Christmas Came and Went

This year Michael and I split both Christmas Eve and Day between both families. We had a great time! This time next year we will be MARRIED and can start traditions of our own! I am SO excited!!!




Aunt Jeni and Uncle Mike did good this year...Nathan LOVED his Batman ornament!


Alden was super excited about his present!





Laci


The girls were pouting






My Aunt Tami and cousin Kati stopped by Christmas night! We had a TON of fun with them!

Cabin Trip

We went up to the Ferdig's cabin and had fun watching movies and sledding...the girls even came with!

There was quite a bit of old snow on the ground but we totally missed a good storm a few days after we left! :(

This will probably be the last trip for us for a while since I am working weekends now...

4 Blocks Down...1 to Go!!!

This semester consisted of community health, I did my clinical at a elementary school and played school nurse; home health, I chose Hospice of the Valley for my rotation and LOVED it; and mental health, clinicals were at CHEEERS for outpatient and Banner Thunderbird for inpatient - very interesting, some people I will never forget! Thunderbird had 2 units - Sandia which was for mentally ill patients and Cascade for chemical dependency (my favorite).

I fell in love with my patients in hospice and definitely had a hard time saying goodbye - sweet people! Hospice nurses are amazing, they give families such support during trying times! Maybe down the road I will find my "home" at a hospice agency.

Here are some pictures from today after our final...


Me and Leanda. Just found out she is pregnant - she and Pete will have cute babies!


Me and Rachael


Rachael, Donella, and I


Me, Donella, Megan, and Rachael

Block 5 will be critical care, practicum, and capstone!

Megs and I celebrated after the final by going to lunch at Mellow Mushroom and shopping! Fun times girlfriend!

xoxo

Tim and Willy Breakfast Show

Here are some pictures from the Christmas Breakfast Show. We had a great time.








Little Big Town

Wasn't Thanksgiving Last Month?!

We had a fun Thanksgiving this year! We started the day off at Michael's family then had dinner at my house with my parents! Both dinners were delish!


Yummy turkey!

Fun Friday!

On Friday night we went out with Kelly and Travis! Kelly wanted to go try a new place out in Vistancia...well we got there all excited to try something new and it was CLOSED!!! lol



We ended up at a yummy wing place...They even gave us 2 free shots!!!



We had a great time! Lots of laughs!

More Engagement Pictures!

We had another set of engagement pictures taken where the reception will be! Here are a few of them!

Late Halloween Post!

We went over to Kelly's house for Halloween and went trick-or-treating! Little did I know my BIG kid was going to participate in the festivities! His impromptu costume turned out cute!

More memories...


Cute brother and sister!




Michael and I made cute spider cupcakes for the kiddos! Yummo!

This Is It

On Halloween we went to go see the Michael Jackson movie! It was a lot of fun, he is so talented...sad he is gone!

You know me...had to make memories! :)




Me and my Nana




Lovin' my boy!

Last day of Community Health!

YAY!!! Our last day was last Thursday and I am SO glad to be done with that class! So far it was definitely the hardest! After our final a few of us went out to celebrate and get a drink!



Me and Donella


Megan and Nicole


Donella, me, Nichole, Megan, and Nicole (sorry it is blurry)

Cake Pops

Aren't these so yummy looking?! Well they are!!! Michael and I made these for Lisa's birthday. I stumbled across this website! Bakerella is FABULOUS! She has some great ideas and I am looking forward to trying some of her creations!

Megan and I are thinking about making cute coconut snowmen pops for Christmas...should be interesting! Stay tuned!

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Phoenix, 2009

This morning Megan, Donella, and I volunteered at the Race for the Cure. We had a TON of fun. It was really neat to see all the breast cancer survivors and all the family and friends supporting their loved ones. It was also fun to see all the different shirts people were wearing to support the cause!

"It is the only place we can be excited about our boobs!" - Donella

Next year, I am thinking I might run in the 5K (anyone wanna join?) it will be great exercise before the wedding...the race next year will be on 10.10.10!

Here are some pictures...




The Survivor Parade






"Mammo is the best Ammo"




There were SO many people there!








Me and the girls with Barrel Boy!






This little lady danced her way across the finish line! So cute!


The Dean of GCU's College of Nursing was even there!