It's Christmas Eve for cryin out loud!

LADIES! It has been a very long time, but since I'm back into the blogging thing i thought I'd say hello. I don't have much time these days to get online let alone check blogs and emails but it's Christmas Eve and I'm waiting for Alex to wake up. See when I got home from Europe I was dating this guy and well, we've seen each other every single day since then. It's amazing, I love his little heart to death. We even have our own blog... who doesn't these days, right? ;) it's a crazy one, so let me just type it for you http://www.chopstickandfortunecookie.blogspot.com/ it's an inside joke we have with the Chinese food references.

As for work, I've been working for Dr. Christensen in Murray about 3 days a week because his previous hygienist only wanted to work 3 days. I however will start working Mon-Thur beginning Dec. 31. I work from 7-5 and it's actually not that bad. The wear and tear on my body though is more than I ever expected. It's hard work what we do, has anyone else noticed that? Feels like I should have a daily massage after work. My Dr. is really great though, a little quirky - he's a tango dancer and a member of the WREB and ADA. So he's gone during the weekends administering tests to hygieneists and dental students. He's also on the board for revising the National test administered to hygienists. Remember that 8 hour long ordeal? He's trying to make it better...ie not so long. I use everything and more that I was taught in school cause he's really up on his hygiene info. I am also going to being trained on a new laser used for cleaning out deep pockets...what ever int he heck that is. Yeah I still probe, do oral cancer screenings, wear a smock everything but it's a job right? ;)

And now it's Christmas time and I have a whole week off. Al and I were supposed to go snowboarding today but with the storm we don't want to get stuck up a mountain on Christmas Eve, so we'll have to go sledding or something. I miss you all and wish you the best, MERRIEST CHRISMAS! Eli

(No this is not an engagement pic, we were taking family pics and his mom decided she wanted some of us.... but yes, I did say we were taking family pics!)

New Job

So I have finally decided to stay up here full time. I got a new job working in Pleasant Grove and Payson for a dentist. I will be working 5 days and am a little nervous to do it. I never wanted to work 5 days but I am looking forward to it now. I am so tired of having nothing to do. Kenz- I know it has been months since you asked me where I live. It is Pleasant Springs apartments. It is across Pleasant Grove Blvd from you. It is fun and I love living up there. Anyway nothing new is going on with the dating scene. I am still just dating and having fun. Other than that life is good.

We need to be better about blogging on here. I go to everybodies individual sites but those that don't have those need to write on this one more. We also need to get together again.

Kara

Oklahoma here we come!!!

sorry you have to hear from me all the time, but i just have to let you all know that i'm so freaking excited because my wonderful, smart husband just got accepted to dental school at the university of oklahoma. so i'm already searching for houses and we'll probably be leaving sometime in may! weird that i'm somewhat sad to leave utah... but we are so pumped to move on to another fun phase of our lives!

by the way, my address is:
266 N. 300 E. Apt. 27
Provo, UT 84606
it's the brown brick apartments on the west side of 300 east

MODBE Party

so i have no idea if any of us ever check this anymore... but i was just wondering if any of the girls around provo would like to stop by my house on Wednesday, Dec. 5th between 6:30-8:00pm. it's a clothing party for Modbe clothing. it's open house style so you can just show up and try on clothes and look through the catalog and eat some food. if you can't come, you can check out the website www.modbeclothing.com or www.shopmodbeclothing.com and let me know if you want anything. i miss all of you and i'm wondering what you are up to!!! any pregnant people yet? we are excited to hear back soon from OU. i'll keep you all filled in :) hope to see someone writing something soon...

Hey everyone!

I hope everyone is doing great. I am having so much fun being done with school, but I miss all of you. Kip is getting ready to take the DAT on top of school and work and I feel bad that I'm not nearly as busy as him.
Anyway, I think as far as continuing ed goes, we start worrying about it in May when we renew our licenses (i think it's every even year we have to renew...so 2008). I think after May we have 2 years to get our 30 credits. I hope that made sense. Anyway, I love looking at every one's cute blogs!

~Katie

Continuing Ed

Hey, I just had a quick question. When do we have to start doing our CE credits? I know school counted, but until when?

