Blythe

I was cruzing the internet the other day and I found these really cool dolls called Blythe. The have changeable eyes and hair and lots of cool clothes. Too bad they're so expensive. If I had the money though I would be collecting these.

Finally Something New

I keep putting off posting anything because I wanted to put pictures in with it. All my pictures are on my home computer and really the only time I have to blog is at work. I know, it seems kind of backwards. So here I am at work again and I just decided I better post something anyway. Hopefully I can get pics up later.

School is out! Yay! This last semester went really well for me, thankfully. I finished the semester with really good grades and an A in clinic! I only have a year left now and can see the light at the end of the tunnel. This next year is going to be crazy. I think it will go by fast. I just keep thinking about how strange it will be to not be going to school anymore in a year. I will have to enter the real world. My life will be completely different. I don't think that we will be in Pocatello, I'm not sure where we'll be. It's exciting that we will be able to move on with our lives.

Joe and I went camping over memorial day weekend. We were going to go to Yellowstone with my sister and brother-in-law, but the weather report said it would be really cold there. Instead we went to Wolverine Canyon, near Firth. It was really pretty there and we got a pretty good spot. My Aunt Deanna came, Katie, Adam, and my cousin Morgan. It was a nice way to kick off the summer. There was a little rain, but nothing too bad. All in all it turned out to be a good time!

When we got home from the camping trip we found out that Joe's sister Rachel had her baby. My new nephew's name is Jonas. He is so sweet and cute. We got to go visit him a couple of days after he was born. I think I get to see him again tonight. I'm a little sad though because they are moving to New York City this weekend. Too bad we can't go visit them there. That would be a blast.

We decided to move from a University ward to a family ward. I am liking it pretty well. I just got a calling. I'm going to be helping out with girl's camp in July. I really hated girl's camp when I was that age, but I think that I'm really going to enjoy it now. I'm excited! It's nice to be in a ward that you have the opportunity to do things like this. There are people of all ages here- its great! Also sacrament meeting is a lot quiter, not as many screaming babies.

I have a bunch of projects that I'm working on right now. I started a quilt a couple of summers ago and I finally have time to work on it again. I am hoping that I can finish it this summer. I also got a bunch of cute patterns that I am going to be trying out. I already made a pair of pajama shorts that turned out pretty good, after I unpicked the whole thing and decided not to follow the instructions that were included in the pattern. They were really confusing. I am also going to be working on a purse, some scrubs, an apron and maybe some pincushinons with the leftover fabric I have. Who knows how much of this I'll actually get done. Its pretty ambitious.

I have a lot of free time at work. I have been trying to make good use of my time. One thing I do is Family Search Indexing. Its actually pretty cool. There are images of all different kinds of records like census, marriages, births, and deaths and you basically transcribe them. My dad has done extensive geneological work on both sides of my family so I have never known what I could do to contribute to this work. This is something that I can do that will help other people looking for their ancestors. If you are interested in doing this you can go to this site: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/indexing/frameset_indexing.asp

One of my friends started a club called the lil' baker's club. What we do is make goodies and other things and then donate them to different places around town. It is a lot of fun. Anyone who is interested should go to this blog : http://lilbakerclub.blogspot.com/

Anyway, I'm just trying to stay busy this summer, since it's the last "real" summer that I get. No more of that after school is over. Don't worry though because I'm also doing quite a bit of sleeping in! :-)

Wedding!

My younger sister Katie is getting married...finally. I say finally because we've had to listen to her complain for two years while her now fiance was on a mission. He got back last Tuesday and he proposed on Friday...he wanted to the day he got home, but he waited. Now everyone is going crazy trying to get the wedding planned and ready for April 3rd. Less than a month and a half. Even though it's crazy fast I'm excited and happy for them, and now I don't get to listen to her complain about him being gone anymore. Too bad my other sister just sent out a missionary in December that I'm pretty sure is going to wait for him too! Such is life I guess!

Perfect Pads

I just wanted to tell you all about this product that I think is great and that saves me a lot of money every month! It is cloth menstrual pads. They work really well and are so much more comfortable than disposable pads. Plus they are great for emergency preparation and the environment! If anyone wants to know more about them, go to perfectpads.net!

New Year, New Semester

I'm really excited for this new year. I hope things go well for us. Joe just finished making his demo CD. I'm really excited for him and hope he can sell them and also use them to get some paying gigs! He put a lot of work into this project and I'm proud of the way the CD turned out.

