Regan and Sami Bushnell

Ornament Wreath

2011-11-30T14:34:00.001-07:00

Well I am very excited to show my latest craft! It is an ornament wreath!

Supplies you will need:

Foam Wreath- 12-14 inch
Ornaments- in a variety of sizes (I used approx 36 small and 50 medium and large) you may need more or less of each depending on size of wreath and how full you want the wreath to look
Hot Glue Gun
Ribbon

1. Started with my foam wreath and wrapped it with ribbon, to give it a more polished off look in case you can see through the ornaments to the wreath.

2. Next I spaced out some of my large and medium sized ornaments in

the center to figure out how many I would need. I then hot glued the ornaments to the wreath, at first I started taking off the "hanger" pieces on each ornament and then realized there was no point if it was the actual ball I was gluing to the wreath. (I think the point of taking them off is so that the ornament ball will not fall off if only attached by the hook)

3. I then started placing the ornaments around the outside border of the wreath spacing them evenly. After I just started filling in the rest of the wreath with ornaments spacing out the larger ones and filling in the gaps with my smaller ornaments.

*Know that not all of the ornaments are going to be glued directly to the wreath, some of the ornaments are just glued to the other ornaments around it.

*I would recommend spacing things out if you only have a certain amount of ornaments so that you don't have all small ornaments in one area and large in another.

*Let your creativity do the work, go with what you think looks good!

The finished project!

With some of my left over ornaments I just put them in this vase to add a little more color to my room, and another decoration instantaneously :)

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2011-11-27T12:00:00.000-07:00

The other day I was talking to Regan about how I wanted to FOR SURE decorate our porch this year with Christmas lights, so I asked him to assess our situation so we could hang lights... and he went above and beyond! I came home from work on Wednesday to a completely decorated front porch! I added a picture and just know that he gets ALL the credit for this one :)

So after Thanksgiving we had a few hours and we started decorating the rest of our house, can I just say that it is so fun to decorate our own little home exactly the way we want to!

So I also wanted to post a few pictures to show off our decorations! I LOVE our staircase it makes me so happy and our house looks so fun illuminated with the Christmas decor!

We decorated our Christmas tree and added our new ornament for 2011, we have a tradition of getting a new ornament each year with something to tell about the past year, so I decided to put up last years as well so that I can show off our large collection :)

For our first Christmas I think it is a little self explanatory, we got married that was a HUGE deal!

This years ornament is of a stone sea turtle, in May Regan and I went to the Caribbean. We spent 10 days there, we started in Puerto Rico and then sailed to different islands for one week. One of the highlights was while snorkeling and getting to see the many fish and even sea turtles!

I am so happy with how we have decorated so far, and thanks to Pinterest I'm looking forward to making some different crafts to decorate our home and get ready for Christmas! I love the holiday season and I am excited to share it with friends and family!

Thankful for families :)

2011-11-26T14:55:00.004-07:00

I love reflecting on the things that I am grateful for! This thanksgiving as my family got together for the holidays we have a tradition to go around the table and tell what we are thankful for. It pretty much is a testimony meeting... with an added emphasis in "thankamonies" Can I just say that I am so thankful for my family! What an amazing group of strong, encouraging people who each can be an example in my life, I am not just talking about the family I grew up with, but the family I am now a member of as well since being sealed to Regan. It is so amazing that I can be with my family forever, many times when it comes to weekends Regan and I will want to get together with someone from our family. As I sat at my thanksgiving table I thought about how much each person means to me. I love making friendships stronger with our family and to be honest I consider my family some of my best friends. I think one thing I loved on thanksgiving is actually expressing to everyone how I felt and that I was thankful for them. You know how it is said that when you express your testimony you make it stronger? I definitely believe that, and by expressing to others your thankfulness it makes my gratitude for those things that much stronger!

PS. I made rolls for thanksgiving with the help of my other mama Debbie and they were AMAZING! The recipe is on this website:

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/10/worlds-best-dinner-rolls/

Here is my finished product just waiting to be eaten :)

... Back to School

2011-11-19T11:32:00.004-07:00

Well it looks like I am heading back to school! I got my acceptance letter this week. I currently am working as a Registered Nurse and received an associates degree in nursing from Weber State a year and a half ago.... but I want to finish it with a bachelors ;)

So as many have asked... Will you get a pay increase? Sadly the answer is No, an RN is a RN those who finish with an associates and those who finish with a bachelors all take the same boards to receive their license so as it works out there is no pay increase because they are just paying for the degree. BUT with the fact that there is no longer a shortage in nursing a bachelors is preferred when applying for jobs, and this way I could always go into management... (doubt I'll do that) I have considered going on to get my Masters, but I'm not sure yet and at least I will be a step closer if I decide I want to.

