new do

Tuesday I had my working interview and I got the job! It is this awesome office in Clinton; it is new and everything is digital and the doctor and staff are awesome. This is just for Tuesdays, so I would still like to find another day or two to work. Then yesterday me and Kire drove to Prove to visit Erik who has been doing a football camp at BYU all week. On our way down we had to stop at Ikea-love that store, and we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. It was really fun and Erik has been gone so much lately that it was good to spend some time together.
Well I have been thinking about chopping my hair for a long time and this morning I finally got up the nerve to do it. My friend Amber has always done my hair and I've always been afraid to go to anyone else, but my schedule has been so unpredictable lately that I haven't been able to get in and get my hair done. So this morning I just went to someone I've never been to in Provo before I lost my nerve and just had her chop it. I love it. I hate doing my hair and I have to have it back for work so it's going to be awesome.


Then I just ordered this Buzz costume online through the disney store. It was only $13 and it is so cool. Kire is into dressing up like a cowboy, dinosaur and anything else and i couldn't resist ordering. He is so dang cute I may have to look into getting more costumes. He has been running around saying "to finity and beyond!"

First day of work

I finally got my license on Saturday, I don't know why it took so long! But I was so glad it came because a Dr. that I know had called and wanted me to sub in his office this week. So I worked all day wed. and thurs. I was super nervous going in, but I kept up really well. I guess I was used to seeing like the worst patients imaginable, so the patients I saw there were so easy compared. The dr. and hygienist were so nice to me, but the front desk ladies seemed bothered with me. Obviously I didn't know how to do all of their billing and scheduling because every office is different; but they acted really bugged every time I asked a question-they were probably just bugged because it was my first day of work and I was making more than them ; ). And I have a working interview next week in this really great office, and the doctor I worked for is going golfing with that dr. tomorrow-so I think my chances are pretty good. But I've made some great connections and so I'm sure if anything opens up, or they ever need another sub, they'll call me.
Other than that we have just been hanging out. Me and Kire go swimming and to the treehouse and to the park, anything to keep him busy.

5 year mark

Well Erik and I have been married 5 years, and I have never regretted marrying him, that's pretty good I think. He still embarasses me and makes me laugh and pretty much lets me do whatever I want. He is a wonderful husband and father, I wish he would do more around the house, but I'm pretty sure every woman has that problem. This year he actually suprised me for our anniversary. We went out to eat and while we were out he secretly had my sister light candles and put out rose petals and flowers around our house. He had his friends do this on the night he proposed to me, so it was a really sweet and thoughtful gesture. He even remembered I had yellow daisies at our wedding and got me a bouquet.



So for the past 6 months I've been weening Kire off of his binky. He has been down to just bedtime and I thought he would just ween himself off of it, but he didn't. So I finally decided to take it for good. Then last week we went out to eat with our friends and Kire stayed at their house while we were out. They had a bunny and Kire loved it. I talked Erik into getting one for Kire as a substitute for his "bink." So I spent the week researching bunnies and found some on ksl.com. We got a darling little fuzzy lop bunny. It is the softest sweetest little thing and it will only get about 3 pounds. We named it "Bink" for Kire.

Hogle Zoo

Me and my friend Brittani decided to take our kids to the zoo today. It was perfect weather, 70, and the kids loved it!

I passed!

I am officially a hygienist! I just got my exam scores yesterday and I got 90 (which is way better than I expected) on my clinical exam. I cried and prayed the moment I opened the letter, it was just such a relief! I am so greatful to my family and my heavenly father because I could not have made it through these past 2 years with out them. And I go 88% on my written exam, so I am pretty proud of myself because I feel like I really didn't study as much as girls who don't have kids and to still do that good is quite an accomplishment (not to brag too much). So I can finally look for a job-although the break has been nice : ) but we need some money. So if anyone has connections or knows a dentist who's hiring, let me know!

