Friday, March 4, 2011
Change is good...
Well I think??? So...I'm going to do a little venting today! Sorry! Anyway...I have been working at a pediatric office for about a year and a half....I have learned SO much but to tell you the truth it hasn't been at all easy!!! I came home many days in tears and feeling very down...I thought maybe I shouldn't be a nurse..maybe this isn't me! I wanted to help each patient the best that I could but I felt no matter how hard I worked or how hard I wanted to be good at something...I wasn't!! And as a result, it made it hard to go to work EVERYDAY! With me getting a new job at Alpine Surgical Center, I was also working around 45 to 50 hours a week. Needless to say...I was STRESSED!! So after a few months of my busy schedule, I quit my job at the pediatric office! Today was my last day! I can't say that I wanted to quit because I never have quit a job without having something else full time! Also, I didn't want to feel defeated by this! I knew I could do it but it was just taking a lot for me to feel comfortable doing my job..and I didn't like that..So, I hope that this new change will give me the confidence to continue working as a nurse. I honestly can't see myself doing anything else! I have always wanted to be in healthcare and hope that this new change brings some much needed happiness! So I don't have another job yet, but I will be working at least 2 days at Alpine coming up when a nurse goes on maternity leave! I know this change was good and I hope that I can continue working on my career as a nurse with maybe just a little less stress!! :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
I hope everyone had a great holiday season! I know we sure did!
We love this time of year because we are surrounded by lots and lots of very wonderful people! We are so blessed to have such fantastic friends and family, we don't know what we would do without them! We laughed SO much, I think we burned off a little of that holiday weight! It was a blast! With the annual cookie making, parties with friends and family, playing LOTS of games, and eating WAY too much food....I don't know what we are going to do with our time now that the holidays are over! It always goes by too fast! But it was great!
This year for Christmas, Kyle and I decided that we wouldn't do gifts for each other so we could spend more on the gifts for our families!! We had a lot of fun trying to find the perfect gift for everyone! I think we did a pretty good job and it was great to be able to give a little more this year! Our Christmas celebrations started the Sunday before with Kyle's mom! We always go up there for a yummy dinner and to exchange gifts. We have a lot of family to visit on Christmas so it's nice to be able to spend the whole night with them rather than rushing from place to place on Christmas! On Christmas Eve, we went to my family's party where we exchanged white elephant gifts and ate yummy food! Christmas Day Kyle and I woke up and opened our stockings, then headed over to my parent's house to open our gifts from them. After that we went over to Kyle's dad's house and opened gifts with them. Then it was off to my Grandma's house for lunch! It was nice this year because we had a little bit of time to take a nap before we went to Ky's Grandma's house! Even though it is a little chaotic for us on Christmas we love all the time we had with our family!
New Year's Eve was another time for us to be with family and to laugh and play lots of fun games, which we LOVE to do! We went up to Kyle's mom's house for the night! His mom and step-dad put on the best New Year's party! They have tons of snacks and we play board games, poker, and other little games that you can even win money! It's SO much fun!
New Year's is always a great time to reflect on life and make goals to help us grow and I love that about this holiday!! I realize how blessed and grateful I am for all that has happened. In 2010....
Kyle and I had our first wedding anniversary!
I graduated Nursing school!
We got to go back to the Philippines!
and have made new friends!
In 2011...I hope to..
Get our own house! (and for Kyle that means getting a dog too!)
Go back to school for my Bachelor's Degree!
and Spend more time on others!
I can't wait for what this year is bringing! New babies and new beginnings! Hope you all had a great 2010 but will have an even better 2011!!
We love this time of year because we are surrounded by lots and lots of very wonderful people! We are so blessed to have such fantastic friends and family, we don't know what we would do without them! We laughed SO much, I think we burned off a little of that holiday weight! It was a blast! With the annual cookie making, parties with friends and family, playing LOTS of games, and eating WAY too much food....I don't know what we are going to do with our time now that the holidays are over! It always goes by too fast! But it was great!
This year for Christmas, Kyle and I decided that we wouldn't do gifts for each other so we could spend more on the gifts for our families!! We had a lot of fun trying to find the perfect gift for everyone! I think we did a pretty good job and it was great to be able to give a little more this year! Our Christmas celebrations started the Sunday before with Kyle's mom! We always go up there for a yummy dinner and to exchange gifts. We have a lot of family to visit on Christmas so it's nice to be able to spend the whole night with them rather than rushing from place to place on Christmas! On Christmas Eve, we went to my family's party where we exchanged white elephant gifts and ate yummy food! Christmas Day Kyle and I woke up and opened our stockings, then headed over to my parent's house to open our gifts from them. After that we went over to Kyle's dad's house and opened gifts with them. Then it was off to my Grandma's house for lunch! It was nice this year because we had a little bit of time to take a nap before we went to Ky's Grandma's house! Even though it is a little chaotic for us on Christmas we love all the time we had with our family!
