Easter!

It has been a while since I have posted. Nothing much happening lately, I am just working while Josh works and goes to school. We are both taking classes this summer. I just found out I only have 13 credits to do and I can get my Associate's degree, so I'm just going to do all 13 this summer and get my degree before I start the RN program (hopefully this fall) so while I am in nursing school I don't have to worry about taking extra classes on top of my full time load to finish my AS degree. I am so excited!! Josh is taking one online class for business school, then he is back to 9 credits this fall.

For Easter I was really sick all weekend, but thankfully I got Easter Sunday off work and we were able to sleep all day and just enjoy being together. We dyed eggs Saturday night after I got home from work, even though it was quick because I was deathly ill. Of course we got each other easter baskets :) Easter  is my FAVORITE holiday because I love easter candy, bright colors, and spring! We have a full pantry of candy now! We went to my dad's for the Maxwell easter dinner party Sunday night.

 Josh's cute little eggs! 

 YUM! 

 Josh's ballin' easter basket :)

 My basket with beautiful long-stemmed flowers AND 6 bags of mini Cadberry eggs! YESSSS!!

 Josh found a penguin easter egg!!!!

 My cute little baby Roxy

 Our little family 

Sleepy baby

I don't think I every mentioned our trip we planned for our 2nd anniversary! We are going to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic! We are going for one week over our anniversary :) We are so excited and counting down the days to be on a warm, sunny beach! 52 days! We are so grateful that we get to travel and go on a big trip every year, and can't wait for the other places we get to explore in our lives !

 Our resort: Majestic Elegance

Calaigh's Baby Shower and Baby Brightyn!

A couple weeks ago, we threw Calaigh a baby shower. I am so excited to have a little neice and am so happy for Calaigh and Sterling! We made the shower all girly and it looked so good! I am grateful for all of the family we have that were able to come out and support Calaigh :) The best part was watching her open up all of the cute girl clothes, those are the best! I made Calaigh a diaper cake and it turned out just how I wanted it too! I loved it! And I'm sure she is going to be loving those free 96 diapers ;)

 Baby Rattle balloon! 

 The candy table

 Couture cupcakes

 The advice book I got for everyone to sign and the diaper cake :)

Love it! 

Baby Brightyn Hart Clark was born on 2/12/12. She was born a little more than 2 weeks early, but she was healthy and the perfect size! Calaigh gave birth at the Jordan Valley Hospital, which I could literally walk to from my house, so I was excited to go see her everyday! She is such a snuggler and I am in love with my little niece! I went to Calaigh and Sterling's house today for the first time and snuggled Brightyn some more and got a tour of their beautiful house in Lehi. I love you guys! Congratulations!! :)

 So little and perfect! 

 At the hospital, day 2

 I love her snuggles :)

Look at those cheeks!! I love her! 

Valentine's Day!

Most of you know that Josh and I celebrate Valentine's Day on February 7th every year. This is because he left on his mission a few years ago on Feb 11, so we had to make Vday early that year, and we have kept it on the 7th ever since then. It is so nice to have it on a different day, it really is a holiday about love, so why do we HAVE to celebrate it on the 14th? We get to go out to eat wherever we want and not have to wait in line for 3 hours and sit shoulder to shoulder in a packed restaurant. We also get first pick of all the candy before it is gone! I worked on Monday, the 6th, and got a surprise delivery from my honey. A big thing of flowers that was beautiful! This year I wanted to do something really special since we are both so busy and don't get much time with each other. I booked us a room at  a bed and breakfast in Sandy called Castle Creek Inn. It is like the Anniversary Inn, but not as expensive and they do a 3 course breakfast! They have 10 themed rooms, such as Romeo and Juliet Suite, Garden Suite, King's Lodge... etc. We stayed in Ivanhoe. Not sure what that means, but it was awesome and I loved it. Josh woke up early and made me the best breakfast ever! Heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes, extra crispy bacon, hashbrowns, and eggs! He is the best! I wanted to surprise Josh and not tell him that we were staying anywhere so I just told him that after we went to dinner, I had a surprise. I didn't work at all that day, so I made heart shaped brownies and frosted them and took them to Josh at work. Cutting shapes out of brownies was a lot harder than I thought it would be! But they were delicious and everyone at his work loved them. All of his guys in the warehouse always ask when I am going to bring cookies, I bring them in randomly and they all love them, so every time they see me they expect some haha. We decided to go to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, which is always delicious! I then had him follow my directions as we drove to the inn, and told him not to pay attention to signs and just pull in where I tell him. He was so surprised when he came in and saw the room. They even have a whole cupboard of movies and offer free popcorn, candy, brownies, and soda! This place was awesome and we will definitely go back!

 Special delivery! 

A few days later when they bloomed.. so pretty! 

My delicious breakfast in bed! 