What we've been up to

Working on the House

I've been doing so much work around the house, but still have tons to do. I'm kind of slowly updating each room. So first, we've put black shutters up and painted our door black. Then my mom gave us her old tramp and a neighbor gave us their old swingset (which will probably break if I sit on it) and Kire loves them both. And we've planted a garden.
Then my mom gave us her old table, and I painted the top red and stained it black to match my kitchen. And I had been looking for a picture of the SLC temple, where we were married in and finally found this one I love at Deseret Book.
Last summer I made curtains and textured our living room walls and just recently I got this cute little table at Real Deals (my friend Brittani owns it, they have the cutest stuff, so check it out it is in Layton off of freeway 193). And I'm in the process of painting the house cream. I finished the family room and kitchen, now I just need to finish the hallways. It really brightens the house up and feels warmer. I just love paint. It's a lot of work, but it's not very expensive and it adds a lot to your home. I want to get some cute vinyl so if anyone has any ideas or knows someone who does vinyl, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
Then I just rearranged Kire's room a little bit. I wanted to get him a big bed, but since we're not pregnant yet I might as well make use of his crib for another year.
And our washer is leaking. We got them used when we got married, so they are probably about 10 years old. I've been wanting to get new ones sometime, but apparently we'll have to do that in the next week.
So next week I am going to finish painting the hall and I want to have someone do some bead-board in my kitchen, so if anyone knows anyone who does that, let me know. And I need to do something with my bedroom-any ideas?

Twilight Trailer

I am a total Twilight stalker, I can't get enough of it. This trailer is so sexy, I can't wait till December!

Boards

I took my clinical board exam today on a patient I had never seen, and to stress me out more, he showed up a half hour late. BUt he qualified on my first submission, but I had to clean a quad + 3 teeth. I felt like I did a pretty good job, but the time went by so quickly I would have liked to recheck everything, but didn't have time. I just pray he passed, I do not want to have to go through this stressful situation ever again! The only thing that might fail me is tissue trauma; this guys gums were so inflamed and beat up. Now I just have to wait 2-4 weeks for my results, seriously, they examined him after I cleaned him, I don't know why it takes so long. I thought I would feel better after taking the test, but I still feel sick. I feel like I did my best and if I fail, then the examiners are bitches!
On a positive note, I just found out I passed my written 8 hour exam! Now I can get rid of all of my school crap.

Major Brad ‘Gyro’ Thornhill Funk

My brother-in-law Brad was killed in a plane crash on Thursday. Erik is in Texas now supporting his sister Jenny who is left with 3 young daughters. We loved Brad and are devastated by this accident. Please keep his family in your prayers.

Brad Funk, 35, of Burkburnett, Texas, died Thursday, May 1, 2008. Memorial services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, May 5, 2008, in Hanger No. 8 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, under the direction of Lunn’s Colonial Funeral Home. Additional funeral services are to be held the following Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the North Park Ward LDS Chapel, located at 4275 South 2175 West, Roy, Utah, with Bishop Scott Moon officiating. Burial will follow at West Warren Cemetery in Warren, Utah, under the direction of Lindquist Mortuary in Ogden, Utah.

For the full story and obituary:
www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/02/plane-crash-kills-two/
www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/04/major-brad-gyro-thornhill-funk/

Tributes can be sent to the family at www.lunnscolonial.com

Happy Graduation!

Today I graduated finally. The past 2 years have actually flown by, so I am so glad I decided to finish school. It was hard to leave Kire, but I know this career will offer him more opportunities and give us more financial freedom as a family. So thank you to everyone who helped me out, especially my wonderful husband, parents and in-laws-I couldn't have done it without you guys. And I will miss all of my friends from school-thank you to you guys who made going to school actually enjoyable : ) I will miss you guys, but we'll keep in touch!
I don't have a job lined up yet, but I'm hoping to find one where I can work 2 days a week. And although I graduated, I still won't get a license until I pass my boards next week. So this will give me a couple of weeks to just relax and enjoy the brake.

Thanks for the pictures Casandra, and if anyone else has some, send them to me please : )

I heart Edward

So last night was our graduation banquet. We celebrated our accomplishments with all 30 girls graduating and our faculty and families. It was really fun. We had a slide show so Erik got to see what I've been doing the last 2 years. The faculty gave out about 10 awards, but I'm not an over-achiever so I didn't win anything. I pretty much did just as much as I could to get by. But I am graduating with a 3.6 GPA so I am proud of that. But I did win the "I heart Edward Award." We all got a silly award and I talked all of my friends into reading Twilight and I'm obsessed with it.
Then we all got a gift, and last year the girls got rings, so I was pretty excited. BUt we got business card holders engraved with our name. What in the hell am I going to do with a business card holder? Seriously. BUt Erik went shopping with my mom yesterday to get me a graduation gift, so I hope I get something good.

