#12 - typical day in my life

12. Describe a typical day in your current life


Well, I have several different types of days. Work days, days off, and Sundays. They are all pretty different! I'll summarize the three of them:


Work Day: I get up at 5:15, get ready and leave by 5:50 for my hour commute to Salt Lake. I catch a shuttle to work, clock in, listen to a "safety briefing," get report from the nurse I'm relieving, and get working! My work consists of taking care of critically (and sometimes not so critically) ill infants. I do all sorts of things with them from assessing their health status to putting in IV's to bottle feeding to giving all sorts of medications. Oh, and cuddling the older ones of course! It's a great job. So, I do that for 12 hours and then I drive home for another hour and get home around 9. If I work the next day I go to bed as soon as possible so I can get up at 5 again. If not, I usually stay up and hang out with Brian for a while. If I work nights it's a similar story except that the sleeping is all mixed around. It does crazy things to my sleep/wake cycle, let me tell you!


Days Off: This is where I need to become more productive. I try and get up when Brian gets up to go to school and we have breakfast together. Then, he goes to school and I am left all alone! What I do with my time really depends on the day. Lately I've been reading a lot, trying to learn the guitar, painting, cleaning the house, cook, calling friends & family, exercising (mostly running, but I hiked the Y last week!), etc. I think I need some more structure though.


Sundays: I get up, I go to church and teach the 5-year olds in primary, come home and try to take a nap, make dinner with Brian, Skype with the fam :), sometimes hang out with friends, etc etc. Pretty exciting, huh?


In other news...


Brian was invited to sing in the choir for the groundbreaking of the Provo City Center Temple - for more info about that, see this article. It was pretty neat! I felt lucky to have a ticket because I guess they were pretty hard to come by. There are definite perks to having a husband who can sing :D. 

This balloon crew decided to pop in for the groundbreaking and made a very impressive (and loud) appearance as the ceremony got underway. It flew right over the top and they waved to us all in the audience. I guess if you couldn't get a ticket, that's one solution!

Work is still going really well! I had 3 night shifts in a row this past week that nearly killed me, but I survived (hey, hey!). I am just looking forward to my trip in a few weeks to New Mexico! I really really wish Brian could come, but he has to go to school and study for the DAT :/. I make myself feel better by telling myself that it will be better that I'm gone because he'll have more time to study! Right? Right. For FHE last night, Brian and I started making plans for a trip of our own. We are planning on going to the most beautiful place in the whole world - San Diego (disclaimer: I have a feeling there are more beautiful places in Europe or maybe New Zealand, but for the states, this is a great place!). We are going to go visit some areas/people from my mission, hit up some amusement parks, hopefully see some relatives, and hang out at the beach! I seriously can't wait. By then all of this dental application crap will be over and done... except for the excruciating waiting part. Ek. Pray for us!


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formal wedding pictures

Just some "formal" photos outside of the temple. It was such a lovely day! 
oh, and ps... the ice cream was INCREDIBLE! Will post the recipe soon :)

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I love my family!!

silly. what is Dan doing?!

Brian's family.... his immediate family plus a few in-laws, nieces, and a nephew. Just a bit larger than my little family haha!

the kiddos

both sets of parents

big group

our friends! love!

all the grandparents!

beautiful grandma :)

Brian's grandparents - he's so lucky to have them all still around!!

I love my momma!!!

more wedding pics

sneak peek wedding photos & some dresses that didn't make the cut (and the one that did!)!

 Special thanks to our photographer, Rebecca Mabey!

And... now for some up close pictures of the dress and some of the dresses that didn't quite make the cut...

liked it, but no...

I really liked the neckline of this one

a favorite of some friends... but not mine.

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This was actually my 2nd runner up - I LOVED the skirt! 

See! Isn't the skirt so much fun?!

I loved that this one had pockets 

Here's the one I ended up with :)

who wants to see my wedding dress?

I DO!

And I get to... I have my last fitting appointment this morning at 10 and then I get to take it home with me! After the nightmare of trying to find shoes, I finally found 2 pairs I'd be willing to wear - so I'm taking them to the shop with me and deciding right there with the dress.

Eeee! 4 days!

Nerves are annoying. Very.

announcement

just wanted to say that we are getting married in  

SEVENTY-EIGHT 

days. For some reason that sounds like a lot less than eighty :)

At General Conference on Sunday

At my beautiful great grandma's funeral last Monday in Cache Valley

And the temple is....

SALT LAKE!

booked it today and I'm so excited :)

details...!

Many of you have asked when and where we will be tying the knot... So, here's the information that I know right now (with more details to come of course!)..

When: June 25th (it's the last Saturday in June)
Where:The wedding will probably be either in the Salt Lake Temple or Mt. Timp - I've heard that the Jordan River temple is a great place as well (not so busy)... but basically what I am saying is that it will be in Utah in some beautiful temple :)

The reception will be that same day at a cute little place in Provo. So, there's the info I know for right now. If anyone has any wedding planning advice, hook me up! I'm so excited!!!

I'm engaged!

Brian and I are engaged! Yep, I get to marry my best friend :). He asked me today at lunch. Yep, at lunch - so of course it was totally unexpected! Who proposes at lunch? Haha. I love it. So, the story is pretty good... It begins with Brian asking me yesterday if I wanted to go out to lunch today. Of course I said yes - I love lunch dates! So after I got back from Salt Lake this afternoon, he came and picked me up :). Only... we didn't go ouuut to lunch, we picnicked instead! He knows that I love picnics! We went up to a cool place we've been a few times before that looks like a castle but is really an outdoor ampitheater....

He brought blankets and a whole duffel bag full of food - salad, bread, chicken, and the most delicious pasta ever (with homemade cheese alfredo sauce that he made). Mmm mmm delish. I was beginning to think that something was up as I saw how much effort he had put into this lunch. Afterall - it was a picnic! Well... now comes the good part...

He said that it was time for dessert and pulled out some granola bars, oranges, and a can of pineapple slices (he knew I had been trying to eat healthy lately). I honestly could barely even finish lunch, let alone start on dessert... but he said he wanted some pineapple and asked nicely if I would open it up for him. So, I did. Only, I didn't find pineapple inside... I found tissue paper and a cute little box. I'm sure you can guess what was inside that cute little box - the most beautiful ring ever! He got down on one knee, asked me nicely to stand up, and asked me to be his forever and ever. I said yes of course! I don't think I've ever heard of anyone finding their ring inside of a pineapple can. Hahaha. That's Brian for you! It was so cute. He had even put weights inside so that it would feel like the same weight as a real can of pineapple. He told me he did it by cutting off the bottom with a special can opener, cleaning it out, putting the ring and stuff in, and then sealing it up, replacing the label, and voila! - the perfect ring holder... who knew? :)

So now, I am officially engaged to the most wonderful guy ever! I love him! It has been quite the adventure telling everyone - thanks for all of the congratulations! We are just so happy and excited to spend our lives together!

That wasn't any ordinary can of pineapple slices!

believe it or not, it actually looks better in person!!