Christmas in Cali

We spent Christmas break in Southern California. We had so much fun being with family, eating, playing, relaxing, and all that other good stuff you do around the holidays! Here is some of what we did...

Disneyland [in the pouring rain]...
We drove up to Northern California to visit all our extended family and spent Christmas weekend with them...

Cousins [and the spouses] picture...

San Francisco...

Walking along the beach in Santa Barbara...
And, loading up on sushi...
Great times! Happy New Year!!

Family Photos

This was our attempt at a Galeria Family photo. Southern California got SO much rain during the Christmas break so the nice beach family pictures that I wanted did not work out. We ended up taking one in our backyard at night [during the 2 seconds the rain had stopped].

Under the Sea

I am far from being a crafty person, but when food is in the equation then I can make exceptions. My friend Angel makes a lot of awesome cupcakes and I decided that in order to get in touch with my crafty side I would enlist her help. Here is my first go around with Shark Attack...
The idea came from a book called 'Hello Cupcake'. I found the book for fairly cheap online and ordered it.
The sharks are made out of twinkies. The floats are made out of donuts. The channel markers are ice cream cones upside down with a lollipop on top. Everything else is pretty self-explanatory. They were super fun to make!

Officially Done!

I took boards just over a month ago. I have officially passed! It feels so good to be done. It's also kind of nice to have credentials behind my name:)!

I don't know for sure what the NP job scene will be because I am still waiting on my licensure {it's a l.o.n.g process}, but I will continue working at my RN job part-time.

I have truly loved my RN job and I am just not ready to leave it yet. I still learn new things there everyday.

Overall, blessings have come into our lives left and right. We are happy and doing well!

Graduation Day

Lots of pictures...

Master's Degree in Nursing

August 13, 2010

Updates

Graduation is around the corner! 1.5 weeks to be exact. Then [after boards of course] I will be a Family Nurse Practitioner!!! I can't believe we made it through this...

I just returned from Girls' Camp again! What a spiritual high that was. Gotta love these girls...

Brandon has taken up a new hobby with one of his good friends. It's spearfishing. He loves it! Don't they look like goofs in their outfits? He has caught some fish though...

(Brandon on left. Jake in middle. Brandon's little brother Tanner on right.)

I watched 100% of the Tour de France. It is my favorite thing to watch in the summer. I look forward to it every year. This year I put my bike trainer in front of the TV and rode while watching...

I can't believe this busy summer is ending. Although, it feels like it's just beginning for me because I am finally done with school!

Wasatch Back 2010

I absolutely LOVE this race! I was so glad I was able to join a great team! My friend, Lindsey, let me be on her team with her neighborhood peeps. They were awesome to run with. I was runner 1 this year so still in van 1. It's crazy how you can do this race over and over again and have it be different every time. Here are some of my pictures. I should be getting more soon.

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