The One About Summer Time!

Obviously it is summer because I'm finding it hard to find time to actually sit down and write!  I haven't written in a few days because for the fourth David and I went to his family's lake house!  My cousin Scott joined us so that was fun!  We all had a great time!  On Friday, David's Aunt Sherri, Uncle Rusty, and Poppa came over for dinner.  His sister Susan was there too, which was great because I enjoyed having another girl around!  His grandfather brought three of his friends so we had quite a crowd!  All of us "kids" went tubing and riding on the jet ski.  On Saturday, we did it all over again!  EVERYONE was out on the water so the tube rides and jetski rides were a little rough!  That night everyone came over again for a cookout and then we all went down to the dock to watch the fireworks.  Man were there some good fireworks last night!  I really think the dock David's family has is in one of the best spots on the lake.  We could see just about everyone who was shooting off fireworks.  This weekend was Marley's first time on the lake.  We weren't sure he was going to get to go because Thursday afternoon I was giving him a haircut and accidentally cut him!  He had to get 3 stitches....I literally cried the rest of the afternoon and evening.  I felt like such a bad mommy!! :(  He was in good spirits the rest of the weekend though!  He doesn't like water so he didn't get in the lake (good thing since he had stitches...) but he LOVES having the wind in his face so he absolutely had a ball going on boat rides:)  It was probably the cutest thing I've ever seen.  What did you guys do for the fourth?!  I hope you guys had beautiful weather like we did!  Here are some pictures from my weekend!

Mom and Marley on a boat ride:)

Me and David tubing!!

Scott enjoying a spin on the jetski!

Did I mention that Marley loves having the wind in his face?!

Tomorrow I have to take my CNA test so I can be "certified" and start nursing school in the fall.  I'm a little bit nervous about it so wish me luck!  I am looking forward to next weekend because we are going back to the lake!  (Although I'm going to enjoy being at home for a little bit and relaxing!!)  Any plans for your week?

Erin

The One That's Quick and Easy

There really isn't much to write about today so hopefully this will be quick and easy on you:)  I woke up this morning and felt okay, but right after breakfast I got a HORRIBLE headache.  I'm not sure I've had one that bad in my life.  The light was killing me....I want to venture and say it may have been the beginning of a migraine?  But I've never had a migraine so I'm not quite sure what that fully feels like (knock on wood..).  But this one was pretty bad.  I (and my mom haha)  think it's because I finally finished all my work and studying for that dang anatomy class and I've been going non-stop...and now that I've stopped it's all catching up to me!  So I went back to bed and slept until about 3:30.  I felt a lot better but still had a slight headache.  

I figured getting out of the house might do me some good so I made my way to a baseball game.  My uncle coaches a legion team around here and I always enjoy baseball so I went and sat with my Aunt Diane, cousin Amy and her boyfriend Tyler.  (See previous post for their pictures...they are TOO cute!!) We had a great time and my uncle's legion team won!  They are in the playoffs now so they knocked out the other team:)  YEA guys!

Now that I'm back home, my head is starting to hurt a little again and getting in a fight with my boyfriend didn't help it feel much better.   I guess you have good days and bad days haha:)  I'm about to take some medicine and hit the hay.  I'm planning on feeling much better tomorrow!  I have to..it's my grandfather's 70th birthday!!  

I hope everyone had a great humpday and are looking forward to the 4th this weekend!  Is anyone doing anything fun??

The One I Almost Forgot!

I can't believe I almost forgot!  I have only 1 follower at the moment and she had a "100th post giveaway" that I entered and I am one of the big winners!  I was so excited when I got home from my trip and found out I had been a winner!  She is an awesome blogger (I'm kind of partial since she's my first follower!) and such a sweet person!  You should really check her out at The Adventures of Katie and Josh !!! 

Thank you soooo much Katie!! :)

The One Where I Said Adios Anatomy!

Well its 12:00 am where I am and I've been up since 8:00am so I am exhausted.  But I haven't blogged in a few days due to my beach trip so I'm going to try to get one in real quick before I fall asleep!  Thursday I left for the beach with David.  We were on our way down and were having a conversation about how Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett had died.  I don't know how many of you believe in the "power of 3's" but it's something I see a lot of haha!  So I was pointing out to David that usually when you hear about famous people dying, 3 people end up dying around the same time.  Case in point: not 5 minutes later my mom called to tell us Michael Jackson was in cardiac arrest and "not doing well."  Then about half an hour later we heard he died.  I know everyone has posted about MJ so I won't go much further except to say all 5 hours and 30 minutes of my trip down to the beach was filled with "Thriller", "PYT", and "Billie Jean".  All 5 hours and 30 minutes.  That's a lot of MJ.

