California Dreamin'

Hey Friends-

I find myself with a little extra time tonight. Time for a new blog post!

I will post pictures and fun stuff...but a little reflection first.

Time is really going by fast! I can hardly believe it! It is already February of 2010 and I will be graduating in APRIL and will start working as a nurse. That is so soon!! It is hard to think that almost two years ago I started nursing school! I have changed a lot from that first day of nursing school. Mom was here helping me move. I was SO nervous. I didn't know anyone at UVU and my teacher kept sending these emails telling us that we had to have all this stuff done on the first day, but i couldn't find the information i needed to complete the assignments. I was so worried that I would be the only one who didn't do the work. Turns out...no one did. I was so glad to have Mom there as I started nursing school! I think it is so cool that my Mom is a nurse and that i am going to be one too! I'm doing my capstone right now and I am half way done. It is going really well! I have a great preceptor and I think i am starting to get the hang of things and i am realizing that i do know what i am doing, I just need to be confident!

Jeffrey and I went on a trip to CALI with some of his family. We had an awesome time listening to books on CD, eating at In n Out, the BEACH!!, being with family, playing card games, and seeing Riverdance. Thanks to Jeanne and Ryan for letting ALL 5 of us kids crash at their house!

One thing that was especially fun is that I got to see my brother Bryson. It had been way too long. We ended up having an extra ticket to Riverdance and Bryson loves the theater! It was perfect, I am so glad that he could come with us!

We also had such a great time at the beach!! It had been rainy on our drive to California, but Saturday was sunny and beautiful! We had a picnic lunch, played in the waves, and then Jared, Jeffrey and I build this awesome sand castle.