I turn 20 in a month!

I can't believe I am going to be 20. It freaks me out! I feel like I am not that old and other times I feel like I am much older. All the girls I live with are 19 or 20 so its fun we're all that close in age. Every year I feel so blessed that my birthday is around Thanksgiving. I love being able to see my family around my birthday especially now that I live away from them.

I absolutely love my ward. I have the best bishop he is so kind and loving and really loves the gospel and treats everyone like they are his own children. He once shared that his wifes patriarichal blessing stated she would have the opportunity to raise sons and daughters. To their surprise they ended up with 7 boys and 0 girls! She is definitely a "mom" to all of us and a very sweet woman.

Since I started working at the urgent care clinic there has been A  LOT of drama. It is finally coming to a close. The Doctor and owner of the clinic was caught video taping one of the employees undressing! They have proof and he was already on probation so he has gotten into a lot of trouble. He hasn't been able to practice or see patients and the media told the world that he was video taping patients, which is a much better story, so it was chaotic for a while. We constantly recieved calls from women who "knew" something was sketchy about him and most of them wanted to check to see if they were one of the  so called patients who was video tapped. Thankfully its died down and hasn't hurt the practice to badly. We also have some awesome nurse practitioners working there that has kept the place going. Bryan Adams has actually decided to buy and run the clinic which means I will no longer have to job hunt or worry about the clinic closing down!

School is kicking my butt I am so ready for this semester to be over. Its been a hard and tedious one; good thing it will only be harder next semester! I am going to be taking physiology, microbiology, bio-chemistry, and an intro to nursing course. Talk about science over load. It will all be worth it once I am in a nursing program and finally a nurse! I have to constantly remind myself of the advantages of school and becoming a nurse. My screen saver on my cell is of a white german shepherd puppy! Reminding me that as soon as I'm done with school I'll be able to get a dog. I also want to become a certified kickboxing instructor, join a soccer league, a womens golf league, learn spanish, and learn to play the acoustic guitar. So many hobbies so little time! I need to be a nurse already!

My really good friend Kieresten just started dating one of our friends a few weeks ago and they are already talking about marriage! Its killin me they have literally only been dating 3 weeks. Provo... I solemnly swear I will not be one of THOSE people. And you can quote me on that. Oh and it started snowing this week. It is sooo cold! I hate the snow I am dreading it already. I have to commute 45 min to school every day and I will have to leave even earlier once the snow really hits. Bummer.. only 2 more months of that ghastly commute.

I just want to also take a moment to brag about my incredible sister since both her and my parents are horrid bloggers! She just made the lead role in High School Musical as Gabrielle!! I am so proud I hope I will be able to see her perform. She is such a little drama queen I love it. She is also working really hard in dance and started jr high this year and has adjusted well from what I can see. Its weird to think about.. at her age my parents moved me from cali to utah and now they moved bay from utah to cali! I know for a fact she has adjusted better than I did, I don't do as well with drastic changes.

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Good times, Good people, Good Memories

This is me bored at work!! I'm in the xray room. I love my job its so much fun! We haven't had a doctor working a few nights out of the week so I basicaly just get paid to do my homework and answer calls and questions.

This is basically the crew I hang out with in provo!

Plus Andrew on the right

Also plus Shane

My girls at the melting pot a few days before Mikell gets married! (far right) To the left is my good friend haley and her sister in law.

Mikells sister bought us light up rings for the occasion!

Me, Tyler, and Kiersten at Mikells Wedding

My best friend Kiersten

So lifes been pretty similar lately. School and work and more school. Then havin fun on the weekends!! I've been dating a few guys, and i like a few, but I'm just having fun and loving every second of it. I love my friends they always crack me up and are just fun to be around! I've been working really hard in school its been tough but i know it will pay off in the end. My roommates are great I am so glad we all get along so well! Apart from a few of them being extremely slobby. I am seriously one of the cleanest ones in the apartment! (That is just SCARY) I miss my family a lot! I can't wait until thanksgiving it seems like its been ages since I saw them. I met up with Heidi Bischoff yesterday I seriously love that girl! I love that she lives in slc I wish we got together more. But not much else is going on in my life school, work, and gym are the main things and a social life when I can :)

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Jared's Mission Pics

Jared just sent some of his mission pics in Brazil! Took him long enough..The night Jared got set apart


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Finally!!

