Update

Hiya everyone!
Sorry it's been so long...I just realized how long ago I last posted...basically a full month. ha.

Not much has been going on. Just been going to school, the singles ward, and having fun :)

Today I finished up my pass-offs for IV therapy...had to do one IV in the hand with the butterfly syringe (one with the wings on it) and two in the hands. My practices didn't go so well...I wasnt able to hit all of them. But today was pass off day and I was able to hit all 3 of them plus one practice all in one try! Very cool!

In the past month, 3 teenagers all my age have passed away (John Doucette, Jake Hawkes, and Hilary Peterson). Some I was friends with, others just acquaintences. All of them in different ways, all of them too young. But the one thing I've taken away from all of their deaths was that none of us know when our time will be up...so we need to live our lives without any regrets. Live life to the fullest, and enjoy every minute of it! That's what all three of these great teenagers did...they lived great lives!

I'm scheduled to leave on my externship on September 14th. Kind of excited. Not sure where I'll be heading yet...probably up to Budge Clinic. I'm way excited!

Anyways, just thought I'd update my blog...let everyone know what I've been up to. Love y'all!

Some Drawings

For those of you who wouldn't have thunk it...I actually am an artist. ha. Here are some drawings I've done over my lifetime. I started drawing when I was 11 years old...taking private lessons while my knee was mending from soccer. After a year my knee was better so I stopped lessons, but never stopped drawing. Sorry they're blurry...I took pics of them so they're not the best.



A drawing I did of me when I was 10 months old...my first drawing of a human face. Done in October 2008.



Just some picture I found in a calendar. I drew it in October 2008.


My last drawing as an art student. Done when I was 11 years old back in 2000.



A drawing I did of two dogs out of a magazine. Probably sometime back in 2004.

Charlie lately

Here's Charlie...7 months old! He is getting so big...last time I tried to weigh him he was over 50 pounds!!! One heck of a big dog...which is good for us b/c we LOVE big dogs!!! So far he has chewed up two laptop charger cords...only when he's scared home alone. ha. Anyways, just thought I'd post something about him.



Charlie and Wrigley (Becca's dog) just hangin out



Charlie and Becca waiting for the popcorn. ha.



We got the dogs a little pool to lay in. Charlie didnt like it too much.

Owl in the Backyard!

Last week we were surprised to find this owl (we think it was a baby) in our tree. He was trying to sleep so I think we were annoying him. ha. It was pretty cool though!!!

Kelly Clarkson!!!

Its been awhile, so I decided to post on the most recent activity I've been up to. A couple Thursdays ago me, my sister, and my two cousins headed down to the UVU baseball stadium for a Kelly Clarkson concert. It kind of sprinkled during it, but all in all, it was way fun! ha. I'll get some pics off of Picasa of her up on stage, but for now these were a couple that we took.

Random Pics

My family at the Christmas Party @ my Grandma's house.



My cute cousin Brielle! ha. She kept doing this at my Grandma's Christmas Party.



Me and my cousins Anna and Steve. They were my two cousins down at Snow.


Playing Settler's of Zarahemla. My cousin Jeff, Steve, and my brother Nate and me.

Update

Wow. It's been forever!!! ha. Just an update. I've been going to school for two months now and am getting pretty far!!! Apparently my teachers think if I can keep going at pace I'm doing right now I'll be done by this August. Crazy huh!

Monday I start with the lab...which is basically learning how to do blood draws on the arm and hand, and eventually (a little later) doing IV's in both those places. I'm way excited and nervous at the same time! I'm loving class!