Merry Christmas!

So i just want to say that i have passed ALL of my classes! yay i am officially half way done with the nursing program and i will be moving on to level three next semester! im so very happy, excited and relieved that this semester is over, for it was the semester from hell. but it done and im so glad! yay!!!!

Life Frustrations

Sorry its been a while since we have posted anything. School has been kicking my butt lately, i have had 3 midterms 3 weeks in a row, they are all ATI test, which are computerized and 40% of our grade. I failed my first one (along with 13 others) and our teachers and director decided to tell us its because we dont study enough, and that maybe we shouldn't be in the program. well that is bull! i have basically lived at the library this past month, i haven't seen my husband in a long time! we tried to talk to the director of the program and our teach the ask what we could do to help us get past these test, and how to pass the class ( that test bumped me from a b+ to a C-) because there are at least 6 of us now in jeopardy of failing and having to repeat the class, they basically said to bad, study harder.

im so frustrated right now because im giving 110% and to have my teacher tell me i dont study enough is a slap to the face. the reason so many of us failed is that our teach doesnt teach us what we need to know. also they expect us to past these test when we have only covered 50 % of the material, basically our midterm was a final. so yeah i might have to redo the class next semester and i have finally come to grips with that, it will just be really humiliating to be the dumb one who couldn't pass stupid med surg!So i have taken two of my midterms, i went to take my last one this friday and the computers were down so it has been moved to next week, which would be fine, but i have a pharmacology test that week to and clinicals, so im really stressed out and anxiety ridden. but i just keep going one day at a time.

So that is my school story and the causes of my stress, but we have even more crap happening to us. Jesse just lost his job, because the company he worked for just decided to go out of buisness, and not tell anyone. so we got a call this week that jesse is out of a job, so now were are scrounging anywhere to find a job, and its an impossible task to do in cedar because you have to know people to get jobs here. and then today we find out that our last paycheck has bounced! and we can't get ahold of anyone to get it fixed so now we are in even bigger financial trouble because we can't afford to pay our bills right now. so life just sucks for us, we are doing our best, we have been paying our tithing so we are just praying that things will work out. as for school, im just studying more and more and crossing my fingers i pass.

to my sister in law Chelsea!

A few weekends ago we went up north to visit Jesse's sister Chelsea and her Husband Andrew. it was a lot of fun, we played Settlers of Catan, which i definantly won a game, and im pretty sure chelsea did too! yeah take that tidwells! :) we also ate amazing homemade cafe rio food, and ate really good food julie made! so here are some pictures of che che and andrew!

POO! to YOU *chelsea that is from jesse for you! Jesse has really missed his sister so he had a lot of fun visiting with her and we can't wait till one day we can go visit them in Maryland!



Jesse really loves his sister!

My first IV!

So its been a while, so i will catch you all up on what has been going on lately.

last week i passed off my first IV stick! woot woot, it took pictures of christy and taryn getting theirs but i forgot to get a picture of when i finally got mine! sad i know.

here is christy getting her IV started on Taryn!

So besides getting my first IV started, school has been just as crazy as ever, i have been voted to be the SNA president! so thats pretty cool, that stands for Student Nursing Association. so i get to do fundraisers and work on getting trips set up. i think it going to be lots of fun.

well last weekend we went up north so that we could see chelsea and andrew, which was really fun, we played lots of settlers! and im proud to say that i definantly won a game! we also went bowling with jesse's friend mark, which was fun. then we had a birthday dinner for jesse's brother ben. but yeah nothing to big has been going on, but i will try to keep you all more updated!

Paisley with her favorite uncle Jesse

jesse's best friend mark and his friend from Germany

School is starting!

So school starts on Monday, and i am just a little nervous, i think it will be a great semester, but really hard. i hope i remember all the stuff from last semester. ugh there is so much to know! haha

So Jesse found a job this past week, which is really great, because now i get to have him be with me all the time, and dont have to do the long commuting thing anymore. he is going to be working at the Gandolfos down in Cedar City, so not much of a change from what he was doing this summer, but they are going to pay him pretty well, and hopefully work him alot!

So yeah other than that we are back in our old apartment in cedar, and it is now clean and completley unpacked, yes it only took a year, but i finally made myself unpack the last few boxes that we had. so now everything is in order and our apartment looks alot better. except for the heat! i feel like im going to die! we dont have AC or a swamp cooler in our place so its like living in a sauna! i can't wait for the cold to come back!

