Wedding Bells!

Wow. I can't believe that once you get engaged your whole life turns to wedding planning! Alex and I have been doing a lot, just so that we can get ahead and have a laid back wedding! It is hard to figure out how many people are going to attend the washington wedding because a LOT of people from Iowa all decided it would be a good excuse to go get away and visit some relatives while they are there! So it will be fun whoever shows up and we will all have a good time. We got the grooms tuxes chosen out and they are going to look SO SHARP! I cant wait to see how handsome alex is going to be :)

I also wanted to say how thankful I am for Alex. He really does know the right thing to do at the right time. He is my best friend ( well besides my sisters!!) and I cant wait for him to my husband!

I dont think i got around to writing down the story of the engagement... but I will write it on our wedding website (that I need to find time to make!!) .

Happiest girl alive!

I just thought I would make it public...ALEX AND I ARE GETTING MARRIED!!! Alex proposed tonight and I can't be any happier! We are planning on a Jan 2 wedding, but if you can't make it to that we will have an iowa reception in Sioux Center Jan 14th i think? So ya .. I tried to take pictures of the ring... but bear with me and the bad quality!

from way back... but i think i found my prefect man

May 26, 2005

Well I have a little time off of what i am working on so I will tell you story! Today my summer job is to pressure wash the backyard bricks and side walk. SO i started off with the job and found it was really fun! So i started doing the bricks then i saw the bbq griller was dirty so i decided to pressure wash that, then I saw the propane tanks for the bbq where dirty so i was going to do them, but then i remembered something i learned in school, that maybe they would blow up, so i did not do them. Then i did the hot tub, the flower pots, the random bee that tried to sting me, I was going to do my legs because dirty was flying everwhere due to the high pressure, but then i relized that would be a terrible idea, i would hurt myself! So i decided i want to be a pressure washer person when i grow up. Forget colllege when you can pressure wash!!! So these are my shoes after pressure washing everything, so dirty!! I was just as dirty.. all my clothes where drenched with mud! And here is my good old pressure washer.. my new favorite machine! well its time to go back and pressure wash! have a good day

Lots Going On!

Hello All!
It has been a busy, but good couple weeks so I have not had much time to blog about all the fun things going on!

Well last week my parents came to iowa, so that they could check up on Diane and me and also so my dad could meet Alex. It was really fun to have them here and Alex and my dad hit it off! We went out to eat with his parents to a nice restaurant and then we also went boating on Alex's boat. My dad was crazy and tried to water ski but that water was really cold/too rough that it did not last long until he was back in the boat! WE enjoyed my parents stories about Banglidesh and it was sad to see them go!

Then I started another clinical in Sioux Center. It has been going pretty good and I have been getting to do a lot of stuff!


Then this weekend was supposed to be the summer celebration for sioux center with parades and all these activites but it started raining so most things were cancelled. however the die hard fire fighters still had their water fights. So that was fun to watch... a little cold... but fun. ( you cant resist a bunch of firefighters in their fire gear ;) ) I also took Bentley to it, who decided to POOP IN MY CAR! The dumb dog.. but i got it cleaned up good as new ;)

Anyways, thats the sweet and simple for now , I will probably have more news later ! Hope everyone is doing well and here are some pictures to end the blog with! Or maybe not. ... they are taking a while to load so i will just post them later!

I'll be there in the back of your mind

I got this song stuck in my head this last week so I thought I would play it for you all :) Sorry Sarah, You probably dont like it!


BUT GUESS WHAT!! MY BABY IS LEARNING SO FAST! The little sucker can sit, come, stay for a couple seconds, lie down, and fetch and bring it back! I brought him to the nursing home and all my residents loved him!!! I hope someday he can be good enough I could just bring him with me to work and he hangs out with all the residents! But that will be just a couple years when he calms down a little bit!

anyways.. time for work :) I can't wait to have regular work hours,,,, enough of these evening shifts BLAH :)

What new?

With school? Done with my internship at Floyd Valley in Le Mars. It was such a good experince! I got to work with many different things .. like a lady with a Halo, patients almost dead- but bouncing back to full recovery, and many different things. It was a lot of fun and I found myself taking over the treatment of the patients which is a good feeling. :) It was sad to leave but it is good because I AM ALMOST DONE WITH SCHOOL! I have a 2 week break now then I have one month left of clinicals here in Sioux Center! I will be done July 2 FOREVER! I just have the final test left which will need a lot of studying. My class took a practice test and the teacher expected us to get in the mid 50% ... and yup I got a 60%. It was a wake up call to get my butt in gear studying.


With life? I moved. THE 4TH TIME IN A YEAR. So ya .. I have lived on all the houses/ apartments available on 348 4th st. in Sioux center. So now this one is pretty nice... a lot of room ( I GET MY OWN ROOM WITH A DOOR! ) and I enjoy not having to put up with Diane's staying up late sleeping schedule! I threw a lot of stuff away which is good that I am purging my junk for the next move ! AHH

With Alex? He is awesome. I am so in love with him it is ridiculous. He is busy lately so I don't get to see him so much but when I do get to see him it is always the best. We have been doing good and as happy as we can be!