Denise

Hi girls-

So it has been a long time since I wrote so I thought I would update everybody, not that anything new is going on. I am still working at Dr. Wilson's office in Provo and at Dr. Myers' office in Beaver. I love going home and hanging with my family and friends from down there. I am not dating anybody as of right now so life is pretty boring. Talise I second the getting together thing. Sorry I couldn't come last time. I had a family party and actually ended up have a cyst on my right ovary burst which put me in a lot of pain for about a week. I can do it anytime on Wed's, Fri's, or Sat's. It will be way fun to see everybody.

Kara

HELLO?

Where is everyone, no one has posted in almost a month?!! Can we please get together sometime, I miss all of you so much, and I haven't seen anyone since the beginning of the summer. I will be out of town next week, but lets plan something, everyone let me know when is good for you. I love and miss you all!!

Love Talise

Guess who got to have a slumber party with Nico Flava?

Girls, I'm telling you- you have got to visit Nicole! It was so fun to see her in her element. Of course she fits perfectly in New York. Ty and I were flying stand-by to Greece and my prayers were answered when we didn't make our connecting flight out of NYC so we got to go stay with her and Spen. Don't let her fool you, her apartment is sweet. Everything in the apartment is so nice and brand spankin' new, it is right by central park and, of course, it is decorated so classy and so cute. We stayed up late chit chatting AND they made us waffles, what more could you ask for? We also got to walk her to work at Williams Sanoma, it was so fun to see her working there, it is a huge store in a big sky rise right in the city. Oh! It was just a highlight of the trip! I highly recommend going out there.

So THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 5TH WE ARE MEETING FOR LUNCH AGAIN AT THE SAME KNEADERS IN OREM AT 1230PM! Be there or be square! Who can make it? Respond in the comments either way if you read this so I know if I have to call you or hunt you down. So far me, Kenz and Laurel are commited. And I'm pretty sure Nico, Densie and Stef will fly in for the occasion, I would be offended if they didn't. I talked to Erin and she has to work:( Hopefully the rest of you will all be there! I can't wait to see your smiling faces.
Love, em

new adventures

yo! this is nat. basically, i miss all of you so much. working is fabulous, but some days i long for an MATC $1 sandwich and my homies. so this week's news is basically to let everyone know that i need your help finding more work. unfortunately, kenzie and i don't work together anymore (sad/ long/weird/funny story) , but don't fret, i've got a great new job working monday, wednesday, friday. so if anyone knows of a doctor looking for a P/T hygienist please let me know!!! i would even want just like one of those days or something. i'm open to all sorts of possibilities. other than that, nothing else new is happening at the michaelsen homefront. soren is a little smartie pants. he got a 20 on the DAT (which isn't what he wanted, but probably still good enough to get into dental school), and he got a little bonus at work for being the best reviewed TA of last semester. i'm so proud :) so we'll let you all know when we hear back from dental schools and such. i really love you all and miss you severely. please blog to alleviate my pain. anyone pregant?

CHEERS!!

So it's been a while, I know and sorry for keeping everyone in suspense ;) but I'm home now. I've been back from Europe for a month now, but took a few several other trips which is why I haven't posted. And now sad to say it's back to reality. I've been temping just a few places and my last one is this next Mon - Wed. after that I am officially out of a job and it's been a lot harder trying to find one than I thought. If anyone knows of any good ways to look for one up here that would be a great big help. Ok, anyway enough of the small talk, here's what yo've all been waiting for....
We started off our trip in Paris for a few days, then took a trip out to the coast to see Mont St. Michel (amazing) and then the Beaches of Normandy. -yeah bit of a tear jerker at the American Cemetary. Then we barely made our flight to ENGLAND!! It was probably one of the happiest moments of my life. We saw England and tons of it for a few days. Parlaiment was sureal, Buckingham Palace and changing of the guards was a little different than I'd thought it would be. We rode double decker busses and ate at every Hard Rock Cafe in all 5 countries that we went to as well as a Magnum bar -DELICIOUS!! Then we went up to Scotland, had lunch across from Edinburgh Castle. And then over to Ireland...HEAVEN it was like St. Patrick's day every day. Although I did learn that "Top O' the Mornin'" is totally an American phrase, they've never even said it and don't know where we got it from. Yes Harry Potter was EVERYWHERE and on the first day of our tour I met a girl who was reading the 7th book..so that afternoon when she finished it, she gave it to me. And three days later I knew how it ended!! It was perfect to read it while I was in England. We stopped in Wales on the way back from Ireland.. apparently it's the Happiest Country...Sure. They did have a Hard Rock though, so I was happy :) We ended our trip in England seeing the Roman Baths and Stonehenge. Which we didn't pay the 10 pounds to go across the gate because you can see it perfectly from outside for free. And then it was over. Just like that. Three weeks went by so fast. I have thousands of pics but these are just a few of the ones to show you. Hope it's not too overwhelming and doesn't make anyone too jealous. Em if you have any questions feel free to ask. It was seriously the most amazing trip of my life and I can't believe it's over.

