I guess it's about time...

HA! So I made it almost a year without putting up a post. I guess you could say that I'm pretty much a slacker. Or I have been really busy. This past year, Mat and I have made some changes. I graduated from Nursing School in May, and now I'm working at an assisted living facility as a charge nurse. Mat was laid off in May and has officially decided to make a career change. December 6th he starts school in the computer programming/gaming field. I am very excited. It seems like something he's very interested in and can be really good at. This past August, we celebrated four years married and ten years together. I can't believe how the time has flown! I promise to add more posts in the coming months and hopefully I will get a new camera for my birthday so I can get back on track with pictures!

January...time flies!

Well, nothing exciting has happened this month. I haven't taken any pictures and haven't been home too much. I started my clinicals in the Emergency Department at the beginning of the month and it has been a blast! I have seen a heart attack, stroke, did CPR on a man who overdosed, lots of pelvic exams, and lots of broken bones...it's been nuts! I've been pretty busy with work and school so we haven't done anything exciting. Mat has decided that it's time for a mullet so I came home one night to him cutting it himself. GEEZ! He looks like his pictures from when he was like 3 years old. I guess I'll just have to get used to it. The whole team is growing their hair into mullets. Anyways, this month has flown by. Hopefully we will have something to write about next month!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was so busy this year! Mat and I both worked Christmas Eve Day and then had to be at Mom and Dad Hahn's by 2:30. We got the traditional family jammies and a neat car gadget that I hope will save me someday when my battery dies. (With my luck it will) I forgot my camera for Mom and Dad Hahn's house so my only pics are from Bannister Christmas. After we finished up with the Hahn's I failed miserably at making sweet potatoes on time and we were late to Bannister side Christmas Eve. It was fun to see all the relatives. We ate Carne asada and visited with all of Lyndon's side. On Christmas Eve we had a slumber party at the Bannister's and played Wii all night long. The next morning we had breakfast and opened presents. Mat and I got a new video camera and some cute clothes. Later on Christmas Day we went out to Mat's Grandparent's house where we ate again and opened more presents. We were spoiled with clothes this year! We are so thankful to have both our families in town but, man, It's exhausting!! We hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas! Ü

DENVER!

Well, Melanie had her baby! Peyton Mona McIlroy was born on November16!! She is as cute as a button. I was able to go visit them the weekend after the baby was born. I had such a fun time playing with the girls. They danced all night for me and Mom! I was able to help Mel out and make some frozen dinners to make their lives a bit easier for a week or so. Hopefully they enjoyed them. I had such a fun time visiting my favorite nieces!! Thanks Mel and Bran for having me!

Nursing School!

Here are some funny pics of me and my classmate Jagdeep goofing off at our clinical site. We have been doing our public health clinica at a free clinic in Vancouver. It was really neat. We were able to do graduate level work by reasearching all the patients to identify whether the diabetic patients were on certain types of medications. With this data, we were able to help the clinic write a grant to see if Kaiser will provide them with a new test machine! I know.. I'm so nerdy! Hope you enjoy!

ED Nurse

So...the professors have decided where to place the senior nurses for our preceptorships next term. Out of 3 Emergency room openings, I have been placed at Legacy Emanual ED for my preceptorship/internship!! This will be my second rotation at Emanuel, so this is very good news! I start in January and CANNOT WAIT!!!

November Trip

This year is Mat's good friend, Jordyn's, last season of football at Eastern Oregon. We decided to drive out and support the team in Jordy's last game. Oops...I forgot my camera. So you'll have to rely on imagination! We took the long drive to LaGrande, Oregon. We had a great time searching for channels on the radio and driving in the mountains in the dark. On Saturday, we went to the tailgate before the game and met up with Jordyn's parents and his girlfriend Jessica. We cheered our hearts out when Jordyn was honored for being a senior athlete. They were playing the nurmber two team in the league and they were ranked 22. It was a very close game. The Mountees put up a good fight. Jordyn had a few great catches and even scored a touchdown. It was a fun break from our every day lives!!