Yesterday was the long anticipated Match Day. We had a great day with our friends and classmates. It started off early with a 5 AM Power Pump class with Kellie Wright, since she convinced me we wouldn't be sleeping anyway. It actually felt good to get some exercise in before the big day started. We met at the Hershey Country Club at 10:30 AM. After some speeches and a slide show, they passed out the envelopes for our big opening. You could feel the excitement and nervousness all throughout the room. Wes opened our envelope, and there it said Penn State. We are happy to be with such a great program, and Wes has gotten some great feedback from other Penn State residents and staff.
With the Bassetts waiting for things to start
Wes picking up his envelope
What's inside?
Can you tell he's nervous as he's opening the envelope?
the letter (with the beautiful rose Kellie gave all the girls and of course the alumni pin)
That night, we met all our LDS classmates at Macaroni Grill for dinner. We had a great time chatting about the day and futures. We're going all over the country - Ashley to University of Washington (anesthesia), Brueskes to UC Irvine (OB/GYN), Heslops to U of U (Internal Med), Wrights to University of New Mexico (anesthesia), Bassets to Omaha (family med), Duncans to UT San Antonio (optho), Thompsons to Ohio State (peds), and the Bradfords are staying in Hershey (radiology) with us. It's an exciting time for all of us.
Charlie did great with his babysitters. Natalie Richards took him during our match celebration, and Camry Hintze watched him while we went to dinner. Thank you to you both for watching him. You were both so wonderful with him. We were exhausted by the end of the day, and quickly fell asleep.
So now we have to decide if we're going to move and where; if we move, should we buy or still rent. We'll probably stay close to the hospital so Wes won't have to travel too far to get to work and home, and we want to stay in our wonderful ward. Charlie will do preschool and start kindergarten here, and he may even have a sibling or two by the time these five years are up. So much to look forward to these next five years.
3 comments:
Congratulations! We are so glad we get to keep you around in chocolate town!
Congratulations Wes!! But then again...that's too bad you can't come home and live in UT ]=
But that's O.K at least you live in the "Land of Chocolate!!"
What a fun day. We are so lucky to have you guys as friends! Cheers to meeting up at Cafe Rio in about....5yrs!
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