So Regan is working towards physical therapy, he won't be able to apply to PT schools for about a year and a half, but with that being said... who knows where we could end up! So another reason for getting my bachelors.

It will be 3 Semesters, I start Jan. 2... I am doing an accelerated program so this first semester I have 5 classes! Regan and I will both be doing full time work with full time school... I'm a little scared we won't see each other... AHHHH!

One Year Down... Eternity to go!

2011-06-24T23:24:00.002-06:00

It is crazy to say, but Regan and I have now officially been married for an entire year! I know everyone always says that time passes so quickly but in this case it is just crazy! I am so lucky to have an amazing husband, he is so loving, has an amazing testimony, is good looking, fun as can be, and laid back all tied up into one amazing package! All I can say is I am one lucky girl!

Happy Anniversary

June 24, 2010

The ABC's of Me

2011-06-14T15:52:00.003-06:00

Hopefully I can get some pictures up soon of Regan and I's trip to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean... I saw this on a friends Blog and thought it was fun!

Here is a small sneak peak though :)

Age: 23

Bed Size: Queen. The few times I have been on a King with Regan he was a mile away! I like to keep him close!

Chore I hate: I don’t exactly like any particular chore… it’s more having the time to do all of them. I probably dislike laundry the most… its never done!

Dogs: Maggie was my puppy growing up and passed away this last October… Regan and I do not have a dog, but we will one day because we are definitely dog people!

Essential start of my day: FOOD! I am a breakfast person I need something within a small amount of time of getting up!

Favorite Color: Coral… and RED

Gold or silver: Silver, it is beautiful

Height: 5’7"

Instruments I play (or have played): Piano and the recorder in 5^th grade

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Kids: None yet.

Live: in Taylorsville, Utah

Mom's Name: Whitney

Nickname: Cookie

Overnight hospital stays: When I got my appendix removed… and then once or twice a week when I work the grave yard shifts…

Pet Peeve: Being treated like a child, I am an adult, I have graduated from College and I have a career… please don’t treat me like I’m two.

Quote from a movie: I like to quote Tommy Boy… “hold me Richard”

Right or left handed: Righty

Siblings: 1 Brother through birth Andy, then I have Alex, Michelle, Kelsey, and Jason…

Time I wake up: Depends on the day. If I work in the morning, around 5:30am, if I am Not working: Usually around 8am

Underwear: the Mormon ones.

Vegetables I dislike: Mushrooms… and Beets (sorry Regan)

What makes me run late: my computer… can’t set it down at times.

X-rays I've had done: My teeth, ankle, collar bone, and spine.

Yummy food I make: lemon cake cookies, sweet potatoes

Zoo animal: Monkey’s and Elephants

Update on life...

2011-04-22T14:29:00.004-06:00

So the other night I was at work and one of my friends said I should start blogging again, I was thinking about it, and for some reason I only had felt like putting things when big events happened in my life... fun vacations, becoming a nurse, getting married... but really everyday life is great too!

I am coming up on ten months of being married, and I love it! I couldn't ask for a better person to see everyday, talk to about everything and spend time having fun with. We are living in a cute little townhome in Taylorsville we rent for an amazing price and absolutely love! We also have great neighbors, we occasionally do FHE together and it has been good to get to know everyone a little better. Regan is currently working with the Young Men, and I am teaching the 11 year olds in Primary... I also get to be the Young Womens basketball coach and a Counselor at Girls Camp (which I must admit I am very excited about) I loved everything about Young Womens growing up... probably a lot because my mom was always so excited about it, and served in the young women for about 20 years!

Tomorrow is my one year mark from graduation from nursing school... now that is just CRAZY! I am still working at Primary Childrens for the Infant Unit, I couldn't ask for better people to work with and such sweet little ones to help take care of! Regan is working at University Credit Union as a teller with some of his friends which I think makes things fun, he coaches the West Jordan Lacrosse team, and goes to school at SLCC (add in Young Mens... he is one busy boy) Regan is leaning towards occupational therapy, and should be transffering up to the U or Westminster by next spring... Just in time to play lacrosse, I think coaching has been hard on him and he wants to play again... so Westminster of U of U... I guess only time will tell!

