Pumpkins

This year I carved pumpkins with my good friend Rach! Love that girl. It was a really fun time and we got very very creative! :)

Me with my shape pumpkin

Us with our finished products.

You can see in the background what Ryan was doing during our girl party... BASEBALL!

Getting started...

This is where we were pretty creative. We used the cookie cutter to cut the top off of Rach's pumpkin. It was a lot harder than it looks. It required a hammer and a wrench to get the cookie cutter out once we got it in. It was pretty comical.

All in all, it was a great Halloween!

Dad, this is for You!

The Best is Yet to Come

"We can’t predict all the struggles and storms in life, not even the ones just around the next corner, but as persons of faith and hope, we know beyond the shadow of any doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the best is yet to come." L. Tom Perry

Confessions

Today, I got off work early, around noon. I headed to Provo to hang out with anyone who would make last minute time for me (thanks Tarali). On my way there, what did I pass? Yes, the ever-craved Krispy Kreme Doughnuts! I felt slightly guilty as I pulled into the parking lot, walked in, watched the doughnuts fry in all that oil, and order my lovely doughnuts. And let me tell you... it was SO worth the wait. Who knew that dreams could be so dangerous at changing your cravings. I hope tonight I dream of broccoli :)

Donuts

Last night I had a dream. We were working on cleaning up a park for a ward activity and when we were about finished, my friend and I went to find some donuts to reward those hardworkers who helped clean the park. So, off we go to find some sort of donut shop. I really wanted to find a Krispy Kreme because honestly, it's the best. Anyway, we walk into this store which I think is a Krispy Kreme, but is really this wonderfully awesome donut shop. It is like all those new cupcake shops that are super cute and totally over-priced but everyone will pay for them because of the funness and cuteness. Ya, except it was for donuts. The glazed were normal and really delicious (Krispy Kreme style) but then they had all these other kinds. They had a chocolate bar that was called "Can't stop." Haha, get it, like you can't stop eating it because it is too delicious. They also had cake like things that you could design yourself. You pick the cake and the frosting and then they put it together and heat it all up. It looked DIVINE! And then they had all this cute paraphernalia and I remember specifically thinking... "I have GOT to bring Ryan back to this place" (he loves donuts).
Needless to say, I woke up hungry and really wanting some Krispy Kreme donuts. If there was a donut shop around, I would be there right now! Mmmm... donuts! I also woke up with a new desire to open a fancy donut shop like this one. Do you think it would survive? Maybe we could call it "Go nutz for Donutz" Ok, fine we could work on the name. But I thought it was such a brilliant idea. Oh the ideas that come from dreams!!

Back to Work

Today was my first day back to work. I was totally nervous about going back to work. I mean, 2 months off may not seem like a long time, but to me, it totally was! I felt like I was gonna go back in and totally not remember how to be a nurse. I was so stressed about it that I slept HORRIBLE last night, which doesn't help with being a good nurse the next day :)
Anyway, it actually turned out to be a really good day. The beginning was a little scary: getting report and not remembering what I was supposed to be asking about the patients. I even got some scary patients that had things that I'd never taken care of before (insulin drips, which are normally only done in the ICU!) Talk about scary. But, I was really surprised how fast it came back to me. I had my rhythm within the first assessment and I was caught up all day long, even having enough time to help out the other nurses on the floor. I was really proud of myself! And I'm happy to report that I actually enjoyed it today. I was totally dreading going back to work, but today made me realize that I have a good job and I work with great people, so I should be more grateful!