Well i dont really have much more to write, but here are some pictures from the last bit of summer we had!

so this is a picture i took while we were in california, i feel that it turned out really well, i love it actually!

me and jesse on the beach in California

Julie, Jesse and my Neice Sariah at the PG Carnival

Sarah and Paisley at the PG Carnival, Paisley loved this ride!

The View from where we ate lunch up in Island Park for Jesse Birthday! it was gorgeous

Me and Jesse and Mesa Falls in Island park

The wicked cool Moose we say at Big Springs. we were so close to it!

Memory Game

I hope you will play along.Here are the directions:

1. Add a comment on my blog and leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot just do anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments!

BATMAN!

So i just have to rave about how awesome the new Batman is, me and Jesse went and saw it last night, and i do have to say it is probably now one of my favs! and the best batman movie there is out there. Heath Ledger plays the best joker ever! i couldn't get over how amazing he was, and how into his character he got, it didn't even sound or look like heath ledger. But yes it was an awesome movie, except as we were sitting down in our seats the lady in front of me sat down really hard and smashed my toe in between the seat and ledge. i felt stupid because i cried out in pain and immediately started crying it hurt so bad, and she wouldn't move i asked her and she ignored me so i finally pushed on the back of her seat real hard and got my foot out, and she had the gall to give me a dirty look. lame. so yeah my toe is bruised pretty bad. ugh.

So to update you on our lives, we are still working at Gandolfo's which isn't too bad, the food benefits rock, but i bet i have gained some weight because of it! whoops. We are still living with Jesse's mom, but she is up in Island park with here sister for the rest of the summer, so its been nice having the condo all to ourselves. Jesse is currently applying for jobs down in cedar so that we can head back soon. he has applied to two good ones, and should hear back soon about one of them. so keep us in your prayers that he gets it. Im waiting to find a job until we get to cedar becuase im not sure how much i can work once school starts. i hear its going to be a killer semester. but i am ready to get back to school, i have bought all my books, and started on the homework we have had for over the summer. oh yeah i don't know if i have stated before, but me and jesse are Sunbeam teachers in primary. man it can be tough, we have some pretty crazy 3 year olds. i really love it , but jesse not so much, but as the weeks have gone on i think our sunbeams have grown to love us. i really enjoy their sweet spirits and how smart they really are, they sure say some crazy stuff, but they are a lot of fun.
Other than working and teaching primary we really havent done much, we both really want to go camping sometime, its just a matter of getting work off, but right now i guess we feel its more important to earn money than to play, but i hope we will get one camping trip in before summer is over.

Blogging

So since almost everyone i know has a blog spot, i decided that me and Jesse should have one too. but just to warn you all i'm not really big into this kind of stuff, and i know Jesse could care less, so if i dont post things very often thats why. So i guess i will quickly fill you in on the things we have done so far this summer. we celebrated our 1 year anniversary on June 1st, and this day was spent driving to California with my little brother and sister. we were on our way to San Diego for our family vacation and counting that as our anniversary. we went to the beach, the Zoo (which was my favorite day), California Adventure park, Knotts Berry Farm(jesse's fav), and then just spent a few days at our condo, which had an awesome pool. it was a really fun vacation and was realy needed, because jesse had just returned from his uncles funeral. so after a week of california we had to come home and go back to work. me and jesse are both working at Gandolfos Deli, and i have to say it is really fun getting to work with jesse. we stay pretty busy with that job, because we have to get up at 6am each morning to go to work, by the end of our shift we our exhausted and jsut want to sleep. so when we are not sleeping we are either swimming in our pool, or playing settlers with Sarah and Tad. we are getting really excited because my dad has gotten my families boat ready to be taken out. we love to go boating and since it has been so hot lately it will be a nice thing to do to cool off.
So next week is Jesse's 23rd birthday and we are going to go up to his cabin in Island Park to take a nice relaxing weekend. Jesse really wants and xbox 360 for his birthday but they are so expensive that im not sure if we will be able to get him one, but i have been saving up so we will see. well that is about all i have to say right now so goodbye. oh and those are some pictures from our summer so far.

Amie

summer movies

So far this summer i have seen all great movies. and that makes me happy. i have seen what happens in vegas, iron man, prince caspian, and indiana jones. all of which i recommend seeing becaue they are all great. i really loved what happens in vegas, it is quite hillarious i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Iron man is simply amazing and i can't wait to see it again.
the one movie that i can't wait to come out is Batman, the dark knight. It looks amazing! well this is a lame blog but whatever.