Thanksgiving

What am I most thankful for?




My grandparents! And the 23 people in the above photo. =)

For raising four beautiful girls in the faith of Jesus Christ, one of whom is MY Momma.

For keeping Jesus at the center of their life, and leading by example.

For always supporting me, whether at sporting events (all the way into college!), my studies or in my own faith walk.

And for knowing about Bieber fever, water skiing at 70 and for creating family memories that we all cherish

Thanks NANA and GRANDPA!

The 13 cousins


My SISTER!

(And yes the sign reads, Sisters from the start, friends from the heart)

Dad+Daughter Weekend

After anxiously awaiting and counting down since June! This weekend I got to spend time with my Dad while he visited me in CA.

On Friday, I had a few work related items to take care of, but then we were off to LA. We visited the Getty Museum in LA, what amazing views of the city and the ocean. LA is so flat you can see as far as you wish, and I felt I could see my home 30 some miles away. Dad's camera holds all the pictures from the museum...

Saturday started off with a Dad-Daughter run around town. Next up we went to the Coliseum, which a very neat stadium filled with such history. Unfortunately the Dawgs didn't show up to play and got crushed. But we did get to see the police escort the team as they drove by us on the freeway, watched them get off the bus and walk into the stadium AND I got my picture with one of my favorite (really Mom's favorite) ex-Husky basketball players.

We finished off the evening watching more football! What a great but too short of a weekend with my Daddy.



People asked me when I graduated from UW... I guess I fit into the crowd, sorry WWU.



Throwing out the "W"



Me and Quincy



The view from our seats, don't worry we were sitting in the sea of PURPLE!

quick update

A quick update on my life here!

1. I received my completion form from school. Which means I have finished ALL of my course work for APU! I just picked up my research paper which we had bound like a hard-back book! (If you want to do this for any of your books you are writing, Staples does the trick. It WAS easy!)

2. I have applied for the the California PT License and to take the National Board's Test on 12/5/2011. The testing location is yet to be determined at this point.

3. It also means that I can work as a PTLA - Physical Therapist Licensed Applicant. That means I can be completely independent as a "PT", I just need to have my charts co-signed. This came in the mail today!!!

4. I am currently working part time at a clinic near my house, to make cash to pay for all of these expenses (it isn't cheap!). I am hoping I can continue working with them, to fill in my other days once I start working with Kaiser.

5. My weekend plans include STUDYING! and watching the Dawgs (hopefully they can make it an interesting game). Dad is coming down to visit me next weekend, and we are going to take in the USC v UW game. It should be lots of fun, the last time he was here was to move me into my place.

6. Yes, it rained today. And yes I plan to go running in the rain!

7. I dog sat for Theresa this past weekend, we slept in our sleeping bag, gave auntie morning wake-up kisses, watched some football (his Bear's had a bye weekend) and went on walks together.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!




From: Lady and the Tramp

I'm a fan of homemade costumes, so after much research on the internet this was what we decided on going as. One of my classmates had a get together at her place where we wore the costumes.