Hmm I couldn't leave out two of the most amazing additions to our family in this last year, Mr. Corver Cook and Miss Paisley Bushnell they both made their debuts into our family in November last year, are 8 days apart and it makes for lots of fun at any family event! I know I work with babies but it is so much more fun now to see theses two grow and the changes from week to week with there personalities.... Paisley currently loves sticking things in her mouth her whole fist or any toys we stick in her hand, and apparently hates bath time, she loves to listen to her dad play the guitar, and has quite the variety of leg warmers. Corver would jump all day long if you let him... litterally. He enjoys watching Kenny Chesney music videos, sitting up in his bumbo getting kisses from Bella, and my favorite... he gets babysat by Mama Cook a few times a week while Alex heads off to work which means I can see him more often than just Sundays :)

Mr. Corver

Miss Paisley

In the near future...

- We are excited for school to be finishing up for the semester so we can spend a little more time together.

- We are going on a cruise out of Puerto Rico in TWO WEEKS! just the two of us I am SOO excited!

-Summer! Camping, doing things outside, boating, baseball games, KENNY CHESNEY concert.. and my seven peaks season pass!

So I should be all caught up now, NOW hopefully I won't just tell about the big things but everyday things too :)

I got married!!! ... i'm Mrs. Bushnell

2010-09-17T14:45:00.002-06:00

Sami & Regan at the Salt Lake Temple from Davey Orgill on Vimeo.

I have not updated this thing in FOREVER! I need to put some of my favorite pics together, but for now... here is the video from the Temple after Regan and I got married :)

Spring Break!

2010-03-30T12:03:00.001-06:00

Spring Break

Well over spring break I went with Regan’s family on a cruise down the Mexican Riviera, it was exactly what I needed, school has been so busy and I needed time to stop thinking about nursing and just spend time with Regan doing absolutely nothing!... well obviously something but we had no where to be and nothing due at a certain time. We could relax and sit by the pool and it didn’t matter how long J

Just got on the ship

All ready for dinner with the family

The first port was Puerto Vallarta we did the most amazing excursion. We took a speed boat to this small village got on these huge jeeps and went to the top of the mountain where there was a base camp. We then rode burrows to the top of the VERY top of the mountain, mine was named “batman” after that we were able to zip line down through the jungle lots of times, we also got to rappel down a few waterfalls into water, it was such an amazing experience!

Getting ready for the zip line and rappeling

In Mazatlan we headed for the beach and we rented boogie boards and had so much fun playing out in the waves, this was my first experience with them and I think they are so much fun, I just wish I lived near an ocean.Regan also went parasailing.

Our day on the beach... we got fried :)

In Cabo, we rented snorkel gear and went out by lands end and then to lovers/divorce beach. The water was rough so in order to snorkel we also had to get life jackets. Regan saw a parrot fish… lucky guy. But it was really fun!

Out by Lands End, I think the arch looks like a dragon taking a drink of water

A few fun things we got to see were Whales and Dolphins while we were on our cruise ship, we would watch for them and they would come up and breach, it was fun because the whales are going up to Alaska now so we were able to see them. I also saw a sea turtle in Puerto Vallarta which was amazing!

Following the cruise we stayed two extra days and we went to Disneyland and Knotts berry Farm, I loved California Adventure because not as many people were there, and I love the roller coaster, Tower of Terror, and the Toy Story in 4D… brings out the competitor in me.

Regan and I about to see "Its tough to be a bug"

Favorites

I got to be with Regan all day for 9 days

I rappelled down waterfalls in the jungle

Playing in the ocean

My tan

Doing Nothing

I graduate in less than a month and I pray I do okay on my boards, I have been hired on to the Infant Unit at Primary Children’s where I currently work now as a tech. So starting May 2nd I will be working as a registered nurse! I think my life will be changing quite a bit in the next few months and I can’t wait!

ENGAGED!

2010-03-30T11:57:00.001-06:00

Update on my life since last post is about Regan getting home…..

So its official, Regan asked me to marry him so I am super excited to announce we are ENGAGED! We are getting married on June 24^thin the Salt Lake Temple and having a small reception at Tuscany that evening. I don’t think it can come soon enough. What is better than marrying your best friend?

