Christmas with the Palmers!

We did Christmas with the Palmer family a few days early. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday opening gifts, eating wonderful food and playing reindeer games. (in case you were wondering....Shaun and I dominated the games this year! :)

We enjoyed our time out there with them. Our nephew is almost 16 months old now and it was fun to have a little kid running around. He is such a cutie! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family!

This is were I would insert a few photos from the two days....but sadly we forgot our camera....maybe i'l be able to attach some photos in the next few days from someone else's camera.

Disneyland!

Last weekend we got the opportunity to go to Disneyland with Shaun's family. They usually go every year in December. The family was unable to go last year, so this year was extra fun because we hadn't been in two years.

It was fun being there with the nephew and seeing his excitement for everything!

Our friends, Blake and Julie, just happened to be there at the park the same weekend. We were able to meet up with them over the weekend and ride some rides with them. Our favorite ride was the new Toy Story Ride at California Adventure. If you visit the park, you must ride this ride! I think we rode it more than 10 times! ha!

Here are some photos from the vacation:

Like always, we already can't wait to go back to Disney!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Shaun and I spent Thanksgiving Day at my parents house.

We played our traditional Petanque (Bocce Ball)

and then a little football

And then we ate Thanksgiving Dinner. It was wonderful! I am so thankful for my family! I Love them so much.

The day after Thanksgiving we went down to Tucson to spend it with Shaun's Family. We had a really relaxing time. Here are some cute photos of my nephew:

We also took family photos and then went to the gaslight theater. So much fun!

I have so much to be thankful for this year!

What I did on my LAST break...

Here are a few photos from my break....

@ a wedding shower for my wonderful friend

Hiking with some of the girls from school

At My Sister's Softball game! She had a few hits and got home twice!

Other things I did:

-Put together the house. Everything almost has its place! :)

-The christmas decorations are out of the garage and ready to be hung

-I got a pedicure and a manicure with my Mom!

-Did some shopping

-Spent some time with my family

-Did a lot of cooking and baking

-Hung out with some girlfriends

-Watched my sister, Hope's, first softball game of the season

-Went to Hope's band concert

-Enjoyed time with my hubby

-RELAXED

Tomorrow is the big day....the first day of my last semester. I am a little nervous, but very excited.

Wish me luck....only 115 days till I am done with school!

Nursing School Update

I just finished up another semester of nursing school. It was a tough one, but I made it through. If you all remember, I had Mental Health, Leadership, and Med/Surg.

Here are some things that I found out this semester:

-I will NEVER be a nurse on a psych floor

-I'm content being a follower....not a leader! haha jk

-Becuase of the flu season, I am now an expert in giving Flu shots :)

-because of a huge paper I had to write, I now know everything I can about delegation in nursing! :)

-I LOVE surgery.....I really think I could see myself being a surgical nurse!

-As for working on a med/surg floor....not that exciting.

-Working on a Telemetry floor is much more exciting because the patients are sicker with more complicated diseases. I enjoyed the days that I was there.

-I wish we got to spend some days in the ICU

-I feel more confident as an almost nurse!

-The end is near...I can almost taste it :)

Right now I am on a week break from school before I start my last semester. I can not believe I only have 4 months till I can sit for my boards! It is going to go by really fast!

Suns Fun

We went to the Suns home opener last night. It has been a long since I've been to a game. I forgot how much I love going to sports games, especially basketball. We had a lot of fun with the couple that we went with.
We brought our good camera but when I got it out, the battery was dead. Oops. So here is a few that I snapped on the iPhone.

A busy month...

Sorry for the month break. I have been very busy with moving and then finals. I don't have much time to fill you all in about what has been going on because I am still in the middle of finals. I will be finished with this semester on Wednesday and will be entering my LAST semester on Nov. 16th! On Tuesday, I finished my hardest class. I was extremely excited because my professor for this class was hard!

Before finals, Shaun and I moved!! yay! I'll talk more about it when I have time, but we are so happy about it! Having more room has been great! It has been so nice to study for finals in our new office, and not in our old master bedroom! My desk now sits right next to a window overlooking all the palm trees and the pool, instead of shoved in a corner in our bedroom. I love it!

I'll fill you all in about everything in a week.