November

Happy Thanksgiving

Michael and Chris Paddle boarding.

Michael and dad cleaning dive gear

Mom relaxing

November was great! We got to spend Thanksgiving in Cayman and we missed a huge snow storm while we were gone! It was a perfect get away full of sun, scuba diving, reading, swimming, napping, paddle boarding, seadooing, kyaking, family, and fun.

Haven't blogged since August...Let's start with October

Happy Halloween

Michael and I were doughnuts for Halloween. We were inspired by our nieces Addison and Kourtney who were much cuter doughnuts for sure! My mom and I made them right before the Halloween party and no one knew what we were...haha. I guess people in Utah don't eat doughnuts...it's true there are no good doughnut shops around.

Surfing

For Ryan's last family night he wanted to go surfing with everyone. We had such a fun last Monday night with him. We miss already but it sounds like he loves every second of his mission!

3 years!

We had our 3 year anniversary on August 10th. Time is flying by! We tried to think of everything we have done since then and we came up with a ton. Here are a few: We have both graduated from BYU, I have finished 3 semesters of nursing school, we have gone to Honduras, Guatemala, the Cayman Islands 2 times, I have had 2 jobs, Michael has had 3, We have 5 new nieces and a new nephew, and we have loved every minute of it! I love you Michael!

Back to School

I started 4th Semester of Nursing School today and to celebrate I did my first IV. We learned in lab today and Michael let me start one on him tonight! I only forgot to take the tourniquet off which resulted in A LOT of blood. I can't believe I am already in 4th semester! Only one more after this!! May can not come soon enough...

In 4 days....

In 4 days we'll be at an Angels game.




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Double blog post = double rainbow

I went on a swing today.

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My wife robbed me!

Somehow my wife ended up with Fritos and soup and I ended up a burrito and no Fritos.




But the burrito was good.




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This baby came for 2 visits!

When I find the other camera we will update our blog more, but for now...

When Addison (our niece) was here 2 times ago for a visit we came downstairs to our kitchen to find this...

She was down there all alone and found some cake that was left out on the table! She loved it!! She really is crazy and too cute!

San Francisco

Finally second semester of nursing school is over!! i start third semester tomorrow, but i am looking forward to it. Now for some updates. In March Michael and I went and stayed with the Abinantes for a week and had fun playing in San Fransico. We did so much while we were there and we had tons of fun! On our drive there we got stuck in a snow storm in the pass in Nor Cal. It wasn't very fun, but we eventually made it and had a perfect week! We went to Alcatraz, The Golden Gate Bridge, Ghiradelli, Fisherman's Warf, Shopping, Haight Ashbury and everywhere else....

The O.R.

For clinical this week we got to go to the O.R. We were actually put in pairs of 2 and sent to different O.R's. I was sent to OutPatient...not that exciting. I watched 2 knee surgeries and when my last patient woke up, Morgan, from my class, came in and asked if I wanted to go watch a breast reduction. So I said I would go for a little since they said it was a 3-4 hour surgery. The Surgeon walked in and said, "I have been making them bigger all morning, and now I get to make them smaller." I thought they would cut a small incision and just suck out the fat, like lipo or something...well obviously I know nothing about breast reductions... it smelled bad, it was MESSY, and I saw a lot of fat. She must be really sore...

Nursing School

Sometimes when I am not studying I think to myself, goodness I never study for school, it isn't that bad. Then on days like today I look at the clock 12:53 am, and realize that all I did today was... went to church, studied, took a nap, studied, ate dinner, studied, took a bath (and studied), studied, studied, and studied... Now I am going to bed so I can wake up early to go...study. maybe I do study all of the time, and when I am not studying I am having so much fun that I forgot how much I really do study. Why did no one tell me how stressful nursing school was??? And why do I feel like I still know nothing...Time never goes by as fast as it does when you are trying to study or when you are doing homework assignments. This semester can not be over soon enough!

I'm giving blood right now.

