March 2012: a trip to Haiti with our favorite team from Utah County.
May 2012: a wedding in Portland Oregon
June 2012: Jay took Step 1 of boards and then we spent a week in the Dominican Republic with a team of 27 high school students. We taught classes, painted, organized school supplies and played with the kids. I celebrated my 31st birthday.
July: We went on a cruise off the coast of California, and came home to a fully prepared open house in Provo, Utah. Jay celebrated his 28th birthday and started his first rotation of his 3rd year in Family Practice. We made a quick weekend trip to Zion National Park.
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| I let Jay remove a Lipoma from my hip and stitch me back up. |
August: I completed my graduate work at BYU! Jay started a surgery rotation. We packed our bags and moved to Arizona.
September: Jay started his next family practice rotation with Dr Charani. I took boards and passed. I spent the month applying for jobs and licenses through the state of AZ. I interviewed with Dr. Charani the day after Jay finished his rotation.
October 2012: I accepted a job with Dr. Charani in a family practice office. Jay and I ran and completed the St George marathon with Julie Isaacson, Shelby and Lisa Brennan and Emily Robertson (the other emily robertson). Jay signed up for the Phoenix marathon with his brothers and sisters. Jay completed his Psych rotation. We got called to be Primary teachers for the 11 year olds. We traveled to Chicago for a surgical conference.
November: Jay completed his pediatric rotation. I started my new job. We hiked in Catalina State Park and Picacho Peak. We celebrated Thanksgiving with Jay's family here in Tucson and enjoyed a Robertson tradition of dipping chocolates. We both spoke in sacrament meeting the last Sunday of the month.
December: Jay started an office based internal medicine rotation. We determined that Jay most likely broke his foot hiking Picacho peak and stopped running for 3 weeks. (so much for marathon training.) We bought our first Christmas tree and celebrated Christmas. We ate Thai and Veitnamese food for Christmas eve dinner and hiked in Sabino Canyon (Blacketts Ridge) on Christmas day. We welcomed Matt and Becky Mecham and their 3 daughters into our one bedroom apartment for a post Christmas visit. The girls loved swimming every day. Jay loved biking every day with Matt. And I got to work every day :( We visited Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch with the Mechams. I think this is the best kept secret in the Tucson area. We enjoyed a monster truck ride and learned about raising ostrich. Afterwards we fed the ostrich, goats, deer, ducks and lorikeets. We spent Christmas eve at our respective work (Jay started a hospital based IM rotation), went for a short run and then celebrated with a few friends from church.
While we are sad to see that last year go, we are excited for the year ahead and the adventures to come.
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