
happy day! congrats to phil and family for supporting him through this time! god’s providence is wonderful isn’t it?
shinfucius
congratulations Dr. Phil!
mrsstellalee
hooray! we are so glad that in a year you’ll be heading back to la! yay!
Starbukk35
yay, congratulations to all of you!! what a wonderful day!
mrs_shinfucius
haha, it is dr. phil! congrats to him and you, too, cause i know it can be a whole family effort. way to go tsais! i am counting down the days until hans graduates. it’s almost over! allie looks like she has tons more hair!
greantea71
congrats a thousand times over! (i hope he gets to keep the poofy hat!)
nahyoojin
Whoo hoo! Congratulations, Philbert!
ohmobile
exxxxxcellent!!! congrats tsai’s! now peeps will always be coming to him for free diagnosises (sp?), “hi phil. how are you? well, i have this strange feeling in my….”
joannaaaakim
it was a wonderful day and weekend! it already seems like that was many weeks ago…can’t wait to see you again! =)
ChristineSong
Whoo hoo!!! Congrats!
UrKillinMeLarry
wahoo!! congratulations! what a wonderful event!
i hope you won’t mind that i’ll be coming to you guys for tons of medical advice–i am a major hypochondriac! ahaha
MominIreland
That’s so great! Congratulations!
mrssjlee
hooray for phil!!! we are sooooo proud of him and for you for being such a loving and supportive wife through it all!!!
see ya soon!