Tomorrow I move to Provo!! I can't believe it. I am going to be living at Raintree with 5 other girls all of whom I do no know. I am also going to be sharing a room and I am hoping it won't be like last time haha! Im sure it will all be fine I am not nervous one bit. I can't wait to go to my new singles ward, and meet my roommates. I have been staying at sunnys the past month and would have been lost with out her. I still have no idea how to make it up to her! I have such an amazing family.

So... lets see I finshed up my summer semester at SLCC and was taking Math and Chemistry. I got an A in both! I am finally starting to get this school thing down. Right after I finished my finals I started a 2 week 80 hour Nursing Assistant course and finished on the 15th. All I need to do now is take my Licensing Test! The same day I finished I flew to Cali for a week to visit my family and have a vacation before I get thrown back into school again!

I have, as you all may know, been planning to attend Provo college this semester and applying for their nursing program for the spring. After hearing what one of my clinical instructors had to say about the cost of Provo College vs another University I started to rethink my plan. Provo college is 2/3 more expensive then UVU and is only an Associates Program. At UVU i'd get my bachelors done and it would be cheaper! Long story short it has been a crazy 2 weeks since I decided this all last minute. UVU requires 2 more semesters of generals and it is a MUST to get only A's due to the competitiveness of their Nursing Program. I am a little nervous about that due to my track record my first year and how hard these classes are going to be, but I want it more than anything. So it will happen. Luckily I was able to register for classes at SLCC this late unfortunately UVU was completely full. I am going to be taking Human Anatomy, Biology 1010, and Math 1050. It will be a pretty tough load (not as tough as uvu; thank you for community colleges!) but I know if I work hard enough from start to finish everything will work out.

School starts Aug 26th.. which is also Travis and Mines would be anniversary. Im praying that I stay really busy that day or meet some hunk with in 2 days to take my mind off of it haha. But it's been really hard not finding anyone worthwhile these past few months and I know that the decision I made about him was the right one. It just doesn't make it any easier. I know there is a good guy out there for me somewhere! I'm glad to be going to provo and meeting a bunch of different people! I start working at an Urgent Care Center in Lehi tomorrow as well. I am so excited. Bryan Adams got me an interview there and I was hired last week! I am a CNA but they are going to train me as a Medical Assistant. I am going to be drawing blood, giving shots and doing x-rays! I am so excited!!

OH I ALMOST FORGOT! I got lasik done 2 weeks ago and it was the best decision I ever made! My vision is getting better and better each week. I am not sure if I would truly go through it again but I am so happy I did! I got a lasik procedure done called PRK. Instead of creating a flap like Lasik they poured rubbing alchohol on my eye and took off a few layers of tissue. The healing process was seriously horrible for the first 3 days. I locked myself in Alex's room took my lortab, didn't open my eyes, and put numbing drops in every hour. Sunny can vouch for me. It was horrible. I was in so much pain the first day I forgot to eat and was taking lortab every few hours and finally came upstairs to eat only to pass out! Wasn't one of my smarter moves. But the 4th day I was able to open my eyes and the rest of the week wore sunglasses everywhere I went both indoor and out. My eyes are still pretty sensitive to the sun but that is also getting better.

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July

Sooooooooooo its been a crazy month! I am no longer working at Transfac and I am searching for a good job in Provo. My family just came into town for some Nuskin meetings in Provo and Monday we moved all my big furniture into my familys' storage unit. That was eventful. My dad ended up cutting his hand on the storage trucks old rusted door. He needs a tetnus shot... but prob won't get it! It bled pretty bad. It was good seeing my family again even though I didn't get to see bay. :( She had such a blast at grandcamp though!

I am taking Chemistry and Math 1010 right now that ends August 7th. I am also taking a 2 week Nursing assistant class starting August 3rd-15th. Then school starts the 24th which is also the same day I move into raintree! Its gonna be a hectic month.

I am so excited to be moving down to Provo finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Ronan, Provo and Life

I walked out to the living room to find Alex sleep on the couch and Ronan hopped on top of her and fell asleep too!



