Meet my new Man...

Welcome to Utah...

Jet Black and Jealous arrived from Wisconsin on May 10th

I've been in love with him pretty much ever since...

The George

The weekend of May 7th my mom took us down to St George for a girls trip. We hot tubbed, hiked, shopped, ate good food and hung out with the girls...oh and Jayden! 

 Hanging out in the hot tub...Mayc loves the warm pool and isnt too much of a fan of the cold one! 

 So stinkin cute!

 We had delicious breakfast at the Bear Paw and J really enjoyed the jam...this kid is seriously so funny... I think he is going to grow up and be the class clown

 A day hike near Snow Canyon

 Teaching Mayc to be a little rock climber 

 Nonna and J-man...such a funny kid

 J is just like NeNe and not a big fan of the sand

 Nonna and the grandkids at Sand Mountain in Snow Canyon

For most of the trip we had fairly good weather but a storm was a brewing when we were at sand mountain and I had to snap a pic it looked awesome with the sand below it.

Thanks mom for taking us on a girls trip to warmer weather!

Picture Time

I have the best people in my life and am so lucky I got to spend this day with great friends and awesome family. Graduating nursing school was a big moment in my life and Im so grateful for all the support and love from everyone. 

 David and I

 Gram, Pop and I

 Mandi and her cute kids Dav, Bri, Mayci and Jayden so happy to have them all there for me!

 Tanna and I

 My awesome momma and me

 My sweet Mayter

 Greg and I

 Heather and I

Heather, Rhiannon and I

My graduation day was awesome and thanks to all the amazing people in my life on a daily basis! 

Best day ever! 

Graduation Ceremony

Graduation Day finally came...I waited a long time to get to this moment in life and couldn't have been any happier than when it arrived. I made it through weekly exams, online and in class lectures, lab days, SNA meetings, clinicals, MedSurg and the HESI all just to get to this final moment! I have so many people to thank for getting me to this point in my life...first and foremost my parents for allowing me the opportunity to go to school and supporting me every second of the way. Heather for being there with me from the beginning when prereqs were enough to kill us and nursing school was just a twinkle in our eyes, Sam for being my clinical buddy, I wouldn't have made it through hospital days if it weren't for her and Kristen for always being the prepared one, for all the stories and for being my blonde twin 3/4 of the way through nursing school. The 4 of us made nursing school for me and I wouldn't have loved all of the times I had over the last 2 years if it weren't for them. I have learned so many lessons throughout nursing school and Im so grateful for EVERYONE in my life. I made it through Salt Lake Community College's giant hoops to become an RN and now I just have to pass the NCLEX, get a job in the hospital and start school again on June 13th...Im happy that I made it this far!

Girls Day on Graduation

May 6th was one of the best days of my life...I GRADUATED and it was pretty much my day! So I slept in a little bit, woke up, got ready and met up with my mom at the U then headed to meet Mandi for lunch. We grabbed a little mexican at lone star taqueria which was pretty yummy then headed over to Shirodhara Day Spa and got pedicures before my graduation ceremony. It was my very first "professional" pedicure and was pretty good but maybe not worth the price I paid for it...Mandi and I have pedicure nights and we do a much better job for each other than what we paid for so maybe I will just stick with her but for a fun girls day and a first experience it was a fun thing to do! 

Graduation Gift....

My dad had planned to fly to Wisconsin to pick up his new puppy the same weekend that I was graduating which was kind of a bummer but still okay because he would be coming back with a sweet black lab. So the night before he left my parents and I went out to dinner at Santa Monica Pizza Company....(and don't mind how awful I look) Dinner was delicious and it was fun chatting and laughing with them. I am one spoiled rotten girl and for my graduation gift I opened up a set of pearl jewelry. I love pearls, they are so beautiful, classy and vintage. I finally have legit jewelry and not just the costume stuff....I cant wait for all the events in my life I will get to wear them at. It was the perfect gift for me!

High five for first kisses

First kisses and first loves...cutest video I've ever seen!

The Forever Final

My life for the last 5 months has pretty much revolved around nursing school...on May 3rd I took my last final as a nursing student at Salt Lake Community College and walked out of that exam feeling 1,000 different emotions. I cried, I laughed, I felt triumphant, accomplished and happy my long road finally paid off and its the best feeling in the whole world! I am so happy to be done but also a little sad because I wont get to see all these beautiful people on a weekly basis! 

 The class of 2011...

 Chelsea and I

 Cute Abby...so about 10 of us got done pretty early and had to wait for the last of our group to come out of the testing center...so in celebration once again we made a line for everyone to come through as they walked out...we cheered, we high fived, we hugged and cried!

 Heather, me and Kristen

 Sam and I

 Our cheerleaders...Kyle, Chelsea and Tanna

Outside the nursing building we all signed our name on the stump of a tree a bunch of people used to hang out around and study...we had to leave a mark! 

Last Lecture...

April 27 was the last lecture of nursing school for me and that day was much awaited! In celebration...because we find any reason to celebrate....the girls and I headed out to Applebee's for lunch! 

 Kaelenn, Nona, Heather, Me, Kristen and Sam

I love my girls...they made my nursing school experience more memorable than I could have imagined!

High Acuity Final...HALLELUJAH!

I made it through that last big hoop of nursing school! This morning I had my high acuity final and am so relieved that I am done with that class and only have one more to go until graduation! I graduate in 4 days and can't even see straight until that moment! I made it...I actually freaking made it! 

 Heather and I...heading to our high acuity final at 7am! 

 A few of us hanging out minutes before going into the final

 Heather and Sam

 In line to take the final....so excited, scared and ready to be done

Me and my 3 little besties...Heather, Sam and Kristen at Kneaders for breakfast, an after exam ritual. I love these girls and wouldn't have made it through nursing school without them! 

Tomorrow I will wake up and take the last high acuity exam of my life and then tuesday morning I finish with community nursing...the road is ending...finally and I couldn't be more excited for me than right now in my life! After everything I have been through lately I know for certain that everything happens for a reason...people in your life, events that change the course of everything else, horrible exam days, and the good moments too...it all happens to teach you lessons and to make you a better person. If life worked out for me I would have graduated last August with a whole different group of people than I am right now and I would have missed out on some great relationships that I have built in the last 2 years throughout nursing school. Im so grateful for my life and everything I have been given...I just have to get through the next 2 days and I will be the happiest girl in the world...My motto for the next few days...Keep calm and carry on!

Girls Night Out Take 2

Last week was Tessa's 24th birthday so in celebration we went out dancing at Club Allure on Saturday night...Tessa is seriously the best person to go shake your bum with cause she just doesn't care and we laugh and have so much fun just doin' our thing! I went over to Jess's for about an hour before we all met up and it was so much fun to just chat with her like the good old days...no matter whats going on we always get each other. We danced, chatted and hung out until 1am and had the best night just being girlies!