Rolling Along

Life always seems to roll right along. I'm back in school, and it's picking up fast. I keep reminding myself that by the end of this year, I'll be board eligible. Crazy.

Here's a recent photo from school...



Patient right is a pig's foot and patient left is a sheep's tongue. I think I'll be suturing a lot between now and the onset of my practicing career, but it was a fun first experience. It's okay you can say it.... NERD!

My sweet boy just isn't feeling well at all. We did go outside for a little bit today and soak up some sunshine. I'm so thankful for this little blessing in my life, and I have no idea what I'll do without him.



In other news, Justin has a new hobby. He got a road bike for Christmas and has steadily been going on longer and longer rides. He rode 19 miles today. He'd kill me for posting this photo, but I like it!



I also have a new hobby. Shopping for my nephew! Lol. Seriously, I love spending time on pinterest, etsy, even google, looking for cute things for him! I can't wait for June! :-)

~BKL

I Don't Want to Go to School!!!!!

School resumes tomorrow. *Sigh* Although I've been in clinical throughout the "break" having time away from studying and classes has been so nice. I've felt like I have a "real job" in which I work 8-5 and have my evenings to spend at my leisure with Justin. Never take that for granted, I sure haven't over these last few weeks!

I've determined that I'm pretty boring and so is my blog. And that's okay. Boring usually means that life is going pretty good.

~BKL

Happy 2012!

Hope you all had a great Christmas. Ours was wonderful, simple and relaxed, filled with lots of family time. We really are blessed!

Hope that everyone also has a good new year. We had a great start yesterday, spending more time with family and enjoying good food and being together. I know this year will bring lots of goodness our way - particularly in the form of a sweet baby boy in June :-) I also will graduate this coming December. What?!

Happy 2012 everyone!

~BKL

Consumed

Blogging has become non-existent as has most other leisurely parts of my life. This semester was ROUGH, and I'm thrilled to say I survived and I am 1/4th a nurse practitioner ;-) I won't have a true break as I'm still in clinical but classes don't resume until the 18th of January so I do get a break from tests and get evenings with my husband back. HOORAY!!!

I know you all already know, but I'm excited enough to share again :-) Come June, I will have a sweet NEPHEW who I am so ready to spoil! Watching our sweet boy move around during the ultrasound brought tears to my eyes. A true miracle and such a blessing to our family!

Tomorrow my mom and I are going to the Fox to see the Nutcracker. My mom has wanted to go since she was a little girl, and I am thrilled to be going with her. :-)

Merry Christmas,

~BKL

I've been bitten!

By the Christmas bug! We put up our Christmas decorations today and I couldn't be happier! Justin is about to become a slave to his job (which is really another story for another day) due to selling Christmas trees at the nursery he works at (and an insane employer), so we put our tree up today, on what will probably be our last day off together until Christmas.

We had coffee and cinnamon rolls while we listened to Christmas carols and put up the tree- perfection!

Here's a photo of the tree and fireplace. The mantle isn't really what I want, but my husband's lovely television gets in the way of true mantle Christmas bliss so I'll just be satisfied with what we have this year. Since I only have the ends to decorate, I feel like I need something with some height, but like I said, I'll be happy with what I have! I do hope that in a future home we can make other TV viewing arrangements...



This is my new kissing ball! I've been looking for one for years and my mom found this at Hallmark last year! I LOVE it!



And this is today's ornament. I thought it would be fun to post photos of ornaments throughout the Christmas season and share their meanings. :-)

You'll find these ornaments all over my tree, of different sizes and slightly different shapes. My great-grandmother made these snowflakes and they are by far my favorite thing(s) hanging from my tree. Each time I see them I think of her, and I'm reminded of her love, especially of this season, celebrating our Savior's birth!



Merry (early) Christmas!
~BKL

Rolling Along

Life is rolling along.

School is insane and clinicals haven't even started yet. They start in two weeks and I imagine the level of insanity will only increase. To say I'm counting down to the end of this semester would be an understatement. A huge one. Although I should say I'm really enjoying my classes and learning about becoming a medical provider. It's just eating away all of my free time.

We went to the mountains last weekend with Justin's family and had a nice escape from reality. When we got back this week hit me in the face because of the lack of work I did over the weekend. Ooops. Oh well, it was worth it. Ask me that again after my Health Assessment exam next week. ;-)

A little update on Jackson. He needs to a have a lymph node removed for more testing. We're working on scheduling that now. Our hometown vet is not comfortable doing the procedure so we are currently working with a clinic in Athens. Hopefully, we'll have his surgery date set by the end of the day today. He's doing well though. So sweet and I'll admit it, so spoiled. :-)

~BKL

Excited Much?!?

YES I AM!!!!!!!



Let the spoiling begin!!!

~BKL