Long time gone...

Bear with me, I have so much catching up to do. Dave moved to Las Vegas in August and began school and work. I stayed in Utah at my parents (thanks mom and dad) for all of August to work. So each weekend during the month apart either I came to Veags and Dave came to Utah.
One weekend while in Vegas, Dave wanted me to make him some pizzas to have throughout the week. I was making the dough and Dave was helping cut and cook the toppings and I had just preheated the oven. Well I went to get a pan out and saw smoke coming out of the sides of the oven. I opened up the oven door and there were flames bursting out. We were freaking out. We didn't know if it was grease or gas (our oven is gas) so after trying to figure out what do to Dave poured a little water on it and it started putting it out. He kept just pouring water on it with a 1/4 c measuring cup until he realized to grab our big pitcher from the fridge. Our fire alarm was so loud and there was smoke everywhere. No one ever came out to see what was going on though, which is weird since our apt is townhome style and is hooked to many others. There was water everywhere after the fire was out put there was no damage anywhere thank goodness. After putting out the fire, we realized that when we had put everything away my mother and I put my hot pads in the drawer under the oven not thinking it was electrical. Well when I preheated the oven, it lights in that drawer and started the mits on fire. It was pretty scarey during but we are glad it turned out ok. We got a few pictures after of the drawer and also of what happened to the dough during all of the commotion.



I thought I would be getting my dental hygiene license in Nevada mid August however Nevada requires a lot more things than Utah and to say the least I was waiting on a background check that came through after the nevada board met in August. Then to make things worse, we found out that the board doesn't meet again until October. We thought we would be living apart for another month so I could keep working. Neither of us were too fond of the idea, so Dave said NO WAY and that I was moving down the first of September. I couldn't argue with that. A month to relax in Vegas, and of course I missed Dave like crazy!!
So I moved down the day after labor day, and then I actually left for Arkansas two days later to help my sister. I had so much fun out their. I love my sister and her family. She is such a great example to me. I did take my camera with me but my battery was dead (oops) so no pictures. However, my time was spent helping out my sister because she is on moderate bed rest with her fourth child, so I got to play with my nephews and niece and just helped her out where ever else she needed it. I came back to Vegas after about 5 days and now I am here for good. I am going to take some pictures of our apartment soon and I will post them. However this past weekend, spur of the moment, Dave and I made a Disneyland run. We have season passes and it is only about 4 hours away. Here are some pictures of our fun time.... (PS we LOVE disneyland!!!)

Goodbye Lindon

Dave and I are officially moved out as of today! A huge thanks to my parents for all of there help. My mom literally helped me box everything up and clean my whole apartment. My dad got a trailer for us to haul everything down to Vegas in, packed everything into the trailer, and also helped clean! What amazing parents!! I am sad to leave our wonderful apartment, it is crazy that we have lived there for 3-1/2 years. I think that Dave and I will always think of that place as our first (even though it wasn't) but I think we blocked the others out and we have been in Lindon so long. I am also excited for our new adventure. We just found out that the business costco in Vegas (one of four costcos in the vegas area) accepted Dave's transfer, so he will start working there in August. The really good thing about this Costco is that he is going to be working evenings after school putting together orders for businesses to pick up the next morning, and get this, they aren't open on the weekends. No more Saturdays or Sundays spent working at Costco, YAY!! I am finalizing things in Nevada to get my Dental Hygiene license so I can start working. I am going to finish all of August in Utah at my job in Heber and then hopefully I will have my Nevada license to find a good job. We found a place to live on our first trip down. It is in Henderson, and it is in a gated community with pools, and workout facilities, so we are really excited about it. Well more to come soon with pictures of our new place, and more of our upcoming events.

BIG NEWS....

We are moving! (I know a lot of you thought I was going to say I am pregnant, but no I am not, sorry) Anyway, Dave got into the MHA (Master's of Health Care Administration) program at UNLV. He begins in about a month, so we are moving really quick. We are really excited, but just trying to get everything in order to move, so we are kind of stressed out right now. Just wanted to give an update of our exciting happenings!

Disneyland 2009

Dave and I went to Disneyland again!! We planned it for my graduation, and this time Dave's parents came with us! We had so much fun! We were there for 5 days. We had quite the adventure getting to our hotel though. Our super shuttle dropped us off at the wrong hotel and even after telling him that I KNEW that wasn't our hotel (it was so scary looking) he still left us there. So after going to the front desk and actually confirming that we really didn't have reservations there (huge relief) we denied the guys offer to call us a cab and walked about 1-1/2 miles to our hotel with our luggage. We didn't even care walking, we just wanted to get out of there. So after that adventure we spent 5 adventurous days at the happiest place on earth and had a ball!! The picture above was awesome to take. We saw Mr. and Mrs. Incredible and just had to get a picture with them because we were them for Halloween. When it was our turn I told them that we were them for Halloween and they high fived us and then Mr. Incredible stopped our picture taking, tapped me on the shoulder, and pointed at Mrs. incredible trying to tell me to pose like her. Thus, the awesome picture above. Here is a slide show of our time!

Mommy in Arkansas

So this past week I was able to go to Arkansas and babysit my sister's kids while her and her hubby were on a cruise. I had so much fun and I miss those kids so much already, really though, I have already been crying about missing them. Anyways, I didn't get too many pictures because we were always so busy running to and from school, playing, getting sno cones, or just watching a movie. I was able to snap a few pictures of the kids before I left though. Love you Jex, Stella, and Isaac, and I miss you so much!!!

WAHOO!!!

Just had to share my awesome news. I passed all of my tests!!! I am officially a registered dental hygienist! I am in Arkansas right now watching my sister's kids while her and her husband are on a cruise so more updates to come later! I was just way to excited and had to shout it from the rooftops!! World of dental hygiene, here I come!!

Graduation....I am officially done with school!!

Well Monday the 27th was my graduation! I honestly cannot even believe I made it. Looking back it really has went by so fast! I have had a very crazy week since graduation. I have had all of my state boards to be able to be a licensed practicing hygienist. I had a written anesthesia board and a clinical anesthesia board (Dave was kind enough to be my patient to poke) on Thursday, both of which I passed!! And also on Thursday our school received the results of our national written board and our entire class passed!! Today, I had my dental hygiene clinical board. Lets just say it has been a long day, but I feel good about it and I am officially done. Now I just get to play the waiting game, because it takes about 4 wks to get the results from today's test. Once I get the results, I will be able to apply for my license and start working as a hygienist, I am so excited. Thanks to all of those who have been there to support me through my school journey...especially Dave....but WE MADE IT!!