How does your Garden Grow?

Since school has been out and the excitement of graduation has died down, I have decided to pick up a few new projects (one of which is this blog) and another is a container garden! Thanks to some generous graduation gifts I was able to go down to home depot and get some pots, garden dirt, and pick out a few plants! So I'll introduce you to the new member of my family!

From Left to right: Carrots and Spinach (hopefully they will sprout soon!) and cucumbers

From Left to right: Chives, Parsley (again waiting to sprout) cilantro, basil, and oregano

And Two tomato plants!

As you can tell, I am very proud of my garden!

Goblin Valley

The week after graduation, Jentry and I took off to spend a few days in one of my family's favorite places, Goblin Valley! We were accompanied by Christina, a friend from nursing school, and her husband Thane. We all packed the four of us and all our camping gear into the ford focus and headed down to Goblin Valley. It was a pretty cramped ride, but we made it alive! After arriving at Goblin Valley State Park and setting up our camp we spent several hours exploring Goblins. We hiked, climbed, and shimmied our way through the unique sandstone formations.

It was Jentry's first time visiting Goblin Valley and he thought it was extremely cool! The next day we hiked the Bell canyon little Wild Horse Canyon loop. Little Wild Horse Canyon is one of the neatest slot canyons in southern Utah and again we found ourselves hiking, climbing, shimmying, squeezing, and even crawling at times! It was well worth the effort.
On our final day we packed up camp and then ventured 30 miles out on a dirt road (trying to avoid sand, rocks, and yes, even cows!) to Horshoe Canyon trail head. This canyon has some of the best preserved Native American art and artifacts in the country. The highlight of the hike was the famous Grand Gallery at the end of the trail. The hike back to the car was hot and sandy, but we finally did make it. Then we packed ourselves back into the car and drove home. The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time. It was the perfect start to summer!

Graduation Day

Well this is it! It's finally here...graduation day! I am sitting here watching the snow fall outside my window (it just won't stop!) anxiously awaiting 5:00 to roll around. I've still got a while, is only 8:00 am. It's funny...I don't really feel any different...I don't really feel any smarter...and don't tell my patients, but I honestly don't feel qualified to be graduating from nursing school! But when I truly think about how much I have learned in the last two years....HOLY SMOKES...I guess I do really know a lot! And I will look back on this day in three months and then I will be able to see and I will say....GEEZE, I really have come a long way!



So I have finished all classess, papers, and tests (except the BIG one) and Jentry finished his Final of Death (O-CHEM final) last night and school is officially over! So what now? Well we are going to take the weekend off and mill aroud: Party it up at Rockport friday night with friends and fam, go support Dad and the NS Braves at the State Softball tournament on Saturday, maybe throw in a little rock climbing. Next week we are going down to goblin valley to play and celebrate a little with the CON class of 2008. Good times.



Upon return I will go back to the Huntsman Cancer Hospital (where I have been working for the past year) and I will cover nuses' aide shifts untill grades and diplomas are posted and then my Temporary Liscence will be valid. Then I can start orienting as a REAL NURSE! I will probably orient for about four weeks and then I will be ON MY OWN! Scary to think about, and very humbling! I will be working in the Special Care Unit at Huntsman. It is a six bed step down ICU. It is a good place for me to start out because I am familliar with the unit and I feel comfortable there, but it will still offer me challenges but not be too overwhelming!



Right now Jentry is planning on sticking with his job as a tech in the angio department at Intermountan Medical Center. He took the MCAT two weeks ago and is awaiting his score. He will start submitting applications to medical school in June. He is taking the summer off from school, but will go back in the fall to finish his Spanish Major. He will also keep translating at primary children's once a week, a volunteer position that he absolutely loves!