New Year's Eve was another time for us to be with family and to laugh and play lots of fun games, which we LOVE to do! We went up to Kyle's mom's house for the night! His mom and step-dad put on the best New Year's party! They have tons of snacks and we play board games, poker, and other little games that you can even win money! It's SO much fun!
New Year's is always a great time to reflect on life and make goals to help us grow and I love that about this holiday!! I realize how blessed and grateful I am for all that has happened. In 2010....
Kyle and I had our first wedding anniversary!
I graduated Nursing school!
We got to go back to the Philippines!
and have made new friends!
In 2011...I hope to..
Get our own house! (and for Kyle that means getting a dog too!)
Go back to school for my Bachelor's Degree!
and Spend more time on others!
I can't wait for what this year is bringing! New babies and new beginnings! Hope you all had a great 2010 but will have an even better 2011!!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Our early Christmas present!
This year for Christmas, Kyle's mom and step-dad took us back to Kyle's mission in the Philippines!!! We had a blast and we are so grateful for his family's kindness in taking us back there!! Between the long flights, our car breaking down, his step-dad getting sick we had the good times of talking with THEE nicest people in the world, seeing all the CUTE kids and spending time with the people that Kyle had taught and baptized. We all knew it was going to be an adventure but it will definitely be an adventure we will never forget...EVER!! We had a TON of pictures that would never all fit in this post so it will just be some of the highlights of our trip!
To start off, we took one out of our two LONG flights!! We were all a little nervous because the day we were supposed to fly out it was the big blizzard warning. Luckily, it wasn't as bad as everyone was thinking so our flight only got delayed about an hour and a half. Which wasn't bad but only left us a few minutes to catch our connecting flight from LAX to Korea. We ran our butts off but we made it!!!
We finally made it to the Philippines! We saw A LOT of cool/different things!!
There were fruit/snack stands EVERYWHERE , with the BEST mangos!! Yumm!!!
All of the people would LOVE having their pictures taken. They all would put their hands up to their faces too!! It was awesome!
We ate a lot at different chicken houses! They would make "pecho." It was basically just some barbequed chicken, but it was all freshly made and delicious!
Kyle had a great time reminiscing on his mission days with a couple families we visited! It was so fun to see him so excited to get back there and start talking with all the people! I loved it!
The Pioquinto family had us over for a traditional Filipino meal! It was delicious!!
We saw a lot of beautiful waterfalls and beaches!
The cute kids..
(They sang Christmas carols and danced to Justin Beiber...It was awesome!!)
I absolutely LOVED this trip!!! It was a great experience and it made me realize how much we really do have!! I will never forget it!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Wow! It's been a LONG time!
I can't believe how long it has been since I've updated my blog!!! Holy Cow!! I hope from now on I can keep up with this, but I can't promise anything! :) Just be forewarned this is going to be a LONG post! Well, hmmm I don't really know where to start! Me and Kyle had a GREAT summer...packed with vacations, bbq's, and fun times with friends and family!!! One of our favorite vacations was to Star Valley/Jackson Hole with my mom and dad. We rented a condo right on a golf course and stayed for a weekend. It was definitely action packed. We started off with a round of golf (of course) and then did some fishing and biking. But my favorite part was the white water rafting! I had never been before and was SO excited (although a little nervous, my dad even showed me a newspaper article an hour we were supposed to load the boat of a guy that had drowned on the river, THANKS DAD..real comforting!! haha) I don't have any pictures of the rafting because I didn't take my camera but it was a BLAST! The river was pretty shallow so the biggest rapid was not there but we had a lot of fun being in the front and paddling our guts out! My arms were SO tired!!
Kyle fishing.
In August, we celebrated our 1 year anniversary!!!! I honestly can't believe it's already been a year!! It has been definitely a great year, even with all the ups and downs!! I have learned so much about Kyle and about myself!! I have learned that no matter what hard times may come, it will always end up OK! I have also learned that dishes, laundry, and other chores are not going to magically get done on their own! And if you want your husband to help out with those chores, you have to tell him and not just wish he would do them! I've learned I'm not a good cook. I can't keep the house clean longer than a day...but I'm trying!! :) I can't wait to learn more about Kyle and myself and for the many more of memories together! To celebrate we went up to Park City and stayed at the Canyons resort! We went to dinner at Squatters and then did some shopping the next day at the outlets. It was good to get away for a night and celebrate!!
September we celebrated Kyle's 25th birthday!!!! Half-a-century old...WOW!!! jk babe. He had a great day! I had to work unfortunately...I would have liked to spend the day with him but I couldn't get off!! Oh well! Anyway, I gave him his presents the night before so that he could use his new fishing net when he went! So while I was at work he went fishing and just relaxed. Then we met his family for a movie then went to dinner at Famous Dave's!!
