Sunday, December 14, 2008

A few more developments...

Jared was just chosen by his fellow residents to be senior chief resident for the next 12 months. It is a lot of extra work, but something that he'd be great at. So, he'll be doing all of their scheduling and act as a liaison between the attendings and residents. In my opinion, the perfect man for the job.

My personal training adventures have been fantastic! I've had many opportunities to train people, many of which have signed up to train with me long term. I also have been teaching some group fitness classes, which is a bit more challenging for me (since I like to train solo), but nevertheless fun. Honestly, I could be at the gym working, talking, and teaching fitness all day (good thing I have 3 kids to keep me grounded!). I LOVE IT!

The next step is...

And we know where we'll be in 18 months -- the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. YAHOO! This was Jared's #1 choice: it is exactly what he wants to be doing (MRI) and where he wants to be doing it (AZ). So, yet again, we've been blessed beyond belief. This entire process of medical school has been fantastic and we've always gone where we needed to. Congrats to Jared, my own personal genius!

Christmas photo 2008

So, this is as good as it gets! We did 2 early morning photo shoots over Thanksgiving... Wow, those are getting more painful by the year. But, this one is just fine -- Whew!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008



November 2008

Jared is busy with working and traveling for fellowship interviews. His Mayo Clinic interview went well and he will hear from them within a few weeks. He has two different Harvard interviews this month (I get to join him in Boston for one of them – YIPEE!). Jared is also completing a few more applications for the UofA fellowship and Johns Hopkins (in honor of Mike and Carley’s favorite doctor). There is also a program here in San Antonio that just might be the best fit for him, but that is still in the works.



I am officially a Certified Personal Trainer and am working a few hours every morning at the Jewish Community Center as a trainer. I genuinely am having a ball meeting new people, getting new clients, designing workouts, doing fitness assessments, and basically kicking people’s rear ends. I have been smiling for a month now – I’m having that much fun!



Tressa is losing teeth like its going out of style (the Tooth Fairy is having a hard time keeping up!). She has a slight break from her gymnastic competitions for a few more weeks. She did end her swimming season last week with a meet and I was so impressed with that girl’s strokes!



Brian is still racking in the goals at his soccer games, and has learned to keep his elbows to himself (instead of in the other kids’ faces). He loves school and even more his bike!



Johnny Scott is 20 months and just starting to talk more which leads to making us laugh even more. He keep me running all day – but he can win my heart in an instant! His new dancing moves have been a huge hit!



Every morning the kids and I pack everything up and ride our bikes 3 miles to and from school. We’ve been keeping track and yesterday we hit the 100 mile mark! We celebrated by dancing in the school parking lot, setting of poppers with streamers, and Jared took us all our and bought us desperately needed new bike helmets! It was so rewarding to see the kids so excited to reach our goal as a family.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Jared

And now for the king of the house: JARED! We love this guy who always is cracking us up with a new joke or a random chimpanzee yell. Jared was primarily raised in Gilbert, AZ, went on a mission to Brazil, then graduated in microbiology from ASU. Along the way, he persuaded me to marry him in 1995. Jared went to U of A for medical school and graduated in 2005. He did his internship year in Phoenix, and is now doing his residency in Radiology here in San Antonio, TX at University Health Science Center. He just applied to fellowships around the country and we are waiting to hear where he will bring us in 2010 for his 1 year of fellowship. Jared works ALL THE TIME, but does have outside interests. He is remarkably musical and in high school and college played the french horn and cello. He is loves to burn of steam at the shooting range, watch any movie, go to his kids' sporting events, read science fiction books, dream about his future cars, and talk on the phone to any of his brothers or sister every day.