for thanksgiving and black friday i got to work...yeah...they were 2 very long and exhausting days for me....but getting some extra money is nice right?!?!?!?! my patients were super cute and very busy......the hospital food was very heavy.......and luckily i didn´t have to spend the night by myself...i went to an old friends house and played games.....thanks caleb for not kicking me out on the street and letting me play some games with the family!
the bags of celery, potatoes, onions, oranges, etc that people got with their turkey
800 individual turkeys that were donated.
me....handing out the goods!!!!
and then it was on to the basketball game with free tickets.....and with some new fun friends....i enjoyed it even though utah lost (and i will be cheering for my BYU COUGARS on saturday when they play the utes....and when they win!!!!).
today i am thankful for PRAYER...i turned off my alarm in my sleep and didn´t realize it...and work up at 11:48am...first round of church were almost over....so i went to church with my friend from work mia. she has been wanting me to go to her ward to check out the guys for a while....and so i went. the talks in sacrament were on prayer. the first speaker gave his talk with no notes, papers, etc.....and he did awesome. i was interested the entire time....too bad he just got home from his mission 2 months ago! he talked about how prayer had influenced his life......you see, he joined the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints 4 years ago. he had so much excitement for life and was a great speaker. 
at epcot, we were able to see a real space ship take off.....there was a huge gathering and it was pretty cool.
on the test track.....hyrum wanted to drive but then it was loud and too fast he said.
hyrum with his mickey mouse balloon....since we couldn´t bring it home on the airplane, he had to sleep with it the last night we were in florida.
hyrum making smores with aunt jenna.....and eating his popcorn (he got 3 bags to watch the outdoor movie...thanks to laura!)......he didn´t like the roasted marshmellows....
with chip and dale.
this was hyrum on the car ride home every night. we wore him out. i don´t think he realized how much walking would be involved in going to disney world. every night he would complain that his legs were tired and that he couldn´t go up the stairs to go to bed.
the fireworks at WISHES at the magic kingdom.....this is the princess´castle........funny how different it is to take a 5 year old boy there....he wanted to shoot all the disney princesses even though he did not even know who any of them are.....his favorite rides were star wars and the ones where you got to shoot guns (buzz light year and the new toy story=AWESOME).
hyrum showing us his best musical talent along with jenna and her friend kyle at the animal kingdom.....kyle was nice enough to carry hyrum around when his legs were too tired and my arms could not do it anymore.....kyle also went along on the everest roller coster ride (jenna would not even ride it)......hyrum HATED the ride but he went with me anyways (fast up, fast down backwards in the dark, loud)......i made him go on all the rides and told him he was brave.
the lion king show is fun.
it´s tough to be a bug......one of my favorite shows!
ha.ha.ha. the dinosaur ride. i loved it!!!!!!!! hyrum hated it. it might be one that i could go on over and over again.
the true test......to see if hyrum was realy 48 inches tall....the day before he didn´t make the cut so no rockin roller coaster for him....i went by myself in the single rider line. we took him on the tower of terror (my most favorite ride!). we taught him to hold his breath and extend his torso........i think this was the only roller coaster he liked......it might have been because kyle came with us.
ARMY MAN......a true smile from army man hyrum!
with mickey mouse........
with the incredibles....hyrum was actually excited to take a picture with them!
lightning mcqueen and mater from cars
monsters inc.
enough said. the kid likes to play video games. my sister´s roommate has old school nintendo and hyrum learned how to pass most of the levels of mario and asked to play everyday when he woke up and before going to sleep.
indiana jones show. hyrum asked to go over and over again.
star wars. his favorite ride! and all he wanted was a light saber.......and little does he know that santa claus already has 2 for him....so we kept saying no......instead, his prize from disney world.......50% off (thanks to jenna´s employee discount) star wars play action figures. he played with them on the plane ride home for 2 hours.
riding the tram into the parks for the first time.
downtown disney....hyrum trying to act like donald duck.
a picture for his mom with mr. potato head.
lego land.....all those people and dogs are made from legos
hyrum and aunt jenna with a wooley mammoth
and that´s the trip! i had fun. it was a nice break from my life and much needed time away from it. and it was warm...like 80+ degrees (it snowed in utah while i was gone). i´m glad that hyrum would go with me. he was sad every night missing his parents but got to talk to them on skype and the cell phone....i think he got more phone calls than me on this vacation! sometimes it was hard being the person who has to discipline a 5 year old...i´m used to being the fun aunt who sneaks candy to the little man all the time and goes and plays with him when he is in time out. it was fun to see hyrum get excited. i enjoyed spending time playing with him in our room when he was supposed to be sleeping....every night i got head butted. but the best part was knowing that he loves me and he cried when i left him in the car so i could go catch my flight to utah. THANKS HYRUM. I LOVE YOU.
