jennifer

Future RN...

2011-12-07T13:23:00.000-08:00

I finished my first semester of nursing school!! Only a year and a half left.. which is kind of a scary feeling.. because I know I have so much to learn still. But thinking back over this semester, I've realized I have already learned so much! Although its been really stressful, its also been a lot of fun. Especially because of the friends I've made through school. We were put into groups of 10, and I think I got the best 10 girls! We all get along so well, and have a lot of fun together. We have group parties, study sessions, and some of us went on trips together! When you spend all day everyday together, you really get close. I'm just really happy with life and school right now, I'm loving it!

Here's my group of 10 girls.. love these girls!

in our community uniforms, we got to teach preschool kids! I taught them about Halloween Safety (me and my partner dressed up, and I think we might have scared some of them!)

With "Seymore Butts"... as our instructors call him. Love our teachers! haha

We made "D7" t-shirts - they are blinding.. (D7 is the name of our group of 10 girls)

after inserting an NG tube.. after learning this and learning to give shots and clean wounds, I actually am starting to feel kind of like a nurse!:)

In our nursing home, where we got our 1st real patient! this place was the nicest i've ever seen. it looked like a fancy hotel inside!

This is Bonnie.. her and I probably goof around more than we work, but it has kept me sane during this crazy semester! haha

Martha, our instructor, took us out to eat after our last day of clinicals!

Four of us got to go to Disneyland together! We left right after our final! Sad our whole group couldnt go.. but we had a blast! This was my first time on the tower of terror.. i didn't realize the creepy guys until we looked at the picture later! haha

Although its been the busiest semester of my life, its also been the most fun/exciting one I've had! I've had a blast, and I'm looking forward to the next few semesters!:)

The real life Glee

2010-12-15T21:42:00.000-08:00

So I just discovered "The Sing Off".. and i think it is my new favorite! on the commercials they said it was going to be like a "real life glee" but i think its much better! it is an all-voice competetion, and it is AMAZING! im get obsessed very easily with anything that has to do with music (you can ask my family, they would probably say its annoying!) but i seriously love this show.

This is The Street Corner Symphony.. my favorites! the lead singer has an amazing voice. And the guy with the hat and glasses looks just like John Lennon!

and this is Jerry Lawson and the Talk of the Town...These guys are so fun!. Their voices arent my favorites, but they are fun to watch! i really like the little guy with crazy hair and teeth that sings the high parts! haha

But my family has had so much fun watching this! Even my dad starting singing along...:) haha sorry there's so many videos, it was hard to narrow them down because I loved them all!

San Fransisco!

2010-10-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

So it has been a long time since i've posted, and I'm tired of hearing my mom tell me to post something.. So here ya go mom!:)

Right before school started, I got to go to San Fran with some of my best friends! We all got buddy passes for the flight, and we got a deal on the hotel because our old volleyball coach Emrick had a timeshare. Even though we got lucky with those deals, I still spent WAY too much money.. we definitely shopped til we dropped!

I finally got to fulfill my dream and ride on a trolley! But it was only fun for the first few seconds.. until i realized i dont like being squished between a bunch of sweaty people.

There were so many things to do there, it was hard to squeeze it all into the 4 days we were there.
We went to Alcatraz!

I think we had most of our fun on the ferry ride over to alcatraz...

We got a package deal to go to alcatraz and then to angel island, where all the immagrants from Asia came through. Don't go on that tour... most boring tour ever! We drove around on a tram that was breaking down, and didn't see anything but a few buildings. But there was a nice view!

We spent an entire day at ghiradhelli square and fisherman's wharf!

We saw some very interesting people... here are just a few of our favorites.

We watched this guy for like an hour. He made his own little fake bush, then he would jump out and scare people as they walked down the street. He got Lexi! So funny!

We "hiked" up Lombard Street (that was our workout for the week)

We went and did Baptisms at the Oakland Temple. It was beautiful! Pretend I'm not standing like a hunchback...

We found this sign while we were waiting for our ferry..

Lexi apparently has never seen a seagull before... she saw these and said.. "those are like half birds, half ducks!" haha

We had so much fun on this trip! It was fun to pretend we all lived together. But we had to come back to reality... I'll have to start saving up for our next trip!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

2009-07-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday mom! Thanks for putting up with me for all these years. I really don't know how you do everything you do. And I don't know what I would do without you, I would be living in my own filth! haha You are always fun to be around! I am so glad that someone in this house likes to play games every single night with me. You really are my role model/hero (see i listen to our family home evening lessons!). You are always looking for ways to serve people. You are sincere,compassionate, and optimistic in everything you do. Thanks for being one of my best friends. I love you mom!!! Hope you have a great birthday!

Eager/California

2009-07-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July I went up to Eager with Lexi, her family, and my friend Jessica Schmidt. We rode quads, went to the parade, ALMOST went into a dance (but we looked inside and saw only about 3 couples dancing so we left..), saw some fireworks, and went spotlighting/sightseeing! Its sad because lexi's extended family knows me almost better than my own!

Jess Lexi and I at Steven and Kelly's house in Eager where we stayed
At the parade on the 4th!

