Costa Rica!

We're back! It was an absolutely amazing trip and I could
not have asked for a better way to celebrate being done
with school than going on a tropical getaway and doing
whatever I wanted!

This is our condo, it was quite large and very clean
which made me very happy! We never closed the
windows the entire time and just had a warm tropical
breeze blowing through!....Lovely!



We also had a hammock out front where I spent a lot of
my time reading....for fun! NO SCHOOL BOOKS!


Brett and a large leaf


Hydrangeas grow wild everywhere, I loved it.


Moses on the back of a bus...awesome


A man working with his cows, classic Costa Rica


The growth is incredible, shrubs grow on tree branches
and then grass grows on that . . . a lot of growing going on.
My Arizona mind could not believe it!


La Paz Waterfall




This is similar to what we Zip Lined over


Volcan Poas a sulfuric acid volcano, stinky but cool


The green stuff in the middle is sulfuric acid


Looks like a nice lake right? Its rain runoff from the
volcano and will burn your flesh off. . . .yikes!


We stopped at this muddy river in hopes of seeing
some crocodilos


Our efforts were rewarded :)






Volcan Arenal, an active lava volcano that shook
the ground about every 15 minutes


Up near Volcan Arenal we went Zip Lining . . .
SO FUN!

Brett and I on our way up on the Tram


Brett getting unhooked


Brett coming in at 45 mph, you're supposed to
spread your legs at the end to help slow you down,
totally doesn't work but it makes for some good
pics :)



Manuel Antonio Beach, beautiful


After a long day of being lost and finally getting to
the beach we headed back to the car to go home
and found a bunch of these little cuties which made
the day totally worth it


Monkeys!


Our last day we went to the San Jose Temple, it
was gorgeous. I did the whole session in Spanish
which made me very proud of myself :)


Brett isn't wearing a tie because he gave it away to
a sweet young man going through for the first time to
leave on his mission to Honduras. They drove like 8
hours to get there and then had to go home. Going on
a mission and being temple worthy is a huge deal in
Costa Rica. There family was so sweet.


More hydrangeas at the temple :) Brett made fun
of me but I love them!


This is me coming in on the Zip Line at 45 mph,
I was really glad the guy stopped me!! :)



The trip was so much fun and now I can't wait for
my next vacation! I want to leave again today!

Exciting News!

Brett got the job with these people:

We are both about to do this:

And celebrate by going here:

Can't Wait! Congratualtions to us!

California

Sorry for the delay but here are some of the fun things we did in Cali!

Started off with a delicious HUGE ice cream from the

local burger joint. You can't even see Brett behind it,

thats how big it was!

Brett made friends with the local wildlife on the back

porch. It climbed right up that post to see him.

We may or may not have left some food scraps

outside in hopes of seeing a bear. . . but we got
this little guy instead.

We spent one day in San Francisco wich was fun!

First things first, we had lunch! Yummy swordfish!

Alcatraz Island, sorry its so tiny

Brett and I on Pier 39

Sunbathing Sea Lions (Seals) Is there a difference?

Golden Gate Bridge

Brett accomplished a task on his "Things I Want to

do Before I Die" list . . . walk across the Golden Gate

Bridge. Way to go Brett! I went with and it was long

but fun!

Crazy curvy Lomabard Street. The hills in SF are

incredible but this curvy street was nuts!

We celebrated St. Patricks Day with some delicious

green crepes courtesy of Chelsea!

Brett and Reagan playing in the pool!

One day we headed to "Big Tree" State Park

(Clever name huh?)

I'm kind of nerdy but these trees were incredible

The babies in the snow

So . . .

It is time for me to apologize for my outburst about nursing school :) I was simply stressed out with my AWESOME research paper that I get to write in these final weeks of nursing school! For some reason I have an irrational hatred for writing papers, especially research papers. I was in the middle of this aforementioned paper when I suddenly felt the urge to publicly display my hatred :) So don’t worry, I didn’t get kicked out or drop out (as much as I thought about it) and I am doing fine in school. I am just exhausted and ready to finally be a nurse! I am currently about 8 hours away from leaving on my California/Spring Break/Getaway and I cannot wait! I have done all assignments due the rest of this week, all of next week, and the week after Spring Break so that I can thoroughly enjoy my time there! I am going to lounge around and do whatever I want and no one is going to stop me, or tell me where to be, or when I have to wake up, or make me do any 12 hour shifts! Woo Hoo! Lata AZ!

PS

When I get back I will have pictures and something less boring to blog about! Yay!

Oh my gosh . . .

I hate Nursing School SO much. Thats all.

Anniversary!

Its pretty late but Brett and I's anniversary was
on October 24th. To celebrate we headed off
to Sedona for the weekend! I absolutely love
being married to Brett and I hate to break to
all of you girls out there, but Brett Jenkins

is THE BEST husband in the whole wide world!

Can't you tell . . .

This is some cool rock furniture we found in our
adventures in Sedona . . . oh yeah, and Brett with his
hand in his pants, told ya, best husband ever :)

Could it be a Prince . . . ?

On a quaint little bridge after dinner at

El Rincon, it was wonderful!

Breakfast of Hot Chocolate and Grasshopper

Cookies on our cute little porch!

My handsome hubby!

Beautiful Sedona . . .

Lunch at Oak Creek Canyon on

our way home

This has nothing to do with our anniversary I

just think its the cutest picture ever of Brett

and my niece Ellie :)

Called To Serve

So my little brother got his mission call last week,

which is weird because he is still like 8 years old in

my head but I'm really excitied for him. He's heading to

Calgary Canada and he leaves January 20th.

I'm gonna miss that goofy kid :)