Well its been a hard week and past few months. A few months ago I got pretty down and decided to buy Ronan (travis's dog, his roommate was sick of him and since he owns the house what he says goes.) I have also been dealing with running into Travis and his new girlfriend and I really just can't deal with it. But Ronan changed my life and made me so happy. I have missed having a dog. Unfortunatley I didn't truly think it through and after talking with my mom knew I had to sell him. Ronan suffered from seperation anxiety too and would destroy the house when I left so I had to kennel him and was kenneling him long hours due to work and school. This past Monday after having a few families interested in him I picked one and they picked him up; Monday night. Its hard not thinking about him and sucks coming home and having him not be there. He was like my baby... But I am trying to move on and stay busy and think about the future. I have decided I am going to move to Provo and go to Provo College for Nursing school. I am going to be living at Raintree with 5 other girls and share a room with some random one! It isn't quite final yet but soon will be! I finally was accepted into Provo College a few weeks ago and just got my class schedule! Next on my list is finding a parttime job in Provo. Know of any? Let me know! I am also in a dilema..due to not rechecking the contract and my roommate not reading through (or leaving out for me to read) the 2 NOTICES we recieved about renewing our apartment contract or giving them 60 days notice to when we are leaving; we are now set up on a month to month contract until the end of August which is $100 more and we are both not going to be living there! So hopefully we can find someone to renew our contract and take it over so we don't have to worry about it. Luckily the management at my complex all have sticks up their butts and wont budge or help us out at all.

Thats all she wrote.

Big Things Are Gonna Happen

Our Fourth generation photo



Our Family Photo




Well it has been a loooong weekend and hopefully not too long of a week. Last week I went to cali to see my family and had a blast! It was my Grammys 60th birthday and everyone flew down for a suprise party. My dad bay and I hit balls friday, saturday was the party, sunday we went to nana and papas for a yummy sunday dinner, and monday i finally was able to go to the beach! The weather wasn't very good all weekend but on monday it was beautiful! This weekend was of course memorial weekend and I went golfing with my friend Haley on Saturday and on sunday went to the pool with her and got a little more of a tan!

I have decided I am moving down to provo once my contract is up on my apartment in July. I am going to be starting nursing school hopefully at Provo College I am starting the application process right now. I am very excited to get out of this town that has waaaaaay too many memories for me to handle.

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Update Again

Its been a while again...
I just finished up my first semester at Salt Lake Community College and got awesome grades! My confidence definitely went up since I went to UVU. I thought I was doomed to suck at school my whole life. I am still working at Transfac and school starts next week. I am going to take Math 1010 and INtro to Chemistry. Fun summer huh? I got about 1 week of a break.

I got to watch Travis's Dog Last week while he went to cali to visit his family. I fell in love with him. (The Dog in the pics) His name is Ronan the first part rhymes with Rome. I almost stole him though haha. He slept with me on the weekends and it made me miss my dogs and want to get one! Unfortunately..I don't think I would be able to handle that once Nursing School started. (Which I am in the process of applying for now!)

My roommate and I (alex) are going to study and take our Certified Nursing Assistant Test with in a few weeks. I took the course about 2 years ago and she just took it in the winter time. I wish I had taken the Test then! If we take it together we can the Skills Test together and obviously the written part individually. I am thinking about applying as a CNA to a hospital and hopefully they will help pay for Nursing School. IHC is my best bet.

I am going to visit my family Friday AM to Monday PM! I can't wait, I feel like it has been forever since I have seen them. And I missed Mothers Day.. First year I did. Growing up is weird period.

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C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A Spring 2009

So I finally went to cali to see my family. I missed them so much and now that I am home I miss them again! I had so much fun being with them and staying at the beach house. I was cracking up when I first walked in. I hadn't visited the beach house for a long time and when you walk on the carpet there it sounds like your walking on diapers! Bailey got to miss a bunch of school while I was there. Thursday, Friday and Monday!

Thursday we hung out and took my morbidly obese dogs on a walk then went to Inn and Out omgsh heaven.. I forgot how much I love that place. Then we went shopping for a bit and I took her to her little activities. Later that night when my dad came home me, bay and my dad did yoga in the living room as part of my dads p90x program. Bay lasted a whole 15 minutes and my dad lasted about 45! We were definitley breaking a sweat yoga is not for wusses. I finished it out with breaks toward the end but finished none the less while my dad made us dinner.

Friday me and Bailey went to Disneyland! It was basically bays first time going. She went a ton when she was 2-4 but she doesn't remember it too well, but we had a blast together. We ended up meeting Sunny and her family later for dinner. I decided Sunny must be Wonder Woman. She gathered all of her kids (8!) and spontaneously drove out to cali to go to disneyland with them Friday, Saturday and Monday. She had just taken the twins and little Grace to disneyland a week or two before! I am glad they came out though it was fun to be with them for dinner and Jessie joined me and Bailey at about 6pm on Friday to hang out and go on rides with us.

Saturday was a lazy day. It was overcast or else we would have gone to the beach! So we just hung out and spent time together.

