By no small miracle, we were able to secure plane tickets to Hawaii from Tylers company and a free week stay after listening to a dreadful sales presentation... I never thought it would all fly, but it officially has! We are going to Kauai in 19 days!!!!!
I am seriously so excited to go on a vacation for once and get a break from 60-72 hour work weeks. Additionally, I have been a little sad at times lately... my dear Grandpa Barr passed away recently, I have the impending doom of moving yet farther from family and the sun to Ohio for four years, and since graduation many of my friends have left me for bigger and better things. 12 days in Hawaii is just what the doctor ordered!
This is a tough choice... NOT! Either one! They both are in Arizona! Tyler had interviews at these school in the last couple weeks. We have not heard back if he got in or not yet, but hopefully (and most likely) he will get to at least one of them. Which means.... I will get my wish of moving back to ARIZONA! These happen to be great schools, so it works for Tyler too! Not that I regret moving to Utah, but I have always hoped I would move back closer to family again. I am grateful for all the memories I have made here, the awesome education I got at BYU, and of course meeting my Tyler. I just gotta get out of this cold and closer to my family! I have felt out of the loop for too long. I hope we get in soon! (I have already started packing)!
We are now just workin a ton and enjoying our time together as newlyweds. We don't know where life will take us this summer, but we are excited about the prospects of moving and starting a new adventure in the real world! Here's what you may have missed....
Tyler got accepted to dental school at Case Western in Cleveland, Ohio. Apparently there is some awesome architecture there! Still waiting from other schools...
I got my first winter coat. Tyler got it for my birthday!
My valentine's gift to Tyler, chocate goodness inside
Hello again, a year later! How about a real update: -We got officially engaged on May 8, 2010. Tyler took me out to a really nice sushi resturant in downtown Salt Lake. Then we took a stroll around temple square ( I was thinking in my head-please don't propose on Temple Square.... haha). As we were leaving, we saw a horse drawn carriage and he suggested that we took a ride. When Tyler was paying, he slipped a note to the driver to drop us off at the front gate of Memory Grove park (which is where my parents took their engagement pictures). After our romantic stroll around the city, the driver ended up dropping us off in the back of the park. As we walked through, I was very impressed with the sculptures that were lit up beautifully. As we were walking out of the park, Tyler suddenly switched directions and suggested that we walk more in the park. We ended up walking up a hill to a stair case. I saw some lights at the top of the stair case and suddenly my heart started pounding. There at the top was a blanket surrounded by candles with rose pedals scattered all around and a big bouchet of red roses : ) There was a bowl of fortune cookies with slips inside saying reasons why he loves me. Keep in mind I was bawling so much that I couldnt them haha... Then he said more sweet nothings and asked me to marry him! And of course I said yes! Turns out he had a couple of accomplices hiding in the bushes filming the whole thing.. (thanks Chaney's)! I couldn't have asked for more!
Can I just say that just because Ty and I have been talking about getting married for a long time, the fact that it is really happening next month is sooo crazy. I have ever emotion possible about it, but I am mostly just so excited to finally marry my best friend. I never thought I would find a boy like him.. haha. Ok, enough with the gushy stuff. Here is what we have been up to.
Tyler: For anyone that doesn't know him, he is probably one of the most easy going people I know, which is really good for me because I am so not easy going. Some things I first noticed about Tyler is that he is very friendly and social with everyone and he is content with himself. I have always said that I want a tall, smart, and nice boy.... that is exactly how I would describe Tyler! He recently graduated from BYU with a Biology major and buisness and spanish minors. He is frantically trying to finish up studying for the DAT for dental school, which he will take... ya know, I dont even know when! I get a different answer all the time. Well, he will do it by Aug 26th (our wedding) or there wont be one : ) .. I am only partly kidding! We are applying to mostly west coast dental schools, but we really want to go to a school in AZ so we can take advantage of the market and buy a house. One of my favorite Tyler quotes: "I think I am really going to enjoy being a dentist, except the working on teeth part..." haha Tyler has been more opinionated about the wedding then I would have guessed. He spend three hours in one store picking out his tux. Haha, I think he tried on every combination possible! We came out with one with this bluish tie and he wanted everything else to match it. Haha, after driving to every fabric store in Provo, we gave up trying to find fabric to match it. I have appreciated his help though!
Vanessa (me): I moved to Provo, Utah a couple weeks after I graduated high school in 2007 and have lived here ever since. I can't believe I have survived so many winters! I am going to start my last semester of nursing school at BYU this September. It has been quite the journey, but I can't believe I am graduating so soon. This fall for capstone, I am working (for free I might add) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. I have already spent a day there, and I couldn't believe how tiny the babies were, I mean tiny!!! It is beyond me how they get IV'S in their veins. Boy are they precious though! I plan to continue my current LPN jobs at VAMC and USH. Talk to about diversity... I will be working with preemies in an intensive care, old/mostly male veterans on a surgical floor, and psychiatric patients in a lockdown unit. haha.... I will let you know how I am holding up! This summer for me has consisted of getting up at 5 am 6 days a week (most weeks) to go to work, then coming home and doing P90X, planning the wedding, and going to sleep early while everyone else is playing : ( This month I have been pulling 16 hours shifts at USH.... you heard right, 16. I get there at 6 am and dont leave until 10 at night. Lets just say I have blood shot eyes by the end. That's so not healthy!!!! haha.
I am excited to see everyone at the wedding/reception/open houses. If you haven't yet, please send me your address so we can mail you an invite!!!
I am just starting my blog.... I never thought I would see the day. I can't believe the difference a couple of years makes in my life and the lives of friends and family. I wanted to use this blog to update everybody on whats been going on in my life since graduating high school and now! More to come soon!
Hello again, a year later! How about a real update:
