Weekend fun !

Wow.. what a weekend!!!

On Friday Alex and I took his two nieces and one of his nephews out to eat and then to the circus in Sioux Center! It was fun.. the circus was a little weird.. but then afterwards me and his two nieces all rode the elephant together! :) IT was a good time and fun with the little nieces!

Then the next day we finally got to take out the boat! WE went with his good friend Damon and his wife Beth! It was a lot of fun.. really relaxing... caught some sun! I can't complain a bit :)

Hope you all had a good weekend!


After a nice steak dinner, taking a walk by the lake!


Damon and Beth lounging out :)
Us hanging out in the back
BEAUTIFUL day!
I got ten toes up and nothing to complain about
Crazy alex :)

My Life..

My life is CRAZY! However, I love it. Now that I am a "super CNA" ( Thats what the other workers call me at the nursing home because I passed the test without taking the CNA class) .. I realized how much work it is to take care of someone. The smells, the views, the other side of people that you lucky people don't have to see... often make me wonder what the heck I am doing. But then I think... some day this might be my parents or even me and I want someone giving me the same care that I give these people. It puts a whole new spin on care taking.... so I don't complain when someone is wet and I have to change them... or they puke all over the nice shirt I just struggled to put on them. They often apologize for needing to be changed and not being able to take care of themselves.. and I just look at them and tell them it is my pleasure to be able to work with them. So often I see people jerking people around to get them done fast.. and it makes me sad to see this. I want to work my hardest to show the residents in the nursing home the same love I hope people showed my grandma and my other loved ones who may have to be in a nursing home. Trust me... I am also no perfect... I do cringe sometimes when I finally get to sit down and someone HAS to pull their light ... but oh well its my job!

ANOTHER WEIRD THING!! I met someone who went to school with my GRANDPA!!! He knew all million kids that were in my gpa's family! Just made me laugh because I really never think that I do have roots in Iowa... but this is just proof again of my humble roots in the northwest Iowa area!


Other than that.... life has been good. Tonight I get to go to a Sioux Center Commerce banquet with Alex.. which should be fun. I guess they are going to serve really good food so I am excited about that! Its funny.. Alex told me about the Steak frys that the Sioux Center firemen put on for the fire fighters and their families... and now they decided to have one soon called the "meet Alex's girlfriend Steak fry!" That should be fun... kinda fun meeting a whole new group of people and having such a special occasion kinda dedicated to me :S

The weather has been really nice... we are not drowning here in Iowa like the news might portray.. and thankfully no tornadoes have hit! I do get a little scared without a TV to get the updated weather announcements if bad weather is on its way.. however all my friends promised to call me and tell me to get in the basement if need be!

Sioux Center Days

This weekend was the Sioux Center weekend .. or something. So on Friday night was cruise night so Alex and I got to go in front of the fire station and watch all the fancy cars cruise on Main Street. Then we were able to go ride on the fancy old fashioned fire truck, which was exciting. Now that I am dating a fireman, the other firemen make sure to give us grief.. but it is fun :)

Then Saturday I went with Alex's family to see the firemen water fights! Alex one first place in one event and 4th in another.. he is pretty amazing ;) Then we were in the parade and I helped hand out magnets for his business. Afterwards he took me out to the Blue Mountain in Orange City.. for an AMAZING meal outside :) It was fun to be able to spend the day with his family and his little nieces and nephews.

Busy busy busy week!

Hello All :)
Hope everyone is doing well! This week has been a REALLY busy week for me... I quit one job, started another, had several friends fly to town early for a wedding and stay with me, moved from one house to another, passed the CNA exam and became a CNA, and went to one of my friend's wedding! It was terribly busy and my house is a MESS, however I am thankful for all the help I received from my friends and Alex in this move! While I was at work Pam would work hard organizing the down stairs of my house so I would have a little bit of a normal place to live. Thank goodness for Alex's big truck which was able to outdo little Lucy's carrying abilities!

My new job is AWESOME!!!! I get to start the restorative program for the residents so I was able to go with their care plans and visit everyone and evaluate them and the current exercise program they are on and if it is being carried out correctly. I did not make it through all the 60 some residents of the nursing home, but I greatly enjoy taking the time and talking to them. I tell them about my self and the importance of exercise for the elderly and tell them how much fun we are going to have with our one on one exercise sessions. Then I learn about them, what they like to do, who they are, and just random things! Seriously, I don't think I should be paid for this because it is so much fun and I love it!

Well tonight is my first 11 pm- 7am CNA shift. I am a little bit nervous that I am going to be dead tired.. but I plan on drinking lots of coffee and taking a nap before I go out. It won't be too bad I hope!! I also passed the CNA exam without taking the 75 hour course... and just studying for 3 hours!!!!!! I was SO excited!!

Things with Mr. Alex are good :) He makes me smile so much. Yesterday we finally got to see each other without a huge crowd of people and when he went home my cheeks hurt from smiling too much :) I don't know if I mentioned that I met his family last Sunday~ they are very nice people! I realized that one of his cousins are realized to my Aunt Emma Gerber! When we started making these connections I was a little worried I would find out that we where related, and thankfully we are not!!!!! It was good to meet them, family is an important part of a relationship and I think that I can get along with them quite well :)

My friend Lynae got married this weekend. It was a pretty wedding, got to see some old friends and it was good. We all stayed at this camping resort and stayed in a 11 person hotel room. It was fun... good bonding time with the girls :)
We all went put put golfing on Memorial day , while we were waiting for Laura to come in . It was a lot of fun.. we all are bad golfers so it made everything in good fun :) Waiting for Laura... Alex is special so he gets the wheelchair... :)

First meal in the new house... note.. no chairs!!!! AHHHH
My girls :)
All my friends doing the signature "Rachel dance" :)