I wanted to show my mother-in-law Lynn the video a few posts down from this little girl singing with her dad, and after I showed it to her more of their videos popped up. Man this girl loves to sing!!! These are so great. The second video shows his other daughter who attempts to sing too- so cute!

Shoot em' up

My partner shot me up... it's true. It's okay though- cuz I shot her up too. And it was even fun- can you believe that? Nobody even passed out or anything! Sometimes I really can't believe I'm allowed to stick a needle in someone. We are pretty much champs!

Cooper's Moves

Cooper is just too dang cute

OPEN WIDE!!!

This is going to be me tomorrow...

Both giving and receiving shots- for the first time.

Yikes....

I'm very excited... (and slightly nervous- don't tell!)

There is a first time for everything in hygiene school!

So adorable!

So if you haven't seen this video- you probably should get on that. And if you have- you most likely won't have a problem watching it again, and again... she's just that cute! Just pause my music at the bottom of my blog and enjoy!

Christmas and New Years

A little late, but...

Christmas break couldn't have come soon enough after finishing an exhausting semester at school. Bridger, Dallan and I headed to Eagle on December 18th and were able to spend 2 whole weeks in Idaho! It was heavenly. We were able to celebrate McKay's birthday going to Sakura (the Japanese restaurant where they cook in front of you), followed by seeing Inception at the dollar theater for the first time. I know, I know- we were a little late on that one. But ohmy word- that movie is so great. It keeps you thinking that's for sure. We also went to my grandma and grandpa's for the annual gingerbread house making. Bridger helped little Burke with his house.

We headed up to McCall on the 21st to celebrate Christmas in a winter wonderland at the cabin. Time was spent lounging, sledding, games, watching football, and lots and lots of movies. Oh and how can I forget... Ticket to Ride. We only played about 30 games. Holy moly we played it a lot! The boys also made a sweet jump from the snow that has been plowed into a big mound. One person would drive the snowmobile that pulled the snowboarder. They would be pulled down the steep driveway, the snowmobile would veer off, and the snowboarder continued straight and hit the jump. Below I got a pretty sweet picture of Dallan midair!

Christmas Eve, Daniel, Sarah, Steve and Grandma Turnbull were able to join us. Christmas was wonderful, as it always is. My mom sure knows how to put on a magical Christmas. As my uncle Steve put it, "I've never had such a Christmasy Christmas." We cut down our own Christmas tree, sled behind the car, read the nativity story from the Bible, watched Rudolf the Rednose Reindeer, went for a midnight walk in the snow holding lanterns and walking below the prettiest, most snow-laden trees you can imagine. Christmas Eve was complete with Christmas pajamas and hot chocolate.

We were also able to see Bridger's family while up in the mountains. After we spent a relaxing morning opening presents we headed to Pete and Marianne's cabin for an afternoon/evening with the Booras family. We made cute Christmas desserts/goodies, had a yummy dinner and opened presents together. Oh yeah- and Christmas was complete when Bridger was pulled over on the way to their cabin (insert eye roll here). Fortunately, he wasn't ticketed, but it doesn't give him the best track record for driving up there on Christmas day. Three years ago while we were engaged he was at our cabin with us, and due to the weather my mom insisted that he needed to stay for Christmas- and I wasn't going to complain :) When he left Christmas afternoon he entered the canyon to see a car spinning in front of him. What are you supposed to do when there is a mountain to your right and oncoming traffic and the river to your left? Anyway- his car was totaled and that started this Christmas day curse in McCall!

When we returned back to Eagle we celebrated Daniel's birthday with dinner and yet another movie (True Grit is really good- you should go see it). Our family exchanged sicknesses and most of us rotated the next several days with sore throats and raw noses. But I managed to spend my time doing puzzles, reading here and there, and visiting friends once I was better. We also spent an evening with Bridger's sister Lindsy and her husband Tyler which we always really enjoy. We don't get to spend nearly enough time with them so it's good when we get to!

On New Years Eve Bridger and I were able to go to the Boise State basketball game with his dad and Marianne. They were behind the entire game but managed to make a comeback and even make it a victory! Later that night we stuffed ourselves silly at dinner. Nothing like a food coma to bring in the New Year! We returned to my parent's house to raise some sparkling cider glasses, throw some confetti around, open our fortune cookie to read what 2011 would bring to each of us, and bust some moves to Just Dance 2 on the Wii. At 2 in the morning I was crying from laughing so hard while dancing to Beyonce's Crazy in Love. McKay knew how to strut his stuff!

We returned to Provo on January 2nd with the daunting reality that school started the next day (for me that is). Not only did school start, but I was hit with yet another daunting reality- I had our 'End of Year 1' test three days after coming back that I hadn't studied for. Whoops. I spent the next two days studying my brains out. Before receiving our scores, our administration informed us, or should I say, chastised us, for our poor performance. We had done 'significantly worse' than any previous years. They dropped that bomb on us and then let us just let that soak for a good couple hours before receiving the news of if we would have to remediate or not (if you didn't get a certain score, you have to stay after school to study and take the section of the test you didn't pass). Fortunately for me, I only missed 10 of 160 questions so I passed with flying colors! No remediation for me! Wahoo!