Three days before I left I went on a blind date as a favor to a girl in my home ward and ...well when I got back we started dating. His name is Alex and he's pretty much amazing too. When I got back from Lake Powell we hung out again and have spent every day together. Makes it really hard to want to get a job. So life's going great and I am so excited every time I look at everyone's blogs. Crazy how our lives are changing. I wish everyone well and am sad I was gone for the last lunch. Nico have a blast in NY. And everyone else who's too. Summer's over but there's so much still to do.

Miss everyone!

Eli

Address?

Hey Gals, It's Kenz. I am updating my mailing address list and sending out invitations to a jewelry party in a few weeks. I need all of your addresses ASAP. Don't be lazy, just sign in and post your address. Or you can text it too me. I love you all!
Kenz

Hey everyone, its Talise. Sorry I really suck at keeping up with the blog. I check it all the time, I just never get around to writing. I apologize. I hope that everyone is having a fantastic summer. Ours has been great, but it is just about over. We are starting to pack up to come back to Utah at the end of the week. I am actually really sad to leave. It has been so nice just sleeping in everyday and hanging out with Bella all the time. It is going to be so hard to go back to work and having Jeff in school again. I really love it here in Washington, the weather is great and there is so much to do. Jeff got 2 job offers this week here in seattle, so we just have to decide what is best and we will be here for sure next summer. I am really excited!

Just in case any of you forgot, Bella is probably the cutest thing ever! She started crawling over a month ago and she is into everything. She has also started pulling herself up onto the furniture. I really think she will be walking in no time! Here are some pictures so all of you can see. I will be back in Utah next week and I would love to get together sometime to see all of you, so let me know. Love you all!

Okay since I haven't written for a while I thought I would answer the questions. But first I have to tell everybody that I am finally done at Sports Authority, my last day is this Saturday the 18th. I am so relieved and excited:) So here are the answers:

4 Jobs That I Have Had
1. Sports Authority
2. Server at Applebees
3. Front Desk at Crystal Inn
4. DENTAL HYGIENIST

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over Again
1. Any of the Pirates
2. Walk the Line
3. Without A Paddle
4. Italian Job

4 Places I have lived
1. MINERSVILLE (yeah baby)
2. Cedar
3. Provo
4. I am moving to Pleasant Grove in about a week

4 Favorite TV Shows
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Friends
3. The Hills
4. Real World/Road Rules Challenges

4 Places I Have Been on Vacation
1. Florida
2. New York City
3. Laguna and Huntington Beach
4. San Franciscon

4 Favorite Dishes
1. Anything Mexican
2. Mom's Cheesecake
3. Any pasta from Olive Garden
4. Mom's Funeral Potatoes

4 Websites I Visit Daily
1. E-mail (excite.com)
2. DH Blog
3. My Space
4. Mountain America

4 Places I Would Rather Be Right Now
1. Laguna Beach
2. New York City
3. On my way hunting with my crush
4. Anywhere but Provo, UT

4 People I Am Tagging
come on guys this is a fun way to learn more about each other



Okay so there they are. I hope you all like them. Kenz I think I need to get out more than you do. I haven't really lived anywhere either, just in the little Utah BUBBLE. Anyways, love ya girls and sorry I couldn't make it to the lunch. I missed all of you.

