CAMPING!!!

This past Saturday was the first Saturday of the semester that I did not have to be at the hospital. My roommate Julie really wanted to go camping so we invited a few boys from the ward and went. We had a great time! One of the boys owns a motor bike and so he gave me a fun ride and it was gorgeous! While we were on our ride a black bug flew into my friends ear. Not just around his ear, but it actually flew into the hole! He was shaking his head around trying to get the bug out and at that moment we both remember that we saw an episode of "Trauma: life in the ER" and this exact thing happened to a man where he was getting stung by a mosquito over and over in his ear. I'm pretty sure at this moment we both got more panicky and so I started to blow in his ear trying to get it out. IT WORKED! I looked in his ear and saw a little part of the bug and so I motioned him to get it out. He told me to get it so I stuck my finger in his ear and retrieved the dead bug...poor little guy, he was probably just as scared as we were! Afterwards we just laughed and now we have a funny story between the two of us. Other than that, I think the mosquitos were on vacation because I did not get bitten once, I felt super lucky. We left the campsite early the next morning which was perfect because none of us were grumpy campers yet. This weekend Julie and I are off to Montana for the 4th to visit our friend Bonnie, I am very excited and I'll have to post pictures later!

This one's for Austin!

It has been a long time since I have made a post and Austin made sure I was aware of it so this blog is for him!
Our class has a countdown board and when I looked at it today it said that we only have 33 more days till graduation. I couldn't believe it! I have been at college for so long that it has become a part of me. I am very excited to see my family more but I also am starting to feel sad that I'll be leaving Rexburg and all of my best friends up here. I have been so blessed to be here. So yeah, after I graduate I am planning on going on a way fun trip with some of my family and cousins and then I'll study for a few weeks for the NCLEX exam. After I pass that, I will be a full fledged nurse and I'll look for a job. I have learned recently that my passion is the ER. I got a full taste of what it is like last Saturday and my love for the high energy floor was confirmed. Ryan was able to come up here for a night and it was a blast seeing him and I'm psyched to see Nicole and the kids later today! Anyway, that's about it right now! Happy Father's Day DAD! I'm excited to be there for it next year!!!


This picture was taken on my birthday last month! Here are 3 of my roommates this semester, they are very fun to live with!

Happy Easter!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! I for one had a great Easter this year! My roommates and a few guy friends came over and we had sort of a potluck dinner. I had made Nicole's sugar cookies earlier in the week but we still had a lot of dough so we rolled them out and all decorated them, it was really fun. My friend Brandon is a paramedic so I asked him if he could get me a pair of scrubs, anyway he remembered and suprised me with them today. I am definately excited to be able to wear scrubs to work starting in July or August, you can't beat their comfort! School is going pretty good but I'm psyched for it to be done for the semester. We are about two weeks and a half weeks away and then I get to go home for a week or so, I miss my family a ton! Clinicals have been so much fun this semester. We are on the labor and delivery unit so I've been able to see a lot of births, it's amazing. I started my first IV in a patient yesterday so that was really exciting for me, kind of nerve racking though. Anyway, that's about it, I love you all and am excited to see my favorite Arizonans in a few weeks!

Here is a picture of two of my roommates and I in our matching scrubs, I'm the only one that got the full outfit though...I felt special!

Funny Movie

Hey I know I haven't updated in a while, sorry. Anyway, I was at this comedy thing and they showed this youtube video at it. So yeah I went home and showed my roommates and we've watched it so many times. I think it gets funnier every time. You'll just have to go to the bottom of my blog and stop the music. Anyway, it cracks me up, enjoy!

Back in Rexburg!

After a fun christmas break, I am now going full force in school again. It was hard leaving the warm Arizona sun to come to the bitter cold windy icebox known as Rexburg. I think today was the coldest I've ever been and yesterday it was so windy and cold that the local schools were cancelled and the power was out in my apartment when I woke up. My cell phone was my only light source so it was a fun little adventure trying to get ready. Other than the cold, I love being in Rexburg. It has been fun to reunite with old friends and meet new ones. School is busy but that's expected. I'm psyched to hang out with newborns and their moms starting next week, I've never seen anyone give birth. I get to go to see the Rexburg Temple open house tomorrow morning...I'm pretty excited, I hear it's beautiful! Ok well that's as good of update as I can give, I'll try to get pictures when I can!

Cruise to Mexico!!!

I have been in paradise for the past week with my parents, grandparents, and Lexi. My parents gave Lexi and I a cruise to Mexico for christmas and we had a blast. The day after finishing some stressful finals, I flew into San Diego and that is where the adventure and nonstop eating began. The ship was so fun, the service was top notch, and the food was amazing! We stopped at Puerto Vararta where we were able to enjoy laying out on the beach, parasailing, and jet skiing in the ocean. We were all used to jet skiing in lakes where you have to make your own waves, the ocean is a whole different experience. In Mazetlan we just shopped around down town and had a blast. Cabo San Lucas was also so fun. We took a boat out to a little island and went snorkling. We saw some pretty fish but it was the feeling of swimming in the ocean with dad and lexi that was the funnest part. After we got off the boat, we stayed in California an extra day where we went shopping and walked on the beach on Coronado Island. It will be a vacation I will never forget.

Thanksgiving!

I didn't go home for Thanksgiving this year so I went to my roommate Bonnie's house for the week break. Although nothing beats being with family, I had a great time. Our days mostly consisted of sleeping in and then laying around all day, it was so relaxing. We got snowed in the first day and so we bundled up in her dads snow gear and we had a blast in our size 15 boots and extra large snow pants. We ended up making a large mound resembling a snowman that was taller than all of us, it was sweet. Her mom put together an awesome Thanksgiving dinner and it was even comparable to a Peterson Thanksgiving (if that's even possible). I contributed the sausage stuffing and I must say that it was pretty delicious. Thanks mom for giving me very detailed instructions on how you make it, it just wouldn't have been the same if I would have tried to wing it. Bonnie made this frog eye salad and I've never liked it in the past but it might have been my favorite thing there. There were tons of leftovers so I think I had frog eye salad for most of the meals afterwards. I know I know, that sounds gross! Anyway, I'm back in Rexburg now just bracing myself for the last three weeks of school. It definately makes it easier to finish out a semester knowing that a super fun Christmas break is ahead of me. Well I love you all and I put together a little slide show of thanksgiving!