Last day of clinic!

So today was my last day of clinic, and I was a total waste of space. I screened a guy this morning; his name was Bony, I just can't get over that. And he didn't qualify for boards. Then my board patient, Cesar, was supposed to come in this afternoon, but apparently he is in Mexico. Seriously, Mexico? He is supposed to come back this week, so hopefully he'll still come in and be my patient for my board exam. I do have a backup patient that I can use, but he is not as good as Cesar.
BUt I can't believe school is almost over. It is so surreal. One more day at the VA then I'm on my own. I don't know if I am prepared.

New Do's

Me and Kire got our hair did today. I was going to go shorter, but I decided to take it slow. I might chop it shorter next time, but I got too scared today. Kire hasn't really had his hair cut since last summer, so he was ready for a short cut. Now he looks like a boy!
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After

new pics of my crazy son

Motorcycle

So my son is still a freak with his chapsticks, and his collection is growing. I do not know why he has this obsession, I let him bring a toy in the car and he chooses to put all his chapsticks in a cup and drags them around with us everywhere.
And this is him riding his "Motorcycle" and if you look in his left hand, yes he is holding one of my lip glosses.


Also, yesterday while I was making dinner he decided to get the syrup out of the cupboard and poor it into an empty dimatapp bottle and drink it like water. And I'm a bad mom and let him do it because he was happy.


There's a new clip of the making of the movie "Twilight" at this website
http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/04/60435/index.html
if this link doesn't take you there, go to Twilight (under my links) and in the recent posts there's a link
I'm getting excited! And I am reading Eclipse again : )

I'm Exhausted!

I have had the suckiest luck with my mockboards in school. I took my 3rd mockboard today, to prepare me for the clinical board exam I am going to be taking in 3 weeks, and I failed all 3! My board patient was supposed to come in today to be my pt. for my mockboard too, but he got "sick." So he was going to send his brother in his place, but he ended up sending a friend. So I am glad someone showed up, but this guy had never been to the dentist and had horrible periodontal disease (class 4). He had enough calculus so he qualified, but his probe depths were kind of deep. I missed 5 spots and failed, but he was hard and so I can't beat myself up too bad about it. I just hope my guy will show up on the day of the real board, or I will kill him.

And this is a picture of a piece of calculus that I got off of his teeth, it's the size of a tooth!

I heart Jason Castro

I hate the dreads, but this song won me over.

Kire has OCD

Kire has been carrying around chap sticks with him for the past 2 weeks. Don't ask me why. He puts them in his pockets, takes them with him to bed; he opens them every once in a while and puts them on his lips. This morning I found him lining up his stash on my bed.

I love my brothers.

Congrats Grady! My brother just became Utah State University's President. Here is a video of him when he did the Mr. USU pageant. He is the dinosaur in the middle.

And to my brother Trevor who is on a mission, a lot of people have said he looks like Jason Castro from American Idol. He is darling and charming like him, what do you think?

FREEDOM!!!

I am so releived. Today I took my written board exam from 8-4, kill me. I just pray I passed, but I won't find out for 2 months. I think I did ok. I feel that even if I had studied more, I probably would have still missed the same questions, so I can't beat myself up too bad. It's like the questions were either simple and I new the answer right away, or they were something I had never even heard of. I have to pass with a 75% and the success rate is like 95% so I think my odds are pretty good.
I was not even nervous for this day, I was excited, because now I have my life back. I don't have to spend every free moment with a review book in my hands.
I think I am going to have to read the Twilight series again.

Happy Easter!

I took Kire and got his pictures done yesterday, isn't his pimp suit awesome. I found the whole 4 piece suit as Ross for $20 so I couldn't resist. The pictures turned out so cute! He has some vintage suitcases in a couple of them and we did a sepia tone and they are darling.
Then this morning we had a little easer egg hunt. Kire had to open each egg after he found it, so it took a little while. I wish the snow was gone and our grass was a little greener, but it was still fun. I found candy grass for the bottom of his basket, I was excited about that.

