highlights of today

Today has been an awesome day! :) Here are the top reasons why.
1. I only missed 2 questions on my immune system test today! Rock that! :)
2. I got to leave work early!
3. I got a raise at work! :) Best news ever!
4. Brad is making "breakfast for dinner" He seriously makes the best breakfast foods!
5. We are doing awesome at our budgeting! More money in our bank account towards our house fund, and I lost a some weight this week. A happy bonus from not eating out so much. One step closer to my goal weight :)
6. In 2 weeks from today I will officially be HALF WAY done with nursing school. And I get a whole 3 weeks off! One of which will be spent soaking up the sun in Lake Powell!

Today is a GREAT day!

Dear Dave...

On Sunday my primary lesson was "Jesus Helps the Missionaries." We learned about missionary work and I thought it would be fun for them to write letters to a missionary. I showed them a picture of our cute Elder Fortuna and they all wrote him letters. They loved doing this! They thought it was so cool to write a letter to someone they didn't know who lived far away. I'm so excited to mail them, I think they will make Dave's day to read cute letters from little 6 year olds. :)

The little boy who wrote this letter is from Washington, and he was convinced that he's met Dave before and that Dave is the one who taught him about the Gospel. It was the cutest thing!


"Dere Dave is the food good ther
I live in washington
Thaks for techin me abawt the Gospl.
Love Charlie age 6"

"Dear Dave
I hope you have fun.
Love Romney age 7"


This little girl dotted all her I's with hearts because she told me that she wants him to know that she loves him and that she is going to marry a missionary someday! :)

"Dear Dave
Your sister misses you.
Thanks for going on a mission.
Love Sarah age 6"

4th of July!

I LOVE this holiday! I love the whole month of July actually. This year, like every year, we went to Bear Lake with my family. We had to leave early because of school (whats new?) but it was still so fun! We played out in the water, played cards, went running, went for row boat rides, watched amazing fireworks, and just spent time relaxing with the family. We are so lucky that we have such a nice cabin that we can go and visit anytime we want :) On Monday (the actual 4th) we went and watched fireworks at Sugarhouse park. We had a BBQ there, played frisbee, the boys long boarded, ate some froyo, and the fireworks were incredible! It was such a fun night!

The boys setting up for the firework show

Our "romatic row"

My cute dad! Looks just like grandpa :)

Blue bear lake water and sky

FIREWORKS!

Happy 4th

Best Friends

Red Butte Gardens for Stephanie's wedding

another best friend!

Brad knows the way to my heart :)





Budgeting?

Today Brad and I were looking over our accounts and we decided that we spend way too much money on dumb little things. They don't seem like a lot at the time, but eventually they all add up and drain our bank account. So we have decided to start budgeting. Each of us gets $50 a month to spend however we want. I haven't really been buying things lately so that shouldn't be a big deal, but what I really need to cut back on is eating out. I am so busy with school and work and I'm always with my study group and none of us want to make meals, so we always end up eating out. It's really disgusting when I think about how much money I spend on rumbi, sushi, and rubios. Hopefully this helps and we can start saving more. In a few months I should have saved up enough to purchase these babies here

Hopefully if I buy these I'll be more motivated to spend my time running instead of blogging :)

A day in maternal newborn

I'm in the middle of my OB rotations for school and let me just say it is AMAZING! Last week I went to Maternal newborn and it honestly was like living a dream. It has always been my dream to work on the baby unit when I become a nurse. Whether its delivering babies, taking care of moms and babies, or nursing those sick babies in the nicu, it doesn't matter to me :) I showed up for my shift and got started right away. My preceptor and I had a patient who delivered vaginally and a patient who had a c-section. I got to remove the staples from the incision, I got to give a baby his very first bath, I helped new moms breast feed, and I held babies in the nursery. It was such a wonderful day! I wish I could work there everyday, it really doesn't even feel like work. Next week I'm on labor and delivery and I am so excited for that! This is the best part of nursing school! :)

update

Wow it feels like forever since I've posted anything on here. A lot has happened in the last 3 weeks or so. First off we had Brad's little brother leave on his mission to Kennewick Washington. He spent 3 weeks in the MTC and then was shipped out to Washington. But before he could leave Brad and his friends had to sneak into the MTC and see him one last time. So they put on their suites and old missionary tags, shaved their faces and headed down to Provo. They were actually able to spend about an hour with Dave and I think it really helped Brad. He was having a rough time with his little brother being gone. Here are some pics of the missionary and the "missionaries"

A few weeks after Dave left, Brad's sister Catharine had a little baby boy. Welcome to the world Amos Kirk McAllister. We've been waiting for you! :)

 a happy little family. Isn't he so cute!

Bradley Scott had a BIRTHDAY! He is now 23 years old! :) He was a spoiled boy this year. He got breakfast in bed, he got to go to lunch with his mom, he played golf with his new golf clubs, we went to dinner at Market Street Grill, he got rock climbing gear (which he's wanted forever) and a new remote control airplane. his friends took him to see Xmen. He had a great birthday! :)

We went up the canyon awhile ago with our friends Adam and Kami. Brad and Adam are practically best friends, they even came up with names for themselves...they refer to themselves as the "BA Revolution" boys are so weird. and kami and I love hanging out, we all have a fun time together...I think this time the boys had a little bit more fun than we did. (view at your own risk)

They thought this was just the funniest thing ever.

and now we are just trying to get through this summer semester without dying. Only 15 more days until the work slows down and I can finally breathe. Brad is loving his new job as a personal banker, and is almost done with training! :) We are loving life and enjoying the time we have with each other. This weekend is the Fortuna Family Reunion up at the Homestead. We are so excited to see everyone and to finally hold baby Amos!

A post of complaints

Today has just been one of those days and I feel like complaining. Actually I feel like eating a whole box of cookies/chocolates and sleeping all day but complaining will have to do.

• Nursing school is hard. I mean really really hard. Especially in the summer since its 5 weeks shorter
• I miss working out and seeing the sunshine
• 6am 6 times a week is terrible
• Chest tubes and blood transfusions are my new least favorite subjects
• The little girl with the paper shredder almost drove me to insanity
• Its only been 3 semesters and I'm already tired of my "smurf blue" scrubs
• I desperately need to clean out my car...if only there was time

in short...I dislike today very very much.