christmas is coming!

merry christmas!
our tree is up! we are a little low on funds this year so a tree was out of the question. so i decided to make my own tree...while bran was at work. yes very cheesy and kinda white trash, but cute at the same time.







my inspiration. much better than mine. oh well.
and a few presents under the tree would be nice, but that wont happen this year. we're thankful enough to go to AZ for new years!

i surprised bran with a quick one night getaway at a hotel in springville. it wasnt as neat as a hotel as the website showed. no hot tub...what?! i was ticked. oh well, who needs a hot tub when there is a gas station across the street? we just watched a movie and ate junk food at 2am.


in return i got these pretty roses. never had white ones before! thank bran!

random stuff

These pics were all from my phone, so for some reason blogger won't show me the pics while uploading, so I'll start from the top,...went to the mall with some friends, us girls had some fun seeing what we'd look like as a brunette and long hair...i like the long hair part. so i've decided to grow it out again. we'll be testing my patience.
pretty rainbow that had two sides...can hardly even see the one side.
jersey & bran.
in the ER with bran. no sickness for me please.
rachael cardon's birthday...i love this girl!
good hair day! and these days make me love short hair!
lots of pretty leaves.
costumes.
my jersey girl.

what i've been up to

besides work and school i try to play when i can. my mom, and two sisters came to visit. and jamee is here to live for atleast 2 months. we'll she if she wants to stay after christmas break.

here is what i've been up to:

messing around at tai-pan

lagoon!
photoshoot with my sisters

oh yes,...we did.

photoshoot with my nieces and nephew

love having the sisters together

another photoshoot with the sisters

aren't my sisters so stinking pretty?!?!

here we go again

well things have been busy and have now changed at work. i have been working about 25 hours a week and going to school/clinicals about 8 hours a week. lets start with school. clinicals have been awesome. i love meeting the residents at the facilities. they are so funny. i already have my favorites at different facilities. we have our class final on the 26th and once i get an 80% or higher on this, i set up my state exams. yikes! im getting more and more nervous. ok now for work. i enjoy the residents. i have become close to some of them and love to see them. however, i put my 2 weeks in. i wont get into details about the things i dislike about this place. i was offered a job at a facility in american fork that i do clinicals at. i start out at a $1 more than beehive homes AND its 10 miles closer each way. again my goal is to get to the mother/baby floor in the hospital. brandon and i dont see each other much right now (again...or still). i get to take him to work in the morning (1 car family) and then he bikes home. i'm lucky if we have 1 night off together a week. but we keep the love alive with love notes!