Engagement Story:

Regan asked me on February 17, he came over and we read through some of the letters we had written each other while he was on his mission, it was amazing the order in which we read the letters. I didn’t write mushy letters since he was on a mission but there was one letter I wrote him of a conversation I had with a friend about how I just “knew” Regan was the one for me. So I read that to him and pretty much told him lots of reasons why I am completely in love with him. After he read one to me he had written after my Grandpa passed away, it talked about eternal families and one day going to the temple together and how hard one day it will be to be separated by death for that short time. In the letter it said, “I guess now is a good a time as any to ask you this..” well Regan took the opportunity and got down on his knee and asked me to marry him J

Gorgeous Ring

This was our Happy Engagement celebration at Tuscany

Finally Home!

2009-12-28T12:04:00.005-07:00

Well the time has finally come! Regan is home again! Lets just say that was the best Christmas present I could have asked for! He got home around 11:45pm on the 23rd and didn't get released til the next day at 4:00pm so it was weird being around him and knowing he still had all of the mission rules of like being an arms length away and things like that, so lets just say after his release everything has been FANTASTIC! The last few days it is weird because I have spent so much time with him yet when I go home at night or I am alone, I almost don't believe he is really home because he has been gone so long! I am going to enjoy every second with him this week before I start my nursing capstone and go full force til April when I graduate. But I will have one fantastic week in March when I get to go on a Mexican Cruise with his family for spring break! I am so excited! I have a few pictures from the last few days :)

107 LONG days ahead

2009-09-07T22:30:00.002-06:00

So as most people know I have a few countdowns going right now, between graduation (228 days) and Regan coming home. Regan heads home on Christmas Eve... only 107 days away! I am super excited and I hope for time to just fly by! A few weeks ago Regan could barely hold back telling me that he was going to become an assistant to the president, he was super excited but told me it could mean that he wouldn't be able to write as often because of how busy the AP's always are. I totally understood and have just been plain old excited for him. Well, with this new calling he also said he didn't know when he would email, but with my online classes I figured I would probably catch him here or there when he was on... well it has been two weeks now and with no letters or emails I have been getting kind of sad, but at the same time... I know he is busy and we are on a countdown here.. only three and a half months. I have still been faithful writing him letters every week, although writing to him with no response gets a little hard to come up with things to write about. Well, I got a phone call from Regans mom today as I was driving home from camping. I guess with Regans new mission president came the rule to only write family on email, not "to be family." Regan wanted his mom to check up on me and make sure I was okay since he has been unable to write me a letter yet as an AP and now not being able to email... no communication has been coming my way. He told her he is just trying to make the most of these last three or four months and put his full heart to the Lord. I never question how much Regan loves me because I know I mean the world to him, It is just hard to go from a letter and an email every week to pretty much nothing... I have 107 days and who knows when he will be able to write me, or when I will hear from him, all I know is that hearing from him has made things so much more special because I feel like I have shared in his mission experiences, and it doesn't make him feel 2000 miles away. I feel like these next few months could feel really LONG but I am just praying they fly by, and I can see my boy :)

I passed.... I'm a NURSE!

2009-08-02T21:22:00.004-06:00

Okay so it is official this week I took my NCLEX- PN boards to become a licensed practical nurse and I PASSED!!! I am super excited to now say that I am a nurse. I still have another year of school until I am a RN (Registered Nurse) but I just think it is fun to advance my licensing as I go along. I love my job on the Infant Unit at Primary Childrens and I will not be leaving to work somewhere else for the next year since they do not use LPNs (I wish they did... an increase in pay is always nice :) I will continue to work as a patient care tech til next year when I graduate!

Lake Powell Photos

2009-07-02T09:48:00.003-06:00

I just thought I would put some pictures up from my trip to Lake Powell this month, it was so much fun to be down in the sun while it was raining up here! Lake Powell is one of my favorite places on earth and one of the funnest ways to spend a week of your summer! I love when the Koplins invite me down, I get to spend time with my cousin Heather and love every second.. in the pictures below there is just scenery, wake boarding, tube wars, rainbow bridge and just fun pictures of Heather and I! Can't wait til next year when I can bring my boy!

