Going to school

I'm not sure where I want to go to nursing school. I have applied at NAU, and I'm finishing my application for EAC and I'm also going to apply for Pima Community College in Tucson. But what if I get accepted into all three? Then where am I going to go? And what if I get accepted into none of them? It's been a very stressful time for me! I have way too many tests to take and papers to turn in/find, and I need to apply for either a scholarship/grant or something to help me to afford college. Man growing up is hard stuff! And stressful too!!

Monster Trucks and Moving

This last weekend Chris and I went to Mesa to help his brother and sister-in-law move to a new apartment. We left when we got out of school about 4 o'clock and we got to his brother's house at about 6:30 which was when they were starting to load everything into the U-haul truck. We got to work and had all of the furniture and a ton of boxes loaded as full as we could get it by like 7:30- 8 or so. After we loaded everything up, all of us were so hungry so we loaded up into the car and went to go and find some food. We wanted Mexican food and some donuts. We went to Dunkin' Doughnuts and they were closed. So then we went to Fry's and they had no doughnuts at all in their bakery, so we went to Wal-Mart and they had none either. Then we decided we were super hungry (it was like 9:30 by this time) so we went to Filiberto's to get some dinner and decided to try Krispy Kreme and see if they were still open. We got the directions and got there right at 10:00 and they were closed!!!! They didn't even answer the drive thru!! We were pretty upset about that so instead of getting doughnuts, we went and got some frozen custard at Freddy's or something like that. And that was super super good! By the time we got back to the apartment, we were so tired that we sat on the floor, ate our dinner, and then went straight to bed! The next morning Chris's brother had to take a test for his teaching job and he was going to be testing all day long so the three of us (Me, Chris, and his sister-in-law) had to unload the U-Haul without any of the elder's quorum help. (they were going to come at 5 pm and we had to have the U-Haul back by 6 so we had to do the bulk of the work.) We carried boxes and heavy stuff for all day long. The night before, Chris's sister texted Chris and asked him if we wanted to go to the Monster Truck Rally for Saturday night at the Chase field and we wanted to but we didn't know if we would be done in time or not. We got done in time and told his sister to get the tickets for us and we were going. As soon as we got everything unloaded we drove over to the old apartment and showered real quick because we were all sweaty and nasty and hurried over to Chase field. We were all exhausted but looking forward to doing something that wasn't unloading boxes!! This was my first time being to a Monster Truck anything so I didn't know what to expect, but when we got into the stadium, they had the trucks all on the big screens and I was immediately in love with this idea of Monster Trucks!! Chris didn't think that I was going to like it, and I surprised myself with how much I did like it! It was so much fun! I was so so so mad though because we left in a hurry after school and I left my camera in my backpack so we didn't have a good camera, only our camera phones (which just aren't as good as a good camera) but we took some pictures and some videos and had a blast! When Monster Trucks got over we drove back to his brother's old apartment, and had to drive clear to the other side of Phoenix to stay at his sister's house because that is where his dad was staying and we needed to give him a ride home on Sunday. When we got to Chris's sisters house, it was almost one in the morning and we were both exhausted because we had to drive an hour back to his brother's house and then an hour to his sisters house so it was really late. We got there and they were all watching a movie and so I went and got ready for bed because I was way too exhausted to do anything and I watched the movie for about five minutes before I decided I was too tired to watch it and I grabbed my pillow and layed down on the floor and fell asleep. I was almost asleep when Chris woke me up and asked if I wanted to go sleep on the couch but his sister and brother-in-law and dad were watching the movie on the couch so I told him when the movie was over to wake me up and I would move. The next thing I remember was it was four thirty in the morning and I was still on the floor and my body was so sore from working and then sleeping on the floor. I looked around and Chris was sleeping on one end of the couch and his dad was sleeping on the hide-a-bed and so I crawled over to the couch with my pillow and blanket and I situated myself into the little corner that was there and then I fell asleep with my legs over Chris's and my head next to the hide-a-bed. I stayed asleep until eight thirty when I woke up because I was about to pee my pants and Chris was awake and he looked at me and then got up. When I came back he was laying on the hide-a-bed and he asked me if I wanted to go to church and I said, "I really want to go back to sleep. I'm so exhausted I can't even function." And he said, "Me too." And then we slept until noon! That was the latest I have slept in in a long long time. I don't know the last time I slept that long. After we decided to wake up and get ready for the day we drove back over to Chris's brothers old apartment because they had some stuff for us to take to the new apartment, but they weren't done cleaning it yet so we all pitched in and finished cleaning the old apartment, then went to the new apartment to unload everything, went and got some dinner, and then drove home. We didn't get back home until 10:30 at nighttime. We went and unloaded everything at Chris's house and then Chris took me home. It was a fun, busy weekend. The pictures are of me and Chris at the Monster Truck Rally, with the camera phone so they look awful and we were super tired and exhausted but we had fun anyway!

