song #2 starring Caitlin

So the pictures are kinda blurry but I took them from our skype date with the web cam so I can't complain lol but the next song she was singing with guela and her enthusiasm was so precious! I just can't get over it!

Nephew #3!
The singer and cheeser! how can you not love that smile!

Skype date!

Well ever since little Andrew made his arrival I have been skyping with the whole gang up in juneau and this last skype date Caitlin was singing me all sorts of songs :) I really hope the sound works on it, it was so cute! She was singing me the ABC's and then asked me to join in, but ignore that part, not nearly as cute lol

consecration part 2

On Friday night we had our nursing consecration ceremony with all our parents, family, professors and friends. It was a great ceremony that recognized our calling to be a nurse :)

Love these girls! We've been through it all :)
Me and sara
One of the prayers that a student read was passed down from her grandma:

Prayer for a Nurse – Severena Skreen

Oh, my God: I am about to begin the day’s work.
Teach me to receive the sick in Thy name.
Give to my efforts success, sweet Jesus, for the glory of Thy holy Name.
It is Thy work: Without Thee I cannot succeed.
Grant that the sick Thou hast placed in my care, may be abundantly blessed, and not one of them be lost, because of anything that is lacking in me.
Help Thou me, to overcome every temporal weakness, and strengthen in me, whatever may enable me, to bring the sunshine of joy, to the lives that are gathered round me day by day.
Make me beautiful within for the sake of Thy sick ones and those lives, which will be influenced by them. Amen.

Charis read a few verses about "Holy Ground" from Exodus 3:1-6

I was able to read 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 and Crystal read a prayer that she wrote for our class. It was such a blessing and meant so much to all of us!
The whole group singing, "Speak, O Lord"

Me and Crystal afterwards - so glad we made it through our parts :)

Stacey DeJong came to support us :)

and...one more with the parents

My fan club :)

Thanks guela for coming and for the new devotional book, I know it'll come in use

Part of the ceremony was also receiving a white Gideon's Bible - I know grandpa scholten would be proud!

consecration weekend part 1

Well the first official stop of the day was at the Bodies Exhibit downtown, which was a huge success! With dad's driving and Guela's navigating we found parking right across the street from the exhibit. I think I can speak for all of us, that we loved it and now look at people in another way! (well I admit I started doing that while taking A&P but now guela and dad do it too ;)

By the end Guela starting naming the pieces, "A nerve-ous wreck", and "Out of body experience" were some of the best ones

So...the second stop of the day was Kerry Park :) I didn't realize that they have never been there or seen the view! (my bad... lol) so now they have :) and we were so blessed that the weather held off all afternoon and were able to see the city

me and my wonderful parents with the space needle in the background

me and guela :)

me and mom :)

the parents

inside a little piece of art

They had a flag on top of the space needle in honor of the police officer

And then....the Troll! Mom and dad had never been here either! We realized we've never really gone sight seeing while they've been here, its always been picking up or dropping off :)

Then we went to dinner at Ivars on the water and had a delicious dinner while watching the ferries coming in and going out

me and guela with our salmon caesear salad - soo good!

This is what Aunties are for.

So when I got to Tasha's last weekend, one of the first things she told me was that Brock really wanted to make Banana Chocolate Chip muffins. And of course, being the auntie I am once Bryce was down for his nap, off to baking we went :)

Brock was a huge help! counting out the eggs we needed...

Peeling the bananas...
And breaking them in pieces to go in the mixer - many, many little pieces I might add ;)

First, pointing at which hole he wanted me to fill, then telling me which ones needed more :)

Well I didn't get an after picture but they were delicious! We had a good bonding time, he was so talkative (shocker huh!) and so helpful! When Bryce was still talking in his bed he told me, "I'll go check on Brcye. Just to make sure he's ok. Cause thats what brothers do." (as he was ready to jump off the counter to go take care of little Bryce!) Amazing how brothers can love eachother so much at such a young age :)

Home for Halloween

This was my first Halloween home since I've been at school in Seattle so as you can imagine I was pretty stoked to be able to take my newhews trick-or-treating to all the friends and family. Early in the afternoon they were already dressed and we got pictures by their pumpkins - they have their names carved in them (in case you can't read them :)

Our #1 Lynden football player (notice the green and gold ;) and our little monkey!

Standing up on his own!

Our first stop of the day: Auntie Shannon's house!

After 5 hrs of knocking on doors, visiting grandparents, friends, and aunties we made it to the Butcher's neighbor's house....Auntie Beck had a great "touch and feel" area set up, the other cousins knew what to expect but it was my first time :)

I was glad to see that Taylor isn't too old to dress up and go out with her family :)

Grady in his horse costume :)

Jake and Weston

Brock found the little chair that was just his size! (the same chair stacey and I used to sit it, play barbies on, way back in the day lol)

Taiji and his little buddy Bryce

love these guys

the little guys playin

And the last stop of the night: Papa and Grandma's house! We finally made it about 9:30 to their house, Brock was on a sugar high at this time and Bryce had been up since 4! What troopers :) Both were crashed out by the time we made it back home

We had lunch sunday before I had to come back to seattle to study for my exam, nothing beats a Sunday lunch outside on the patio with the sun shining in November!

Lesson Learned

So found out this week that I'm allergic to Costco's Ecos scented laundry soap :) I couldn't figure it out for a day or so, but then my housemate figured it out, we washed our scrubs together using her laundry soap one day and the next day this is what I woke up with:

pictures aren't the greatest, kinda hard to see with the flash/no flash but you get the idea

Yea so thats been part of the excitement this week, my neck is still SUPER itchy, but hopefully the majority of the redness will be gone by tomorrow, because I have my Nursing Consecration tomorrow night. My parents and Guela are coming down too, so I'm excited to see them and have them see em all dressed up in my scrubs and lab coat :)

Plus, we're making an afternoon out of it and going to see the Bodies Exhibit which is in Seattle right now. I saw it my senior year of high school but after all my pre-requisite courses I'm sure it'll be from a whole new perspective!