today i am thankful for "thank you bonuses" at my work.......the email they send out said that the CEOs of IHC gave up their Christmas bonuses to make sure that all of the employees got one this year.....ha ha ha......thanks for sharing some of your millions with us...........and normally i use it for some fun traveling adventure....but this year i am being a mature adult and using it to make an extra payment on my car.
i´m like a blogging advertisement.......people should really pay me to advertise things for them....oh wait, i already do! today i am thankful for DEL TACO. after work i was going to meet up with some friends but didn´t find them so i went to the library instead...and as i was driving by, i saw the sign 3 tacos for $.99.............oh yeah, its tuesday.........TACO TUESDAY.......so i didn´t starve today and i ate dinner for $1.07. try it out next tuesday!
pictures to come of our fun times....later.
WALT DISNEY WORLD
that's right everyone.....i am going on a much needed vacation.....I'M GOING TO DISNEYWORLD.......and its almost all for FREE!!!! it pays to know people in this world and i am lucky enough to have a little sister who works at disneyworld.......and instead of her free tickets going to waste or to someone else, i decided to use them all for myself and for my little friend hyrum (he's my nephew but in his 5.5 years we have become best friends and his mom and dad are letting me take him on a vacation and he even gets to miss 3 days of school!!!) so.....
and i love to swim...when i go to the gym i normally go for 1.5-2 hours....yes, past friends have told me that i am crazy and they they only go for 15-20 minutes to run a mile......but i will run on the tread mill and use the weight machines and do for a mile+ swim......i am trying to make some goals to help me change my negative attitude into something different and i think that this time i really will join a masters swim team 2 days a week.........i like having a coach push me to workout harder.
i went to the store and saved $2 with coupons and $1.82 from store credit.......i didn't spend that much to begin with but it still felt good to save money. and i am going to try and be better about using coupons......you see, i don't like going grocery shopping for myself and by myself......doing all those things is way lame!!!! its so much more fun to go with someone else. it is also more fun to go for someone else and spend their money (i know all about this....i used to do it for my job!) and its fun to surprise people with their favorites foods. i try and spend the least amount of money possible on food and then i have been reading people's blogs and they spend $50 but saved $100 or something like that........man, i would be fat and happy with that much food!!!!!!!
today i am thankful to have feelings......that means i am still alive!! it has been a hard month+ for me since matt and i broke up. logically, in my head, i think i had hoped that it wold be easy since boys break my heart all the time, and yet i think this time has been the hardest! and i think its because i got the closest to loving him the most and actually thinking and feeling that i was going to marry him someday (instead of just hoping like with all the other boys i have dated). anyways, i was seeing him all the time still because he is in my ward......and we have the same friends......and everytime i would see him, i would still like him......and i would pray that he would change his mind about what he felt.....you see, my heart was longing to be with him....funny how 2 people can get such different answers to the same prayer! we talked again last night and i told the man that i was deleting him out of my life. it sounds super mean but its the only way i feel like i can move on. 
i remember the first time that i successfully used a tampon....i was 22 years old....yes, it is true...ask my sister tia about the many times my swim coach asked why i wasn´t at practice and she just told him i was on my period = embarrassing! then, on day, while living in maryland with some family friends, i decided that i could use tampons.......it took almost an entire day to figure it out and i have been so thankful ever since!!!!!! i hate pads and i don´t wear them. they even sell tampax in estonia. i hate being a girl and having my period but i´m glad that i don´t have to waddle.
mat kearney on the piano.
blue lighting.
i like this one....with the colors....i had to turn my flash off to get the colors so sometimes nothing was in focus.
he´s crowd surfing....
the opening band drummer threw out his stick....look who caught it!
our groupies.
it was a fun concert......kinda long standing for 4 hours but you got to do what you got to do!
then we went to a haunted house that a boy in our ward made....it was awesome!!!! and so much better than the ones you pay to go thru......and then on to kim´s party = she was aunt jemima...the syrup and i was a witch....i burrowed the costume from my roommate who was sick with the flu...not very creative!
