Cali

We just got back from a week in Newport with my familia. It was lots of fun and it's depressing to come back to the snow!! :( Even though it was in the 50's some days, it's still better than snow! I am so ready for sun and spring!

The view from our condo

I think one of the funnest things we did is ride beach cruisers along the boardwalk at Huntington Beach. Almost 7 months pregnant and I rode it for a good hour! It was so fun.

Sea World

Watching a 4D movie at Sea World

The Newport Temple was beautiful

Volleyball on the beach... we all sucked but it was still fun :)

Uncle "Nit" and Josh

My brother-in-law Dave built this sand castle.... pretty cool huh!

Nick built me this beach chair in the sand... my mom took over cuz it was so comfy!

My sister Chelsea got pooped on by a seagull! haha

Joshua loved the beach and sand

The boys spent like an hour body boarding in 56 degree water! They're crazy!!

4 good years!

So the other day was our 4 year anniversary! Crazy how fast time goes. But we couldn't be happier....we have had a lot of good memories these last few years and are looking forward to many more to come! Thought I'd post a few pictures in memory of the big day 4 years ago!

I absolulely loved that cake! Mmm!

The wedding dinner the night before....

Baby

So these pictures are kinda old but I just haven't gotten around to posting much of anything lately, and I just had to post this cute ultrasound picture! :)

Me at 22 weeks (a weeks ago)... so ya, now I finally have a belly!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Need I say more?! We just had our 20 week ultrasound and are so excited to be having a little girl! We feel so blessed that she is healthy and everything looks great so far!

O.A.R.!!

We have been waiting for OAR to come in concert here for like 3 or 4 years, and they finally included SLC this year in their tour! So we went Monday night and it was so much fun! They were awesome!

My friend Joannah won these "meet and greet" tickets from a radio station and hooked us up! So we got to meet the whole band before the show and get pictures and autographs! It was so cool!

Us with the lead singer

I passed!!????!

I PASSED, I PASSED, I PASSED!!!! I took the NCLEX on Wednesday (my nursing boards) and have been anxiously awaiting the results, which were finally posted on dopl this morning. I was so relieved! I seriously walked out of there feeling like I couldn't have passed, it was so hard! I got about 187 questions and it took me almost 5 hours! Way too long to concentrate! But man it feels good to be done and never have to study again! Good luck to the rest of you who still have to take it (Ruth, Tam...etc !!!) I started back to work full time last week and just have a little longer of orientation til I'm on my own. Going pretty good so far, so can't complain.

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So here is for the people who've been asking to see a picture of my baby bump! :) I was about 16 1/2 weeks here, now I'm 18 weeks and my belly is gettin even bigger! We find out what we're having in less than 2 weeks, can't wait!!

The Bowls

Yep, more football! We left on Christmas Day and just got back this weekend from the bowl games in Florida for Nick's work... yes... Nick gets to go to bowl games for a living and gets paid for it! Crazy I know! :) I had the opportunity once again to be part of his "staff" at the events, and it was lots of fun! Busy and exhausting but a very cool experience! Nick was in charge of the halftime shows for the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando and the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. Here are some pics of our 8 day work trip...

On the field at Champs- FSU vs Wisconsin. Here is Nick's cool boss Kevin, Jeremy who works for BGA (Bowl Games of America), and my brother Taylor who came to staff as well. His favorite part was watching the games from the sidelines, can't beat that!

We had to stop by the beach on our drive up to Jacksonville from Orlando. Oh how I miss the beach! :)

Nick announcing the whole Gator Bowl parade. His not so favorite part of the trip :)





What did you do for New Year's Eve?? I bet nothing cooler than chaperoning a dinner/dance with a bunch of high school kids! haha Well that is the way we've spent Nick's birthday for the last 2 years and will probably continue to spend it for many more to come! :) Happy Birthday babe and lets celebrate it for real now k!

The BGA crew at the awards ceremony and dinner/dance

Gator Bowl - Clemson vs Nebraska

Nick and Kev workin hard on the field!

They are soooo cool! ;)

Longest post ever!

Sorry for the really, really long post but I've been a slacker lately and haven't done a post for awhile, and now there are all these things I want to post so I figured I'd just combine em.

This is at my Pinning ceremony, which is a tradition for nursing schools when you graduate. It was really fun because it was just dedicated to us. It was different from the usual boring graduation ceremony (which will be in the spring and who knows if I'll walk then). But they did a fun slideshow and had some speakers. Then we got "pinned" and had to repeat the traditional nursing pledge. It feels so good to finally be done. It's been a long, hard road but believe it or not I will actually miss it. :) I love learning, especially when it's learning about something I love. I have made some great friendships as we've struggled together these last 2 years and will miss everyone soo much! I hope to keep in touch with all of you!

My wonderful fam who has been there for me and supported me through these last few years... especially you Nick!! :)

The "lamp of learning" that was lit during the pledge.

My cute nursing friends! You guys will make awesome nurses! :)

Rachel, Tam, me and Ruth!

Me and Naz after our last final. Time to celebrate!

NEWPORT COAST

It was so hard to come back to the snow and cold after 75 degree weather for a few days! It was so nice. The water was too cold to get in but it was still fun to just walk along the beaches, they were beautiful.

A Christmas tree on the beach- how cool!

Nick and his fam went to Disneyworld one day while I stayed at the condo to study- FUN! I wouldn't have been able to ride many of the rides anyway so it worked out.

One of Nick's all time favorite movies is the Nightmare Before Christmas. He loved the haunted mansion that was all decked out in Nightmare Before Christmas decorations.

We went to this tree lighting thing in L.A., where the special guest was Britney Spears. Deeds was pretty excited to be 2 feet away from her!

HOLLYWOOD

Deed's Fav!

By the way, for those of you who don't know... I AM 13 1/2 weeks PREGNANT!! We are expecting our first next JUNE and couldn't be HAPPIER! I can't believe I am almost already in my 2nd trimester! It hasn't been very fun being so SICK, but I'm hoping this phase will soon pass. :( We are so EXCITED and I can't wait to finally be a MOM!!