Kara

4 Jobs that I have had...
1.Velvet Freez Gal (VF is a sweet burger/shake shack in Price. Is was my dream job because it was all you could eat, for free! I think my boss probably lost money every time I worked)
2. Dental Assistant
3. Jacksons Hole (Cutest cloths ever!)
4. Dental Hygienist

4 Movies I could watch over and over again...
1. The American President
2. Steal Magnolias
3. The Incredibles
4. Lord of the Rings

4 Places I have lived.....
1. Price
2. Orem
3. Springville
4. PGHOW BORING!!! I really need to get out and see the world!

4 Favorite T.V. shows...
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. The Office
3. So you think you can dance?
4. Prison Break

4 Places I have been on vacation...1
. Carribean Cruise
2. Orlando FL
3. Iowa to visit my favorite big brother
4. Dominican Republic

4 Favorite Dishes...
1. Any PASTA
2. Mexican food
3. My mother in laws Meat Pies
4. Cheesecake Factory cheesecake

4 Websites I visit daily...
1. My email
2. Blogs
3. Recipe websites
4.Shopping

4 Places I would rather be right now....
1. On a cruise
2. On a bike ride with my hubby
3. In Lake Powell
4. With my family

4 people I am tagging...
Get to it Gals!

Okay ya'll. Marnae tagged us. Get posting!

Can I just start off by saying I can't even stand it when I see pictures of ya'll getting together. It looked like so much fun. Major nolstalgia here. Miss you guys!

4 Jobs that I have had...
1.Babysitter
2. A&F
3.Schedule Coordinator
4. Dental Assistant

4 Movies I could watch over and over again...
1.Girls Just Want to Have Fun
2. Newsies
3. Grease
4. Baby Einstein: Discovering Water

4 Places I have lived.....
1. Chicago
2. Hawaii
3. Utah
4. Texas

4 Favorite T.V. shows...
1. So You Think You Can Dance?
2. Friends reruns
3. HGTV
4. Boy Meets World

4 Places I have been on vacation...
1. West Palm Beach, FL
2. Catalina Island, CA
3. Santa Barbara, CA
4. Zions National Park, UT

4 Favorite Dishes...
1. Burritos
2. Enchiladas
3. Quesadillas
4. Nachos

4 Websites I visit daily...
1. My email
2. Craigslist
3. Blogs
4. HGTV

4 Places I would rather be right now....
1. On a cruise
2. In Hawaii
3. On the beach
4. With my family

4 people I am tagging...
Everybody else

Let's see how much we know about each other.
Denise

Mark your calanders!

Ok Gals! We have set the date! We are all going to meet for lunch on Friday, Aug 10th at 12:30! We will be eating at Kneaders in North Orem (Sorry in the text message I said Lindon, but it is officially Orem I guess). If you haven't ever eated there you are in for a treat! It is delish! We kind of figured it is a good "middle" meeting ground, but if it doesn't work for anyone let me know. It is easy to find. The address is 1990N State Street. So if your coming via freeway, I would just take the 1600 N exit and head North until you come to it on your right hand side (East side of the street).
This will be our last chance to see our sweet Nico's face before she leaves us. Everyone COME!!! It will be a blast! I miss you all! See you Friday!
Kenz

PS if you think that anyone is not going to see this message before Friday call them!

Home from California!

Ty and I just got back in town last night and the first thing I had to do was check this blog to see whats new in the RDH world. I DEFINITELY want to get together this week. I'm pretty much free any day this week. You guys, Ty is done with the bar!! Can you believe it? I am so happy- I finally have a husband again. We went surfing all week to celebrate- I hope you have all been stalking my blog like I have yours (plug for my blog: it's awesome even though, like Kenz, we have no kids to show off- tyandemily.blogspot.com) I posted some pictures there but I'm going to put some on here too. I'm obsessed with my new nephew. My sis is in town and me and Owen took a little cat nap together yesterday, he's the man.

Me and Ty celebrated our 2 year anniversary last week- it was funny, we pretty much camped on the side of the freeway on the night of our anniversary, it was so romantic. I miss you all and can't wait to see you all very soon- I'm reading Harry Potter right now, I love it. When does Eliza get back from Europe? I'm dying to hear about her trip. Nico, I'm so sorry about your apt- your new one sounds way sweet though!

I love you more than Baby Spice loves high heels and capris,

Em

p.s. Ty's growing out his nasty mustache

We have a blog!

