Summertime

These past weeks have been a bit crazy so there hasn't really been time to blog. But my favorite time of year is here. Summertime! Here are me favorite things about this summer.
1. I am not in Nursing School anymore! I can't believe that I survived and conquered. And I take my NCLEX on June 16th. Pray for me.
2.  I get to do crazy things with Emma again. Here is just an example. So last week we decided to go do something fun. We went to Cold Stone and got our favorite ice cream and decided to go play at a park. Well I didn't really want to go because it was pitch black and there were ZERO lights. So the whole time we are driving over there Emma keeps saying. "I am taking you to your death and you don't even know it!" So we get to the park and I pull out my ipod so we have a little bit of light. Then i keep hearing noises and kept getting scared. Then we get to the parka and I dropped my spoon and i heard movement and Emma says, "Oh you just dropped your spoon." Then I looked up and there were three teenage boys all dressed in black standing there. Needless to say after that we booked it to the car. To bad our hair pretty much glows in the dark. As soon as we got in the car i said, "I would rather be boring than dead!" That was the end of our very interesting night. But there will be more to come.
3. POOL TIME! Last summer I went to the pool maybe twice. This summer I will be there everyday! Woo HOO! :) I love the sun and the pool
4. Austin Comes Home on June 25th! I can't wait to see my Best Friend. I have missed him so much.
5. The opportunity to go on road trips to visit Jessica. This girl is pretty incredible and even though I am very sad she is in Arizona, I am even more excited to go visit her and party it up! I love you Jessica! :)
6. Fire-pit time. I love going to the fire-pit after work and sitting there and telling funny stories and looking at the stars. In fact I have already been once and it was pretty much the funniest night ever.
7. I get to get a job! I want to be a REAL nurse already! I can't wait! :)
8. The SUN! I am pretty much a sun worshiper during the summer and it killed me last summer to be cooped inside all the time. But not anymore. I love the SUN! :)
Well that is all I have for now. Summer here I come!

Come Unto Him

     This week I have been preparing to teach Relief Society on Sunday. I can't tell you what a daunting task this has been. I truly have been humbled. I have a wonderful topic. "Come Unto Him" by Neil L Anderson. I am not sure that when I was assigned to teach this that they realized it was mostly an acceptance speech for Neil L Anderson being called into the quorum of the twelve. But I took that phrase and ran with it.
     What a wonderful phrase that is. And as I was doing my research I came across this amazing scripture.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest

Matthew 11: 28

This scripture has been the only thing I have been thinking about for the past week. How wonderful it is that we can just Come Unto Him! And He is there. Part of my lesson is going to be this video that is based off of the Savior coming to The Americas after he had been resurrected from Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon. It has touched my heart.

Pinning Ceremony

So this past Thursday I had my pinning ceremony for nursing school. It was in one word...AMAZING! I felt so amazing. I looked amazing. Here are some pictures from that amazing evening.

 

Silly Luke on the phone being a creeper

Even more of a creeper now

It was so WINDY

Cute Mom and Dad

Silly Emma

Lukey and Emma

My friend Nancy said she was surprised the church hadn't 

burned down. Now i know why she was surprised!

Laughing at something Karen Brew our faculty speaker said.

Leslie Andersen pinned me. I will never forget it!

I love her!

Reciting the Nightingale Pledge. With lit candles. I didn't even burn myself!

I love my Dad

He made me cry!

Nancy! The oldest and the youngest in our class! I made it through because of her! :)

"Put the Crack Pipe Down!"

Drew! I love this kid. He is so cute! :)

Leslie and I, she is my HERO!

I love this girl. She said to me on the car ride home, "Now that nursing school is over you can be my best friend again!" :)

ASHLEE!!!! I love that you made me an honorary member of the heart club! :)

 I am so glad these two came! Ethan let me do an IV on him! Lukey wouldn't let me. :(

Not only did these guys come to support me they started the slow clap at the end of the ceremony!

Without them I would not have survived!

What a cute family, I wish Holly could have been there. Also I love my Dad's face!

Super Linda! :) I love her <3 

My all time favorite teacher. Karen Brew. She made a difference! 

As you can see it was an AMAZING night! And without  the people in these pictures it would not have been remotely possible. I wish that some people who weren't there could have been there. But I know that they were there in spirit. Thank you to everyone who helped me and supported me along the way! And remember if i grab your wrist really tight don't be afraid I am just a nurse looking for a good vein! lol

The First Day of the Rest of My Life

As I sit here and read other peoples blogs I realize that i really need to start my own. I need to get with the times! So here we go. Blog started.

This past week I completed the hardest thing i have ever done. I completed nursing school. For all of you who don't know, I have been spending the last 16 months of my life going to nursing school at Concorde. For the past 16 months I have really had no life and I didn't really sleep. I was always dreaming about care plans and med cards and the next hard test I had coming my way. But after last Friday I went home and slept. I didn't dream of care plans. I really didn't dream. I just slept. Probably the best sleep I have EVER had. And now that I have had a full weekend of sleep I don't know what to do with myself.

So I decided before I have to hit the books with studying for the dreaded NCLEX I am going to do some fun things. I am going to do some crafty things that I haven't really had time to do. And this is the first of many that I want to do. I want to make my own journal. Here is the link I found and I can't wait to try it! http://content.photojojo.com/diy/make-your-own-photo-notebook-journal/

It looks like so much fun!

I also got asked to teach Relief Society for church on the last April of the month. So I am going to actually have time to plan an amazing lesson. It is my first time teaching and I am a bit nervous but it is going to be great!

So today begins the first day of the rest of my life. Wish me luck!

~Hannah~