We found this going through the parade... a headless statue of liberty. I thought that this little town of eager was against America! we were all a little confused at first, but then we realized it had a mechanical head that would go up and down so it didn't run into the power lines.

We got bored one day and decided to walk to the school and play at the park! They had this really tall slide and old-school swings. The slide doesn't look big in the pictures but it was huge!

Lexi's dad woke us up at 4 in the morning one day to go up the mountain and look for elk and deer and wild horses (I wish we hadn's stayed up until 3....) But we saw this cute little bear! and of course lexi threw it some beef jerkey and honey on crackers so it came right up next to our car!

We got out and hiked a little bit to this really pretty waterfall!
Lexi's cousin had this cute little scooter and was nice enough to let us take it for a spin!

This weekend I went to California with Jessica, her family and Lexi. We went to 6 flags and the beach!

So im SOOOOO afraid of heights and deathly afraid of roller coasters, but I actually went on some. But I made a bad decision of going on Tatsu at the beginning of the day. I should have known when the sign said "Fly at the Speed of Fear". I learned my lesson. Actually it ended up being one of my favorites!

We went to mission beach on Friday and it was packed! there were people EVERYWHERE!! Since there wasn't much room in the water, they talked me into letting them bury me. BAD IDEA. I am still finding sand everywhere!
And of course...on the way home we got pulled over right around Yuma. It was pretty funny! since I wasn't driving. Luckily Brian was a cop so we got a warning!

New laptop!

2009-06-05T19:31:00.000-07:00

I finally bought a laptop! I have been wanting to get one for a while and i finally found one that I could afford. It isnt pink or fuzzy (i wish it was), but it will get the job done. I need it for school in the fall because I am going to ASU! I went to orientation last week.. which was the longest day of my life. My mom and I even ditched the last couple hours. yep it was my first day there and my mom talked me into ditching already! haha but anyways I got registered and got a t-shirt that is too big and a maroon and gold pom poms so i guess it was worth it!

Mesa Jackrabbits 2008

2008-12-28T15:44:00.000-08:00

This volleyball season was so much fun! i miss it all ready.. i love my team! i wish i could play with them another year.. these were some of our team pictures!

SENIORS!!

varsity, jv, and cross country at the race for the cure. morgan and i couldnt run so we rode a tandom bike.. they are harder to ride than they look!

Halloween

2008-12-13T13:26:00.001-08:00

we went to goodwill on halloween night and this is what we came up with!
lexi...
jessica! i dont know why they wore muscle shirts when they were supposed to be 80s workout..
Lexi and Brenna!

weston dressed up like a rollerblader that crashed. he scared alot of people that night!
my family and our pumpkins!
my pumpkin!

We went to a few really fun parties on halloween and i won my first pie eating contest! and i wasnt even full when it was over. whoever made the pie.. it was delicious!

Volleyball

2008-09-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

Our season FINALLY started! our first game was on tuesday against cibolla and we killed them! but then on thursday we played the state runner ups from last year and got our butts kicked. their best hitter is already signed with ASU.. she was amazing! and then we had a LONG tournament on friday and saturday. we did pretty good on friday, so we were put into a bracket with really good teams on saturday. we didnt play that great on saturday.. lets just say we are all a little embarrassed. we didnt play horrible, but we could have played alot better. hopefully we can start playing like we know we can. We are all best friends and we all get along really good. were probably the craziest team! we always have fun. sometimes too much... our coach gets mad sometimes cuz we are always laughing and being crazy at practice. anyways.. im so excited for our season!!
CARRY ON!!
dog pile!
being weird..
our pyramid! that took us SOOO long to do. i respect cheerleaders alot more now.
Varsity! i love my team. too bad im standing like i have a hunch back..
at team camp.. our coach taught us to lay down and put our legs against the wall with our feet up since we were on our feet all day long! i dont really get why we were doing it haha
our team with coach mike! i dont know why its blurry!! its my only picture of us with him..im so sad!
there werent enough beds. so me and katie made our own bed. right next to the bathroom.. not a very smart idea. since everyone had to wake us up to get into the bathroom.
me and katie trying to take a picture while we were in the air but we were a little late. i just thought we were in funny positions..
most of our team taking wiggles!
wow we were CRAZY that night!! you probably cant tell but i threw up twice earlier that day.. haha
audrey, ashley, chelsea and kaitlin
more wiggles!
katie, lexi and jessica. i dont even know what they are doing..

Dances..

2008-07-08T15:34:00.001-07:00

So i realized i havent posted for a really long time.. but my mom kind of took care of it by putting pretty much everything exciting about me on her blog. I dont have much to blog about because i do the same thing everyday. i have weight training in the morning from 6:30-8:30(where i realized im really weak and out of shape...), then i come home, try to take a LONG nap, and go to work! sometimes we have volleyball practice or something too..So my life is pretty boring! but i did forget to post my prom pictures! just remember i was sick.. thats my excuse for looking gross, even though thats not a good excuse!

so my face got a little covered by ron.. but i didnt mind! it actually made the picture look better!

me and jake
this is my morp group. i went with Nathan Smith! it was really fun! even though alot of other couples wore suns outfits.. ours were the best!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFFNER!!!!!

