Christmas 2008

We had a really good Christmas visiting family. Hope everyone had a good Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Graduation-finally!!!!

After several years, the hard work paid off and I finally graduated from college with a bachelor of science in nursing degree. Thanks to all of the family and friends who supported my family and I during these years. Here are some pictures of the nursing ceremony and the commencement. The lady in the last picture is our valedictorian-she still has a 4.0.

The Lord's work will go forth.

I have been somewhat bothered by the results of the election and the issue of same-sex marriage. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and what kind of a world my kids are going to grow up in and I was reading about Joseph Smith this morning and a quote by him that gives me a lot of comfort is:

“The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.”

No one can stop the Lord's work and I know that if we follow President Monson and do everything that we are supposed to do, we will be blessed. The example will be set for our children and they will know what road to take when the time comes and they are faced with their potentially life altering trials.

Happy Halloween!!

It's hard to get all of the kids to look at the same time. I think they still looked cute though. Happy Halloween.

My medieval princess

Huge relief!!!!!!

So in our last semester of nursing school we take our finals at the end of October. So guess what that means, yes I am done with my finals and I am so relieved. For the next five weeks we will be in the hospital precepting one on one with a nurse. I found out today that I will be in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) which is awesome because that was my first pick out of all of the floors. (It was my favorite rotation) It's weird that I am done studying for exams and I will never have to study for another one again, unless I get my masters, which won't be for a couple of years if ever. It doesn't seem like I have been going to school for the last 5 years, but it has been well worth it and I am so glad that I'm almost done.

Time-out.

I came into the room the other day and saw that Easten had put his truck in the corner. He said that his truck needed a time-out.