The Joys of Being a Nurse

I was at work this week and had a thought come to me. I don't think there has ever been a profession where you compliment people on their ability to go to the bathroom and how much they go. Nor do you comment on how it looks. We are definitely a rare breed. Oh, the tales I could tell!

I'm a slacker? Or busy??

So, I apologize to anyone still following me on my blog. I've had a very busy few months. I helped my mom sell her house and then moved to Utah in December. It was so hard to say goodbye to all my wonderful friends in New York. I cried a lot and questioned why. But I had a plan and needed to follow it. We made it to Utah and I looked for a job. I wasn't getting anywhere. I went to the temple a lot and then decided to try for a job back in New York. I had an interview within 2 weeks and within a week of my interview had a job offer from Community General Hospital. I headed back out to New York on February 16. I got all my physicals for work done and am now living 5 minutes from work and enjoying being back. I started my job on March 21 and am loving every minute of it! I love being a nurse. :)

I DID IT!!!!

So, Monday, I snuck away and took my boards. I found out this morning that I passed!! I'm so excited!!! I felt that I have been sitting in limbo for a couple months and now feel like I can move on! I'm grateful to my family and friends for their awesome support over the past 3 years. I could not have done it without them!

Important to pass on

Wow, I know...two posts in a week...I'm working on it Mindy! This past week has really made me think about a lot of things to come. I saw this video and felt it important to pass on. Click on where it says this video..notice it's a different color!! :) LOL

It's true

So, rumors are true. We have a for sale sign up on our house. My mom and I have decided after much fasting and prayer that it is time to move. We started feeling the urgency in December/January, so we started getting ready. Since then, the school district my mom works for has cut positions, one of which was hers. Now we are just waiting to sell our house. If anyone knows someone that wants to buy a house, send them over. :) We will miss New York and our wonderful friends, but we are also excited to go home to Utah and be with our family.

It's that time of year!!!

I love this time of year!!! Most of you know this!! I got to put up the Christmas decorations on Halloween this year. I am in the middle of exams right now, but I wanted to show the cute picture I got from my sister. It's my reminder of the holiday season!

I know, I know...

I know how far behind I am, I realize this. I have been meaning to sit down and update, but time just got away from me and now September is almost halfway done. Oh it's awful.

Anyway, I had a fun summer. My mom had surgery on her foot. Then, we went to Utah for a month. It was fun. I got to meet my new cute little nephew. It was fun to be out there to visit with my family and friends.

Here's a picture of Lucas. He was 3 months old at the time.

We spent one evening at Wheeler Farm having a picnic and letting Sabrina feed the ducks.


One thing that I did was I cut Marissa's hair off! Yes, she made the decision and I got to do it. She looks so cute. I also cut Aubrey's hair and Micaela's hair.

Spencer is such a typical big brother....but we still love him.We went to the cemetery where my dad is buried and Sabrina wanted to go, so she and grandma had a picnic.

She's getting to be such a big girl!

We went camping with the family while we were up there. It was so nice to be up in the mountains in nature away from the world, and to be together as a family.

Aaron is such a good dad to his kids. It's good to see him interacting with them. :)

Lucas loved the outdoors!! Debbie loved having him out there because he took wonderful naps and he slept all night. It made him a happy baby.

The night before we left, we went to get ice cream with Debbie's family. Sabrina was being silly with her ice cream, so of course I had to get a picture.

It was such a fun trip and am sad we had to leave. Hopefully we will see them again soon.