summer

I have had a very relaxing summer, for the most part, and I have been able to make some fun memories. Some people have been asking me what I do all day since my benjamin is working all day everyday and I will not be working until september when we move to a more permanent location. Here are some of the things I have been able to do this summer...


I've been surprised by my benjamin whose taking me to DISNEYLAND for my birthday..




I have been reunited with my best friend..



made friends like kerry.. :) who just had her baby jaxon!..




went to a couple rockies games..




went go carting..




played with these lovely ladies..




played lots of ninja tag..




went to the zoo..




went to eliches. So fun..




went to a cute little place called tiny town with the girls..




we have gone to water world a couple times...




right after seeing carrie :)...




Got to go see the amazing Carrie underwood in the best seats for jessies birthday..




We have spent a lot of time in boulder..



I have spent lots of time by the pool reading and such..



we went to see body world with these silly people..



And much much more. It has been a fun filled, and sometimes a busy summer. I am glad we have had the opportunity to come out here. It has been a blessing in disguise. I won't lie though, I am excited for this last month to go by quickly so that I can spend time with my one and only again.

ah life..

Warning: long blog with lots of blabbing.. I have decided to make my blog like a journal. I used to write in my journal every single night from 6th grade all the way through sophmore year of college. Once I got married I stopped. So, this is a way for me to sit down and write out my feelings. To figure out who I am and where I want to go.

life is good. Sometimes it can throw curve balls but then other things turn around. Iv liked having time to sit down and figure out who I am and what I want to accomplish. I did not have a lot of time to think of things like this before because I was always preoccupied with other things. I have realized that I am a much stronger person then I think I am. I have learned to humble myself, and I am learning to be less critical and hard on myself as well. Lately I have been thinking about ways that I can progress in my life. Here is a list of things I have been wanting to accomplish sooner then later,

-I want to spend my time being productive.
-I want to notice the good things in people and not the bad.
-I want to better myself and make myself stronger so that I feel more confident in starting my family.
-I want to keep in better contact with the people I love.
-I want to start playing the guitar again. I want to sing again. I want to dance again, and share those talents with others.
-I want to find some new hobbies. Maybe (I can't believe I am saying this) sewing, and tennis?
-I want to start exercising regularly (that always makes my day better).
-I want to become a better friend to people. I want to reach out for help when I need it and not be to proud to do so.
-I want to have a stronger foundation in the gospel. I want to learn more about the scriptures and about the history of the church.
-I want to be myself again. For the past two years I Have not been the fun spontaneous person I used to be. This summer I have notice myself becoming that person again and I am loving it. It is crazy what other peoples opinions and actions can do to change someone.

To achieve these "wants" I am going to start reading preach my gospel every day, and I am going to study my scriptures instead of just reading them.
I am going to start finding some new songs I want to learn and the guitar, and maybe start composing some songs again.
I will start calling the ones I love more often so I know what is going on with them, and I can build stronger relationships with them.
I have already figured out a lot of the reasons why I have changed my personality so much and I will continue to let it change back to how it used to be.
I am going to keep my thoughts around positive things and I will not dwell on the negative. I am going to read "The Secret", its a book that one of the guys who sells out here swears by. Its all about positive thinking.

I figure that while I'm out here with ben, instead of wasting my time I should be growing and learning. This is one thing that I have always loved. I love to learn. So now I am going to focus on learning more about myself and what I need to do to become a better person.

Sorry this is such a long post. I have never written a post like this in the past, but I am sure this will not be the last.

horse piss

life has just been throwing me lemons. but what do you do with lemons? Make lemonade.

and another...

So I really have had some time on my hands... :) Just some thank you cards I made.. The flower is so easy to make. If you want to know how just ask me :)

crafty crafty..

While Iv been in Colorado I have had some spare time.. (so weird not being in school!). So for some of this spare time I have decided to be a little crafty.. Here are just some fun things I have done. The first is a wreath I made out of felt. The next is just a flower ribbon belt. They sell these at J Crew for like 34 and I made mine for maybe 10. :) The last is just some fun flowers I put together. Its been fun having time to do things that I would normally not do. Iv also had time to do some really fun things with the wives that are out here selling too. Ill have to post about that soon.