here is my favorite costume of the year.....seth spent 2 days making himself into a shower.....and then he would put people inside and close the curtain....it was awesome! his only downfall...he could barely fit thru doors and he couldn´t really do much else but stand.
the girlscout, a witch, kruella, another witch, a munchkin/lumberjack, dorthy
another picture....this one with matt as the crazy/ugly mad scientist who can´t see.
we will be giving the vaccine at local schools, at drive thru clinics, and at offices....thank you to the US government who is giving these bad boys out for FREE (the other flu shot, the normal one, is on back order in case you were wondering)
and this is what the nurses look like at the hospital when treating a patient with swine flu and you have to suction them.......kinda like space aliens.....or something.....yes, i had to be fit mask tested and they made us do exercises and read stories while wearing this outfit and they would spray a mist inside to see if you could smell or taste it. gotta love it!
without her......i would probably have jumped off the side of a cliff already or something more drastic. she listens to me whine about boys and i cheer her on about the one that might call again next tuesday?!?! she goes running with me even though she can totally kick my trash! and she lets me grade her math papers when i am bored. i´m so grateful that ANDREA is my roommate, but even more grateful that she is my friend. THANKS DUDE!!!
i never thought i would live in Salt Lake City...but i like it...and this is the temple that i get to go to.....this morning, after work, i'm going there with my ward to pick flowers...so that new "winter" flowers can be seen by all.
the wormy apples we picked off the ground...SICK!
this is how you pick apples in the city.....standing on the top of a car!
or using a step ladder...
the green apples were so much better than the golden delicious apples.
now we just have to help dennis clean them and store them before they all go bad!
the group at the end of the night....now we are friends!
our first photo together.....in a dark stairwell waiting to ride the bat...
i brought my camera just to take pictures of the boys to show my sister and andrea´s mom....it ended up being a way fun time....and i think that it was the most fun speed dating i have ever done................it was like we each went on 4 dates...no pressure and we got to know each boy seperately.........i think that we are going to try it again.........IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SOME SINGLE, OLDER BOYS.....PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY...........starting over in the dating game is not fun at all but i am glad that my first experience this time was a positive one.
the happy couple after the bishop married them!
aunt barbara with her pretty flowers...i took some food and left right after the ceremony...to go on a date.....so i did not stay for the throwing of the bouquet.....maybe next time....
Archie and Grandma
me and Barbara
2. QWIRKLE.......i love this game. one of my friends made this game...so if anyone is feeling crafty....then that would be a great present for me.....or the real thing wouldn´t be so bad! apparently, you can get long blocks at home depot for the squares and have a man with a saw cut them into the cubes...paint them black.....and then you put the shapes on with some weird glue...my friend said she made this game for under $5....just takes time.
3. a new temple slip.....mine is getting to be dingy white...and new temple socks........and new garments.....
4. BIKE HELMET......the one i have gives me a headache and so i never wear it.....and it makes for long triathlons and even longer bike rides when i have to wear a helmet.
so its not a very big list, but its just some things i have been thinking about. i hope that helps the christmas elves out there!!!!!!!
the hot tub fun!!!
i like going to park city. it is only 20ish minutes from my house and i feel like i get away to another place....i´ve been a few times in the last few months. i hope to shop at the outlet mall the next time i go up there......i guess that means i need to stop spending my extra money on fun vacations.
let´s be real honest...i don´t wear them.....prolly because my ears are lop-sided and one ear is higher than the other and so when i look at myself in the mirror with sunglasses on i just see that one of my eyebrows is sticking out about the glasses and the other one is hidden underneath it. not a pretty site if you ask me.....i prolly don´t wear them too because my parents never wear sunglasses...like parents like children (the same reason i don´t wear make-up but that could be another post for later). anyways, my old roommate jerah get new ones a year or so ago and gave me her old ones. i have been wearing those in the car when i dive and enjoying them a lot. i don´t feel like my ears are lop-sided. well, matt seemed to think that i needed new sun glasses....because "EVERYONE NEEDS A NICE PAIR OF SUNGLASSES TO WEAR WHEN DRIVING!" little did i know that was the case. needless to say, the man got a gift card from all his credit card points to the sunglass hut. we went up to park city and looked for glasses for an hour one day. it was a disaster! and matt decided that he would never buy me any clothes item because it was so difficult. we went on a date 2 weeks ago and there was a sunglass hut. we went inside the store and i found a pair of glasses that i liked. we put them on hold and last monday we went and picked them up. i didn´t think that i would be excited.....and then i saw the case that the glasses came in and i got SUPER excited. i guess it is fun to have nice glasses.........however, now i´m super nervous leaving them in my car because someone would definately want to steal $100 sunglasses. yikes! i´ve never had any item of clothing cost that much money. oh and if you are thinking that that is a lot of money for sunglasses......like me....just ask matt how much his glasses were....$250! what the heck!?!?!?!?!?!??!
