Happy Birthday Rachael!

Ok so your birthday is not until tomorrow, but I will be busy and I did not want to forget to post this picture!



I had to share this one too. It is my all time favorite picture of Rachael because of the look on her face as Daniel fears for his life in her arms! ahahahaha
Of course the look on John's face is equally creepy as he strokes his baby brother's head. How did he ever survive?

....Oh wait I forgot this post was about Rachael not Daniel. So...here is one more. Enjoy!

I heart CROCHET!

About a year before I graduated from BYU-Idaho I got one of my roommates to teach me how to crochet. It took me forever to learn but she was very patient with me. I made a baby blanket and it was so lame because as I got better the blanket got tighter. Now it just looks stretched out on one side. I then started to make a new baby blanket, because I have ADHD and I never thought I could do a bigger one. Five years later I finally finished it! It looks pretty good too I must say, but now I have decided I should go all the way and make a big blanket for myself. I purchased 13 things of yarn and I only hope I figure out I need more before they discontinue the pattern. Don't worry in ten years I will be sure to post the finished product!


This is the blanket that took me 5 years. In my defence, I did not have it with me the year and a half I lived in Hawaii. Cute!

Ready...set...bring it on!

Saturday, February 27 I got a call from mom about the earthquake in Chile over night and that it was supposed to trigger a tsunami that would head for Hawaii. I looked it up on the internet and found that there was an earthquake in Japan too. Fortunately, the tsunami did not materialize but it got me to thinking that I have never made the time to put together a respectable 72 hour kit. I started to make a check off sheet and ordered a few cool things online. The crazy thing about it all was the next day in church no one brought up the subject of these earthquakes, but there was so much talk about physical preparedness as well as spiritual. Creepy!

This past weekend I also decided to dedicate one of my cabinets to food storage. As I was doing this the thought came to me..."what happens if a meteor hits my apartment while I'm gone? There goes my food storage"...or "what if the second coming happens before I get to use my food storage?" Of course I know that the main point is that I am doing what the Lord has asked me to do and I feel really good about it.

I am almost done getting everything I want for my kit, including some MREs from mom. Tonight I went and bought a huge backpack to put it all in. It's way cool and even fits extra clothes. I'm ready!

(On Monday, March 8 there was an earthquake in Turkey too.)




The finished product.


My favorite purchase tonight!

My First Kate Spade

With the arrival of my big fat tax return and having a stressful time at school I decide to treat myself. I could not think of anything I really wanted when, just for fun, I ended up on KateSpade.com. I have always wanted one of her bags, but they are pricey. So, it would be just my luck that they were having a sample sale that week! I got this bag for a discount of more that 50% off with only $5 shipping!!! It came today. After years of dreaming I finally have a Kate Spade and I LOVE it!! Thanks Uncle Sam!

Project!

I have never been very good at keeping a journal, even though I like the idea of being able to look back and pass on my adventures to others. So I have decide to be like my sister and print out my blog. I am so excited, but it's taking forever to print. It will be worth it though and when I am done I am taking it to the UPS store to have it spiral bound. This is also why I have momentarily changed my blog title since I have not been a nursing student till recently.

I am also doing this because in January I was called as first counselor in the Young Womens. I did not complete my Personal Progress so I am taking the opportunity to do it now and lot of the work involves writing in a journal. So hopefully I will be able to stay on task and you get to see me bloom into a bright young women...or at this rate a bright middle-aged women. HA!