Hey gals. It's me again. Just wanted to tell you that Ken and I jumped the blogging ban wagon. Are blog is kennyandkenz.blogspot.com It won't be near as fun to look at as you guys with cute babies, but hey grizz is pretty dang cute too:)
Kenz
Ps: Nico...Did anyone teach you how to put other people's blogs onto your own. Teach me!

Howdy Gals!

Hey there everyone! This is Kenz!How are you all? I love that everyone is getting their own blog. The johnsons will be up and running in the next weeks or so:) Get excited about it!

So Natalie and I have been talking and we decided that a dental hygiene reunion lunch is definately in order. Especially because our little Nico is leaving SO SOON! So I will just throw so dates out there and see if I get any bites.
How bout next Friday at 12:30??
Who likes next Saturday at 12:00??
Or we could always do a dinner reunion.
I was thinking next Wed. at 6:00??

Seriously though, anything works for me. I just want to see all of you sweet face. But we have to do it soon. So blog your hearts away and let's get it on the calander ASAP...Speaking of calander-Em.. I would LOVE another one of the BYU law planners if you can steal one for me:)

Nat and I were thinking we could meet somewhere in between the SLC babes and the utah valley hotties. How bout the American Fork/Lindon Kneaders???

Let me know!
I love you all

Kenz

Nicole and Spen's Blog

Here is our blog address: http://familyclawson.blogspot.com/

Can someone tell me how to put the links of other blogs in my own blog?
Love you all.

Holla my Sista's

Hello everyone. So, we lost our fabulous apt...which wrecked our summer schedule...(sorry about the no show at the Xango tri...you can thank Cathy, the evil landlord who kicked us out) Thus, we had to fly out to NYC to look for a new one. We found a great....very tiny (400 square feet--about the size of Marnae's kitchen) converted one bedroom apt. I'm stoked about the location, but not sure how Spenny will fit in the space. Our address is 56 West 65th Street (check it out on google earth if you love me). I'm half a block from the Temple, Lincoln Square, and Central Park. Even though I lost the 2 bed apt...I still expect visitors often as Spen will be traveling alot!!! Girls trip....

This "street art" was found near my apt. I think the artist was welcoming us. He must of known we were from "Utah". (But seriously...if you are going to create "street art"...why Utah???)

And we are trying to sell the Passat and our bedside tables and dresser. Any takers?

I leave in 2 weeks and would love to play. What's everyones schedule next week? I heart you all and miss you plenty.

P.S. Check out Spen's hot, manly beard. And we started a blog...i'll post the address...i just forget the name of it.

Great news!!

I PASSED the dumb california boards!! I am so happy! It's so nice to officially be DONE, yippppeeee!! And Happy 24th today! Ty is in California taking the bar as we speak, I'm dying. He's studied like crazy, but this last week when I've told people he's taking the california bar I hear all these horror stories of people failing. There was only a 35% pass rate for the Cali bar in February. Let's just hope Ty makes it into that 35% or we might be home from London a little earlier than planned (Ha! He'll pass...I hope). Oh my sweet Amelia! Does she miss me? Give her my love, and all the other babies.

My sister had her baby boy last week, they named him Owen Michael. Oh how my heart melts for him. They actually just found out he has PKU. and those of you who were intently listening in physiology class will remember that that is when your body is missing the enzyme that breaks down protein. So baby Owen will never be able to eat meat, dairy, eggs, milk, enriched flour...it's sucks. My sister's pretty overwhelmed, but luckily they've caught it now and can manage it with diet. It's pretty crazy though, it won't make him sick if he has protien, it causes brain damage, so it has to be a pretty strict diet. So I'm officially starting a vegetarian diet for a month, I might try to do the vegan diet that he'll have to be on, but I really don't know if I can do it. My family's just going to try the diet for awhile just to get some recipes and ideas for my sis. Anyway, if any of you know anyone/anything with PKU let me know, I've been researching it like crazy.

I love and miss you all. When are you coming to London, has anyone bought a plane ticket yet? Just let me know the dates you're coming and I'll write it in my calendar.

Love,
Em

p.s. I'm going to try to get ty's friends to steal me a BYU law calendar like the one I had last year, does anyone want to join in on the theft? Let me know.