Divorce

2009-06-29T19:11:00.002-06:00

So I don't know why but lately I am hearing WAY to much about people getting divorced. Just today I found out about two different people I went to high school with that are getting divorced. I see some people getting married to people that they constantly fight with and go into thier wedding day upset with the person, to me if you are fighting that much before marriage and even on the wedding day... there is a problem and maybe this person isn't the right person for you. Or I had one girl say that if her ex would have asked her to marry him even while she was dating her fiance... she would have married the ex...... AHH come on people! I know nobody goes into a marriage thinking "oh I want to get a divorce in a few years" but I guess it all just scares me. I don't know I am extremely excited for the day when I can get married, and I know that people say marriage is not easy but I hope to one day make the most of it. Sometimes I think that living in Utah we rush getting married... everyone is so young so by the time you are 23 and not married you are old!! I just want to tell people to back off, lets let people meet one another and really get to know one another before jumping right into a marriage and telling people, "oh its okay, you will find someone." Recently someone I know who I would say is extremely marriage hungry, met a guy who is also and within two weeks of knowing each other they were talking about getting married... and even two months into the relationship I question if they really know the other person.

Regan comes home in six months, and do I think I will marry him?? yes I do! But here is the thing, I am not just going to run off to the temple and get married. We have been apart for a year and a half and even though we have written each other letters and emails every week and stayed close, we still need to see what it is like when we are together again. Have our lives come together or has the time spread them apart? I still to this day am head over heels in love with that boy and I feel like letters and time has brought us closer, but when it comes to getting married.. I think that it is important to fast and pray about it, I want to KNOW I am marrying the right person and have absolutely NO DOUBTS in my head whatsoever. I want to work at my marriage, keep the love alive, go on dates, and do everything I can to make him the happiest guy ever and have him do the same in return. I do not mean for this blog to offend anyone who may have had a divorce, I know every situtation is different and that BOTH people have to work towards the marriage... that is just what scares me... because you never know what can happen.... just try for the best!

Celebrity Crush

2009-05-23T15:20:00.003-06:00

I have decided that I now have a new celebrity crush, this is a big thing for me... I really honestly never think guys in Hollywood are that great, but I have put much thought into this and now I thought I should introduce him to you... his name is Chris Pine, he can be seen in the new Star Trek movie... some say the reason I like him so much is because he resembles Regan a little bit, which that could definitely be a good reason!

Chris Pine

Heath Ledger was my former Celebrity crush and due to his death it has left me unsure until now, I think Chris will be a good replacement Heath... sorry

Heath Ledger

Haha okay now that you all know how crazy I am!!!

ATI exam

2009-04-04T22:49:00.004-06:00

Well as most know, I am in nursing school now and it takes up my entire life! I am just about to finish up my first year and as a student at Weber they like us to take the LPN boards after our first year. But in order for the school to let us take the boards this summer we have to take a test know as the ATI that will indicate whether or not we would pass... well I took it today and I was scared out of my mind by the end of the test... but all in all I PASSED!!! so now I will take the NCLEX test this summer. This is good news I can now move onto my second year of nursing and hopefully before you know it I will be a nurse and school will just be a distant memory :) dang I can't wait for that time...

Release Date!!!

2009-03-29T23:10:00.002-06:00

Well we recently found out that Regan will be coming home on Christmas Eve!! that is t-minus 270 days from now.... and I wish it would just fly by, but o well we all need to enjoy every step of life... it is just more fun to enjoy each step when you are with your favorite person in the entire world!

Long Time Coming :)

2009-01-04T23:59:00.007-07:00

Well it is about time I made a little update, my excuse before was the fact that I am in nursing school and due to that I have absolutely no life and when I can be away from my computer I definitely take the chance ;) Well as for nursing so far it has gone pretty good, I got good grades this last semester but I felt like my life was spent at the testing center and they were ready to just put me on their pay roll since I am there enough! I did my clinicals at Timpanogos Hospital in Orem and this coming semester I will be at St. Marks Hospital for our Mother/Baby unit, which I must admit is my favorite with the line of work I want to go into.

I went to California in November for Kimball and Sara’s wedding they were married in the San Diego Temple and it was gorgeous! After we took a day and went to Disneyland which was so much fun! I love how close I feel with that family and I am so excited for future times I will have with them!

The Holidays were great we had Thanksgiving at my Aunt Chelsea’s I am really enjoying hanging out with my cousins (who are all at least 15 years younger than I) Randy, Zoe, Emma, and Sophie. The turkey didn’t end up being done which was a little comical but Mama Cook made one for Sunday dinner a few days later so we could fill our turkey fix!