I started a new semester. I'm excited and also really nervous for what it brings. We get to do a lot of fun new things, like taking impressions on each other and doing radiographs. We also get to start working on patients. This is the part I'm really nervous about, but also excited to finally start doing what I will be doing for my career.

On January 2nd we got two baby dwarf hamsters. We hope they are both girls because we don't want a hamster farm! They were still too little to tell for sure. We names them Penny and Pearl. They are so cute and fun!

That's really what's new for us. I am glad to be back on a schedule again and busy. When I have lots of free time I don't get anything done! I hope all of you are doing great!

Yes, it's time for a new post

I never update of here because I feel like I never have anything new to say. Anyway...

The last couple months have been pretty crazy. I think I passed all of my finals! Also, I passed all of my skills tests in clinic this semester on the first try! I was pretty excited and happy about that since I didn't even pass one off at all last year. No more Junior fall semester of dental hygiene for me. I think I have it down now!!!

I start to work on patients next semester. If anyone needs their teeth cleaned talk to me!! I have to find all of my own patients. It is a lot cheaper than going to your dentist too!

On a sad note, our dwarf hamster Isabelle died last Thursday. We had her for 2 1/2 years. She was a good pet to us and we'll miss her. I think we will be getting a couple more after we are done traveling for Christmas.

I found out that I have to get jaw surgery this summer. Fun for me. I also have to get braces...again. wahoo!! My mouth is costing us a fortune. Literally like $20,000 after its all said and done. Too bad it couldn't have happened after I start working for a dentist and making some money. Instead it had to come at the poorest time of our lives. Oh well that's life right.

Anyway, I'm trying not to think too much about all of that and Joe's health problems. I'm trying to focus on the excitement of Christmas! We are going to be at Joe's parent's for Christmas this year. I just hope we can get down there with all the snow we've been getting. I have all of my Christmas shopping done. I just have to finish making my sister-in-law's present. We even got Christmas cards this year. Even though I hate Walmart I love their prices. We were able to get 40 photo cards for under $14! The picture on them is the one that is in my header now.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Update...Update...

I haven't posted anything for quite a while so I thought I would take some time to do an update. I never feel like my life is very exciting and especially not anything that anyone else really wants to hear about so I have a hard time feeling excited about posting. I'm here at work though with nothing to do so I'll have a go at it.

School is going really well so far. Midterms just got over and they all went smoothly! We are starting instrumentation now in clinic. It's the part of the semester that I've been most worried about. Hopefully I will be able to pass!

Last Friday I got my upper wisdom teeth out and a soft tissue graft on the lower front teeth. It has not been the most fun times, but I'm so grateful for pain killers. There is no way that I would be able to keep doing what I need to without them! Things are healing up well though and in one more week I can eat with my front teeth and brush there too.

Joe and I are excited because we are going to have a new niece or nephew in a few months. My sister-in-law Rachel is 2 months pregnant! I'm so excited for them. Congratulations!

My sister Katie is going to be having a birthday on October 30th. She will be 22. She is getting excited and a bit nervous because her missionary will be coming home from his mission in New Zealand in February. I think really that she will be relieved because long distance relationships stink.

My other sister Abby has a really great boyfriend named Nate. He just got his mission call to Seoul South Korea. He will be leaving in December. Abby thinks she is going to wait for him (which none of us would mind), but we'll see what happens. She is in her senior year of high school still and a lot can happen in two years!!

Joe has been staying fairly busy with his band Greyhouse Effect. They played Thursday night at guitars unplugged at ISU and won second place! I'm so proud of them, especially since it is such a popularity contest and not really based as much on how good you are. I think that they are really talented and I am glad that Joe gets to do something that he really enjoys doing.

I'm getting excited for the holidays. I keep wanting to decorate for Halloween, but so far have been too lazy to drag the decorations out. Hopefully I get to it soon or its not going to happen. This year we will be having Thanksgiving at my parents and Christmas at Joe's. It will be my second Christmas away from home. I really love Joe's family and I have a great time, but it is always starnge to not be with the family I grew up with at Christmas. At least we will get to visit during Christmas break though.

Other than that, nothing new is really going on. When I'm in school I feel like the rest of my life just kind of goes on by. I will be excited when I finally finish (2010) and can actually have a life and maybe start a family!