Wicked

was so good... i loved every minute of it. katie rose clark (glinda) and donna vivino (elphaba) were amazing! i knew a little about the story line and we had been listening to the the soundtrack for a couple months but it was way beyond my expectations! It made me wish I knew how to sing and act because it just looks like so much fun and those ladies are seriously SO talented. Parker loved it too and has been singing it nonstop lately. we want to go again!

sushi bar etiquette

I am already looking forward to my birthday dinner...really, I don't have anything in mind already...(hint hint);) watch this video if you have a few. it's funny.

my besties...

are both on missions... I love getting their emails each week. they are truly inspiring and so hard working. I don't know if I could do the hard things they are doing. Makes me want to be a better person. charlene in tacloban, phillipines.

robyn in little rock, arkansas.

happy easter!

So we were standing in line at the grocery store yesterday and picked up martha stewart and saw these delightful eggs... At least i think these were them. They look like fun and the directions are on the website.also happy birthday to Jessica! sweet sweet sixteen. definitely one of my favorites.

bev's cinnamon rolls

When parker and I were first married he REALLY wanted me to make him these cinnamon rolls one day...so I got the recipe from his mom, who got it from a lady in his ward. For some reason I never ended up making them back then so I made them this weekend for general conference. They really are the BEST cinnamon rolls ever. The recipe is scanned here. It's the only copy I have so hopefully if you click on it, it will be big enough to read!

East-West Connection

Had a little sisterly time during the preisthood session of conference. We went out to dinner at this little veitnamese restuarant off of foothill. I would recomend the tofu curry and spring rolls with noodles. Delicious and pretty to look at.

He did it!

in this weatherWith his friend Brian from work

and he could still smile afterwards!

Good Luck Parker!

he's running the half marathon tomorow morning. I was a wuss this year and decided I did not want to put in all that training work so I will be cheering him on along the sidelines. And this is why I am thrilled to not be running...

last year after we finished. My Oprah tee amy made for me for luck.

the happiest place on earth

We just got back from California a couple nights ago and immediately wanted to go back. We left sunny beaches and got freezing snowy weather! Disneyland was magical despite the inflated prices and long lines. I only went once as a little kid, which I don't remember, and then later went 3 times in high school for various events. So the disneyland that I knew was running from ride to ride with our fast passes to get in as many "big" rides as possible. This time around, we had three days and we were with P's whole family including 2 neices and a nephew. We did a ton of the fantasy, little kid things I have never done. I loved it. We still got to do some big kid stuff:) And I am pretty sure we got maximum use out of our fast passes which gives me a great sense of satisfaction.Parker and his neices offf in the distance the first morning. riding the matterhorn

heaven on earth

IS st. george. Ever since moving away from home sweet home, my BF and I have referred to this place as paradise. I seriously get goosebumps as I pull into town...thats how much I love it. It is especially nice when the weather is so much more beautiful down there than up here in p-town. We went down this weekend with the bennions and our friend greg and got some R&R. I didn't realize how much I needed the sunshine and red rocks till I was there.
the crack, mini-narrows, whatever you want to call it, on top of the red hill.very tight fit.buddy,claire, greg, and parkthe bennion fam.

life flight

learned all about the life of life-flight nurses this week. very exciting to say the least. the man in this picture was paris, our wonderful paramedic who gave us an inside peak...

i heart valentines day

Infant Swimming Resource

k so I don't have kids but I will someday and this video is crazy! My older sister told us about it. You have got to watch it. I don't know how many kids drown a year but it is such a preventable tragedy. I just never thought it was possible to be preventable by teaching your baby to swim/float. Really this is amazing. I already want to do this someday when I have a baby. It is pretty expensive and you have to get at least 30 people in your area that want to do it for them to travel where you are but seriously...you need to watch this video. I don't know how to get videos on my blog so you will have to follow this link.

love coming home to this...

...what a guy.

this girl cracks me up

she has a bigger sweet tooth than even parker...i think this picture shows that.

SN-BYU

so it's my second to last semester of nursing school. I am in the ICU's at Intermountain Medical Center for clinical this semester and I am totally loving it. We basically rotate through all the ICU departments there so we get to see the cardiac patients, trauma patients, respiratory patients, nuero patients and the ER. The nurses are so smart and really know what is going on with their patients. I really feel like all my physiology/patho/nursing care is all coming together this semester. I am still totally freaked out by the idea of actually being an RN on my own but I know I will get to the point where I am confident in myself and my knowledge. I am really excited to get there! For now I am totally satisfied signing SN after my name instead of RN. here we are in the basement trying out the ventilator for ourselves. I feel so bad for people that have to be on a ventilator. not only do they have a huge tube down their throat but this machine seriously like power forces air into your lungs. Thankfully we have them though because even though they are miserable, they save lives:)