As for other updates...
Kyle is still working as an insurance agent and is loving every minute of it! He gets to meet so many people and gets to be his own boss! Who wouldn't love that!
I just got a new job at Alpine Surgical Center as there Recovery nurse! I have been there for about 3 weeks now and I just work one day a week, so I'm still working at the pediatric clinic the other days! I love my new job..everyone is super nice!! I'm still looking for another position at the hospital but it has been really hard to find the right job for me! The right job will come when it's time though!!
We are both getting really excited for our trip to the Philippines in November. Kyle's parents are taking us back to his mission and we can't wait! I think Kyle is more excited than I am...don't get me wrong I'm excited to spend some time on the beach and do some snorkeling and hiking but I'm a little nervous for the 23 hour flight there and for the crazy foods, cars, and bugs! I'm sure we will have a blast!! I will let you know when I get back!! :)
I love this time of year!! The sweatshirt weather, soups, football games, and Halloween!!! I love Halloween...I love the decorations, the dressing up, seeing all the kids out on Halloween night with their bags of candy and costumes..can't get enough of it!! I think Kyle likes it mostly for the upcoming Jazz season! He can't wait...he is trying to get us to get cable so he won't miss a single game! He is a funny guy!! ha..
Well hopefully it won't be as long before I update, I'll try! :) But we hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!
Kyle fishing.
In August, we celebrated our 1 year anniversary!!!! I honestly can't believe it's already been a year!! It has been definitely a great year, even with all the ups and downs!! I have learned so much about Kyle and about myself!! I have learned that no matter what hard times may come, it will always end up OK! I have also learned that dishes, laundry, and other chores are not going to magically get done on their own! And if you want your husband to help out with those chores, you have to tell him and not just wish he would do them! I've learned I'm not a good cook. I can't keep the house clean longer than a day...but I'm trying!! :) I can't wait to learn more about Kyle and myself and for the many more of memories together! To celebrate we went up to Park City and stayed at the Canyons resort! We went to dinner at Squatters and then did some shopping the next day at the outlets. It was good to get away for a night and celebrate!!
September we celebrated Kyle's 25th birthday!!!! Half-a-century old...WOW!!! jk babe. He had a great day! I had to work unfortunately...I would have liked to spend the day with him but I couldn't get off!! Oh well! Anyway, I gave him his presents the night before so that he could use his new fishing net when he went! So while I was at work he went fishing and just relaxed. Then we met his family for a movie then went to dinner at Famous Dave's!!
As for other updates...
Kyle is still working as an insurance agent and is loving every minute of it! He gets to meet so many people and gets to be his own boss! Who wouldn't love that!
I just got a new job at Alpine Surgical Center as there Recovery nurse! I have been there for about 3 weeks now and I just work one day a week, so I'm still working at the pediatric clinic the other days! I love my new job..everyone is super nice!! I'm still looking for another position at the hospital but it has been really hard to find the right job for me! The right job will come when it's time though!!
We are both getting really excited for our trip to the Philippines in November. Kyle's parents are taking us back to his mission and we can't wait! I think Kyle is more excited than I am...don't get me wrong I'm excited to spend some time on the beach and do some snorkeling and hiking but I'm a little nervous for the 23 hour flight there and for the crazy foods, cars, and bugs! I'm sure we will have a blast!! I will let you know when I get back!! :)
I love this time of year!! The sweatshirt weather, soups, football games, and Halloween!!! I love Halloween...I love the decorations, the dressing up, seeing all the kids out on Halloween night with their bags of candy and costumes..can't get enough of it!! I think Kyle likes it mostly for the upcoming Jazz season! He can't wait...he is trying to get us to get cable so he won't miss a single game! He is a funny guy!! ha..
Well hopefully it won't be as long before I update, I'll try! :) But we hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Good News & Las Vegas..
Last weekend was very exciting for me! After 2 years of school and many hours of studying and reviewing, I sat for my RN state boards! I had even tried sneaking in some last minute study time the night before (I know..something you shouldn't do the night before a big test..but I couldn't help myself :) ) and I still did not feel confident at all that I would pass! I was SO nervous! But I went to the testing center the next day...got fingerprints taken...read/listened to the instructions they gave me..walked in and sat down in my little cubical..and took many deep breaths..then off I went! 2 hours and 1oo questions later...the computer screen shuts off!! (Don't worry it does that when you are finished...but if you're really good it only gives you about 75 questions..if you are on the borderline of passing they give you more to see how you do..so needless to say I was freaking out!!) I was so terrified...my eyes started filling with tears immediately..I thought for sure I wasn't going to pass! I was SO disappointed with myself! Anyway..after many hours of checking the state website (or any other way I could to see if I passed)....I PASSED!! Phew...It was such a relief! I had to look at it again and again because I still couldn't believe it!! I was SO happy!
