Michigan?

Well, I was accepted to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry! It's a pretty good school- supposedly top 3 in research... I liked the campus and Ann Arbor, but we'll see where we end up still. We are leaning towards OU I think. We'll keep you updated...

Brownie Pudding

I made dinner and brownies today. They were both great. Here is a picture of my fabulous creation topped with some vanilla ice cream. The recipe was called Brownie pudding and it turned out really yummy :)

I said I wouldn't...

So, I didn't want to, but I had to go to the library the other day to get a children's book for one of my classes, and I've just heard so much about this book that I just had to go and check if Twilight was on the shelf. Unfortunately I found it. There was one left. So I checked it out.I said I wasn't going to read it and I've heard a lot about the book (good and bad). I've been involved in many conversations about this book and I said I didn't want to spend time reading it, but I got it. And... I started reading it. I've heard many people say that as soon as they picked it up, they couldn't put it down.

I put it down after about five pages.

I decided I shouldn't have gotten the book now because it's my busiest week in school and I have no time to read it. Hopefully I can read some of it and then renew it later, but as of right now I'm not even done with chapter 1, so we will see how it goes :) This is a post to all of you Twilight fans, yes, I am reading the book.

How to have a successful valentines day, and a happy husband and wife :)

Step #1: Make your husband breakfast


I couldn't think of anything for Nick this year so I decided Nick loves food and I would make him a really nice breakfast on Valentines Day (most days we just eat cereal, except for Saturday's, but then again I have to work almost every Saturday morning so I'm not able to make a nice breakfast then either). So the night before Valentine's day I went and bought the groceries. That little sneak found out when I was cooking dinner that night!! He grabbed something out of the fridge and moved some things around and saw the sausage, then asked why we had sausage..... I couldn't help but to smile. Then he tried to pretend he didn't know what I was doing, he's so cute.
I made:

- Apple pancakes (they were yummy, I saw the recipe in a magazine and forgot to write it down so I kind of went off of what I remembered)
-Sausage
-Hash brown (more like a diced potato mix)
-Scrambled eggs
-Orange Juice

It was great.

Step #2: Make your husband a card (I recommend doing this before you cook the breakfast because if you're like me and wait until after breakfast is done you can't wake your husband up to come eat until the card is done so then the food gets cold...) I just learned this. :)


I also like making my own cards because... well I just do, it's easy to buy one, but hopefully Nick enjoys them more because I spend time on them.

Step #3: Get work off (I forgot to do this, so I went to work that day from 12-5:00, not too bad I guess).

Step #4: Husband gets the wife something really sweet!! :)


For me, it was a bunch of pictures AND picture frames! I didn't expect it, but Nicholas surprised me when I got home from work. I love it, now I can decorate that empty wall of ours.


Step #5: Go to Stake Conference

Just kidding, but we did have Stake Conference on Valentine's night and we were probably one out of the 3 young couples there (along with all the older married with 5 kids couples). Go us.

Step #6: Get Chinese take out and a really good movie!! (May I recommend Fireproof, excellent movie!)

Result: Successful Valentine's and a happy husband and wife

Soooo.....

Dana made cookies today.... They were really good. Just thought I'd share that with you...

2nd Practicum... and other things

I'm going to teach

6th grade!!!

AAh, I'm so nervous. I know they are still young, but compared to the 1st grade classroom I was in last semester... they are so much bigger!!! And they have much more of an attitude. I can't believe the big gap I took from 1st to 6th. I'm kind of glad however, because I can see if I like the older grades now. Who knows, maybe i'll end up wanting to teach 6th or 5th grade! For now though... my love still lies with the little ones. They are just so adorable and innocent, I can't wait to have kids of our own. Teaching is the best career for me, everytime I go to an elementary school or see little kids it reassures me that I want to be a teacher. I love the kids. :) I can't wait to teach in my own classroom.

Another update.. I'm thinking I might quit my job soon. I take my Praxis exam on March 14th. That's the exam I have to pass in order to teach. I'm wanting time to study and it's right after my practicum starts so I don't know if I will have enough time to go to the elementary school everyday from 8:00-4:00 p.m., work from 5-9 p.m. AND study for my praxis exam all at the same time (not to mention be a good wife and clean the house hahah). Therefore, I will have to let one thing go.. it was a hard decision, but I decided it would be my job! Actually it wasn't that hard of a decision. So good bye to ABELLA!

Nicholas and I still don't know where we will be going to dental school. As of right now it is Oklahoma!! Wow... never would have thought I'd end up there. HAha. It will be interesting though, since I know nothing about the state. We still are really hoping we'll get into Colorado. I like Colorado, it's a very nice place and it will be nice to still be close to family. Oh yeah, and if we move to Oklahoma I can't do my student teaching this summer!! I will have to do a 'courtesy placement' and they will find a school there for me to teach at in the Fall... I would much rather do it here in the summer. :(

Alright, well enough writing. I hope you all are happy and doing well. Remember to smile and to serve others. Let us know if you need anything. Love to everyone. :)

Nick and Dana

Dental School

Well, it has been a while since I posted anything. I have let Dana take over and do her thing. So, I just thought I'd get on and give an update on what we are up to. A couple of weeks ago, I went to California for a dental school interview. It was alright. It was really nice to stay with my Aunt Debbie. The school (Loma Linda) was good, too. I got back on Wednesday and left Thursday morning for Detroit for another interview at U of Mich in Ann Arbor. It was a pain to get there, but overall it went really well. The school was really big and Ann Arbor is a nice town. So now I am waiting to hear from them and Colorado still. We hope to get into Colorado, but will go wherever. We are thinking Oklahoma right now (mainly because that is the only place we've gotten in to, haha). But, hopefully in the next couple of weeks another school will call so we can start deciding where to go and whatever. It's a pain, but we'll get through it. So, that's pretty much it. Dana and I are in our last semesters at BYU. Woohoo. almost done. I'll try to get on more often and give an update on the dental stuff.

I also added on a video of Dana's second time skiing. We went on New Year's Day to Loveland. It was super cold, but really fun. Dana was scared at the beginning of the day, but did really great towards the end. I love her for trying. She's awesome. She is the best wife ever and I love her cooking... (she told me to write the last three sentences, the little brat.) I do love her though!
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