Hello my friends, hello

People don't you know don't you know I have my own blog. There is a link to it on the side of this blog. Sorry I haven't posted on this one more. I just assumed you all could check out my other blog. I miss you people. We are all busy and happy. Dave and I celebrated our 1st year of marriage! Can you all remember our first date? Boy does time fly when you are having fun. Amelia is 3 months old. Max will be 5 in two weeks! Henry is 7 and a little sassy! Crazy. I love hearing how everyone is doing so keep posting and check out my family blog @ whatsshakinbakes@blogspot.com. Talise, I am going to have to agree with Erin that you need to send pictures of that gal. Also, Denise, Brayden could not be cuter if you tried. Her personality just shines through all of the pictures. Adios amigos, lets get together and have a little fiesta. I will make the salsa, Soren, bring the brownies! Here is a little picture of my gal.

Hi guys! I just got home from work. It's my early day so no kids are home yet. I'm gonna take a nap :) I got to work with Em yesterday. She temped at my office. It was awesome! To bad we can't work all together like at school. Derrick and I are doing awesome. We've found a floor plan and a lot we really like. I'm crossing my fingers. What happened to Marnae? Did she stop blogging forever? And Talise, I want to see some pictures of Bella! I hope everyone is doing well.
Love ya, Erin

Our Humble Abode

This is our humble home down here in HOT San Antonio. I thought I would include some pictures of it so ya'll can see where we live. It's a cute home, nice and cozy with little snakes in the yard and spiders the size of my big toe. We've killed about six of them, two with large egg sacs on their backs. Luckily we haven't encountered the scorpions yet that I've heard about. Time to call the exterminator!

You're not the only caboose, Elizabeth. I haven't even started looking for a job. We just got back from a nice vacation with my family in Chicago and Brandon started school yesterday. Now that everything is calming down with the move and vacation and starting school, maybe I can begin to look for work. Ya'll keep talking about how nice your paychecks are and I can't wait to join the fun. We've figured that if I work one day a week, it will pay enough to cover our mortgage bill and then some left over each month. I hope it works out the way I want.



We attended the "Welcome to the Profession" ceremony on Sunday and there's about 15 students from BYU. All the non-members are shocked by all these students that are married with children. They keep telling Brandon, "I don't know how you're doing it." I'm thinking, Brandon? 'What about being the one sick and pregnant and having a baby while in school?'jk. There are a lot of females in his class. One is pregnant, another has a three month old. Her husband and baby live in Austin (about 2 hours away). She is going to live in San Antonio while her family stays in Austin and drive home only on the weekends while her parents take care of their baby. That's nuts! I don't know how she's doing it. We took a tour of the dental school and I have been getting familiar with the program and it reminds me a lot of ours, except for a really nice clinic. They stay in the same classroom all day long and this semester they have dental anatomy, histology, radiography, dental materials, etc....sounds like a cinch, jk. I'm sure it's way harder and a lot more information to learn but I'm curious to compare what I've learned to what they will learn. I've already made friends with a few LDS wives. They're great. Katie, Natalie, I'll have to keep you posted on what to expect the first year and hopefully rule out the horror stories I've been told.



Check out our blog to see how Brayden is growing. These last few weeks we've had awesome pictures taken of her because we've done lots of fun things and my sister in Chicago has a really nice and expensive high tech digital camera and loves taking everybody's picture, but the pictures I will take from now on aren't going to be as exciting. Well, keep the posts coming. I hope everyone is doing well.



Denise

Countdown is on!!