The Christmas season was fun, after finishing up finals I had to hurry and finish my shopping so I could just relax and enjoy the season, Regan finally hit his year mark on Dec. 19th I sent packages through out the month as the four “weeks” of Christmas. I ended up getting to see many of my best friends and do fun things, go out to lunch, get massages, see the lights, and have sleepovers. I am so thankful for all of my friends I just miss many of them… most of the time!

I was supposed to work Christmas eve night but out of some miracle someone at work wanted to work it and traded me, so I was lucky enough to get to spend the night with the family. Amy who is on her mission in Boston got to call home on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas so I was extremely lucky because I was over there and able to talk to her! It was a nice night we exchanged presents and I got some Holiday scrub tops. I had my grandpa and I made him a memory book of our cruise we took in May I think he really liked it.

On Christmas there was possibly the worst snow storm, in West Jordan there was a grand total of 21 inches in less than 48 hours, lets just say my car didn’t move for a week! The family woke up and had a nice breakfast pizza mama cook made and then we were able to open our gifts. This year all I really wanted was a vacation ;) Last semester was so overwhelming that I knew I would want a break so as my gift I got a trip to Disney World with my mom over spring break! I am so incredibly excited it will be fantastic. After all of the presents were open my dad had to drive me over to Regan’s house for the “phone call” it was so amazing to talk to him and kind of unreal at first, NO I did not cry I was just extremely excited to actually be talking to him! We had him on speaker for a little while and then I asked if I could just chat with him for a sec.. it was so nice, there are so many things you want to say to the person but at the same time it is just fun to know that they are on the other end of the phone line! I got him a camera for his gift and he was having fun all morning playing with it, I am hoping now I can get more pics from him hopefully ;) I love him so much! I’m so glad he is on a mission and serving our Heavenly Father it is such perfect timing for everything that is happening in my life. With nursing school I would probably barely be able to see him but this way we are both getting done something we need to and are both extremely blessed for it! He will get home when I have just one semester left until I graduate and that semester isn’t as much book work more just in Hospital kind of stuff.

New Years ended up being so much fun, I spent the first half of the evening with my family we had a fondue night at the Bennetts and then followed it up with some games…. We were all in such funny moods we started using the light saber on my dad’s iphone followed by strobe light dancing… haha who said mormons can’t find there own kind of fun ;) After I met up with the Twins and we went up to the U of U institute for the New Years party up there, it was so much fun and we saw a lot of friends. They had us all go outside a half hour before midnight and it was like time square they had the ball that dropped and a balloon drop all outside being held up by cranes it was so fun, we found our way under the balloon drop had our horns and hot chocolate and counted down for the new year! I had to go to work shortly after but it was a fun night with family and friends.

The Sugar Bowl was by far the best game of my life I am kicking myself over and over again for not finding a cheaper way to New Orleans, when my friends and I were researching it was like $1800 I just didn’t have that kind of money any who we had a ridiculously fun party at my house with full on screaming and I was keeping my part of the MUSS alive in our basement! I love Utah Football and I cannot wait for next year it will be so so so much fun! We should be #1 I mean come on we are undefeated 13-0!!!!

With the New Year it is a good time to reflect on things in my life, goals and the way my life is headed in general. I can just say that I am extremely blessed! I have the most amazing family and friends and I am so thankful for my membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Together they bring the greatest happiness in my life! It is funny how things just seem to fall into place, you know how at times someone may say “If you are doing what you are supposed to in the end it will all end up the way it is supposed to” well with that in mind I have had some amazing experiences just to reconfirm to me that the choices I am making so far in life are the ones that are supposed to be happening. I am just so thankful for my life in general ;)

Hopefully it won’t take me this long next time and I can add some more recent photos from the Holidays

Christmas Disneyland is a new favorite, it is already magical then add Christmas :)

Aladdin and I

Sara and Kimball just coming out of the Temple

San Diego Temple, so beautiful!!

BYU vs. UTAH game, just had to throw this in there ;)

At the reception... I didn't notice the Missionary Tag... I PROMISE!

KISSING TAG!

2008-10-13T18:30:00.002-06:00

I am supposed to try to do this in one word but we will see how it goes!

