I'm a Registered Nurse

Now that I have this...

I'm going to be working here!

The University Hospital. Can't wait to finally start!

Graduation

I've officially completed nursing school! I finished this August from Weber State's accelerated RN program. It feels so nice to have it done, it was definitely a challenging and busy year but I'm so glad that I did it that way! Because my last semester was in the summer, commencement ceremonies weren't held for us graduates, so we're allowed to "walk" at the end of this fall semester if we want to for graduation. In fact, there wasn't really any type of celebration held for us 29 students so we decided to have our own party after we all finished finals! It was a lot of fun, us students and our spouses/families met out at Barnes Park in Kaysville and had a big barbeque and played volleyball. It was sad to think that it was the last time that I'll see a lot of my classmates, we all became so close after being together almost five days a week for an entire year. I made some really good friends that I'll definitely never forget!

I had to put this picture in below as well- we went to Evanston this summer for our 2 day psych rotations in the Wyoming State Hospital. These we are the girls I was closest with, we were all so crazy around each other it was a blast

Since we didn't have commencement ceremonies with the school, my cute mom and family put together for me my very own graduation. It was a complete surprise- they had me wear this cap and gown that my sister-in-law kept after she graduated, and they had me walk into our family room to the traditional graduation music and all. My mom even prepared a speech for me and my sister Kariann who is a nurse gave me some good advice about things she's learned over the years. It was so nice of them to do this, and I really appreciate all the support they've given me. Thanks guys I love you!

My mom was really into it, she did great!

This gift was kind of a joke, but the sign is taped to a block of boards that was "passed" to me. My mom has quite the sense of humor :)

Jaran and I with these beautiful roses my family gave to me

Last Summer Vacation- Ferron Resivoir

This is the last post that I've wanted to do of our summer trips. I realize this is old but I still wanted to put up pictures of the fun time we had! The last weekend in July we always go camping with my mom's side of the family in the Manti National Forest. However we haven't been the past few years, so this was Jaran's first time there, and he had a lot of fun! I have so many memories there with my family and cousins... we always go four-wheeling, fishing and canoeing in the reservoir, play games, eat tons of great food, listen to stories around campfires, and of course stop in Manti and drive by my favorite temple before we go home.

Overlooking Ferron Reservoir

We love four-wheeling.. Jaran's taught me how to drive clutch too which I'm pretty good at now!

We all took a ride to the top where the road starts to come down into Ferron- Katie and Ryan, Kariann and Brady, me and Jaran

Ashton and Abby loved playing in the dirt with their buckets... and so did Jaran :)

Abby "driving" Ashton on the four-wheeler. I have the cutest niece and nephew!

Brady shooting targets just before this happened...

On one of Brady's shots his hand was up too high after he pulled the trigger and it came back and sliced his thumb open! It was so deep you could see the tendon moving. He had to have stitches and luckily one of my second cousins is in his residency of med-school and had a suture kit to sew him back up.

Brady's a trooper, he sat through 6 stitches without any anesthetics and didn't flinch once!

Me and my cousins shooting at targets

Jaran skeet shooting

Us canoeing on the reservoir just before night time

My cute brother Ryan and cowboy dad at the campfire

Me and my sister Kariann at the campfire

Vegas in July..

This July we took a family trip with the Nicholls to Las Vegas. We drove down on a Thursday night and stayed in Mesquite, then drove into Vegas the next morning and stayed until Monday. It was scorching hot! I'm not one who does too well in hot weather.. I carried water with me the whole time and took every opportunity to get inside a building to keep from passing out. Jaran probably thought I was a weirdo because he's used to weather like that from his mission in Brazil. But we had a great time shoppping, eating at tons of fun restaurants and buffets, swimming, going to the Tournament of Kings, going on rides, and lots more!

We stayed at the Saraha Hotel, it was our first time there and it was pretty nice!

In front of the New York New York after everyone rode the roller coaster. Our first attempt to ride it Jaran and I got up to the front of the line and decided to wait 3 extra turns so that we could have the very front seat. It was just our luck that when our turn came the ride broke down, and we waited there for an hour for them to fix it so we didn't lose our spot.. and then they closed it for the day. We were so mad! So we wasted some time but finally rode it before we left :)

Jaran and I with his brother Nate and wife Robyn and family at the Tournament of Kings. This was probably my favorite thing we did! We'd never been before and it was so entertaining, definitely worth the money!

The water show is always fun to watch.. Our little nephew Major especially loved it!

The Rain Forest Cafe where we ate one night

Me in front of the Lion's at the MGM Grand

The Coca Cola Bear.. he was cracking us up when we were trying to get this picture

Our last night in front of the Excalibur

Zions National Park

The next morning Jaran and I headed into Zions National Park from St. George. We camped in the park with my friend Kayli and her husband and were there for two days. It was mine and Jaran's first time going on the trails and hikes and we loved it.. the weather was hot but we had so much fun experiencing everything together!

Our attempt to get a picture from the hood of our car in front of the Zion's sign

On our way up to Angel's Landing...I was scared out of my mind and clinging onto the chains!

Jaran realizing that there's nearly 1000 foot drop off on both sides of him at this point

We made it! The view from the top was amazing, and definitely worth the two hour hike



This is at the top of the Emerald Pools. We stayed here for a while and ate lunch and played around on the big rocks everywhere. There was also a bunch of baby frogs that Jaran caught and entertained some kids with!

Jaran in front of the Weeping Wall, it was so neat!

Us in Hidden Canyon

Me at the beginning of the Zion Narrows. We went up quite a ways, but didn't get to do the entire hike unfortunately. Next time!

Jaran loved exploring everything around him and in the water

The Narrows are amazing.. we picked the perfect time of day to go!

St. George with the Aldrich's

Jaran and I went down to St. George at the end of June and stayed two nights with our friends Brock and McCall. The first night we stayed at their place, and we had fun going out to eat and hiking around. The next night we packed our camping gear and headed up to Kolob Reservoir where we camped for the night!

Jaran and I in this fun slot canyon in St. George!

Me, McCall, and Brock working our way through

It was a little tight..but Jaran made it!

It opens up really wide here and goes back into a small cave

We camped right next to beautiful Kolob Reservoir. It was a blast- we made a fire, roasted hot dogs and McCall made some awesome peach cobbler!