St. George Getaway

With school finally ending I was able to start off "my summer"! To kick off this wonderful season Chelsea and I packed up our bags Friday afternoon and headed south for a weekend in St.George. This trip was just the ticket to starting summer because pictures are worth a thousand words the details of the trip will be documented by pictures we took. It was such a great trip and I couldn't ask for a better girl to have gone down with me! HAPPY SUMMER

the drive down

Friday we went to dinner at Pizza Factory and then went to a movie in the park!

Saturday we spent at the pool enjoy the HOT weather

and naturally we had to get some Neilson's afterwards

We found the best house while driving

pictures were a must!

 

 

 

that night after some dinner we went to DIXIE rock. 

Sunday we went for a walk around the St. George Temple

BEAUTIFUL!

next on our list of adventures..

snow canyon!

Monday was another day at the pool and then we went to see Aladdin and Tuacahn. It was AMAZING! I can't even begin to describe how good it was. 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday was our last day in St. George. We had to stop by neilson's one more time because its that good! We spent the morning with my sweet grandparents and then did a little shopping before we headed off to..

..MANTI- to watch the Manti Pageant. It was so fun and a great opportunity. We were lucky enough to stay at chelsea's cabin for which is only a few miles away which made for a great time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a quick taste of summer-

Although Monday was a little rough, the remaining of the week was pretty amazing. Therefore, I feel obligated to blog about it. A full week of no work or school spoiled me and I could definitely get used to staying up late with great people and sleeping till noon. 

This week consisted of:

NBA playoffs!

Drives up the canyon 

National Geographic (with the pops)

Hiking to the Hot Pots

Spending time with my little ones

 

Shopping at City Creek and Gateway then

Cheesecake Factory for dinner

seriously, not the best picture. but Friday night was so perfect-I had to add a picture!

Real Salt Lake Game/ Cinco De Mayo Fun

my stach is almost as good as my brothers right?

and

An amazing lesson in R.S.

Even though some of my ideas for this week didn't work out (example: spontaneous road trip to Vegas- quickly halted by the parents.) This week was pretty perfect and I am so grateful for the opportunities I have and the friends and family around me.  Alas, reality sets in again tomorrow with school and work starting but with summer in the air I feel a fresh start to the new semester.

Happy Sunday!

decisions & CONSEQUENCES

This topic has been on my mind a lot recently, I just haven't had time to blog about it with the semester finishing up.

                side note- spring semester is officially over! I took my last final this morning and I am completely free now.. well for two weeks until summer semester starts, but for the time being, I am LOVING this feeling. 

Okay back to my original thought.  Life is full of decisions. From the trivial items as to what am I going to wear today to life changing decision like where to go to school, what to major in and one of the biggest decisions, who to marry. Without fail ALL of our choices are followed with consequences and unfortunately, the result of our choices are out of our control. I'm not saying that consequences are always bad consequences can be GREAT, but  good or bad, they come whether we like it or not.

DECISIONS are always followed by CONSEQUENCES. 

"EASY" concept to grasp.  

As I have gotten older I have realized that my choices not only effect me, but they effect others around me. I have learned that it is selfish of me to put my wants and needs before others without considering the effects it will have on the ones I care about.
Decisions and consequences shouldn't be such a hard concept, but when we get caught up in the moments of life we usually act without thinking of the outcome. Sadly, we cannot take back our actions and we are forced to live with the consequences generated by our actions. Gratefully, we learn from our choices and how we react to our situations aids in our character progression.

Loving this quote by Hemingway. 

I am extremely grateful for the opportunities I have in life to make my own choices and work through the outcomes, good or bad. I have definitely learned many lessons from this "simple concept" and look forward to many more lessons life has in store for me.

.. one week left

I can not tell you how much I am anticipating the end of this school semester. I seriously have NO MOTIVATION. This is such a weird feeling for me because I usually love school. School is my number one priority in life right now but I honestly don't care if I do well on my finals, I have no desire to study. I'm trusting this feeling will pass VERY SOON because one week left before finals doesn't give me much time to be a slacker. Good luck with finals and send me some motivation!

