Graduation!

We did it! I can't believe we have FINALLY graduated and are done with school (for now). I never thought this day would come. It's a happy/sad moment for me. Happy that I accomplished something I never thought I could do and sad that I won't have class with some of my friends anymore. One thing I have learned is that you can do anything if you believe in yourself. It has been a great two years! We still will be studying hard for the NCLEX, so wish us luck!

Braeden's brother Cameron pinning us

Braeden being creepy

Braeden and his friends from class

What are our plans now?
Well... Braeden found out two days before Christmas that he got a job at the hospital here in St. George. Looks like we will be here for another year! I will apply everywhere and hopefully something will work out! Nursing jobs are hard to come by here, so we are blessed Braeden got a job.

Happy 4 years!

Us four years ago today!
I have been so blessed to have Braeden in my life and am so grateful for everything he does for me. Love you Braed!

November is here already?

40 DAYS
till graduation!
woo hoo!

Just wanted to remind myself that there is an end in sight... :)

Carving Pumpkins

It had been a long time since we have carved pumpkins so we decided to this year. We carved pumpkins with our friends Alicia and Brant while we listened to spooky music. Hope everyone had a FUN Halloween!

Braeden's is the Phillies pumpkin... unfortunately it was not good luck and mine I just did a silly face, but it kind of looks like an old man.

Alicia and Brant are much more creative and talented then we are!

HaLLoWeEn

We LOVE Halloween time because...

of all the yummy TREATS!

Hope you eat lots of yummy treats too :)

Family

So we started our last semester of school and as of today we graduate in 72 DAYS! I still don't feel the excitement and realization that we are graduating, but I am sure it will come sooner or later. We both are working 2 part time jobs along with school so we keep pretty busy these days. Braeden's mom and brother were here over labor day and then the next weekend we drove to Anaheim to stay with my family. They were on vacation and we figured 5 1/2 hours was a much better drive to see them than a 17 hour drive and my brother is turning 19 and we probably wont see him again before his mission. So I just wanted to post some pictures of all the fun times we HAD before we got really busy!

Labor Day: Kanarraville Falls Hike

Cassidy, Susan and Me

Braeden and his momma

Huntington Beach, California

My uncle Spence lives in Huntington Beach so we got to go to dinner with him and the fam

My beautiful Momma

Gotta love this photo of the segways

My brother Nathan and I looking for shells

Pirate Dinner Show

Santa Monica, California

Brothers and dad

Santa Monica Pier

Me and Travis diggin' for things

Mom and Nikki freezing on the beach

September : Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

I stumbled upon this blog today about a sweet little boy and would like to share it with you.

Skyler's Story

What a heartbreaking story. My heart and prayers go out to this family.

There is a place to donate if you feel the need to.

Disneyland!

All summer long we have been trying to plan a trip to southern California and it finally happened! We went with Cameron and Cassidy and it was such a fun trip. I was super excited because I had never been to DISNEYLAND! It was really the happiest place on earth. I just felt like a little kid again. We stayed in Oceanside a couple blocks away from the beach and it was such nice weather. I am really tired of the HEAT in St. George and can't wait for it to cool down! I really miss the ocean (Puget Sound) and I hope we can live somewhere close by some day. Well we took a lot of pictures so you all better be prepared.

Cass and I

This was our second attempt to get a picture with Sully.. he does not stop walking so we just had to jump in front and snap a picture

Braed and Cam eating their giant turkey legs

It's a Small World

Mini's bed is not all that comfortable

Take a look at creepy Cameron in the background

Visiting Mickey in his house

A Bug's Life

Tarzan's Tree House

Tinkerbell's Fairy Land

I love the Tea Cups!

Playing paddle ball waiting for the sun to come out and the tide to go out so we could skimboard

It was a little chilly out

We finally found a good spot to skim...

but the sun never came out

This was a much needed vacation full of fun! I think our favorite part was going to Disneyland. Braeden had not been since he was 8 and I had NEVER been. It brought a lot of memories back for him and I made 1st time memories! My favorite rides were Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Matterhorn and all the princess story rides. Wish we could have done everything. Hopefully we can go back to Disneyland again before we start having kids!