Where is your cell phone? Right next to me
Where is your significant other? Ohio, on his mish
Your hair color? Brown
Your mother? Fun
Your father? Fun, and very responsible
Your favorite thing? Having something fun to do when Im not studying
Your dream last night? Don't remember (you only dream during REM and thats not too long and unless you wake during it you are not likely to remember... haha can you tell what I was studying this week)
Your dream/goal? Live happily FOREVER after :)
The room your in? my lil bedroom
Your Hobby? Photography when I have time
Your fear? can't get over dumb spiders
Where do you want to be in six years? Married!!! starting a family
Where were you last night? I slept at my cousins house... I'm not sure what you call it... watching my cousin get off to school okay while his parents are out of town
What you're not? shy
One of your wish-list items? Ride an Elephant in some remote country
Where you grew up? West Jordan
The las thing you ate? Turkey Pot Pie
What are you wearing? Pj's
Your tv? Off... I wish I had time to watch my favorite shows
Your pet? Maggie Sue... best lil yorkie in the WORLD
Your computer? my new little mac book
Your mood? Don't want to finish my two projects tonight
Missing someone? REGAN, and my grandpa :(
Your car? Her name is Elaine and she is my favorite
Something you are not wearing? my favorite diamond necklace I will not go anywhere without
Favorite Store? Express, Dillards, and Mervyns
Your summer? Come back
Love Someone? absolutely REGAN BUSHNELL
Your favorite color? to be honest I don't know
When is the last time you laughed? two hours ago
Last time you cried? My birthday, I got a call from my Grandpa's wifey telling me she knows he is so proud of me and loves me so much... yeah we bawled together
I now Tag you! The person who is reading this!

Grandpa Roger

2008-09-25T18:21:00.004-06:00

This past week my grandpa past away at the age of 69, which personally is just too young!! This is a picture from Andy's wedding just last year... love him!

These are some fun pics we found of me and grandpa when I was a little tike growing up

Hehe the hair is the best!!!

A few years ago at Christmas

Andy Grandpa and I... I was brand new!!

This last week has been pretty hard but I just wanted to take a sec and say that I really love my grandpa and Im so happy I was able to spend the time with him i did, I'm so glad he got to live with us for a few years while I grew up!! Love you grandpa!!

Speeding Ticket

2008-09-12T00:27:00.004-06:00

So my drivers license has now been missing for about a week, as of last Thursday I have not been able to find it, therefore I just figure it is lost, well I turn 21 in about three weeks so I figured, I haven't received a ticket in five years, why not stick it out one more month and get your adult license... you see you cannot get your adult license until AFTER you turn 21 if you try and renew early they will send you a minors license.... so needless to say tonight I was driving up to the University of Utah institute and I get pulled over... figures.... So there is no way to give a warning with no license and apparently you have to have a CURRENT insurance card, he didn't even look it up but he wrote me up for it... so now I have to go down to the salt lake city court and show them proof of it all, and I only get 14 days or they will suspend my license so good news for me I will be a week short of getting an adult license! AHHHH Oh but he tries to be nice, Um you were going eleven over but i will only write you up for five over.... YEAH RIGHT he still tells how fast you were going!!! anyways to be honest I am not bitter about it at all!! In fact the whole time the cop was back in his car I was just laughing... the chances of this happening.. its like I needed to knock on wood and I forgot, so yeah I just think it is funny... yeah I have a bunch of stuff I will need to do to correct it but I think its funny.

GO UTES

2008-09-07T11:07:00.005-06:00

So this is me, with the Sea of Red behind me!!! Looks SWEET doesn't it!

This is the Thrid Row crew... Paul, Rob and I

Just my view.. its pretty sweet! (oh my friend Kelsey is the Water girl there in the middle)

Half time- there is no where to sit so Rob just plopped down on me, and I realize his friend Kenny is wearing a BLUE shirt... what the world! you can't do that in the U stadium!

So yesterday was Utah's first home football game and it was sooooo much fun! For the first time in three years I actually have good seats! (3rd Row in the MUSS) I am sitting with my friend Rob from school- he has been pretty much my best school friend since my freshman year anatomy class and Institute class, we became study partners and now he just can't get rid of me. So anyways it was a lot of fun, jumping and screaming.. I barely have a voice today! We have a group of dumb drunk guys right above us though that start a mosh pit when we get a touch down.. one kid got a bloody nose all over, so the only time it gets a little scary is when we score! haha oh well I can deal with that! The Utes won 42-21 against UNLV hopefully there will be many more fun games ahead!