With my baby Bentley- He is naughty!!!! Well he is a puppy growing a lot. Typical puppy, likes to bite, pee in the house, run like crazy, but he is also loving, LOVES people/ kids, and he is mine! The first week I got him he learn how to sit, he is getting there with potty training-- when he does go in the house it is by the door, is used to his crate and does not cry in it, he hardly ever barks, listens pretty well.. so he is a pretty good dogs and also so darn cute. I have been reading up on how to train the dog so I am going to put new training things in place.


Other than that I am excited for my parents to get home from Banglidesh and then come visit us here! It should be a good time! Hope everyone is doing well!

More bentley pics!

He is too cute!


These our our first "family" pictures ! We were laying on the ground and bentley came and crawled between us! It was so cute!


He has been such a good dog. However, he hates being alone, so that makes the nights REALLY hard for him. He cries so much, so last night Alex got sick of it and put his kennel in the garage and that worked a little better for those two. He loves to be around people!

INTRODUCTING BENTLEY!

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He is the sweetest dog ever!! He follows me around everywhere, he loves to be around kids, loves my friend Judy's puppy, and loves people! He is such a sweetie. I love him to death!

BABY oh baby!!

ME AND ALEX ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!





well.. A PUPPY! We were looking at golden retriever to buy maybe in a year, but recently everyone around us got a puppies ( one of them being a golden retriever too) so we decided we could handle one! I AM SO EXCITED! WE are going to look at a couple of them up by pipestone, mn and if we like one of the two availible we willl get him! :) IT is going to be a lot of work but also a lot of fun! I am really excited!

Today...

ALEX AND I HAVE BEEN DATING ONE YEAR TODAY!! :) I can truly say I have never been happier and I love him to bits ... now time for us to go out on a date to sioux falls :)

NEW ADDITION!

SO I FINALLY GOT IT! My brand new macbook laptop. It is pretty sweet I would have to say. I would thank Sarah and Andrew for helping me buy this computer because I don't know how I could have done with with my 20 hour work week!! I did get a refurbished one off the apple website, which has been worked over and has a new outside cover and everything, and I saved $200! It has the same warranties as a new computer so I think I got a pretty good deal!



This is me and Alex playing with the new camera... pretty hot huh? ( or not!)

And here it is! :) yea!!!

A little about life

Hello All,
I had an awesome week of clinical! I am now at Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars for 7 weeks and I am having such a good time! They are very good at helping, teaching, and letting me have hand on experience with the patients. They have a large facility with so many different patients, so I get to learn a lot! They said next week they are going to put me to work with the treatment of the patients, which will be very fun because it will challenge me and help me learn. SO that is exciting.

Other than that my life is not to fun. Alex won an award for a newspaper, 20 under 40 regarding young business leaders around northwest iowa. It was pretty neat that he was awarded this honor! So my clinical let me skip some an go to his award breakfast. what can I say, I am dating a pretty motivated and awesome man!

To end this blog, since I have no exciting pictures, here is a song I really like!

Thoughts on a Friday

Last night I was talking with Alex about the future and different things and I stated that I really can wait to do things, like get done with school, get more stable work hours, get married, get a dog, and have babies. Then alex gave me a good reminder, to enjoy the moment I am in now while it lasts because I will never get this time back. It is so true though I am always looking to the future and never taking so much enjoyment in the here and now! Just a good reminder. It also goes with one of my favorite song, one of Diane's most favorite ( JUST KIDDING!)




I also found out I was going to have another nephew! I was surprised because now Sarah will have 4 BOYS! Sometimes I wonder why God did not just give her one girl, like it says in the Bible "Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart." ... However, I know that God has a very better plan with the four boys than we can imagine. And think.. that poor girl would have to grow up with three big brothers.. !!

Well this weekend Alex's family and I are going to pack up to Spirit Lake and go to a huge indoor water park and spend the night at a hotel! It should be fun :) Hope you all have a good weekend!

Hello Everyone!

What a week!
I can say it has not been the best week at all.. but I am getting by.

First my dumb computer decided to die... the hard drive is gone. So I have to get a new computer. The problem is money. I was trying to decide if I should just go to walmart and get one of those 300$ discount Dell laptops and hope it lasts until I can get another one, or should I just bite the bullet and get a new macbook and just live really really really cheap the next couple months. I have no idea. It is so frustrating without a computer with school project due and with things I need to turn in left on that crashed hard drive ! AHHH HELP ME!!
:)

So I come to the library. It has an hour limit on the computers so yesterday while doing a paper I did not realize the dumb computer signs you out when your time is up! So I lost my whole paper I spent a long time doing and I was just so frustrated! AHHHHHHHH!!! Anyways.. I finally got the paper done. phw

Anyways.. that's it with the bad stuff... now for the good. I think my parents made it to Bangladesh.. I guess that they neglected to email their poor Rachel ;) However Sarah got one that said they made it there. So pray for them as they are in a different country doing their missionary work!