the recipe and the history behind the pan.
barbara in action.
the finished products....its like pancakes in a ball!!! you put powdered sugar or homemade jam or syrup on them and the are DELICIOUS!!!!!
last week i had wednesday and thursday off from work and then i had to go to work for 3 days straight....so i decided to head to ogden, utah to my great aunt barbara´s house. it is a country house on the edge of the city and the freeway. it is nice and peaceful and yes, this is where i sat enjoying the sun and reading my book. it was the perfect getaway. and, i found out that barbara is getting married again...uncle ken died in jan and then his sister died a few weeks later...and so barbara will be marrying her rich brother in law. it was fun to hear her talk about the traveling they will do and sad because she is selling my getaway house and moving to a mansion in sandy....i guess i will have to find another spot to go enjoy the fall!!
(me, beth, heather, cosme)
there is a fun place in murray, utah called the desert star theater.....you can eat dinner while watching a play.....a spoof on a real play.....i took matt on a date to "SNOOTY AND THE BEAST: a twisted fairy tale" on thursday night.......the food was gross....i had problems for many hours in the bathroom afterwards....the play was awesome! and very funny and enjoyable!!! i want to go back....and next time i will just eat before and enjoy the show.
hairy´s birth certificate...and just in case you were wondering....if you lose your bear/animal anywhere and someone finds it, they can return it to any build-a-bear store in the world and they will mail it to your address......kinda extreme if you ask me!!!
kathryn, amy, and i....look at that big can of beans!!!
the locals outside of a 4-plex...yes, it was 10am and they are already drinking beer and hitting on the girls delivering food.
my car loaded with the food= each person got 1 box of food, 1 bag of freezer food, and 1 bag of fridge food= we delivered them to 6 houses
me getting out of the pool... i was so tired. i had been practicing at a 25 yard pool and 50 meters is a lot more tiring.
running to the bike
Jared coming in from the bike.....he smoked a few bikers
laura kicking trash on the run....she did the 5K in 22 minutes...that is amazing.......i think it takes me 30 minutes plus
OUR TEAM PICTURE....286!!!!
it was fun and i think that we want to do another team triathlon......maybe at olympic distance
MY ENTIRE FAMILY........THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE ME....AND BRINGING ALL YOUR KIDS AND FUN ATTITUDES............
a rare sighting: all the siblings together...and in their bathing suits........ROBBIE, PAIGE, ME, TIA (in the hat), HEATHER, JENNA
just sitting around....in the shade
look at the little monsters with their mohawks.....i love it!!!
matt reading bookies in the tent with hyrum and maya...i think he liked it more than them!
my 2 best boyfriends forever and always: HYRUM & NOAH
MAYA & me & NOAH
MAYA
THE WORLD´S TALLEST MAN
my brother in law is 6 foot 5 inched
hyrum was the photographer on the boat ride.....matt with a red face
kaden loving the boat
me & matt
matt and i with the alamo
all of us at the well...hyrum was not happy...
a picture with the cannon
the sign on the door as you go in the ALAMO
the line that the shoulders crossed over to go fight the battle
some people were dressed up in the costumes
hyrum´s school project with his letter H.....matt and kyle helped him with his homework!
grandma B and MAYA
ME and KADEN and HYRUM......we were trying on firemens costumes for halloween
the fisrt day we got there, we went and ate lunch with hyrum in kindergarden....he loved it! he got mcdonalds and we ate chick fil a......they have boy sides and girl sides of the table....he didn´t want us to leave and told us not to do anything fun while he was at school...
the girls: Andrea, Domoina, Lyndsi, me, Amy, Kathryn
me & matt flexing...too bad it looks like he is the only on flexing....i was really trying!!!!
andrea looking like a goober...we still love her!!!!!
it wasn´t even dark outside yet but it looks like it from this picture.
seth was the map reader...and lyndsi and matt 2 seconds later decided that they needed to talk on their cell phones....good service in the mountains?? it was just a fun picture.
the setting sun.
the start of the hike...i think they all just like pictures of their butts!!!