Life can be CrAzy!!!

2008-09-03T23:05:00.004-06:00

Afton with her two brothers outside the temple

Sammy and I with our tube :)

Landon and Sammy

Best Friends :)

Ring Ceremony for Afton and Terry

Jack Johnson Concert with Aubrey, Chelsey and my cousin Heather Pie

Zoo with my cousins Emma and Randy

The girls at Afton's Bridal Shower

Bachelorette Party!!!

At the temple waiting for Afton to come out

Okay so I have about one million other things I "should" be doing right now but sadly I am not and I want to post a ton of pictures because I have had a blast the last few weeks before school started!

Jack Johnson- ... ended up being a really fun night, jack was fun... I just had fun with my cousin Heather playing with the camera... :)

Zoo- Okay so you want to have fun and go back to your childhood days... go to the zoo! I took my two cousins Randy and Emma with my buddy Randy... it was super fun, I thought we would just have a fun day and let the kids see some animals... but then the people at the zoo are thinking these kids are mine.. I am 20!!! these kids are like 3 and 6 almost! thats just a stretch I guess :) we had fun though...

Afton... she got married.. so in the process we had bridal showers bachelorette parties and the best part was her pretty wedding!!! it was so fun during this time to catch up with friends from high school!!! Afton is now married to Terry Brown who is such a great match for her.. they are in Cancun where I'm pretty sure I should be :)

Raging Waters- my best friend Sammy (Poulsen) Hallows and her husband came up for Afton's wedding from there cute retreat in Cedar City.. in between the temple and the ring ceremony/reception we decided to hit up raging waters... SOOOO fun! I don't think I could ever get sick of it... and being labor day weekend it was the last warm day. I left to go camping after and they were predicting snow in the mountains... so talk about an end to summer :(

Nursing School- Wow now when they say it is hard they were not joking! I honestly am so overwhelmed it is ridiculous! Im pretty sure my life is over and ever spare moment I have should be spent studying! I have a test in about 30 hours that I don't feel ready for at all because I am getting the material for the first time today but hey thats what I gotta do... i have a test every other week and 2-3 assignments or papers and 2 discussion groups every week! I swear its like every teacher thinks this is my only class and gives me enough in there one class for the entire program... oh it feels good to vent. Im just a little over whelmed

Truth- This is the best time in my life to be doing a nursing program... Regan is my huge distraction and he will be gone for three of my semesters so I can concentrate, then he will come home and if it is right hopefully when I become a nurse I will also be getting a cute guy by my side as well ... hehe

Just keep the goal in mind and you can accomplish anything!

Brian Regan

2008-08-14T12:56:00.004-06:00

Mama and I waiting for the show to start... isn't she cute??

So last night my family and I went down to the Brian Regan show at thanksgiving point, oh my gosh that man is HILARIOUS!!! It was fun to sit out on the lawn on a nice summer night with my family.. we got there like two hours early and I never realized how long it was because we were having so much fun hanging out! I guess I just wanted people to know that if you want a true comedian that is good and clean he is the way to go!!! He had me almost in tears at times and that is saying something!! He has a bunch of stuff on youtube, if you haven't heard of him check him out!

Lake Powell

2008-08-14T11:38:00.000-06:00

At Rainbow Bridge
We had an afternoon storm almost everyday.. pretty cool
The three amiga's wakeboarding
This was our night time bath ritual everynight!!

So I just got home from Lake Powell and it was sooo much fun, I have to admit I didn't really want to come home! I went with my cousin Heather's family and stayed on thier houseboat for a week and played around in the water... during the week we hiked "hole in the rock" it was an area where 27 mormon wagons and handcarts went down to get to the colorado river to ferry across it... so we hike up and it had a cool area to sign to prove you have been there... I know I went when I was a little girl but it was fun to do the hike again! We also went to Rainbow Bridge which is like an arch but they call it a bridge because the water flows under it... The indians down there call it a rainbow because I guess you shouldn't go under it because then it will disapear (like a rainbow) well thats what they believe...ish I guess :) All it all it was a super fun trip I absolutely fell in love with Wake boarding.. I have kind of been new to it in the last little while and found it intimidating... because I would just face plant but now I love it, I learned to go in and out of the wake on this trip and now I'm all about learning to jump the wake... oh man it was so fun!!!