Thoughts on the Bachelor

He picked Vienna, who we like to call Vienna Sausage because she looks like one. Is he blind???

My Hands

Last night I said, "Steph my hands are cold." She responded with, "well go stick them in the oven then!"

The statement was made as we were cooking a pizza in the oven at 400 degrees.

Lakers Game

Tuesday night I was at the hospital for clinical. I had the best nurse to follow and my nurse from last week was there again. My nurse had no shots for her patients but my nurse from last week had some and she knew I had never given one, so she asked me if I wanted to do them for her. OF COURSE!! I was so nervous as I was waiting to give them. Finally it was time...insulin first...ummm obviously no big deal, just press a button. Then it was time to put a real needle in (ok it was soo small but still...) so I went to put it in the stomach, but I didn't have enough force so it just stopped once it hit her skin. haha. Then I pulled the needle back further and jammed it in. It still had a hard time getting in. haha. I need some practice. I am just happy that I gave my first shot to a REAL patient! As for our lives, I am just trying to get through my horrible classes this semester(Nursing school is hard), and Michael is watching the Lakers game and saw Khloe Kardashian at the Magic Fashion Conference in Vegas yesterday. He was sad Lamar wasn't with her.

They're Here

My mom and dad finally made the big move to Utah!! We are so excited to have them here!! They brought Laura and Addison up with them last week! Addie is so funny! She kept chanting Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, MICHAEL. haha. She is crazy. and since they were here Andrea came over twice! So last week was a really fun week!!! Then I got really sick...too much fun and WAY too much stress from school.

Michael

Sometimes I sit back and wonder how I got so lucky marrying Michael! He is seriously the nicest person and is so so so nice to me! Wednesday is my long day and I got home late and he had me sit down and brought me dinner and everything I needed. Then when I was all situated he left to go play basketball. Haha. But seriously he is so good to me and the funniest guy. People might not know that about him but he is so funny! That is what won me over when we started dating. He is such a hard worker and is good at everything he does! He is such a good person and always is trying to make people happy. He always makes me want to be better and encourages me in everything I do...especially school! I love my cute funny nice husband!! I love you michael!!!

Nursing School

Nursing school is going to be the death of me. I have SOO much to do and learn and that is why I am blogging!! I am putting off all of my studying! Tonight we learned how to give shots!! It was kind of unreal. I have just never imagined giving someone a shot before. We practiced on each other tonight and will give them to our patients starting Tuesday at Clinical. I only did TB shots because I was to afraid to give IM's on real people. haha. And for anyone who has given a TB shot you will notice I am doing it totally wrong(it was my first one)!! My poor patients next week!!! Thank goodness the girls in my class are so nice and they let me practice multiple times on them!

Surprise Visit from the Abinantes

Matt and Chelsea called us late Thursday night and asked if it would be ok if they came for the weekend! So of course we said, YES! We had tons of fun with them. We went to eat at Kneaders, Pizza Pie Cafe, Cafe Rio, and of course...Red Robbin. Poor Matt got really sick their last day (I wonder why...look at what we ate!!) , but still managed to hang out and have fun! We went swimming, to the Nicklecade, the mall, and just hung out and talked a lot! We had so much fun! Thanks for comming to visit us!!

Christmas 09 in California

We spent Christmas in California this year and had tons of fun! Before we left for California Michael's parents took us and my brother Chris to the Utah Symphony which was a lot of fun. Then the next morning we flew out to Calironia to spend Christmas with my family. We were spoiled with too many presents and so much yummy food! My parents took us to eat at all of our favorite places. We ate at Farrell's Ice Parlor and had a HUGE ice cream sunday for dessert, El Ranchito, Panda Inn and of course Claim Jumper on Christmas Eve! And after we ate on Christmas Eve we all opened our matching pajamas and went and looked at Christmas lights! haha. It is so funny to see all of the big boys matching!! The girls shopped and the boys played a lot of basketball. And we got to play with the cutest little babies my 4 neices and nephew (with 2 more on the way this summer!!!) We had so so so much fun!