2009 Highlights

This portion of my blog will contain highlights but will not include wedding/honeymoon.

The first major event of the year was that my grandparents came home from their church mission. They did a humanitarian mission in Hong Kong/ Asia area. Many family members came to greet them home. We gathered at the end of the airplane terminal to give a cheer when we saw them coming. We were all very excited to have our grandparents/ parents home after being gone for about a year and a half. After they went around hugging and talking to each family member, my grandpa and grandma went over to a long wall and motioned for us to come join them for a group picture.







A fun event during school was at the institute. Bridgette, Margo and I designed a derby car to race in the competition. It actually was pretty fast and we were surprised but we didn't win. Although, we did get a prize for most original. We shaved the car down to make it look long and round like a pickle. Then we painted it and added those dark green dots. They gave us a butterfinger for winning.






In March there was an institute dance. LDS boys are difficult to find in Flagstaff and we all wanted to go so I called up a couple friends of mine from my hometown to come up for the occasion. I originally called Jeff who told me he would like to bring a good friend of his that he wanted me to meet but then told me that his friend was taking a trip to Utah. (This happened to be Joseph whom I have been married to for over a year now! He had gone up to Utah to...uh I forgot) So he found a mutual friend of ours from high school- David. We went on a crazy hike, had a fabulous dinner, took pictures, went to the dance and had a blast and then came home to burn the pinata. It was an excellent day!







That summer I did my dental hygiene internship at the Hopi Health Care Center. It was only for a few weeks but they have a house out there where students can stay. The house had a master bed & bath for my instructor/supervisor (Sarah Wheeler) & then 3 bedrooms for me to choose from with 2 beds in each room. It wasn't as lonely as I thought it would be because we were working at the clinic most of the time and we were both so exhausted we would just make dinner, eat, and get ready for bed. Another student, Michelle Hodge, came out for one of the weeks I was there but she stayed somewhere else with either a family member or a friend. It was a really great experience out at Hopi because the majority of my work was scaling and root planing which is the most difficult/ strenuous work for a hygienist.








Soon after my internship ended my friend Brittany Lundin became a Hatch. I was one of her bridesmaids. It was a very exciting occasion. Before the semester ended Bridgette and I put on a bridal shower for her. We decorated, prepared snacks, delivered invitations, and chose some games to play. The game being shown is when she had to pull all sorts of different clothing out of a bag and put on as many items as she could possibly put on.