WOW!!! Graduation approaching

So I finally got accepted to go to school in the winter!!!! I am so excited. Now I have to get into all the classes I need. I'm about halfway there and trying to get a few more. So its a work in progress. I need just a 23 more credits and I get to graduate with my bachelors. I am so excited. I will hopefully be done in April in Rexburg and walk in July!! Then I think I'm going to study for my GRE and MCAT possibly over during the fall. Kinda scary that this is all becoming real. I have always talked about it but now that it is getting close it weird. I'm happy though. I have worked so hard for this and can't wait to put that cap and gown on to walk the stage. :)

Football 2008

So last Thursday was the end of football for me at BYU-Idaho. It was bittersweet. I've made some great guy friends over the past 3 years being a trainer. This year has been probably the most fun. There is nothing like being able to watch the game from right up in front of the team itself. This year sadly there werent any great injuries on the field like the past two years. I remember my first semester as a "Head Trainer" and first football game I was covering, a guy broke and dislocated his ankle. It wwas probably the best injury I have ever seen. I've seen broken arm, dislocted elbows, plenty of sprained ankles, jammed fingers, and all that fun stuff. Oh yea and some good knee injuries. One I saw last year was a PCL tear. It was pretty sweet and the first and only I have ever seen. After being taught all the tests I have learned to test the knee, it was cool to do the test and then later find out I was right. I mean I had felt ACL, MCL, LCL and menicus tears before but the PCL is so uncommon. When I did the test it just went. I then was able to help hime with rehab. Thats part of what I like the best. I love the rush of helping the injury when it occurs. To be the first on the field. But I also love the rehab aspect as well. To watch that injury heal because of my help. Thats why I want to really start looking into getting my Masters in Athletic Training.

♥ Halloween 2008

This Halloween I went down to Idaho falls after work to see Sammy and Natti. I went down with my roommate Lauryn and we took Sammy trick-or-treating. We met up with Mom, Bonnie, Rachael, Natti, and Sam at the Zoo. (its wicked tiny so if you can even call it a real zoo) It is cute. They had people giving out candy around the zoo. Sam was so happy to see all the animals espically the Tiger. He was so cute he started to roar at it. :)

After the zoo we went back to the house and took Sam to a few houses. He was so cute. He is only 3 1/2 and already knows how to beg extra candy off of people. He tried to tell people that he needed some for his "friends" refering to me and Lauryn. And he also made sure that at the end he always said thank you before he left. He made it a fun night :)

Natti decided she loved leaves. We were trying to take pics and she was more interested in the crunch stuff she was sitting on. Then decided if it was so much fun to play with that it must be good to eat as well. It was hilarious to watch her face when she ended up putting it in her mouth.

Me and my roommate Lauryn taking a picture together.

Halloween Rexburg Style

Today my ward was having a Halloween party so my roommate convienced me to dress up with her to go. I was hesitant but then decided what the heck why not. She came in with a few things to put on including the headbands (which make the outfit for sure) and the leg warmers. Who has this stuff in stock?!? Lauryn my roommate! It was a pretty lame party but there was free dinner and I was able to have fun dressing up! :)

Adventures with Kristy ♥

Moving back to Rhode Island I started to work at Victoria's Secret right away. Going to a new store is like moving to a new job all together. I had all new everyone except Kristine and Kristy. I met Kristy through Kristine back in Jr. High. Kristy and Kristine knew each other from softball growing up. I remember one time we went to Block Island when we were younger and spent the whole day goofing off. We fell asleep at the beach and the next day couldnt move at all we were burnt so bad.
From working with Kristy we got wicked close. We started to hang out a lot espically after late night floorsets. We would have our nice Denny's runs after a long night at VS. We would sit there and complain a lot and let out all our frustrations from the day. It was good old times. Here are some pictures from the Patriots game that I took Kristy to with me Jess and Mikey. Also a few from when I went back to RI to visit this month and we had lunch at Top Of the Bay.

Kristy doing a classic Kristy pose near the beautiful Oakland Beach water....ok I would never go swimming in there but you gotta give that it is an amazing view of the bay.

Me trying to get a pretty picture by the ocean before I had to leave. It was such a nice day I couldnt believe it. We spend the day shopping and went to lunch just walking around in short sleeves and I was totally comfortable.

Me and Kristy together ♥ I love this girl

♥ Terri & Me

This summer while working at Top of the Bay I started to work with Rachel Bentsen. I never really talked to Rachel in high school because we hung out with totally different crowds. I hung with the cheerleaders most of the time. While working Rachel and I started to work together a lot and got to know each other well. Its suprising that situations you get into will let you get to know new people. One night after work we all went to hang out. While going out with Rachel she was with Terri and Amanda. They picked me up at home and we spent the night out. I had so much fun that night and realized people are not always what they seem at first. You can miss out on meeting some great people.


Over the rest of the summer Terri and I ended up spending a lot of time together as well becoming really close. We ended up meeting up after work every Monday and would go have a fun night at Picasso's. We would just go watch the Sox games and chat. It became our little tradition. We got to know each other really well. I miss her so much! These are some pictures from one of my first nights back in Rhode Island when I went to visit for Joey's wedding. We were just goofing off and decided to take a few pics waiting for Lynn. I met up with Terri at the Islander for Lynn's 21st birthday on that Monday and then headed to Picasso's for the Sox playoff game. It was a wicked lot of fun and felt like it was summer again.

Miss Ashley Clauss

After spending a few days in Rhode Island I headed off to North Carolina to be part of Ashley's wedding. I was one of her bridesmaids. She looked wicked pretty and we had a lot of fun. It was a crazy few days but that must be expected. Here are a few pictures from her specail day.