Mom for a weekend

This past weekend my sister Channy and I had the opportunity to babysit our friends kids for two days. We first met these moms back when we lived in Helper and have been babysitting these kids since we were about 11 and 12. Brock and Kaitlin we have known since they were little, and Jake, Cooper and the triplets we have known their whole short lives.I love these kids so much and seriously consider them my adopted nieces and nephews : )
Tonya and her family are currently living in Enoch(about 6 min from Cedar) and Lindsey's family is still living in Helper but it was fun to coordinate to get everyone together again. It started with two of the boys having a state wrestling competition at a high school here in Cedar. Since it was so close I went to watch them do their thang and cheer them on. They were so fun to watch and weren't to bad actually. Here's their stance and tough guy faces


Here's the other two troops I hung out with at the meet


The parents then hit the road to Mesquite and the party began! Channy and I wanted to do something fun for the kids so our biggest event of the weekend was when we had a two week early easter egg hunt. They were so excited as they ran around the yard finding eggs and then getting prizes afterwards. The kids were so great all weekend and that made it much more enjoyable. I love those kids so much but this experience just showed me that there is no way I could be a mom yet. Someday...far far in the future : )








Love you guys! Already can't wait to play again soon.

Spring Break '09

My friends and I started brainstorming Spring Break months ago. I have never really done anything big or exciting and so this year I decided I was going to do something fun. After much debate we settled on Arizona.
I did the most sponatanous thing I've probably ever done in my life with this trip. After plans of staying at our friend Justin's house fell through, our friend Jessica suggested we stay with a guy she knew that lived in Gilbert(right outside of Mesa)she called him right then and he said yes! Very excited we departed early Saturday morning for a very long drive.



I was the navigator for the trip. Me navigating, who'd of thought

The drive may have been long, especially since I'm prone to car sickness, but since I had never been to Arizona I found the drive so fun! I especially liked the portion of Lake Powell you can see right before Page. I got to see Wahweap where my two best friends lived adventoursly one summer : )

We finally arrived at our destination and met our hosts for the first time, and oh man were they amazing! After a quick tour of the house they immediately took us out to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings(and they weren't even ashamed to be seen with us in all our beauty of no make-up and pajamas). Once we got back Jaron got out his dirtbike and immediately started taking us on rides. We rode all through the neighborhood and took lots of shortcuts : )



Our first night was spent hanging out in Tempe/Mesa area. The boys took us to a drive in movie where we saw Race To Witch Mountain. Afterwards we headed to Club Red where we danced the night away and shook out built up stress for hours.







Sunday morning we woke up to breakfast in bed! well kinda, Nate woke us up so we could eat. He made eggs, bacon, french toast, and had gotten the best kind of orange juice: simply orange. We ate on the front sidewalk and enjoyed the morning sun before we changed into suits and headed to the pool. It was so nice outside! I took the second book from the twilight series to read over my vacation so I popped in my earphones and read about Edward while soaking up the sunlight. It was so relaxing and the sunlight always makes my day.


After a quick spruce up we headed to Mesa where we went and walked the Mesa Arizona Temple grounds. It was such a peaceful place and it smelt amazing! The grounds are covered in flowers of every color and scent and it was seriously beautiful.





We rushed back to Gilbert because we were late for making dinner for the boys. To try to re-pay them for being the sweetest boys ever we cooked breadsticks, fettucine chicken alfredo, and salad with brownies and ice cream for desert. The night didn't stop there! They took us to a bonfire by the lake, the boys were hilarious and kept us laughing the whole night.






Monday was declared a girls day where we borrowed Jake's GPS and headed to go explore Phoenix. We had plans of attending our first pro baseball game but after the GPS lead us to an abandoned field our hopes were starting to get a little weary. However, after a few phone calls we were back on the right track and arrived to the Cubs vs. Brewers game. We chose the lawn where we could watch in the 90 degree weather. We cheered in our matching Cubs tanktops,and even though our team lost it was still lots of fun.





The rest of the day was spent spending money at one of the malls in phoenix. I rationalized all my spending on the fact that I had saved so much by the boys paying for everything up to that point. With that in mind I bought two new seamless cami's(most amazing things ever) about 8 new pairs of earrings, two new shirts, and yet another pair of high heels.
Back at Gilbert we got some In & Out Burger. Now I only have the California one left before I've ate at one in all the states. Later, I got to drive my dream truck! Matt had a black, jacked up, Toyota Tacoma TRO sport that he let me drive. He took us to a restaurant Bj's to get pizzocookies. It made my whole trip to drive that truck and it just re-instated how much I love tacoma's and how I will get one someday.