Hey ya'll! It's Sunday night and I have a little over 24 hours before I leave and can't sleep there are so many little things left to do...like pack! and I'll be spending the majority of tomorrow with my best friend being her guinea pig at Paul Mitchell for the day in Provo...so I'll get it all done somehow ;) But I just wanted to write a quick note. Thanks for the great book ideas, It helped a LOT just gotta make sure I can fit them all. I'm only allowed 50lb and still have to have room to bring stuff back. I can't tell you how excited I am it's going to be amazing. I wasn't planning on working before I left but I got offered a temp job so I took it, and LOVED IT ... and the paycheck. I only did it one day and got as much as I would have made in an entire week at UVSC. Then I got a call from another lady asking me to temp when I get back. So I'll have some working time to find a more permanent job. I'm really excited about it. Other than that life's just great, my brother got married Thursday and it doesn't seem real yet. I won't get to see him for like a month :( My sister still hasn't sold her house, she's decided to come with us on the trip and I think it'll be good for her. She was denied the surgery for the hole in her heart because as of 10 days before the 3rd time her surgery was scheduled the FDA decided that the device hasn't been through enough testing and therefore is calling it "experimental" meaning insurance will no longer pay for it. Which sucks because she was terminated from her job the day before my clinical boards because of her heart condition. She's been trying to fight that ever since but it's a slow process. So she's been unemployed and having to pay her own insurance and with all the other medical conditions she has it's been tough. It's amazing to watch someone use the gospel so much in their lives to give them comfort and guidance. She is so strong and amazes me every day. My life is so blessed.

But anyway, congrats to all those who've got jobs...I think I'm the last one haha always bringin' up the rear. Hope ya'll are enjoying your summers! I'm sure I'll share more when I get back WAHOO!! LOVE you all

Elisabeth

The Arizonans

It's Stef! I got a job with a really great dentist in Mesa! I start on Monday! It's not as close to where we are going to live as I wanted but it's not too bad. His name is Dr. Dickerson. We did a walk through of our house on Monday so now they are going to start putting up the drywall! It should be done in about middle to end of September. It seems like the date keeps getting later and later. But I bet we'll be in before we know it. I took some pictures at a resort we went to for our 2 yr. anniversary but our cord to connect the camera to the computer is packed away somewhere. When I find it I will post it. I'm glad everyone is doing well!

Stefani

Camping trip

Me and Ty went camping last week up towards Albion Basin (up Big Cottonwood Canyon). We hiked up one night and brought Barbacoa burritos with us for dinner.

Look how honkin' Ty's burrito was!

New Job

Hey girls-I am just writing to say hi and tell you all that I am starting my new job tomorrow morning. I am so excited and I can't wait. I am still working at Sports Authority, but hopefully not for very long. I went to Cali a couple of weeks ago and it was so nice. I honestly just hung out at the beach all day everyday. It was really nice to relax. I went to Laguna Beach and decided I am going to have a house there one day. Things are really good. I am just enjoying life and trying to get through until I can quit Sports Authority. I hope things are good for everybody. I miss you guys and think we need to get together again sometime soon.

Kara

My dancing girls.
I couldn't get this pic turned the right way once

i posted it. She's quite the glamour girl.

Dj up to bat.

This is what we've been up to this summer.

Happy Graduation to us. Derrick took these.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Hi Ladies! Wow it's a good thing it's not hot outside or anything. Holy crap. So I get my first nice paycheck then my boss goes on a 2 week vacation. Lame! I got my living room painted and the yard weeded and remodeled. But the kids have been driving me crazy!

Derrick always reads your blog entries with me. He says 'Hi' to everyone and just warned me to watch our budget when I check out the make-up stuff. I'll watch it alright....fly right out the window :)

Happy 4th of July to everyone. I hope ya'll have fun plans for tomorrow. I just painted the girls toes red and blue with white flowers. I also bought them matching t-shirts and visors. D.J. just had his 8th birthday yesterday. We had a swimming party with the fam. I've already had to take away two of his birthday presents. Toys that fly through the air are not good for my son. I'm such a mean mom. He can earn them back through manual labor :) Oh, side note for you future moms.... play slime gets everywhere, no matter the efforts taken to prevent it! Being a mom is kinda fun with no school to worry about. Alyssa is making a killing off my aversion to house work. I pay her to do it, but she's now learned to barter. Two bucks only got 2 loads of laundry folded. She drives a hard bargain.

Stay cool tomorrow and don't forget to blog some more!
Erin :)

Blog Blog Blog

Hi all! How is everyone? No one has posted for a while so I thought I would start us back up again. Talise...thank you so so much for the e.l.f tip. I went crazy last night! I can't wait to get my order. What an amazing deal!


So I don't know if you all know this but Natalie and I are working for the same dentist in AF. It is the absolute greatest! Our rooms are connected by a cabinet that houses an X-ray unit. Between patients we open our doors and chat away. It is SO FUN for me to work with her. She makes everyday a brighter :)
How cure are we?