But we finally arrived and went to sleep haha:)  Friday we spent all day out on the beach.  I HATE the ocean.  I have a major fear that something is going to bite me, sting me, or pinch me.  I do not like not being able to see my feet....and if you put me in clear water I spend half the time looking around to spot things that might hurt me.  But I was "brave" because David wanted to get in the water.  So I did.  Until David's cousin Andrew caught this:

It was a 3 ft. shark.  Now that may seem trivial in relation to other massive creatures lurking in the water, but that is big enough to take a good chunk out of my foot...so that was it for me and the ocean.

Saturday was spent out on the beach as well.  The weather was BEAUTIFUL the days we were there!  The sun was hot, but there was a breeze coming off the ocean so it cooled things off considerably.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend!

This is Susan, David's sister!  She is so tan compared to my pasty whiteness!

This was my view from my chair!  Those are my feet in case you didn't know.  The beach was SO beautiful!

This is my favorite picture of the whole weekend:)  Props to David's mom for taking it!  

Today I had my anatomy lab final and my anatomy lecture final and all I have to say is ADIOS ANATOMY!!!  No more!!!  I am way too excited about being finished with it, but now I have my summer days back!  Woo hooooo! :)  I hope everyone is having a great week so far!  Now I'm going to bed:)

The One Where I'm Beach Bound!

I'm writing early today because, frankly, I just have no more time!  I had my practical this morning and it went better than I thought it would!  Now if I can just get through nutrition tonight and anatomy tomorrow....

After class tomorrow I'll be headed to the beach for a few days so I won't be posting while I'm gone.  I know.  You're sad.  It's okay though because I'll have lots of fun pictures when I get back, and hopefully I'll have a tan to go alone with it!  But I just wanted to wish everyone  a happy rest of the week and weekend when it gets here!! :)

Erin

The One That's Almost Done!

WELL.  This week I have 1 lab practical, 1 nutrition exam, and 1 anatomy exam.  But, this is my last week of anatomy!!  YAYYY!! :)  It amazes me the things that make me joyful these days haha:)  And actually anatomy isn't over until next week after my finals.  But, this is the last week of classes and that's what counts!

I'm currently sitting here watching my 4 lb. dog try and pick up a normal size frisbee.  He keeps putting his paws on it and isn't able to get it off the ground...haha poor thing.  He's a funny one!

Now I don't know what you all think about Jon and Kate Plus 8 and I realize we may have some differing views on the show.  I have been an avid fan since the very beginning and I am just really depressed about the newest twist in this story.  I had heard last week that they had an "important announcement" and I was hoping that they were going to say they weren't going to film anymore shows, get out of the spotlight and try to fix their marriage.  However, that is not what happened.  They are getting a divorce and this saddens me.  I feel like everyone tries to take the easy way out nowadays, but true relationships take work.  And Ed MacMahon died.  What a sad week.

Anywayyy.  I guess I should get back to studying!  I have a feeling that this week's practical isn't going to go as well as last week's.  Oh well:)  You can only study so much before your brain turns to mush!

Erin

The One for Happy Father's Day!

What a great weekend this has been!  Saturday I pretty much spent most of the day at the pool.  It is so nice to just relax and have nothing to do....

It did get pretty hot though, and when 4:00 pm rolled around I decided it was time to go shopping.  I got a gift certificate to a cute little shop called HUE for graduation.  Have you ever heard of it?  I had never heard of it and decided I wanted to go see what was going on there.  So my momma and I went and found out that it's a really cute pajama store!  They also have some beachy stuff and some underwearsss (VERY CUTE.)  but I spent my gift card on 2 pairs of pajamas (...I love pajamas, but who doesn't??!) and a cute beach bag because I'll need one when I go to the beach on Thursday!  Here is a picture of the cute nightgown I got at HUE!

The only thing that is different on mine, is the top yellow part, is actually green!

Do people still wear nightgowns?  I didn't know, but I thought it was cute and it is SOOO comfortable!

I had to babysit Saturday night for the cutest kids on the planet (literally, like cuter than Jon and Kate plus 8's kids...so that's pretty cute!)  and I was walking out the door to head on my way, when my most AMAZING boyfriend was sitting in my driveway!!!  I didn't think I was going to get to see him this weekend because we were both pretty busy, but he decided to surprise me:)  How GREAT is he?!!

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!  I spent mine laying out at the pool and having dinner with my family:)  I make an amish white bread from scratch that my grandfather just loveesssss so for Father's Day I made him a couple loaves.  Just for the sake of the blog I took a picture with one loaf of the bread haha!

The bread is without a doubt some of the best bread I have ever had!  You can find the recipe here, along with lots of other delicious amish recipes!

My favorite picture from the day was with my grandfather.  He is the most loving and caring man.  He has been there for me since the day I was born and I wouldn't be the person I am today without him.  He has blessed my life in more ways then I can count!  I hope he had a WONDERFUL grandfather's day!  

What did you guys do this weekend?  How was everyone's father's days?  I hope everyone had as great a weekend as I did:)  And I'm sure you guys did, because it looks like almost everyone went out of town! I can't wait to hear the stories!

Erin