Sorry!

So sorry that i haven't been keeping this up, but i've been busy! Kristina and i moved into our new apartment with Kenz and we sadly said goodbye to our apartment of 3 years and got a little teary locking the door for the last time. We both felt like we had a lot of great experiences there and learned and grew alot. Along with getting settled, I have been working a ton of hours lately. The heart electricty business is booming in Salt Lake City!



In other really great news my dear little brother has left on his mission! Last week my parents brought him down and we got to go to the Salt Lake Temple together and then the next day take him to the MTC. They have changed things a little there and you just drop them off at the curb and have 1 minute and i'm not joking, to say good bye. Nothing like pulling the bandaide off quick. I miss him and was a little sad to see him leave but I'm so excited for the experiences and growth he will experience. I love reading his letters already!



So work is busy but exciting. I am working on a research paper that I'm submitting to 2 different conferences and which will also be published hopefully. One of the conferences will be in france and i'm hoping my paper gets accepted so i can go and present it at the conference.



In personal news, i meet another young man whom i really like....some friends set us up and we live far apart but we are seeing where things go. I'm actually off to see him in the morning! Florida here I come!!!!

Another Update....

So I'm horrible at this blog thing. I get busy and forget or put it off. Anyway here is a brief synopsis of the last almost 2 months.
1. the new job is still cool, but very busy. We just opened a new lab, with all state of the art equipment. And I get to go to Boston for a Convention next week.
2. I ended the relationship with the boy. To condense down a very long story, it was too much drama for me and he wasn't what i want and deserve.
3. I've started going camping with my friends and we are hoping to do it very often over the summer.
4. My hair is now the longest it's been for a very long time! Yay for patience!

I guess its about time for some pictures...I'll get working on that.

Update......

To all of you who kindly care about my life, I'm sorry that I haven't been good at keeping this up. I got distracted after moving back to Utah and looking for a job. So here is a quick update in and the next week or so I hope to have it all up to date.
Here is the quick and dirty on the last few months......
1. I moved back to Utah, and started looking for a new job.
2. That took a while, but I have started a great new job at the University of Utah in the Invasive Cardiology department. Different kind of nursing, still wearing scrubs, but the best schedule ever! I have come over to the land of the living, i work during the day, and no weekends or holidays either. CRAZY!
3. I met a nice guy who I am very happy with.
4. I went on an awesome cruise to the western caribbean. Pictures coming soon.

I think that covers most of the big events. So for now tonight this will have to do. More details to come my friends, do not fear.

The Snow Storm Part 2

Because of all the afore mentioned snow we have been able to do some excelent snow man building. My brother started on Saturday and made the mommy and then started the daddy snowman. I joined him to finish off the family and make the kid and then the baby. Enjoy!

The Snow Storm.

The state of Washington has been hit this week by one of the biggest snow storms in recent history. I was coming back wednesday morning from Utah and working most of the weekend so my parents suggested that I stay in a hotel up by the hospital so I could walk if i needed to. I stayed in the Crowne Plaza from Wednesday morning until this morning (Monday) working and watching the snow come down for hours and hours. Here is a picture of my view from last night. That is I-5 you are seeing. I was a little nervous about getting home when I saw that I-5 was completely covered. Thankfully my Daddy loves me and he took the train up to the city and came to my hotel to make sure I got home safely. I would like to say that normally I am much better in the snow but Seattle is built on all sorts of hills and they are completely incapable of driving in it and of clearing the roads. Oh yeah we also had freezing rain on Sunday morning so that makes things interesting.

Chistmas Party!

So I was back in Utah and we had a Christmas Party. It was so much fun and we had some great white elephant gifts. Some so good they had to be captured on film.



Melissa ended up with this amazing blowup, spikey, bouncy ball. It held about 10 minutes of fun until.......

it popped! So sad for Melissa.

Kristina loved fishing for candy canes!

Amelia went for the bustier night light, good times at Amelia's house!

And the best present of the night goes to ...........

Melissa's Ode to the Office with a stapler in Jello. Hartley and Seth worked as the great team they are and got to take it home.

We had a great time and hope to see you all there next year!

Update

So yesterday I completed the longest, most painful leg of this silly journey to get a bachelors degree...I took the final for the independent study class I have so lovingly described in previous posts. Now I just need a passing grade on this thing which I think I mamaged. But in all seriousness I may be having my very own tommy boy moment as in "A D? I got a D! I passed!". I didn't put a lot into my studying for this final but I feel that I got a decent grade. At least that D!