Half way

I took my last final today which means I'm 50% a nurse. I'm halfway there I can't believe it! And let me just say that planning a wedding in 5 weeks and wrapping up a semester of nursing school is probably the craziest thing I've done in awhile. I haven't slept in weeks and I want nothing more then to just be married and in Hawaii right now. Only 10 more days!! So crazy! The wedding planning has been fun and it's totally doable to do a wedding in 35 days!I didn't think it was possible without cutting corners but it is. I don't feel like I've had to compromise on anything. I'm very lucky and blessed that my parents, Dylan, and his parents are doing all they can to help make our day special. And now all that's left is little last minute things. I can't wait for June 24th so I can see how everything is going to turn out. Having a wedding planner is like the best thing ever! Less stress on my mom and me and I just get to show up to my own party! Love it.

We started moving into our new place last week. We are renting a cute townhome For the next year till I finish school and then we will see where we end up. Our place is super close to my school and about 10 minutes from my parents house. It has an awesome view of the strip and is in a nice area thats close to a lot of restaurants and cute shops. We love to entertain and have an extra bedroom so visitors are always welcome! I will post some pics once we get everything situated. We were lucky to receive some furniture from someone in my parents ward so we are having fun painting it all and putting things together. The furniture is a little outdated but so far the painting is working and i think it will turn out good. I'm excited to see how it all comes together.

Sooooo about 2nd semester....I'm so happy it's over! This semester was tough. I learned a lot and got to see some awesome things like a total knee replacement surgery and open heart surgery. I need to post about that sometime so I don't forget about it cause it was so freaking cool! Probably the best thing about semester 2. My mental health clinical was very interesting and just made me grateful that I'm normal and don't have those kinds of problems. It was really sad sometimes listening to them talk about their experiences and all that they have had to go through. Once again another experience that has made me thankful for all that i have and for my healthy mind. Nursing school has been a humbling experience. I've always known that I'm very fortunate to have the family I have and the life and health that I have but every week I'm reminded how lucky I really am. I'm looking forward to semester 3 cause I'll be in peds finally!!!!! I've missed working with the little kids so much. I just can't wait!

Well, 10 more days left of being a fiancee and then I'll be a wife. It's still a very surreal experience and I'm just so happy. Just 4 weeks ago this wasn't a thought in my mind and now I'm just 10 days away from being a married woman!

Happy Birthday

Today is Dylan's 28th birthday!

I had a test this morning so I woke up super early to study and then made him waffles before I headed off to school. 

After my test we looked at some apartments and townhomes and grabbed lunch at Panera.

And now we are getting ready to go eat dinner at the Mandalay Bay buffet! He's really excited and I'm excited for him. Buffet's make money off me and lose money on people like him so we even out.

Yesterday my family celebrated his bday and I made him a cake. French vanilla cake with strawberries and homemade chocolate frosting in the middle and on top. It was delish! 

My sweet little niece Emma wanted to give him a present so she wrapped up one of her princess doll houses with her pink blanket and then had her belt wrapped around it. Pretty creative I thought. But in the doll house she had some plastic Easter eggs that was Dylan's present. She was pretty happy and proud of her self. It was really cute.

18 more days and he'll be my HUSBAND!!!

Happy Birthday Dylan!