Board Patient!!!

Today I found 2 possible board patients. I screened Cesar and 1 quad will qualify for boards and so while I was taking x-rays on him another pt. showed up, Adrian. So I had Shaniel screen him for me while I finished up with Cesar and Adrian qualified too! He has a couple of quads that may qualify so 2 people could use him! So I have a pt. and a back up hopefully. I need to get both guys back and get 2nd opinions to make sure they have enough calculus but I am just so relieved!

Yesterday I had a funny patient at the VA. My friend Holly had seen him last week and he growled at her and told her he was a panther, so I did not want to see him. But I ended up seeing him and he was super nice and friendly so I went ahead and started cleaning his teeth and out of the blue he roared at me! I just ignored it and tried to sit back away from him a little bit, but the rest of his treatment went fine. Some of these guys have serious mental problems, so you never know what you're going to get, but I haven't had any real problems so far. So I got 2 quads of a 3 and a 5 yesterday. I still need 4 quads of a 4, but I think I have everything else that I need scheduled. So I'm feeling pretty confident about graduating after today!

Higinio

This morning my pt. didn't show up, which might have been a good thing. She had diabetes and high blood pressure so she might not even have been able to be treated. But another pt. someone had scheduled showed up so I was able to see her and she was 4 quads of a 3.
Then this afternoon I had this new patient scheduled, Higinio, hadn't been in for a while so I was sure he would be my board patient-1B. He had great teeth! So I cleaned him. So although I did not find a board, I feel like I got a lot accomplished. I only have a few more quads to clean until I am finished with my requirements.


So in more exciting news, the Bachelor was on last night! I really like him, he's brittish and kind of nerdy, but super sexy. I hate it when there is some cocky meat-head on the show who thinks he's bad.

Praise the Lord

Today I took my Local anesthesia board exam. It was more laid back and less tense than I expected so I am grateful for that. The examiners were easy going and made me feel less nervous and anxious. The test was easier than I had expected, but there were still a few questions I didn't know. Then I had Erik come in for the clinical part of the exam-to be my patient and get shots.
I didn't think I passed the clinical part. First, I made osseous contact on the IA ( I hit bone, for all you lay folk) so I had to redirect the needle, then I got a + aspiration (blood in the needle meaning I was inside of a vessel). So I had to withdraw, get a new syringe, reinsert, hit osseous, redirect and finally deposit. THen the PSA went smoothly, which was the one I had worried about. I thought I had handled myself well, but wasn't sure if the examiners could tell I knew what I was doing; or just thought I was fishing around Erik's cheek. But I tricked them and I passed.


So today I will relax, then tomorrow I will start studying again for the written exam that's in a week and a half. Then after that I should be able to calm down a bit (assuming I find a board patient).

Redemption

So my husband tried to redeem himself by bringing home a card and flowers. I appreciate the thought and maybe now he won't forget special occasions again (ya right).

happy 25th

We went to st. george this weekend. Erik was coaching baseball and sunday was my birthday so we decided to make a little trip of it. The weather was beautiful and on sunday we even got to spend some time in the pool. The one downside, my husband didn't get me anything for my birthday, not even a card. I had told him that I had gotten myself a few things (because he has horrible taste and is not allowed to buy me clothes), but this did not mean for him not to get me anything! Just a card and something thoughtful is all I ever ask of, is that too much? So I'm still kind of pissed off at him, but he doesn't know it. I buy my own christmas presents too. I guess I would rather like my presents than be disappointed, but I expect him to put in some effort.

Anyways. But it was nice to get away and take a break from studying. And I got a little sun and got to spend time with my family, even though I hate my husband right now.

Twilight

Apparently the cast of Twilight has been chosen. This is the picture. I'm not thrilled with most of what was chosen. It's ruining all of the beautiful faces I had pictured in my head. I had Edward pictures a lot more handsome and with lighter hair. And I pictured all of the Cullens being just gorgeous and most of these people just don't do them justice. But I am inspired to read the books again before the movie comes out.