My Time At The Hospital

American Fork Hospital

Hospitals. Some people hate them, some people love them. For me, hospitals reminds me of my future goals and they motivate me to continue the path which I have started. Every time I walk into one I picture myself working in only a few short years fulfilling my dreams and loving every second of it. Lately I have been at the American Fork hospital once a week volunteering/interning. It has been such a wonderful experience. I started out in the E.R. and I couldn't have been more excited. I have always wanted to work in the E.R. High impact, working under pressure and not to mention the crazy injuries and stories people have when they come in; all of these aspects drew me to the E.R. So many interesting people walked through those doors while I was there and seeing injuries while learning about what to do for each one fascinated me. But for some reason I became bored with the E.R. and last week I switched to the NURSRY, specifically the NICU. It has only been two weeks and I love it! Every time I go in such a strong feeling of love and compassion comes over me. Last night after feeding one of the babies I held him for about an hour or so just rocking him back to sleep. During this time I couldn't help but turn my thoughts to the Lord and realize that these babies are MIRACLES sent from him. These babies, all babies for that matter, are little angles. So perfect and amazing. Although I cannot do anything technical working in the NICU, and for the most part I just help with holding and feeding babies, I LOVE it so much and I could not ask for anything better. I am definitely blessed for this amazing opportunity.

I like to think Im official when I wear this badge.
Unfortunately I am only a volunteer, but one day I will have that badge that says RN, BSN
Heres to looking forward! 

Arizona Sun

Let me just say that I love spring break. It comes at the perfect time and a full week of no work or school does the body good. This year I went to Arizona for some baseball and sun. After spending a week in AZ I am sold on the idea of moving there and never returning to the Utah cold. The weather could not have been more perfect and the company was even better. We spent our time going to baseball games (game 1- Angels VS Reds and game 2- As VS Cubs), a day at the pool and shopping in Scottsdale, which is amazing and for a shopaholic like me, I seriously thought I was in heaven.  Of course we had to try out all the fun places to eat. After this trip I realized that I should probably be less picky when it comes to eating because we went to a lot of places with red meat (which I don't eat) so chicken it was, but that's okay the food was still great! Arizona was so amazing and this trip is just what I needed. I am so grateful for the company and memories. Now I need to stop day dreaming about the gorgeous weather and get back to reality.

We finally arrived in AZ after a quick and entertaining flight!

Dinner our first night in AZ

Grabbing some lunch at the cutest burger place on ASU campus before the game

the crew at angles stadium

best buddies enjoying some baseball!

Pool Day! Weather could not have been better

Dinner in Scottsdale. (bad picture)

Game on St. Patty's Day. It was so fun, everyone dressed in green.

As VS Cubs. Isn't chelsea beautiful!

Last day in AZ we had to get spring training T-shirts for the memories. Such a great trip!

UNDER THE WEATHER..

 Today was full of sleep and a lot of movies, Disney movies to be specific. At first this might sound like a lovely day, but let me tell you I was not too fond of it. Yesterday while at work I was feeling a bit light headed, but I just thought it was because I only slept for three hours the night before. Towards the end of my shift I decided to take my vitals. (blood pressure, pulse, and temperature) My blood pressure was normal pulse at 126 and temp at 102 were definitely not normal. the diagnosis- no doubt about it I am SICK! oh great. I do not have time to get sick. Needless to say after work I went straight to bed. Today was going to be a very productive day as I needed to try and catch up on microbiology reading. Lets just say my body had other plans. I tried reading a chapter and about half way through I realized that it was not an interactive book and the words were not supposed to be moving like the bacteria they were describing. So I spent the day in bed watching movies all day long, although I'm almost positive I did not make it through one whole video without falling asleep. I will be the first to admit that I absolutely LOVE Disney movies. For some reason when I am feeling under the weather I always choose to watch Disney. Subconsciously I think they make you feel better. Eventually I needed a break from Disney and watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. One of my all time favorite musicals. The story line is great, the songs are even better and because it was made in 1954 everything about it makes me smile. Hopefully I will be better tomorrow because although I enjoy Disney movies and sleep I am going crazy staying in bed all day!
-not to mention another downfall about being stuck in the house all day was the weather; a BEAUTIFUL  65 degrees, not fair!

                              *Disney movies, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
                                          and my bed- haven't left it all day*

 

Here is one of my favorite scenes. THE BARN DANCE. 

Just ignore the bad quality of the clip and enjoy the great dancing! 

(lets hope it works)