And knowing that I had a huge test and would need to find a way to relax...we headed to VEGAS!!
We left the day after I took the test and went down a little trip for the weekend!! It was much needed and such a blast!! We had a very relaxing weekend with shopping, lounging by the pool, a little gambling, and seeing shows! The first day we were there we walked the strip...we went to M&M and Coke world...and all the other fun shops they had! After a full day of shopping we went to a really great Mexican restaurant called YOLO'S..It was a fun atmosphere and they had great food! Here we are at the restaurant...
The next day we started off with some gambling...we tried so many different types of games..we played slots (we didn't win anything!), we tried video blackjack, but our most favorite was the video roulette! We won almost $200. It was awesome! We probably spent an hour or two just on that machine! hahah...but it was well worth it..anyway that night we had tickets to go to the Lion King! AMAZING!! I loved it...we couldn't get a good picture with all the people but it was so fun!! (Check out our awesome tan lines!!)
The next couple of days were more relaxed we sat by the pool (trying to get rid of our tan lines!!) and did a little bit more shopping! Here are just a few random pics from our trip...
We went to the Karate Kid movie while we were there because Kyle was dying to see it! It was SO good! Anyway..they had a little drawing for some karate kid stuff for donating to a charity..and KYLE WON!!! hahah..he was so happy!
This is at the Hard Rock Cafe...it was a touch screen that had some games and stuff on it so that you can stay entertained while you wait to be seated! We thought it was pretty cool! haha..we are dorks!
The famous Bellagio fountains!! It was a GREAT vacation..we both had a blast!! :)
And knowing that I had a huge test and would need to find a way to relax...we headed to VEGAS!!
We left the day after I took the test and went down a little trip for the weekend!! It was much needed and such a blast!! We had a very relaxing weekend with shopping, lounging by the pool, a little gambling, and seeing shows! The first day we were there we walked the strip...we went to M&M and Coke world...and all the other fun shops they had! After a full day of shopping we went to a really great Mexican restaurant called YOLO'S..It was a fun atmosphere and they had great food! Here we are at the restaurant...
The next day we started off with some gambling...we tried so many different types of games..we played slots (we didn't win anything!), we tried video blackjack, but our most favorite was the video roulette! We won almost $200. It was awesome! We probably spent an hour or two just on that machine! hahah...but it was well worth it..anyway that night we had tickets to go to the Lion King! AMAZING!! I loved it...we couldn't get a good picture with all the people but it was so fun!! (Check out our awesome tan lines!!)
The next couple of days were more relaxed we sat by the pool (trying to get rid of our tan lines!!) and did a little bit more shopping! Here are just a few random pics from our trip...
We went to the Karate Kid movie while we were there because Kyle was dying to see it! It was SO good! Anyway..they had a little drawing for some karate kid stuff for donating to a charity..and KYLE WON!!! hahah..he was so happy!
This is at the Hard Rock Cafe...it was a touch screen that had some games and stuff on it so that you can stay entertained while you wait to be seated! We thought it was pretty cool! haha..we are dorks!
The famous Bellagio fountains!! It was a GREAT vacation..we both had a blast!! :)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Hikin & Craftin...
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!! It was so fun to enjoy the nice weather and some free time!! To celebrate..we went on a hike up to Waterfall Canyon! It was so nice...we took my family's dog Jack up there and we all had a blast..(Well maybe it wasn't the first thing Kyle had on his list to celebrate the nice weather..he would have much rather been golfing or fishing but he was a good sport!!) I'm so glad that it's getting warmer..I can't wait to do many more outdoor activities!!!
I also had some fun doing a craft project over the weekend. I have been trying to get some cute ideas to decorate and finally found this super easy wall art project. I took 3 12x12 canvas and 3 pieces of scrapbook paper and just mod-podged it to the canvas...super easy and it's cute!! If you are interested in some crafting blogs check these out:
befickle.blogspot.com
somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
shanty2chic.blogspot.com
They all have links to other craft blogs and plenty of really cute ideas!! I look at them all the time!! Have a great day!!
I also had some fun doing a craft project over the weekend. I have been trying to get some cute ideas to decorate and finally found this super easy wall art project. I took 3 12x12 canvas and 3 pieces of scrapbook paper and just mod-podged it to the canvas...super easy and it's cute!! If you are interested in some crafting blogs check these out:
befickle.blogspot.com
somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
shanty2chic.blogspot.com
They all have links to other craft blogs and plenty of really cute ideas!! I look at them all the time!! Have a great day!!
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