Catch Up

Dan sitting and watching the fire

This is my cousin TaNisha coming out of the temple
My mom, sister Ashley, me, and my dad waiting outside the temple for TaNisha

We just finished our first week in New York, but since I haven't posted for a while, I thought that I would catch up on the month of June first. I bummed around a little bit and studied for the RD exam, which I passed last week! Dan worked and finished his spring classes. My mom came down to Utah for about a week for Brooke Hanson's wedding and my cousin TaNisha's wedding. My mom, Parker and I hiked up to Timpanogos caves one day, we went shopping, and helped with both the weddings. My dad and Ashley also came down for a day for my cousin's wedding. After that, Dan had finished his classes, so the two of us decided to bust out our tent and sleeping bags we got for our wedding and go camping for a couple of days. It was really fun and relaxing! We just sat around the fire, read, and fed little chipmunks chips. I wasn't able to catch that on camera though. Then we came back to Provo for a couple of days so I could cram and then take my test, then we went and stayed with Dan's grandparents in Scipio Utah. It is a tiny little town with about 325 people, but we had lots of fun with Dan's grandparents. On our way back we stopped in Manti for the Manti pageant with my Aunt Bethany's family. The pageant was pretty good, but a little cheesy as usual. Then we had one day to clean and pack before we flew to New York!

Yay for summer!

So last week I finished my internship! It was such a good feeling to be done after 9 months of slave labor. It really wasn't that bad but it was a long time to work for free! These are some pictures with the other interns at some of our celebrations. The only sad thing about being done is that I won't be able to see these girls every day.
The past week I have been taking it easy . . . Doing some spring cleaning, sleeping, shopping, and studying for the RD exam that I want to take before we leave for New York. We don't leave until the 28th of June, so I still have a while to relax! Dan has been busy with his spring classes and working, so I feel a bit guilty bumming around--but not that guilty.

Burley!

For memorial day weekend, Dan and I took a trip to Burley, Idaho to visit my sister Ashley, her husband Andrew, and cute little nieces Rylee and Reese. My sister Tara, who is living in Rexburg came up as well. It was fun to see them all and spend some time together. We went to "the city of rocks" and climbed around on these huge rock formations, which was really cool to see. We watched some movies, ate lots of Ashley's good food, played princess games with Rylee, and today we went and saw Shoshonee waterfall, which is just right out of Twin Falls. It was a fun and relaxing weekend! Thanks Ashley and Andrew!

Primary Children's and New York!

This past week I finished up my second clinical rotation at Primary Children's hospital is Salt Lake. It was a really good experience, and I got to see lots of cute little sick kids. It actually made me paranoid to have kids because I saw how many different diseases affect childen! I spent time on the infant unit, neurotrauma unit, and the ICU. I gave a case study presentation today and turned in a huge report, and it feels good to be done! The next two months I just have little rotations at the State health department, a WIC clinic, Salt Lake aging services, and the food stamp program in Utah county. At the end of May I will be all finished and ready to take the RD exam!
In June, Dan and I are going to New York City for a couple of months! We are sooooo excited. We are going to be working for the same company that we did last summer, auditing daycares. The fact that we will be doing it in New York makes it so much cooler! So if anyone wants to take a trip this summer, you can come visit us and have a free place to stay in New York!

Yay for school!

Dan and I both got some good news this past week. Dan found out he got into the Business program at BYU! He is super excited and has worked hard for this. Hopefully just another year and a half and he will be done! I would be looking forward to that moment because I might be able to see him a bit more often, but the plan is medical school after that so I should probably cherish the time we get to spend together right now. Since Dan will be in school for a while, I figured I might as well go back and join him, so I am going to start the Masters of Public Health program at BYU in the fall! I'm hoping we can get done around the same time. I'm actually pretty excited about starting the program, I just hope it won't be too incredibly hard or busy. So that is our exciting news for the week!

Disneyland!

A couple of weeks ago we took off a few days and went to Disneyland with Dan's family. It was so much fun! We drove down on Wednesday and went to Disneyland on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and drove back Sunday. It was warm and sunny, and a much needed break! It was really fun to spend time with Dan's family. They are huge Disneyland fans and I thought is was so fun to see his little nieces and nephew get so excited about everything. We all stayed in the same hotel next to each other and it was good to catch up with everyone. Dan's little siblings Matt and Annie came back with us and stayed for a week with us in Provo, which definitely wasn't as exciting as Disneyland, but still fun!

So Ashley asks me every time I talk to her if I am going post anything anytime soon. At first my excuse was that my camera broke, but Dan got me a new camera for Christmas, so I couldn't use that one anymore. But now I don't really have anything to take pictures of. Well since Ashley has never come to visit me in Provo, I thought I would post some pictures of our cute little apartment she has never seen. It is really little, but we really like it!
Dan just started a new semester and is really liking his classes. He has started some of his business classes and is still working on all of his pre-med classes as well. It keeps him busy! I am half way done with my internship. Right now I am at Primary Children's hospital in Salt Lake. It is a neat place to be, but the commute gets a little old! We are looking forward to our trip to Disneyland with Dan's family in February!