One hot car obviously wasn't enough for the night because Jake also took us for a ride in his Camero! See what I mean about these being the sweetest boys ever, we were so spoiled. He obviously thought he was as hot as his car...

Tuesday morning was the final day and we couldn't think to much about it because it was so depressing! I had fallen in love with Arizona and was already getting anxious to come back. We opted for one more day at the pool then got some Bahama Bucks before cleaning the house, packing up, loading the car, saying goodbyes, and once again made the long drive.

This was the funnest spring break I've ever had... yet : ) A huge thanks again to the amazing "strangers" who took such great care of us and showed us an awesome time.

Accepted!

On Tuesday the 17th I received my letter of acceptance to SUU's nursing program!!! I was on my way home from Arizona when my roommate Julia called me. She said she had just checked the mail and there was something there she thought I might want to read, knowing the letters were supposed to be out this week I panicked thinking oh crap here's my first rejection to nursing school. Just as I was about to tell her I'd just read it when I got home she said "It's not just a letter, it's kind of a big envelope". With that said I put my phone on speaker as she opened my letter and read it to me, however as soon as I heard the word accepted I started screaming and shaking out of excitement, I shook so hard my phone shut off and I didn't hear the rest of what the letter said, but I read it for myself when I got home just to make sure I had heard her correctly.
So it looks like this nurse thing is really going to happen. In two years I'll have the RN title : ) I'm so relieved I got it, finally the hard work from the past 3 years has paid off and I actually have a direction as to where I'm going with life and can quit doubting that all the detours I had to take(like transferring, getting screwed on pre-reqs) to get here were for a purpose and I'm really supposed to be a nurse. HALLEJULIAH!!!

vacation...

Tomorrow morning, 6 am to be exact, I am on the road to a much needed vacation. Me and three other friends are going to Arizona!! I'm pretty excited about it mostly because I've never been to Arizona, minus the small section you drive through on your way to vegas. It's going to be 4 days of sunshine, boating, lakes, wakeboarding(maybe if I get up the guts), tanning, shopping, eating, and relaxation! so tonight I look forward to painting my toenails, packing up my shorts, bathing suit, and short sleeve shirts! (after I get off work of course)

Then once I make my return from AZ I get to go home for 5 1/2 days! also very exciting for me, minus the fact that I get my wisdom teeth out that Friday. But i look forward to resting, getting some reading in, and watching Twilight over and over again after I buy it : )

Needless to say I'm very excited about the upcoming week and cannot wait for tomorrow to get her.

Crazy days...

The past week and a half now have been crazy days at work for me. My supervisor has been gone on medical leave and so I've had to be two people, her and me, for about two weeks now and let me tell it's hecka stressful! Last week not only was I new to typing up service plans(she usually does that) and had to do 12 in one week, but I also had to: hire two new people, train three new medaides, and help with 4 new move in's. Needless to say the previous description sums up my 17.5 hours of overtime last week, yes that's right 57.5 hours were put in by yours truly in a course of 5 1/2 days : )

Anyways, enough of the complaining/negative part of the post! I've been trying so hard to stay positive and happy through this all and yesterday while I was pondering how to do this through all the madness and series of things going wrong one right after another, I came across some pictures on my phone that made me bust out laughing, literally in my office all by myself laughing out loud. They were pictures that instantly reminded me of how blessed I am to not only have such a job, but also to have such amazing co-workers! Without some of them I would not make it through a day, let alone a week like last week. So I figured I would post my amazing findings and share some good times whether you know them or not : )

I get little notes for me left in the most random places...


Dinnertime=photo time


Amazing housekeeper! Hilarious woman I tell you. New mop head shipment had come in and she took the statement literally. It's amazing how we get excited over the littlest things in that place.


Sometimes when we come on shift at 6 am there are presents waiting for us outside when we get off that we never expected to find.


When we get sick we have to wear masks 24/7! this is my 3 week long look during the pneumonia quarantine


Lately the new thing has been the strictness on hair nets...






The med rooms are real spacious work area's, especially for hiding medaides : )


Thank you all for being so great and for making the crazy job of healthcare even more enjoyable!!