Yesterday I made Alex some corned beef and garlic mashed potatoes. Yumm! :) it was a good St. Pats day. I look forward to the day with a bigger kitchen and more room and supplies to cook! yay!

Anyways.. I better go... I only have 9 more mins on the computer!!! :)

I got forever on the tip of my tounge!

Wow, life has been busy!!! I finished up my first 7 week clinical with the sioux center hospital! It was a good experience and it was fun being so close to where I had to go! Now I have two weeks free, with three of those days having seminar at school. This week I think I am getting 16 hours overtime also so the bank would like that! Something else happened with a potential job however I will wait until I get more info to go into detail!

My parents are going to Bangladesh tomorrow for two months doing mission work so everyone pray they will stay safe. I will worry about them, but I also know God has everything under control and will provide safety for them.


Things with Alex are going well,,,, I love him so much :) He is seriously the best most awesome wonderful guy in the world! Next weekend I get to go to a large indoor water park with his whole family and stay the night at a hotel there. That will be a nice break after all the hours I have been putting in!

I think that is about it for now... my computer broke so that stinks:( I am hoping that it will fix itself in the next couple days,,, or else I will be at Dianes mercy to use her always password protected computer...lol


Hope everyone is doing well! :)

This song I just heard on TV and I think it is pretty catchy! I will post more later but its off to clinical I go! :) Have a GREAT day

Happy Birthday weekend!

Last weekend was my birthday! I can't believe I am now 24 ..I am getting to be a old fart!
It was a pretty good weekend/ week. Thursday was my friend Judys birthday so I went to decorate her apt and work office and Diane made her a pretty cake ( homemade one too!) Then her and I went out for the night to eat. Then on Friday night alex and I went out to eat in Le mars which was fun but it took a long time to get our food so when we got back I just went to bed because i had to get up early in the morning to work. Then on my bdayI went to work 6-2 and it was fun having all the residents sing happy birthday to me several times because they forgot if they had already sung it to me. :) They are so cute :)

Then I came back and went to Alex's sisters house for two of his nephews bday party and my own bday party . Then after that we had to go to a firefighter steak fry in her town and had some really good steaks and food. Then Sunday I worked in the morning then Diane made me Alex and Judy a really good meal! :)

It was a good birthday

Hope everyone is doing well , I caught a terrible cold this weekend and it just is a bugger. I can't breathe, I have a sore throat, and my face feels like it is going to explode! Hope none of you get it because it is miserable!!

best Vday Ever!

What a good valentines day! Alex really surprised me :) He had me come over at 6 and when I arrived this is what I saw:

A candle light dinner, he mixed my favorite drink, he was dressed up, and had the salad there waiting for me! He made rib eye steaks, hashbrowns with cheese, and his homemade garlic bread! It was very good and I was VERY surprised! Then he rented a really girly move for me ( The Note book) and it was just really fun.


Here are some pictures of the flowers he gave me! sorry these photos are not good quality ... :( Maybe i will get a camera for my birthday next week! :)

Such a lucky girl!

Today i had the biggest surprise! I was at clinicals at the sioux center hospital and in comes someone with a really pretty arrangement of flowers and they were for me!! Alex sent me them, what a sweetheart!!!

Tomorrow I am going shopping with the girls in the morning and then I am going to alex's house for a surprise night! I will write about it later with a picture of the beautiful flowers he gave me. I think he is a keeper ;)

Almost the weekend

One of my lack of gifts is being able to write. I often think about writing an exciting blog, but as I start writing I have a very hard time relating my thoughts down on paper (or the internet in this case). It makes it so hard for me to write blogs... as you can tell.

However, I think it is very important for you to know what I am doing in life so I will keep writing ;)


This week was very good and exciting. Physical therapy is so much fun and I am excited to do it on my own not being a student. One of the younger patients I have been working with called the clinic and asked me on a date...which was flattering in a way.. but also a bummer in the fact that I probably will not be able to work with him much anymore just because it might be awkward. He was an interesting case which is a lot better than the normal boring shoulder injuries :).


This weekend should be busy but fun. Tomorrow is my works employee appreciation banquet in which Alex is coming with me and Judy and some other fun co-workers will be there. Saturday Alex has a family thing which I will go with him to ( he has LOTS of relatives.) It is a little overwhelming with all the people but I figure I have to get to know them at some point in time! :) Then we are going to have a bunch of people over to his house for game night, which should be really fun. Sunday I am working 6-2 but get home in time for a nap before church!

Anyways.. that's about it for now. The flu is going around here but I am trying to avoid it the best I can. Alex got sick, but I think it is with the flu that I got the flu shot for, so I came and made the poor boy supper. However I think he is feeling better because he has been out paint his new huge shed building whatever's office, so no more pity from me!

Hope everyone is doing well any staying well! :)