Friends Engagement Pics!

Friends from school are getting hitched!

 And they asked me to take there Pics!

So . . . .

Here they are!

                                           Enjoy!

Live ~ Laugh ~ Love

JellyStone

Our family took a little vacation to Yellowstone over a weekend in September some time (yah, sorry, it's been a while) but, I just wanted to share some of the beautiful pictures that came from that trip! It was a hoot and a half! And so good to be with the family after being in school for a bit.

     

Marlayna And Mom

Good Old Faithful! 

                    

 The s'more is what makes it camping! We improvised with digestive crackers, pink mallows, and chocolate chips.
Way tasty!

Yellowstone was awesome! Pictures say more words than I ever can, so take what you will from this post, and it was a blast!

RoOm MaTeS!

We all live in the basement of a little house called Sunset Hall. It is basically a little shack, but we love it! Every day is a Stinkin Party! seriously . . . . HoOt & a HaLf!

From the left:

 Emma, Stephanie, Amy, Sherida, Chynna, Karli (me), Holly, and Brittany.

 . . . . . . . too much Fun! I will have to add some stories some time because

They are seriously awesome!

AIR IDAHO RESCUE CLINICALS

We have started a new clinical at BYU, Idaho with Air Idaho Rescue.

We are the first class to ever have the privilege of getting to fly.

It is a pretty neat experience. I have flown once already. We flew to Afton, Wyoming and picked up a patient to take them to Cody, Wyoming. We flew over Yellowstone and the Tetons while the sun was setting, it was Beautiful! And the flight was very smooth. I worked with some pretty chill people, and the entire process was so organized and systematic, it was great. And, once you show up, nurses and doctors just step back and let you take over, its a pretty neat feeling. I definitely learned a thing or two on that flight. I got to sit by the patient while they were in the plane, and then in the cockpit on our way back to base. It was sweet! And, I also got a full nights rest that night, even though it was a 24 hour shift.

 It was seriously perfect.

Ear Update

For those who didn't know, I ruptured my right ear drum (on July 3rd) from using my head to skip across the water after I flipped off of a tube while boating. . . . . It hurt really bad, but, I climbed back on the tube until I finally got bucked off again. And then, we headed for home. So, i had driven my Mustang to the reservoir, so I had to drive back. Everyone was wondering why I was so quiet . . . they thought it was because i was still shaken up about how scary my tubing experience had been, which it was, I screamed the entire time while on the tube, but, we wont mention that little fact to anyone: but, it was because of the pain. So, when we got home, I finally turned to my room mate and told her that something was seriously wrong with my ear, so, I walked over to my FHE Bro's house, rounded up the troops to give me a blessing, then my awesome room mate drove me to the community care clinic. the Physician looked in my LEFT ear, said "looks good" looked in the right ear and said 

"whoo! Big hole . . . big Hole! Yep, its definitely ruptured, here is your antibiotic prescription, take some ibuprofen, and come back in 10 days for a check up" and then I was outta there.

                                    

 I slept really well that night, got up @ 6 in the morning half deaf, put my uniform on, and worked a 14 hour shift in Idaho Falls. You would think on 4th of July you would get some pretty exciting stuff . . . Nope, 3 patients, one little new born that I wasn't even allowed to touch cause all we did was pick up a team of nurses to go get the baby. Then a fall, and I don't even remember the other one, that's how exciting it was. But, I got some pretty good barbecued from the fire station! But, no pain in the ear, Just deafness. Until, I went to vegas 9 days later. plane ride. Then, swimming in the pool . . . Big mistake . . . I forgot about my ear, and then it filled with yucky pool water and hurt for the rest of the time. Which, I had to work on the ambulance later that day, luckily, it was my last shift in Vegas. But, walking up and down the strip . . . Whoo! Ouchey! 

I don't think I wrote about Vegas . . . 

Our entire Medic class with two of our professors took a trip down to Vegas for a week; the week before school got out too, with 36 more tests to go until the semester ended. Wow! Talk about sprint to the finish when we got home! Anyway, We each took two 12-hour shifts and had completely different experiences. Most of us got positions lined up for our internships there for next year! It was a blast! I had 14 patients within the 24 hours of me running. 5 of which were clinically diagnosed with dementia! It was a pretty grand time . . . you should ask me about Mr. 'broken chain saw to the leg' man! He was CrAzY! Anyway, that's Vegas in a nutshell. It was so worth going!!! 

