Nursing school dropout

So..... I decided not to go back to school after all. After that first day back I had a really bad day and was feeling stressed and overwhelmed about my life. My dad called later that evening and we had a good chat about life and he told me that he has learned that we can't control everything in life. It was then that I realized school was something in my life that I could control and eliminate if it would make my life easier. So...after sleeping on it and praying about it, I felt like not going to school was the right thing to do. So I withdrew from fall semester, called and told them I wouldn't be needing my scholarship after all and that was that. I know that any extra stress could prevent me from getting pregnant and that is not something I want to do right now. Starting a family is more important to me than getting another degree that I don't even really need right now. Just thought I would clear that up since my last post was about going back to school. I didn't want to mislead any of you to thinking that I was being scholarly anymore. ha ha. Although I have been reading a lot. I'm almost done with Eclipse. Only 3 more chapters to go! I've been pretty worthless the past couple of days because the book has gotten really good towards the end!

Back to the grind

I'm starting fall semester this week at SUU. Not looking forward to it too much. I'm taking 12 credits. Luckily the program is set up so I can still work full-time. I have to go all day on tuesdays (8-5), and then I will have one class that is online. Hopefully it won't be too bad. That is what I have heard from previous students. It will still probably keep me busier than I would like anyways. I'm not too motivated to get it done other than the fact that I should before we have kids and while my work will pay for it, just in case I might need it in the future. So if you don't see me posting much. That is why! Farewell summer! This last month I have had off of school has been very nice. I can already feel the fall air moving in. I'm not looking forward to the cold already. I love summertime!

The newest addition to the family

Luke's sister Marsha had her baby 2 weeks ago. Her name is Cassidy. Not sure if I spelled that right. She is a cutie pie! And our first niece! Congrats Ben and Marsh! She is adorable!



Cassidy with her cheesy uncle Luke!

Time to post

Pretty much every year we celebrate the 24th of July in Enterprise. We start the day out early doing the fun run. Either a 5k or 10k. This year we did the 5k. We weren't feeling too ambitous.



Luke and Reuben even placed in their age group.



After the race we hurry home for breakfast and a shower and then it's time for the parade. woo hoo! After that we go to his grandparents for lunch (hamburgers and dutch oven potatoes.)



Later that evening its time for the rodeo. Not my favorite part of the day. This is a picture of my cute little nephew on our horse. Yes we have a horse. I really didn't think I married a hick. Wrong!

Ahhh. . . Memories

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty fun to see the responses.

Singleton Reunion

Every year luke's mom's side of the family does a reunion. We usually do pretty fun things. We have rented a houseboat on Lake Powell, rented a bus for the whole family to go to California, and rented cabins on Cedar Mountain. This year we went to Cedar Mountain again. This is a picture of the cabin that his family rented. It was so nice inside. We just kind of hung out, played the Wii, ate lots of junk, played volleyball, and enjoyed the cool weather. Unfortunately we only got to stay for 1 day because his grandpa Simkins passed away that week also and the viewing and funeral was that weekend. It was a pretty crazy week. We will definitely miss grandpa Simkins. He always knew how to make us laugh. He would have been 88 on July 24.

My new do

So I decided to cut my hair on wednesday. I think it's been about 2 or 3 years since I have cut it. I just decided it was time for something new. I usually go through this cycle where I get sick of having long hair. It was pretty fried too since I color, blow-dry, and flat iron it. It's a good change. I think I might want to go a little shorter though. It was pretty long so I might just keep working my way up. Luke is one of those guys that loves long hair but he was ok with the idea of me cutting it.