Arts festival

Yesterday, Jeremy & I and a few friends went to the Paseo arts festival in OKC. We had a good time. We rode the motorcycle down there and met Neil & Leah. We parked at our friends house and then walked. The first thing we wanted to find was food, as we were all starving! Jeremy and I had worked out in the yard earlier in the day, and we had not eaten since lunch. The food selection at the festival was like that you can find at the fair - corn dogs, funnel cakes, chicken on a stick, Indian tacos, giant burritos, etc. Jeremy and I split a corn dog, chicken on a stick and and Indian taco. We walked around for a bit, listened to a bit a music and then made our way back to the food area for some deliciously fattening dessert. I settled for a chocolate dipped ice cream with sprinkles. Leah got a fried snickers. After we polished off our dessert, we found a little place that had some tables and air conditioning, and we sat and relaxed for a bit. We headed home and went to sleep by 9:30! We were so tired and exhausted, but had a great day!

My Garden

Today, Jeremy and I decided to make a little herb garden. We went to Lowe's and bought parsley, cilantro, basil and Oregano. We also bought garlic and onions to plant as well as a small tomato plant. We weeded the area and got things looking good before planting. I didn't take before pictures, and should have, but here are some after pics.
The house after we weeded and got things cleaned out
Tomato plant!

Basil and Oregano.

Parsley
Cilantro.
I didn't post the pictures of the onions and garlic, they are all underground right now. Hopefully I will have some nice onions and garlic in a month or so!

Pinning, May 10th 2010

On May 10^th, I was pinned as a nurse. This is something that all nursing programs do. The day leading up to the pinning was quite interesting.

I worked a half day. Came home and relaxed some. The weather started getting really bad and while I was getting ready, tornado sirens started going off. My family was wondering, "What the heck was going on" I called the school and made sure the pinning was still on, and they said it was. Before long, it started to hail, and the hail was the size of eggs. It was huge. Then a few tornadoes landed in the surrounding areas, and we watched the news to make sure we were in the clear.

About 6pm, we all headed to the school for my ceremony. I was a little nervous, but really excited, as I was going to be giving the speech. I was nominated and elected by my peers.

There ceremony went very well. Jeremy was unable to make it due to a work emergency, so my mom taped the speech. Here is the video and a few pics from the night.

Graduation May 7th!

Better late than never to blog about graduation!

On May 7^th, I graduated from Rose State with an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing. I am so thrilled and happy to be a college graduate! My mom, step dad, sister and 2 brothers came from Colorado to celebrate the event. My Dad and step mom came from Florida to also celebrate. My husband was there as well as my father and mother in law, brothers and sisters in law. There ceremony did not take very long at all and we were done in about an hour or so. Here are a few pics from the event.

Me walking in

Family playing on phones before ceremony.

My dad, Joanne and Myself

Adam, Me, Austin, Mom & Ashleigh

My hubby and me!

Fun pics!

Afterward, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for a small celebration. Here are a few pics!

JoAnne, me Dad

Mom & Me

Me & Crazy Boy Boy

My hubby and Me!

Evan, Me & Sharon

Julie, Me & Tim

Boogie Stin & Me!

Ramie, me & Jill

Walter, Michelle & Jeremy

Today is the day!

Yesterday I took my final for school, and I passed. I was so nervous, my stomach was in knots. I took about 2 hours to take the test, but I did fine. After the test I went to pick my mom and sister up from the airport. They were patiently waiting for me. I took them home, where I walked in to a nice clean house (compliments of my husband). I had to quickly change and then head to the viewing. We stayed there for a short time and headed to the city where we met my dad and his girlfriend for dinner at the Deep Fork Grill. Dinner was so amazing!

On the way home, I called my family that was staying with me to find out if they were doing okay and to let them know I was almost home. My step-dad spilled the beans and told me that everyone was cleaning out my scrapbooking room. I almost flipped out (in a good way). When I came home, I was able to see the floor of the room and my mom said she got rid of a lot of stuff. That didn't bother me because obviously I had issues with keeping stuff. And the best part is, I will never know what got thrown out! J

After they were done, my mom surprised me with 2 new outfits. 1 I can wear to the funeral and 1 to the graduation. I was so happy, as this took mega stress of me trying to decide what I was going to wear. My mom has a gift for picking out the perfect clothes for me and they were even the right size.

This brings me to today…..

Funeral at 2pm and Graduation at 7pm.

Many emotions wrapped up in one day. Today we will be busy. I am struggling with being happy about graduating when my husband is grieving the loss of this grandfather.

Saying Goodbye

Today was a sad day for the Mason family. My husband lost his grandpa, a man whom he has been very fond of. His grandparents are like parents to him. 2 weeks ago today, we got a call that his grandpa had fallen and Jeremy needed to go pick him up off the floor. You can read about the story in my previous post. After a long battle and being in the hospital for 2 weeks, he passed away. During his stay, he came across many complications and the family was faced with many choices to make. In the end, the decisions were made easy, as they respected his wishes and made him comfortable in his last few days on earth. His grandparents are the glue that holds the family together; it is because of them that Jeremy is so close with his cousins. It is very rare that you see a family unit like theirs. I am honored to be a part of this family.

Friday, we will honor his grandma and celebrate his life.

Goodbye Grandpa Mason, you will be missed.

3/1/1932 – 5/4/2010