First Date

Today marks 3 years from my first date with the hubs. I am not sure if I have ever told this story yet so hear it goes...we'll start from the beginning.
Rich had been hanging out at my apartment lately. He was friends with my 2 roommates Jen and Jord. I thought he was SO hot but I never thought he would be into me. So here is where the story really begins...I was a work (waitressing and Brick Oven) and I had apporoxmatly worked 14 hours that day and had left with approxamatly 13 dollars in tips all thanks to the wonderful Utah Valley tippers. I got off late and I was bumming because I didnt make any money really. I got in my car and looked at my phone. Rich asked me if he could take me out to dinner for my birthday over the weekend. I was SO excited but I didn't think he actually liked me. I thought he was just being nice because we were just friends at the time. I worked over the weekend and so I told him that I couldn't but Monday I was available. On Monday before he picked me up I am pretty sure I peed like 11 times because I was so nervous. We ended up going to CPK. He was so sweet. I wish I could go back and just watch us on our first date. After dinner we just went back to his apartment and watched the Jazz game and then we rented a movie and watched that. We were up late just talking and having so much fun. I had to have him.

This is us on our first date.



We hung out every day that week and on that Thursday I invited him to come to a Jazz playoff game with me (my dad used to have season tickets.) After the game we drove up to the U on the mountain in Salt Lake. It is an amazing overlook to the whole valley. We got out of his car and were looking out and he leaned in and kissed me. It was by far the best first kiss ever. He just melts my heart. I love him so much.


This is us on the night of our fisrt kiss.


The past 3 years have been bliss and there are many more too come:)

My Big Announcement!

First things first. My announcement is NOT that I am pregnant. I know that is what ya'all were thinking. I know you so well.
A couple months ago, I was thinking about my life and what I want to do with it. I am at the point in my life where I really need to decide what to do. There has been a particular issue that has been weighing on my mind lately and I honestly don't think I am prepared for what I want most in life. So I started to think about things that I love about my life and also things that I could improve on. I started to think about my job. I love my job. I work with awesome people and I love the fact that I get to play a small part in helping someone everyday. Then I started thinking...I have known for a long time that I need to go back to school, but I have not been able to get motivated or decide exactly what I want to do. What can I do that is extremely rewarding and involves helping others? So here is my big announcement. I am going to nursing school.
I am absolutely terrified but I honestly feel like it is exactly what I am supposed to be doing right now. I feel very fortunate to be in the situation that I am in right now and that I actually have to opportunity to go to school. 2 of my best friend and RNs and they are absolutlely amazing. They love what they do are take such pride in their profession. I have already quit my beloved job to do this. It feels like the first day of kindergarden again. I have having so many thoughts and nerves about going back to school. But on the bright side, I will be graduated as a Registered Nurse in December 2012, right before the world ends (haha). I start soon so wish me luck. I'm gonna need it:) And I'll just leave you with something that inspires me...enjoy!

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I will tell you all about it later:)

7 Days

For me, 22 seems SO much older than 21. Everything is exciting up until your 21st birthday. Then something strange happens. You turn 22 and absolutely nothing exciting happens and you are just instantly older. I don't like that. So I am going to enjoy my last 7 days of being 21 and who knows, I might just keep telling everyone I'm 21 forever.

Also, last night was a quite eventful one. At 1:45 in the morning Rich woke up in some really intense chest pain. His breathing was really shallow and he said it was painful to breath. I told him if it wasn't better by 2 that I was taking him to the hospital. Rich is the opposite of dramatic (the opposite of me haha.) When he is sick he thinks that waiting it out is always the best option but last night he was in so much pain that he gladly jumped in the car with me and let me take him to the ER. When we got there, he described his symptoms. They gave him an IV, did some blood work, did an EKG, did a chest x-ray and hooked him up to all sorts of monitors to measure his heart rate, oxygen and breathing. It was pretty intense but after about an hour and a half of waiting for the results the doctor came back and told us that all of his tests came back normal. He told us if it starts to get bad again for him to come back in but until then just to take it easy. I was relieved that his tests came back normal but at the same time I'm worried because they still don't know whats wrong with him. We are just going to watch it and if it gets bad again we will have to go back and really figure out what the issue is.

On a happier note, I love this picture. I could look at photography all day long. This picture reminds me of how much I love spring.

J-Bun

One of my best friends is leaving on her mission this Wednesday. I am so incredibly sad that I am not going to see her for 18 months. Jen is the type of person that cares so much about her friends. I can't remember one time when she was too busy to talk to me or to be there for me when I have needed her. She is truly one of the most genuine people that I have ever met. Everyone loves Jen and she loves everyone back. It is going to be hard to not be able to pick up the phone and call her whenever I want but the people of Chile are going to absolutely adore her. She does everything with love and her mission will be just that. Spreading love through Santiago. I love her SO much and I know she is going to be amazing.

APRIL FOOLS!

This year I wanted April fools to be awesome. I have dropped the ball the last few years and I really didn't want it to happen again this year. I woke up in the morning and I told Rich that it had snowed last night. He didn't believe me and told me that it was supposed to be the hottest day of the year so far. Shut down. So then I got a better idea. This is what I put on my facebook.


I got 35 comments on it and a handful of calls and texts asking if I was really pregnant. My Grandma even called my mom and asked it if was real. There were some people that were skeptical but a lot of people were really sweet and congratulating me. Let me clean the air...I am NOT pregnant. Haha my friends are so sweet. Happy April Fools!