It's Official!!

We are done with college! We both graduated May 15th! Joel has started his new job in Albany and he absolutely loves it! I start work on MONDAY! I took my licensing exam this last tuesday and PASSED which is so great! I am officially a RN!

Joel and I at my Nursing School Graduation

My Nephew Cameron and Myself at graduation!

Graduation!

Is coming so fast. It is officially less than two months away. It almost doesn't feel real that in that short of a time we will both be finished with college! I don't think we are going to the actual graduation though. From my experience with graduations it is usually boring and long and often hot. :) However, as a nursing student I do have convocation to go to, which is a graduation ceremony with me and the 46 other nursing students I have gone through school with. That should be lots of fun because I will actually know everyone walking across the stage. All that is left after that is pass NCLEX and hopefully get a job. I had job interviews last week at Renown here in Reno, I think they went well and I should find out next week more information on how they went. I still can't believe it is so close. Joel and I are SUPER excited. Joel of course is SUPER busy as well. He is working sooooo hard this semester, as he has since he went back to school. It is a little crazy, but it will all be worth it come May.

Here is the newest addition to our family, Symba!

It's been a while!

So I just realized that I have not posted a new blog since AUGUST! Okay I am a slacker. Joel and I have been soooo busy with school this last year. However, the end is in sight. We both Graduate in MAY!! Something that we are both so very excited about.

We had a good winter break, even though Joel had to take a winter session class. It was nice to have the time off school, almost 5 weeks for myself and 2 for Joel. Joel as usual has been busy working on school work and programming projects even when he is not in class! I have been enjoying my time off school, studying a little for my liscensing exam and working a bunch. I had a nice visit down with my family in Sacramento for a few days!

In other news we just got a new dog! We adopted him through the Humane Society. Symba is a 4 year old German Shepherd/Rottweiler. He is adorable and him and Rasha seem to get getting along okay. He is very well behaved and housebroken, knows a few commands and does well on a leash. All very exciting for a dog from the shelter. We just have good luck it seems.

Here are some pictures from our recent adventures!

We got a pretty decent amout of snow at the beginning of september! The dogs LOVED IT! Rassha especially loved running around in the snow.

We had a really fun Halloween party! I was a fairy! Joel dressed as Billy Idol, complete with awesome hairdo as well!

CAMPING!

Joel and I went camping a few weekends ago! It was a lot of fun. My dad came and brought Calvin who is the son of a good friend of his and my Mom and sister Elizabeth came as well and brought my nephew Cameron. We had a great time! It was awesome to get a nice little break from school and work :)



You can't tell but its raining in this picture!

Getting ready to go down to the river!

Liz likes to take pictures at strange times. Mouthful of delicous BBQ dinner!

Cameron and His Uncle Joel!

The girls hanging out!

Joel and my sister Elizabeth

Hanging out by the campsite sharpening marshmallow sticks!

Fourth of July!

We had a great 4th of July. We went for a hike at Donner Lake and then came home and bbq'd some steak. The hike was lots of fun. We went through some of the old train tunnels above the lake that are not in use anymore. It was really cool. You could see the rocks and areas stained from the smoke from the trains passing through. We took the dogs with us and that was a lot of fun. We are still working with Rasha on walking on a leash, but she had a lot of fun.

Joel and the dogs on the Trail. In case you were wondering the other dog is Maggie, she is our new roommates dog, we kidnap her for stuff when her mom is busy.

We came out of this hole in the tunnels and you could see Donner Lake really well, it was such a nice day out!


Joel and the girls in front of one of the tunnels. I was able to catch the two dogs actually sitting still for a picture!!



Sitting and relaxing after the hike having some snacks. Maggie wants some pistachios!

We had a great day hiking and can't wait to do it again.

Update!

Okay so I havn't posted in a while. It has been pretty busy around here for the two of us. School is turning out to be very challenging for both of us this semester and takes a whole lot of our time. We are both loving it though, but still can't wait for the end of the semester, which is in a week! Then we get a whole week off and start again for our summer semester. We are both going to school this summer. My classes are going to be crazy! 17 credits in three months. This last semester was a lot of fun. It was hard, but I have really enjoyed it. I have learned a lot, and seen a lot of interesting stuff as well. Nothing yet that makes me wish I had picked a different career choice so thats a good thing. We are both going to graduate a year from now, which makes it easier to get through it, knowing the end is near... well the end for now :P.

The house is coming along well. Still a TON of work to do on it, but the work we have done has turned out pretty good. I promise I am going to post pictures soon.