Wisdom Teeth

On Friday i got my wisdom teeth taken out. Not one of the best experiences of my life, but it was okay. I don't really remember much about the surgery. I remember going into the doctor's office and sitting in the chair and it took a while for him to find a vein that was good enough to put the sleeping stuff in (I don't know how to spell it right now.) When he found a vein I remember him asking me how I was doing and the clock said it was ten til four. The next thing I remember was coming awake and the time was ten after four and the nurse was asking me if I wanted my teeth. Then I fall back asleep I guess and I woke up again and I remember the doctor asking me how I was doing. Then I guess I fell asleep again and when I woke up the doctor was getting my mom and telling me what to do for the post-op and how to take care of everything. Then I got out of the chair and I heard the doctor telling me good job and we got into the car and went home. i was awake the entire time and talking to my mom and when I got home, I showed Chris my teeth and I guess I set them on his book (they were in a baggy) and I went and layed down on the couch and fell asleep. I woke up an hour later with an ice pack on my cheek and my mouth was throbbing. Ever since then I have been taking it easy and sleeping a lot so I can get rested up for school on Monday. I have gotten puffy and it's really hard to eat stuff. And the bottom left side of my lip is still numb. I don't think that is supposed to happen, but it's still numb. Hopefully that will go away soon. We will see though!

First Day Of School...

Well, it's the start of a new semester. This semeseter I will graduate in May with my Generals and hopefully be accepted into the nursing program for the beginning of next semester. it's going to be a ton of work. Chris is home and we had to take first day of school pictures. He had never done that before. It was kinda neat haha! And when we were leaving the one class that we have together this semester, we were talking about his shirt, and I said, "Hey, I'm wearing pink and gray today too!" We were matching and we didn't even know it! It was pretty crazy! So obviously we had to take a picture also haha! It was a fun crazy day!!

New Years

Last week Chris went up to Tucson to build a toybox at his grandpa's house while his dad had a doctors appointment. I went up there on Thursday to hang and "help" build the toybox, which was helping to rotate the box when needed haha! That was difficult for me because the toybox was just about an inch shorter than I am. It's a pretty big box and it looks great! We had a good time hanging out with his grandparents and just chilling. While Chris was working on a shelf that his grandma wanted made, there was a javelina that ran in front of him and he was like what the heck?! So we went looking and there were four javelina just chilling in his grandparents backyard. So we got a picture of that. On New Years Eve we watched the ball fall at midnight, which was a first for me. I have never stayed up long enough to watch it! And I don't have TV which makes it kinda hard to watch also. So that was fun. Then we went to bed and finished the toybox in the morning. On Friday night, his grandparents took us out to dinner at Micayos, which was delicious. I had never eaten there before either and we had a fun time and got some good pictures! On Saturday we drove to Buckeye for Cheyenne's birthday party and Kim's baby shower. I don't have any pictures from either of those but they were really fun and we had a blast on our mini vacation!

Temple Lights

This year my family and I went to Mesa to see the temple lights. They were awesome! We spent the day up in Mesa shopping and hanging out. The lights were beautiful and we enjoyed going very much.

While we were doing our shopping we went into a best buy and outside was a little bug that said "Geek Squad" on it and my sister and I had to get a picture next to it, of course and they were AWESOME!! And of course, we had to put on our Geek faces! It was pretty much great!

Christmas Eve

This year for Christmas Eve, it was a little bit different. I went with Chris and his family to their family party at Aunt Vicki's house. It was a blast and there were a ton of people there. I had a good time. I gave every family a jar of pomegranate jelly that I made in October and I gave his aunt's a set of potholders to go with their jelly. They really enjoyed it. It was fun telling everyone how the jelly is made. They thought it was a lot harder to make then what I told them I did! In the middle of the party Chris and I left to go to my house to get a picture with Santa, because Santa comes to our house every Christmas Eve so we can put in our last minute Christmas wishes. We missed Santa coming, but we both got to sit on his lap and tell him what we wanted. It was fun. I also got a fun picture with my favorite cousin Belle. We always have to take a picture together because we are each others favorites! Then the family started the yearly tradition of making sugar cookie stained glass windows. It's really easy to do. You make some sugar cookie dough up and you mold it into a shape that you want and then you get chopped up jolly ranchers to put in the middle and cook the cookie at the temperature the recipe says and watch the jolly ranchers melt. It's a favorite of our family! After the party at Aunt Vicki's house we went over to Chris's house and had a gift exchange with his family. Cheyenne took my horse I got and gave me her sticker packet which I gave to Curtis and Cheyenne to play with. It was a ton of fun. Then Chris and I went to Jake's house to help do some stuff. It was a fun Christmas Eve. (More pictures to come!)

My Cousins

This is me and my cousins Jeremy and Jason. Jason just returned home from his mission and it was the first time in almost three years that we were able to get together and hang out. I love these two boys. We are super close and we have a good time whenever we hang out. Oh, and yes they are twins. Jeremy is on the left and Jason is on the right.

