Anniversary

Last Saturday on December 20th Jason and I were able to celebrate our third wedding anniversary. As Jason would say we've been together three long years. However, in my mind time has gone by so fast. Although the roads were bad we traveled to Salt Lake where Jason had once again made wonderful plans. We stayed at the Little America and he took me to The Melting Pot for dinner. I know that I ate way to much but it was soooooo..... good. I would highly recommend it to anyone. My dad offered us 9th row tickets to see Neal Diamond in concert and even though we didn't know all the songs it was a good time. I think we had a more exciting time laughing at the drunk old women dancing and singing at the concert. On a more spiritual note we were able to go to the temple and do sealings which we have made a tradition every year on this special day. There is no better place in the world to be than in the Temple. What an amazing experience to kneel across from Jason at the alter and represent families that have been waiting for so long to be together. I am so grateful for Jason and the unconditional love that he has shown to me. I don't know why I have been so blessed to find such a wonderful person to love me. The past three years have been the happiest years of my life. I certainly hope that we have many many more anniversaries.

The blessing of good health

Since I've been working the past year and a half as a nurse I can't help but think almost everyday how lucky I am for good health. In my 24 years of life I've only experienced one hospital visit after a car accident and everything ended up being okay.
Today we did surgery on a 44 year old who was morbidly obese with uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, sleep apnea, about 15 allergies, living on 3 liters of oxygen every minute of the day. She was a recovery nurses worst nightmare. After work I couldn't help thinking about how thankful I am for my good health that I so often take for granted.
What a blessing it is to be able to get up everyday without worrying about taking medications or checking my blood sugar. I feel so lucky to be able to get up at walk around my house without getting so tired that I have to consistently stop to catch my breathe.
This is just something that I have been comptemplating lately and I thought I should express how greatful I am. There are so many blessings that we take for granted and I definately think that this is one of them.

12 days of Christmas Tag

I know... I know... I haven't been very good about blogging lately. I always think about it and talk myself out of it because I don't think I have anything that anyone would want to hear about. I was checking out some of my friends blogs and Stefany tagged me so I thought I could do this.

"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."

1 Embarrassing moment: I don't like this question.

2 Best Friends: Jason and my family

3 Things I buy regularly: Gas... (It gets expensive traveling 70 miles everyday to work and back), food, stuff for our house

4 Places I want to go: Russia, Hawaii, New York, Italy

5 Goals for the upcoming year: Be more patient, cook dinner more often (poor Jason spends many nights cooking his own food), try to motivate myself to run another half-marathon, get a lot of work done on our house, be more positive.

6 Things most people don't know about me: I dislike talking on the phone unless there is a good reason. Texting drives me crazy, it takes me 10 minutes to write what I could say in 2 seconds. I really want a dog but I know I can't have one and that it is a silly unnecessary want but every time I see a puppy it makes me want one. I am obsessed with the color BROWN...thanks to my days as a Poke at UW I'm guessing. I am very ticklish.

7 Things I would never say....I would never deny my faith in Jesus Christ, I would never deny my love for Jason, I'm sure there are 5 swear words I would never say.

8 Things I love about the Christmas Season: The warm fuzzy feeling it brings, hot chocolate, remembering the miracle of Jesus Christ's birth, being with family, the decorations and all of the lights, the smells, our anniversary, my mom's tree.

9 Things I say to my kids: I don't have kids......maybe that's why I want a dog so much.

10 Things I do alot: Go to work, give patients lots of narcotics, complain (I really need to work on this one), tell Jason "I LOVE YOU", think about the future, eat fattening food, drive my car, watch sports, talk my families ears off, and drink chocolate milk.

11 Things I would rather not live without: Jason, the Gospel, my Family, my education, a home, my car, love, a washer and dryer, agency, forgiveness, and Chocolate.

12 People I tag: Melissa, Alisa, Maria, and Camille and any 8 other people that would like to do this.