Sunday we woke up and ate breakfast and got ready for church. Right when my mom and I were about to go to church we couldn't find penny anywhere so i got in the car and drove around looking for her. I gave up 15 min later and Bay had found her under her bed. She was being sneaky and brought a cookie under there. I was so mad. We finally go to church and luckily we got to here Camber and James's Talks. Later we went over to Nana and Papas and had an amazing dinner with them. We also had a cake to celebrate Kaylas Birthday she is such a ball of energy and so cute!

Monday me and bay went to Califonia Adventure and met my other Grandma and cousins Savanah and Madison. We had a lot of fun with them and california adventure has def grew since i was 11. We left the park and went to Mimi's Cafe for dinner we all ate till we couldn't eat anymore Disneyland works up a huge appetite.

Tuesday bay went to school and I woke up semi early and headed to the beach I got to lay out for about an hour. It was the most beautiful day. It was nice and hot and had a light wind. Then I had to hurry and get ready my mom and I had to go pick up bay then meet my dad for lunch. We then went shopping a bit and found bay some cute stuff she is the biggest pain in the butt to shop with and for. She is very picky. After we hung out at the mall for a bit we hurried home and I packed up all my stuff with my moms help. Then I said my goodbyes and cried and climbed into the car. My dad was flippin out he thought we would be late but turns out I was like 30 minutes early haha.

So there is my cali update and a few pics of my time in cali. I love and miss you family! I am so glad I got to see them!




Bay, Savanah, and Maddi in line for the amazing toy story ride


Bay and Jessie waiting in line for Pirates of the Carribean



Posing on California Adventures "C"


Having fun waiting for my Grandma to get there


In line for California Screamin


On the toy story ride!


Before getting on the toy story ride! (There are alot of these pics this was an hour and a half wait!)


Posing in line for Pirates


Me, Bay and Jessie!


In line for Thunder Mountain


Haha this is my favorite pic Bailey is so cute!


On Small World!


Our California Screaming pic! We got to go on California Screaming Twice thanks to my Grandma and cousins being chickens!! Haha we had 4 fast passes for the ride it was so fun!

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Going to California

Finally! I got plane tickets to go see my fam March 11th-17th! It seems like it has been forever since I have seen them I am so excited. I haven't seen my babies forever. Lucy and Penny probably forget who I am.

I have been really busy at work lately; its nonstop all the time. I am still going to school and Acing the two classes I am taking: Psychology and Nutrition. Did I mention Community Colleges are a whole lot easier than Universities? I am going to start my Ameritech Nursing School application and the billion things I have to do to get in soon. Life is stressful.

I remember being back in High School and thinking it was hard. Why? Life after High School is 20 bajillion times worse. I have bills to worry about, money to worry about, and school to worry about as well! At the moment I have really no time for a social life! It sucks. Oh well life goes on, right??

Sorry my life is so boring! My blogs are basically the same work school gym. Fun huh? Well there is my update. After Cali I am sure my blog will be a lot more interesting to read!

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Update!

Hey everyone! I haven't written for a while. I got a new car about a week and a half ago! I was going to wait to post a blog until i got a picture of me and the car but I haven't had time. It is a 2005 silver Nissan Sentra and I love it! Better yet its mine! haha.

My roommate Alex and I are getting along great I am so relieved! She nannys for 3 families during the week and is a full time student. She is going into nursing as well so we are taking the same generals. Her mom is a Plastic Surgical Nurse! Which is exactly what I want to be I couldn't believe it. I have been doing the same ol routine every week. Wake up at 7 go to work, Mon and Wed go to school after work, Go to the gym, shower, Study and go to bed! Fun huh?

 My love life (what my parents call it) is at a hault I haven't been out in a while haha my good friend Jared just left on his mission about 2 weeks ago its been really weird without him. But trust me I am content being single! I have been really lonely and missing my family thought, as usual. We have been trying to skype but we have all been so busy. Hopefully we can do it tonight. I miss my babies lucy and penny and have been thinkin about getting a dog! I doubt I will though. On saturday my family told me they went to the beach and told me it was really hot in cali! I said ya its really warm here (utah) today too!!! ...then i looked down and saw that it said 44 degrees.. oh well that was warm to me!

I have some pictures of my birthday in November:










The Park Bay and Lacey



Bay SHE IS SO CUTE


Carrie Underwood Concert
Travis took me for my Birthday:




At the Concert










Sitting in Concert Traffic


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