2008-01-01T12:32:00.000-08:00

Jennifer is our New Year's Eve Baby. She arrived 3 weeks early and only 8 minutes after entering into Mesa Lutheran Hospital. She was in a hurry to get here. Jennifer is kind, sweet, and has a calming influence in our family. She has always been beautiful both inside and out. She has many talents. (I'm her mom, I have bragging rights). She's very musically talented, she has a natural ear for music, yet she won't let anyone in on that secret. It is fun to hear her play the cello, guitar, electric keyboard, piano and her favorites the radio or mp3 player. She's very athletic, has great hand/eye coordination. She LOVES volleyball and likes softball. She is also the brain in the family. When she was 3 years old she could write all of our names frontwards and backwards - and we didn't even work with her on it. She saw it and did it. She's known as the dancing booty at volleyball and at home. She is extremely sweet and compassionate and would do anything for you (except clean her room, ha, ha). She is quite the prankster also. She is a lot of fun to be around. She has brought a lot of sunshine into our home, and we are grateful for the blessing of having Jennifer as part of our family.

Love ya lots,

Mom

Winter Formal

2007-12-18T12:45:00.000-08:00

This is our group pic! our group was really fun!
me and jon!

all i want for christmas is...

2007-12-17T19:16:00.000-08:00

...a DIGITAL CAMERA!!!

everyone keeps getting mad at me for not blogging.. but i need some pictures before i can blog! im hoping santa brings me this cute pink one for christmas!

Girls Camp

2007-11-27T18:59:00.000-08:00

This summer i went to girls camp! it was my first year as a YCL and me and lexi were partners, of course. We were over 3rd years. we had to do the hike with them and everything. our girls were so cute! And sorry, im not wearing any make up in these pics!
This was our YCL skit. 6 of us (Kelly Allen, Amber Neel, Lexi Brown, Tiffany Allen, Brianna Barba and me) dressed up like gangsters.. in our tall T's, we even had grills that we made of foil. I look like the biggest wangster.. but the rest of them look good!
This was right before my solo. well more like a duet. my partner, brianna barba, is a dancer in euporea at mesa. so pretty much i looked like an idiot dancing next to her! but who cares..its girls camp! what happens at girls camp, stays at girls camp..
Look at the toy i made!!! isnt it so good?? actually, i just sanded it. but i think i did a great job at sanding it.

2007-11-27T18:20:00.000-08:00

I went to homecoming with Aaron Favreau! our group was pretty big.. but it was fun! for our day activity we went out to the desert. we watched a movie and had a huge bonfire! Before the dance we went over to Tyson Andes house and ate a delicous dinner! It was alot of fun!
My hair already started falling out before the pictures! but thanks to becky, amy, and jessica for doing my hair, make up and nails! they did 2 of my friends too!
Dont worry i didnt wear those shoes all night. just for pictures. after that i took them off and put them by the student council stuff (where it wouldnt get stolen).. good thing Aaron is in student council!!

2007-11-17T11:35:00.000-08:00

For Jessica's birthday our family went to AH-SO.. which was delicious! but the car trips were the best part. We took wiggle picture (you keep moving your face around til the pic takes.. then you see which face you ended up making). these are just some of the pics we took.. the rest were too embarrassing to blog

Happy Birthday jess!! I love ya!!!

2007-10-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

I flew in a private jet!!!! I went on a date with Jon Hoopes and we went to the diamondbacks game. When we were driving to the game he asked me if i would want to ride in a jet right then.. of course i said YES!!! i guess his dad is a pilot. the jet was so small it was scary! we could see the pilot control panel thing from where we were sitting and while we were up in the air it starting flashing red and kept saying "pull up"... it was so scary! but we made it and then we took a cab to the game. it was so fun!!

EFY

2007-09-07T22:26:00.000-07:00

I went to EFY this summer with Lexi Brown at NAU. We brought up a whole suitcase of food..which was a bad idea because i was the one who ate it all. There were no cute boys in our group, but there were alot outside our group. A bunch of my friends were on the same floor as us and we had big sleepovers and watched chick flicks! my group

Jake

James

Nate Dawg
Brody

Katie trying to stay awake at one of our sleepovers!

the dancers name is Sam and he was in my group.. now you know why we say there were no cute boys in our group!! but at least they were entertaining..

California Trip

2007-09-07T21:49:00.000-07:00

This summer we went to california with the Overstreets for the 4th of July. we went to six flags, where i went on my first rollercoaster.. and we went to the beach! i didnt get the tan i wanted.. but it was still way fun!

We buried Dallin up to his head in the sand

Jaxon at the beach!

Jaxon

2007-09-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

This was my first time holding Jaxon. We were at church when Brother Overstreet signalled to my family that they had the baby! I bet everyone at church knew what was going on when my whole family stood up with the biggest smiles on our faces, and basically sprinted out the doors. We got to the hospital, and of course i was one of the last ones to hold him..but it was worth the wait!