The Little things

dear family: I miss you dearly. Thanks for helping me become who I am today. I love you.   dear brother: I had a great Thanksgiving break with you. Thank you for putting up with me this weekend and through the years...you are the best! love you lots! dear mesa, az: I'm sorry I doubted you before...you are a great place with magical malls. I think this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.  dear village inn pumpkin pie: you are amazing. best I ever had. I should have wore looser pants : ) Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a few pics of my Thanksgiving vacay in Mesa, AZ.  I'm a cow girl baby... hahaha yummy pumpkin pancakes for breakfast! Our Homemade thanksgiving dinner! Yum...

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~ Swedish Proverb Whatever you are, be a good one ~Abraham Lincoln Happiness : when what you think, what you do and what you are are in harmony. ~Ghandi This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes: "Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others ...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves." " Life is to be enjoyed , not endured" "My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight . I am suggesting that as we go through life we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for

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My clinical rotation on the Psych unit has been interesting... the staff is pretty laid back and chill and the patients have been pretty friendly. I'm excited for clinicals to be OVER in a couple of weeks. I've been a little grumpy lately, and it's almost Thanksgiving so here a list of things I'm grateful for this week in no particular order... 1. my faith 2. my family and friends (will be on every one of my lists) 3. Packages from home 4. pumpkin anything 5. chocolate oranges : ) 6. hot cocoa, a warm blanket, and a good book when it's snowing outside 7. the sun 8. meteor showers 9. butt warmers (in the car) 10. boots Crystal got baptized on November 14, 2009. I'm so happy for her! roomies @ Crystal's baptism

ICU clinicals are DONE! I miss them dearly, Psych has been interesting so far. The next week will be crazy busy, but I know I can do it! I know I'm usually a Utah hater, but something about the fall makes even Utah magical . : ) Here are some pics I took on a walk around P-town. I know Halloween is over, but this picture is so cute that I couldn't resist Are these just adorable? Owl cupcakes! Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others . ~Buddha For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build u

I'm really not the biggest fan of Halloween, but I wasn't gonna sit at home all night... This Halloween I wanted to be a Trauma victim... with the help of my Amazing roomies, Crystal and Amy ( mostly Crystal) it happened. We really aren't scary people. It was just for a night : ) Crystal and I were dead, Hannah was T-pain the look on crystal's face is pretty scary... despite the scariness of our costumes, we really are a happy bunch..most of the time Here are some other pics from a church Halloween party: roommate love me + t-pain hat= willy wonka I went as a catholic school teacher : ) Hope you had a great Halloween too! xoxo, v