Collettes Wedding

On Thursday, December 3 one of my best friends from high school got married. It was probably the best day ever! I woke up and went to my early lab and then Jessica and I left to go on the road to get to Snowflake in time for Collettes wedding. Pretty much, it was really really cold and windy, as it always is in Snowflake. When Collette came out of the temple she looked so beautiful and happy. I am so glad that I was there to witness her coming out of the temple and her happiness. Her and Ty and are great together! The perfect little country couple! Here are all of us friends. The first one has Tyrel in it. We had to be nice and allow him to stay for a couple pictures and then we got our famous girl picture that we take whenever all of us girls get together. Pretty much I love this group of people and it was such a great, fantastic day!

School!

So this semester has been a rough one. I have three really boring teachers that all teach from powerpoint and never add anything else into their lectures. I learn more from reading the book than I do from my actual teachers...sad right? So this last week in my Microbiology class, we had a test and we got a copy of an old test, well two actually, and we only studied from those tests and I got my test back and I only missed 3 out of 50 which equals A 94 PERCENT! And the last test that we took, we also got the old tests, only we had like 4 of them and I only missed one (because it was a trick question) and I got 96 PERCENT! And before I started studying from the old tests, I got not that good of grades! So I was very excited! I might actually pass this class with a B which is what I need in order to get into the nursing program! In Chemistry I'm passing with an A which is amazing because I don't pay attention in that class whatsoever. Pathophysiology is a whole different challenge. Luckily the tests are take home tests and I am able to take a week to do them otherwise I would be failing for sure! That's my semester. Only a few more weeks until finals week and then I'm home free! For a couple of weeks. I got a new computer which is great! Oh and only 8 more days until Chris is home!

Little Gray Kittens Adventure...

This is my kitten. Her name is Little Gray Kitten and she is one of my most favorite kittens in the world. Last week she went missing on Tuesday or Wednesday and i looked and looked all over for her and I finally told my mom that I was pretty sure that she had gotten eaten by the coyotes and she wasn't coming back. Well, on Sunday I was helping Jessica finish getting dinner ready at her mom's house and I get this phone call. It was my mom asking me when all of my meetings are going to be over. I told her and I asked why. She said, "Oh the neighbors called, and" I interrupted her and said, "THEY FOUND MY KITTEN!" and my mom said, "Your kitten took a vacation to their house this week and they have her for you to pick up when you are done with your meetings tonight." Needless to say, I was so excited. I love this kitten so much. My coworker showed me the pictures of the kittens her cat had and I saw this one and knew it had to be mine so I told her that I called the gray one and nobody else could take her. So she saved her just for me. I went to go and pick up my kitten at the neighbors house and she (the neighbor) kept telling me how good of a kitten she was and that she didn't mind taking care of her at all. So the next time my kitten decides on taking a little vacation I know where to look for her first!

Shanna's Reception

My friend Shanna got married this week. I went to her reception and she was glowing! Doesn't she look beautiful?! She has been one of my friends since we were little and I'm so happy for her. I hope that her and Jerome have a happy life together!

Erica Please Don't Kill Me!

Last night I was going with my roommate over to her mom's house to talk and I got this really random picture text from my sister...

with a note underneath it that said "Bwhahaha I'm so bored!" I was like what they heck are you doing haha. Then i got another one a few minutes later.....

And there was another one in between these two but that one takes a little bit longer to explain. Pretty much Jessica and I were dying laughing when we were driving and later when I showed the pictures to Jessica's mom and sister. It was pretty much the best thing that happened yesterday!

Family Home Evenings

I wanted to write this down so I can remember it for a long time. Tonight for family home evening, my aunt Tonie decided to do something a little different. She thought that it would be neat if we had a bonfire and sat around the fire and told family stories. Meme started with a story about her grandmother who lit the chicken coop, the porch, and a skunk on fire! It was a great story! Then my Popa, who doesn't really say too much told us some good stories about when he was growing up and doing chores with his dad and irrigating when his dad fell into the ditch and it was so great learning more about my family and our history. We also had Richard and Missy Bigler come over and they told some of their stories and it was a really fun night. We had "friendship stew" aka, dump stew, hot rolls, s'mores, and birthday cake because it was Julia's birthday today. It was a really fun family home evening and I hope that we can do something like that every year.

Thankful Post

My roommate Jessica's mom had this great idea. She has a wall in her house where everyone has to write one thing they are thankful for everyday on a post it note and stick it on the wall. I thought that was a great idea so for the month of November I'm going to add one or two things I'm thankful for everyday on this post throughout the whole month. This follows the scripture advice found in Alma 34:37-38 "And now, my beloved brethren, I desire that ye should remember these things...that ye humble y ourselves...and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you." I challenge anyone who reads this post to try and do the same thing. Think of one thing daily that you are thankful for. Then you will be greatly blessed.

1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
2) My testimony
3) My family
4) The scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon

5) My patriarchal blessing

6) my scholarship for my education

7) Peal and Stick Envelopes

8) Great friends

9) My job

10) Laughter

11) Sunsets

12) The Temple

13) The atonement

14) The word "PATOOTIE" and its complicated spelling

15) Shadow puppets in the middle of the night

16) Roommates that help me out

17) Priesthood blessings

18) Worthy priesthood holders