Catching up...

Wow.. time seriously has been flying by so fast! Hence all the pictures! I feel like so much has happened since my last post. Well, ben and I are officially graduates.. Bens dad sam and my parents were all able to come down for graduation. Bens mom Ginger really wanted to be there to but Bens sister in Texas needed her help so she sadly had to miss the graduation, understandably so. We missed you Ginger! But we had Such a fun weekend with Our parents. I am pretty positive I gained at least 10 pounds while they were here.. no joke. ha.. but that is ok.. it was so worth it. I have some pictures of some of the things we did with them. I feel bad becuase I wanted to be able to play with them the whole time they were here but the following week I had three more boards so I was studying for them every night. But at least we could play during the day!

My little sister Alayne was married on April 10th. The wedding turned out beautifully and we had a blast with the whole family.

My boards went well, I passed both of the anesthesia ones and I have not heard about the clinical one yet. My patient for clinical boards thought she was really funny though. On the day of boards I called her to see if she is on her way and she would not pick up her phone so i left her like 5 messages. She had been used for a patient the day before so I was getting worried that she might not come. So it gets to be the time that she was supposed to meet me at the school and now when I call her phone is going straight to voice mail so obviously she is ignoring me. I am FREAKING OUT because if your patient does not show or does not qualify you automatically fail. So that is just 1400 dollars down the drain. So its a BIG deal for them to be there. So i run into the school and I am bawling my eyes out to Jenine at the front desk and we are scrambeling to find a back up patient. Next thing I know my patient texts me and is like o sorry i just woke up (HA!), and she lives 2 hours away. then a second later she texts again and is like, im here. I call her and she is laughing and has been sitting in the parking lot the whole time. I could have seriously wrang her neck right thhen. At least she made it and she qualified as my patient on the first submission. Serisouly, I have NEVER done anything so stressful in my life. all during this last semester I just kept asking myself why I had to pick the only major that has 4 boards to pass before you can practice... ha..I guess its done now so woohoo!

Ben is selling this summer in Colorado, So right after I finished my Clinical boards around 6 pm we packed up our whole apartment, moved our stuff to store at our friends house (thanks Rob and Jessie!) and drove to colorado. I NEVER EVER thought I would say this, but I really miss Utah. It was so fun to have family around. I have two sisters and two brothers and their families living in Utah and I miss them so much already! So we have been in Colorado for almost a week. Bens very first time ever selling he got a sale and has gotten one or two sales a day since then.. so he is doing really well for his first week of ever knocking! Im so proud of him. It is hard a times having ben gone all day EVERY day except for sundays though. I miss him a lot. And I honestly don't know what to do with myself with out school, or homework, or something to do. Luckily I have some friends here to keep me sane.. ha. Jessie and I have been doing P90X every morning. It has been great! I have been SOOOO sore, but I like getting back into the exercising mode. Hopefully we will be seeing some results soon.

Mine and Bens three year anniversary was on May 4th. I still cannot believe that it has been three years. Sometimes I feel like it has been so much longer then that, but then at other times it feels like we just got married yesterday. Time is a crazy thing. but ben had to work but he surprised me and got off early! He took me to the Bonefish resturant which was really yummy and then we went to Aloft hotel. It was a new modern hotel that was really nice. It was a good night and fun to spend some quality time together. I love ben so much and I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. He is so kind, funny, and genuine. He is really my best friend.
I am going back to utah on May 17th to see one of my best friends who just got back from her mission in Leeds, England. I am so excited to see her. I love and miss her so much. I also get to go to one of my hygiene friends wedding! Kandace and Joey are getting married on May 21 st. They have been waiting for so long so I am very happy the day is almost here!

Also, we got our kitten rainy back! YAY!! she is not really a kitten anymore, but still just as cute. We have re trained her to play fetch and plays it like a pro now. She keeps me company through out the day. Seriously, she follows me WHEREVER I go. So cute. She is sitting on me as I type this. She helps it so I dont get to lonely while Ben is gone all day.

Well, I feel like I am Rambling, a lot.. so i will spare you (whoever you might be) have a fabulous day!