So yea... how great is it to not work out of that nasty clinic anymore. I can't believe how much better it is to work in a real office. No Ms. Davidson, o paper work, no getting checked off 3 thousand times, no crowdedness, did I say no Ms. Davidson?... I could go on and on!


So Ken and I went to Lake Powell a couple weeks ago. It was so hot, but so much fun. I will post a picture of Grizz in his tiny little life jacket soon! He hated the water but I made him swim with me anyways.


So (don't you love how all my sentences start with "so"?) anyone up for floating the Provo Riv on Saturday?? Ken and I are totally in! I think that Nat and Em are in too. Don't be party poopers! Join in on the fun!!


I love you all!


McKenzie

Hey everyone I just wanted to let all of you know about this great deal. Supposedly nordroms is going to start carrying a new line of makeup called e.l.f and for some promotional thing they are doing, everything is on sale for $1.00. I didn't want to email everyone separately so this will have to do. I got on last night and ordered a bunch of stuff, I think all of you should at least check it out. The website is eyeslipsface.com and when you check out enter CAROLINA in the coupon code box and it will take off an extra $12.50. It looks like pretty good stuff and they have really cute little gift sets and stuff too. Anyway hope everyone is doing good, miss you all!!
-Talise

Working Machine

Hi Ladies! Awesome pictures! Keep 'em coming. It was great to see everyone at Marnae's the other day. Derrick was bummed he missed it. We've just been working away. I work 4 days a week at Dr. Sands' office and every other friday at my brother-in-law's and Derrick has been working 60 hour weeks. Crazy! I don't know how he does it. He finally starts a 40 hour a week job tomorrow. One night last week I came home and slept from six in the evening til six the next morning. It's a good thing my hubby is a superman. Please tell me this is normal and i'll get used to being away from the house ten hours a day. I do love the paychecks though! Derrick and I are thinking a new house is possible soon :)

Talise i'm so sorry about your course! That sucks! I hope things are better now. I can't wait to see pictures of Bella. Everyone be safe during your travels. Miss you guys lots! Oh and Laurel is still alive. I don't think we'll ever get her to blog, but she's doing well. Yard work and refinishing furniture and chillin' with her girls. Chat later. Erin :)

That sounds awful, Talise! Vent away! I was thinking about you this last month wondering how you were doing with Jeff being away and wondering how Bella has been growing. You have to show us pictures.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know we as well have a family blog. I created direct links for ours, marnae's , and stefani's. if anyone else has one add it on. Stefani, yours says we have to be invited in order to view it. We want to see those pictures.

Hope you all enjoy.

~Denise

Worst month EVER

Hey guys, its Talise. I miss you all so much!! I am so jealous reading about all of you having such a fun summer. This has been the worst month of my entire life! Right now I am in Vancouver, WA for my restorative course. I got here on monday and within the first hour of class I found out that i really didn't have to do this after all. I can get a licence for just hygiene in washington as long as i have 560 hours in another state(which I will next year). I almost started crying in the middle of class. I would have left right then if this didn't cost me $3000.00, but i am still here. I can not believe how hard this is. On monday they showed us a 10 minute video on how to do amalgam fillings and then expected us to just do it. I feel like the biggest idiot! Then today after a really informative Gordon Christensen video on composites, my instructor handed me a high speed and expects me to see a full day of patients tommorrow. I am Terrified!! I just do not understand how they expect us to do this on real people after 4 days of training. So, yeah i'm sorry to be so negative on my very first blog, but i just needed to vent a little and I know that all of you will understand. On a happier note, Bella is the cutest thing in the universe. She is trying so hard to crawl. She is such a sweetie! I promise that next week when I am done with this restorative crap I will post some pics. Well I am so glad that everyone is doing well and I miss you all so much.

Team dental hygiene

My first pic on the blog!

Hey everyone! I will die if this actually works! This is a pic of "our first car", we sold it last week! We weren't planning on selling it till the end of the summer, but one of betsy's friends asked if she could buy it and we sold it to her the next day. there was just no hassle at all. Well, I'm going to try to find some more pictures to post!
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