Registered Nurse

It is official...Chris passed the NCLX and is now an RN!!! He will be headed down to Utah to get things rolling for work and find us a place to stay.

pinning ceremony update!

For those of you who have read the post about the pinning ceremony know that the BYU-I nursing program was charging the nursing students for their pins...amazing! Well yesterday Chris received an email from the program director telling him that the nursing students can pick up their pins and that the pins were included in the original nursing fees paid...hmmm, you would think that they could have figured that out a little earlier on...many of the students can't just stop by and pick up their pins after they have moved to NY or Florida!! What a pain.

Graduation Night

Pre-graduation photo.

Chris walking into Commencement. I was on the other side of the stadium so I wasn't able to get a lot of pictures at this ceremony. There were some great speeches given for the graduates. One piece of advice we really like was that you can learn something from everyone. He quoted President Eyring when he shared the story of his father (who was a well educated man) who, when stopped at a service station got out of his car to visit with the young man pumping his gas. When he climbed back into the car young President Eyring asked why he talked to that boy. His father responded by telling his boy that this young man had had experiences that he hadn't and that you can learn something form everyone. No matter what station in life we are, we can always learn something from the experiences of others. What a great message!
Chris druing his speech..."where will we find our council"
Chris receiving his empty diploma.
Kyle & Chris after graduation
Chris, Karen & Kyle...fellow nursing students.

Chris & Jenny...Karen & Barry

Pinning Ceremony

Before the ceremony started we got a pic of Chris with his fellow nursing students, this is Kyle, Sang and Chris.

Chris being pinned by Sister Dalling. Come to find out the next day that the students were going to be charged $60 for their pins, so Chris returned his...60 bucks??!!!
The family. We decided to take all of the kids to see dad get pinned. It was crazy with the whole gang there, but we're glad they were all there.

It is official, Chris has secured a job with University Health Care in Salt Lake City. The hospital is a part of the University of Utah (sorry Brian....go utes!). It is really a great opportunity for us because after a while all of us will get 1/2 tuition off. Sounds great considering that Chris is considering a Doctorate program to become a NP. Hopefully all will work out in our favor.

Just Daddy and Me

Ethan loves two things, the outdoors and his daddy. Luckily for Ethan when daddy was on break from school the weather was wonderful, so they got to chill on the front porch together. Ethan is our little copy cat as you can see.