So there you have it- that was our Christmas break. These holiday posts always take me so long to write because I want to really document what we did- no wonder it takes me so long to actually write it- it just overwhelms me!

Here are some pictures, in no particular order. I couldn't bring myself to organize them- Enjoy!

A Whole Lot of Random

Warning: This post has no reason or order to it. May just be my most random post yet, which probably describes my mindset the past couple days. A complete whirlwind.

School is almost finished for the semester. It's weird to think that what I once thought was impossible is actually turning out just fine. If the last 3 patients I have scheduled show up next week- I'll be one happy girl on December 9th, when clinic is over. I may just have to reward myself with a little Texas Road House or something, right? Steak and those heavenly rolls- yes please! But seriously, Heavenly Father has really, really blessed me this semester and answered so many of my prayers.

Christmas is on my mind. I cannot stop thinking about Christmas break- I'm just too excited. My uncle Steve and Grandma Turnbull will be coming up to the cabin with our family. Boise has been hit hard this winter with snow already. McKay had a snow day this week- when has that ever happened? I always prayed for a snow day growing up but never got one! hopefully it will stay and we will have a winter wonderland Christmas. I'll have to study for my big End of Year 1 Exam over the break, but I'm determined not to let that ruin my vacation. There are snowmen to be made, sledding to be done, goodies to be baked, decorations to be put up, Christmas trees to be cut and decorated, books to be read, fires to snuggle by- you get the picture.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving break, despite the awful driving weather. Tuesday night the roads were closed so we just decided to drive to Salt Lake, spend the evening with my grandmother and then we'd be able to get an early start on Wednesday morning. Bad idea- we hit the eye of the blizzard around the point of the mountain. Let's just say it was a complete whiteout for awhile, and we were inching along going about 5-10 mph going UPHILL, meaning we were losing traction on the icy roads. Bridger had to use the warning strip on the side of the road to get traction to keep moving up the hill. What a smart husband I have- I wouldn't have thought of that. We made it to Boise and really enjoyed spending time at home. Most of Bridger's weekend consisted of putting up Christmas lights for his dad and my parents. He had to put them up not once, but twice on my parents house because the lights decided to stop working after it was all done. Splendid! The drive back took 10 1/2 hours and I was hit with the flu part way through the drive. That was a fun day.

The biggest disappointment of Thanksgiving break was Boise State's devastating loss to Nevada in overtime. The team was up by such a big lead, but Nevada came back. We thought we were saved when Boise State made a miraculous play with 2 seconds left to give us a chance for a winning field goal, but sadly the field goal was missed. So it was a tied game and we were headed for over time. The kicker missed his 2nd field goal, Nevada's kicker made their field goal, and that was the end of the game. I honestly wanted to cry, and probably would have if I wasn't surrounded by so many people. #4 Boise State moved to #11 and the National Championship is out of question. And the kicker- poor guy. Can you imagine living with that?

Boise State is such a classy team- they have rallied around their kicker and showed nothing but class about the whole situation. Wish the same could be said about Nevada! Sorry to say but from the stories of friends, news reports and pictures in the newspaper, it seems as though Nevada has a pretty classless fanbase. Vandalizing cars, breaking BSU's flags, taunting players after the game- what a way to celebrate a victory!

I also think it's funny how BSU's 'rivals' the Vandals hate BSU so much, when BSU couldn't care less about them. So many people were relieved' about their loss and some even made facebook groups celebrating their loss. Really? What brings about so much hate? Some have criticized about how BSU has so many band-wagon fans that will finally fall away because of this loss. I think we've seen the opposite- as Bronco Nation has rallied around their team. Of course many were angry and disappointed at first- I was too, my heart sunk when those two kicks were missed- but for the most part I don't know if there is a more loyal fanbase than that of the BSU Football team. Go Broncos. I'll continue to sport my Blue and Orange- because I just can't help but love this football team!

When did I become so obsessed with college football anyway? I have no idea. NFL? Who cares. But I get so excited for the big college football games and I can honestly say I may have watched more than even my husband this year.

BYU lost too. Man that was a bad weekend for my teams.

Latest Favorite TV Shows: Modern Family, Parenthood, and Biggest Loser. Love em all.

I'm really excited for Bridger and I's date tomorrow. We've got a full day planned. I don't know the last real big date we went on so you could say it is much needed. IKEA, dinner in Salt Lake City, Temple Square Christmas lights, Festival of Trees- it's bound to be a fun time.

That's all of my randomness for now. Gotta go clean the apartment and get ready to study all night long at the library- what a hoppin' Friday night!