 Castle Creek Inn

 Our sweet room! 

 Big tub with mood lighting and the silver thing on the wall is where the water comes out like a waterfall!! 

Happy Valentines Day! 

Nurse Amber!

I am officially a nurse in the state of Utah! I took the NCLEX (nursing state boards) on Tuesday the 17th and found out on DOPL's website on Wednesday night at midnight that I passed and was a nurse! I was so excited! I started training at my job, still Draper Rehab where I have been a CNA for 4 years, on Friday 6-6 and Saturday 6-6. It is a whole different job and so much stuff to learn! My brain is fried and on information overload right now trying to remember all of the things I have to do in a 12 hour shift. It feels good to finally be a nurse and to do what I have been always wanting to do!

LPN Graduation!

Nursing school officially ended December 15th, but graduation didn't happen until January 6th. I am so happy to be done with this chapter in my life! Now I get to take the NCLEX (state boards that determine if I get my licensure as a nurse) and then I get to apply to RN schools! I am halfway done with my online class... I have taken an exam a week since I graduated and am now on week 5 and exam 5 out of 9 :) It feels good to take a test a week and do well on them, I am getting better grades on these exams than I did in nursing school... and I am teaching myself all of the material! Graduation was much better than expected. The class presidents made awards for each individual... I got "always crosses her t's and dots her i's" because I was the most organized and always prepared. HECK YA! Then the teachers did the pinning (a nurses pin that represents welcoming into the medical field) and then we did the traditional lighting of the lamps. It has something to do with Florence Nightingale... but we all got a lamp and passed it down to the end of line line. Then we read the Florence Nightingale prayer together. I was lucky to have my dad and my mom both there and g&g maxwell... and of course my hubby! 

Passing the lamp

Saying the prayer

 My cute cap :)

 Calendar my mom got me! 

Flowers from my mom & KC

Flowers from my hubby

Josh's Birthday!

Josh turned 22 on January 5th. I don't like having birthdays during the week because we are so busy, it doesn't really feel like a birthday. I had IV certification from 8-5 Tuesday through Thursday and Josh had work 8-5. So since I wasn't going to see him all day, I got up really early to make him breakfast before I went to school. I made him one of our favorite's, pancake french toast. For those of you who haven't had it, it's AWESOME! I never really liked french toast because the eggs always made it "eggy" on the edges and it's a texture thing with me and would make me gag. Well if you make just normal pancake batter then you just dip the bread in the batter and fry it! Since pancake batter doesn't have eggs, it isn't eggy, and it has a thick outer coating like a pancake! Josh opened all of his presents after we ate breakfast. I love spoiling him! He got 8 2L bottles of pop  (since he will be starting school soon and will be staying up all night doing homework), a couple sweaters for work, a stainless steel clutch set for his car, interior detailing for his car (shampooing the seats and carpets to get all the nasty pop spills out he has accumulated and cleans all the air vents and dash and cupholders), and the main gift... Jazz tickets to watch the Kings play... Jimmer! He is so excited to get to see Jimmer play in person :) After work/school, we got ready and went down to the Gateway to Josh's favorite place of all time... Tucano's. It is meat heaven, which Josh loves because he doesn't get much meat at home since I hate it. Its like the Rodizio Grill, they have meat boys who bring around sticks of all different types of meat (like 25) and they slice you off a chunk of it. They bring out steak, chicken, all types of meat wrapped in bacon, buffalo flavored meat, grilled pineapple. It's all you can eat, so the perfect restaraunt for Josh. They also have an awesome salad bar with sushi, shrimp, salad, fruits, veggies, pastas, mashed potatoes, rolls,etc. After dinner we went and saw Sherlock Holmes at the Gateway theater. It was a fun filled night!

 "You are special today"

Tucanos! 

I forgot to say I made Josh these yummy Oreo chocolate chip cookies and took them to him and his co-workers :) YUM! 

New Years

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are excited for 2012 and can't wait for what it brings for us! We went to Idaho for new years this year. Tawni was nice enough to let us stay with her all weekend because Stockton is allergic to Roxy :( we can't leave her home because we live in a basement and she would have no way of going potty. and we just love her too much to leave her! We got to Idaho Friday night and stayed until Monday. It was nice to sleep in and spend time with the family. On new years eve, some family and family friends came over and we just hung out and ate lots of food. A bunch of us started playing Phase 10 around 11 o'clock and we didn't get done until after 1 am. We love Phase 10, we seem to play it every time we get together. Josh, Tawni, and I had fun making food before the party at Tawni's house. Tawni made our favorite cupcakes (rainbow chip) while Josh and I made muddy buddies and my famous ranch dip with Doritos (OK my mom's famous dip... but still..we LOVE IT!). We are so glad the weather was good for us for the drive there and back.