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#1. I am happy to reveal the most recent picture of Lila. Notice anything? Lila has enough hair for pigtails!! She really looks like a little girl now that she can wear pigtails. When I put her into the pigtails on Friday and let her see in the mirror she made the most adorable expressions in the mirror. It was obvious that she adores her pigtails as much as I do!


#2. Two weeks ago I took the personal training exam and I am happy to tell you all that I am a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer! Just one year ago I had very little interest in personal training. As I took the personal trainer prep class at school I decided it was something I really wanted to do. I believe that everyone can benefit from a personal trainer and I hope to help people reach their fitness goals and most importantly, become functionally fit. Fire away with any questions you might have, I would love to help anyone who's interested! And by the way, if you have no idea what functional fitness is, check out this video and see if you can pass the functional fitness screening test.

#3. I am getting so close to graduation that I can almost feel it. I have one semester of classes left and a 200 hour internship. With the help of a classmate, I got an interview for an internship at the women's gym, Curves. I had never been to a Curves before, but the idea of working exclusively with women was appealing. I went to my interview on Monday and was accepted as an intern for the spring. They are extremely flexible (mostly because it's unpaid) and told me I am welcome to put in my hours as quickly or as slowly as I would like. This is a huge relief for me to have this lined up for the spring. BYU offers virtually no help in getting an internship for my major and this was becoming a little stressful for me. Needless to say, I am very happy that I was able to quickly find an internship that would suit me so well.

#4. Darren received his first out-of-state job interview. Darren had his first interview with the company, National Instruments, at the BYU technical career fair at the beginning of this month. The company is so interested in Darren that they're willing to fly me out to Austin, Texas with him for the weekend! Off to 75+ degree weather for us this weekend--we couldn't be more excited!

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Clarissa O. said…
Congrats Adria! That's so cool about Curves! Hope you guys have fun in Texas this weekend.
February 20, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Meghan said…
That's so cool! Congrats on the personal trainer certification and almost-being-done-with-school! Enjoy Texas too, that sounds like fun. Oh, and Ethan loves the jumper. Thanks for letting us borrow it!
February 21, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Bassetts said…
The word that comes to mind...Woohoo! Yeah for pigtails - Lila looks so cute. Yeah for your certification, internship, and graduation approaching. Congrats to Darren. Hope all works out for you guys. So exciting the things going on. Let me know when you can play! We miss you!
February 21, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Kelly said…
WOW! That's so great Adria! Lila looks so grown up. crazy how a few months can change those little babes! So...I've been working out tons, but can't seem to get my body the way I'd like...of course it doesn't help that nursing makes me want to eat ALL DAY! Got any advice, nutritionally or otherwise?! Miss ya
February 24, 2011 at 3:52 PM
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