Okay, so, my right ear drum had been in the healing process for about 1 month before we went to Australia. On one of our dives (if you scroll down to Australia post you can see the entire story) I ruptured my left Ear Drum!!!! (on August 10th) And fluid rushed into it! I got vertigo, the same intense pain . . . blah, blah, ouch! Went to a doctor, he looked in my right one, said it was full of blood behind the tympanic membrane, looked in my left one . . . Big hole. So, that's how it went.

So, to give the status on my ears right now. 

• I have great hearing in both ears. 
• Zero pain when I stay at the same elevation. 
• Crackle when swallow for the past four years, and still crackle.
• Still have a tiny hole in my left one . . . air still passes out of it a bit when I equalize my ears, but, It doesn't squeal for everyone to hear like it used to. It is probably no bigger then the end of a pin right now.

But,  A couple more days, and it will be closed up for good, and then I can swim again, with my head under the water at least. I still go swimming though, don't tell my doctor, I just am an expert at keepin my ear dry in showers, rivers, and pools now. (As long as Amber isn't swimming with me and splashing me to death) I think I have done rather well. 

Moab!!!

The ONLY spot of shade the entire day! It was HOT!
Gearing up to repel off of Corona Arch

There goes Kerri the Brave!

Did I say Kerri the Brave? I meant CRAZY!!!!
. . . . she got bit by a psycho spider a couple of months ago.




I love how my hair does WhAtEveR it wants!!! It really is quite fun to see what it decides next.
After our HOT day of hikin around . . . We went to the 'secret swimming hole' to cool off!
. . . AmaZinG!

The rocks were smooth and slick, perfect for a 30 foot slide.

If that doesn't put your heart in your throat . . .

She LIVES!!!

The only problem was, climbing to where you need to jump off. But, with a hand and a boost from friends . . . and some faith . . . Anything is possible. Until, they push you off before you get to your final destination.


Did I mention heart in the throat??

More of the slide with Kerri and Aaron, our Rexburg friend, who is pretty much one of the best people you could ever meet! He took really good care of all of us on our excursions . . . cuz 10 hours before we left for Moab, he came up with the idea then called us, and drove down from Rexburg to our house, and then to Moab after we all piled into his vehicle. It was a lot of fun!

. . . So ReFreShiNg and such a GraNd TimE!

Sydney

MOM . . . That is why the birds love us!
The boat ride and dads old stompin grounds from the mission!

Now, after watching Finding Nemo, I now know why they made the seaguls always say mine! Cause, that is exactly what they did! And they were not dumb! They hung around our food and looked for every chance they could, the second after I snapped this photo I heard a gasp and then a "you crazy birds!!" from another gentlemen, if you notice, They waited till we were distracted and dove in for our friends food, there is a bird on the far right in this frame! It was pretty hilarious! and, they did win. And got away with his potatoe quishe stuff, quite frankly, I think the birds enjoyed it more than I did, it wasn't my favorite dish over there. Luckily I was eating chow mein noodles at this moment.
And once again, but with Beauties in front!

The ever so famous Sydney Opera House

Sorry! Takin forever! Our last day in Australia we went to the Sydney harbor. By far my favorite event! It was simply divine! We got a tour of the opera house, the history of it, and then we took a ferry ride in the harbor, and went down little shops, and had just a delightful little time. We ended it by crossing the harbor bridge (which has a toll on it) 6 times, because we were not listening to our gps the way we should have. But, we finally got to where we needed to be, and the best part for Dad was that we found a ship that they had replicated after buying all of the blue prints for from the 17th century, it was a lot smaller than the ship that we are working on as a company, but it was very neat to see how everything went together on the riggings and throughout the quarters. It even got to sail around the world on a voyage and ended up back where it had been made. It was pretty fun for dad and us. And, our gps 'Matilda' as we called her led us safely back to our hotel afterwards to get ready for our 16 hour flight the next day that would only take one hour. We left Australia Thursday Morning at 9:00 aussie time, and got home at 10:15 AM Utah time. Man, all of us were pretty wackie w jet lag. it wasn't rare to find all of us sitting around awake at 4 in the morning still waiting to get tired. (if you notice some of my blogs . . . the times they were updated . . . yep, just waiting for the eyes to even think about drooping.) Pretty fun times!