Accepted!

Well 2011 is off to a fantastic start! I found out on Wednesday that I was accepted to the BYU internship! It was a bittersweet day because I was selected out of 18 amazing girls, 10 of whom did not receive a spot. After spending two years getting to know everyone and becoming such good friends it was tough to see some so disappointed. Luckily everyone has a fantastic attitude and have been really supportive (which is a good thing because we have 3 more months of working together).

The BYU internship is probably one of the best internships available and very highly respected. It is 9 months of supervised practice that is required to become an accredited Registered Dietitian. I will be doing rotations in hospitals all the way from Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake and McKay Dee in Ogden. I will also be doing community and management rotations throughout Utah Valley working with community programs like WIC and managing the on-campus restaurant that is a lab for the undergraduate juniors. After my 1200 hours are complete I can take the exam (BYU interns have a 100% passing rate) and begin working as an R.D.! Finally!

To celebrate Chris took me to Olive Garden and we indulged in their frozen raspberry lemonade...mmmm

There were a few other pieces of good news that week. I made the Dean's List of the Life Sciences College (which means I'm in the top 5% of the college), Chris's good friend he met on his Panama trip got engaged and they came down from Salt Lake to see us, and we found out we are going to Hawaii in June!! Woo!

Two items checked off of our list for 2012 for now!

Internship. Check.

Hawaii. Soon to be Check.

Goodbye 2011...

As we celebrated bringing in the New Year at the Zermatt Resort in Midway with Chris's family, I was thinking a lot about 2011 and what a good year it was to us. Chris and I had a ton of fun and grew so much as a couple as we experienced our first year of marriage. These were the highlights we came up with together in no particular order:

*Welcoming 2011 on our cruise to Mexico

*Trip to Zion's in May

*Moving to California for the summer

*Kerri became a plasma donor

*Seeing Wicked, Spider Man, and Mary Poppins on Broadway

*Kerri completed the professional water ski course for the first time

*Chris didn't get a single speeding ticket

*Spending April General Conference with both of our families

*Chris discovered his new favorite dish: Chipotle Chicken Pasta from The Cheesecake Factory

*We had a fabulous first anniversary in Las Vegas

*We were set apart as temple workers for the Provo temple

*Bell Houseboat trip in June

*Discovering the Cocoa Bean in Provo 

*Chris went to Panama for 10 days

*Trip to L.A. and fantasy shopping on Rodeo Drive

*Skiing at Deer Valley--best snow year ever

*Bell family trip to New York--Chris's first time

*Biking and hiking in Yosemite

*Each of us raced on the drag strip in Chris's BMW...we got smoked but it was still a rush :)

*Kerri's sisters' trip to New York

*Spending 10 days in Montana over winter break

Things to Come in 2012...

We are Excited For:

*Kerri running a half marathon in May

*Kerri's graduation in April--woo hoo!

*Chris taking the DAT in May and applying to dental school

*Chris's graduation in December

*City Creek mall opening in Salt Lake! Yay! (Obviously Chris is the one who thought of this ;)

*Moving to California again in the summer

*Continuing to work as temple workers

Our Goals:

*Acceptance into an internship at BYU or Utah State (Kerri)

*Acceptance into dental school, particularly in California (Chris)

*Have faith and trust in the Lord no matter what happens!

*Get zero speeding tickets

*Remember every family members' birthdays (which is ALOT)

*Put others first, always

Wishes for 2012:

*Spend a weekend in San Diego and go through the temple there

*A trip to Hawaii (ha! yeah right!)

*"To be awesome. The end." (according to Chris)