This Friday... in Theaters

MAMA MIA SING ALONG VERSION!

Ladies...(you know who you are) We soooo need to go to see this..

Laira's first day of School

Waiting out side
Standing by the school sign
Pointing to her name M&M
Laira's cubby

Laira and her teacher Mrs. Thibault. Laira thinks she is the greatest person ever! I am so happy that she is so excited for school. I love her and am so thankful to have such a smart, loving child.

I LOVE YOU LAIRA!

I love her!

Stay tuned for tomorrows 'Laira's first day of Kindergarten' post

Dear Friends,

A heart felt THANK YOU to everyone who came out and helped support the Clark-Nielson Families.

The Turnout, amazing.
The Balloons, beautiful
The Food, fabulous
The Spirit, overwhelming
The Money raised, $1131.18

Thank you for making a difference!

~Denae

Balloons of Hope

Ok so I posted earlier about Christian and Stephanie who were in the plane crash. Well since then I have felt like I wanted to do more but I didn't know what. Well I was always checking her sisters blog to look for updates and such and there was this posted one day.

Some of you may know that Steph and Christian have a family tradition of writing wishes on helium balloons to release them in the air (see:here.) On Saturday, we'd like to invite people anywhere, everywhere to write thoughts of faith and hope to be released at the same time. (Nie is going to love this!) Lets do 5:00 AZ time (6:00 MST/7:00/Central/8:00/Eastern). Will you all take pictures of the release where you are and e-mail me so we can post them on Monday?


Well I read that and then thought to my self.. Hey .. I can do that. So I posted on the blog that maybe we could go to the park those in Provo who wanted to join would. Well since then I have created a facebook group dedicated to their updates. The response has been HUGE! The Balloon launch has become huge. Needless to say I have been overwhelmed but at least I feel like I am doing something to help.

I received a phone call from Steph's brother and he filled me in on some other stuff, like they are trying to make it a big party. They have had catering donated and are trying to get some form entertainment. They want it to but just as big as I do. They want it to make a difference and I do too.

We are talking about and working on ways to help raise some money and show support. Its fun and exciting to find ways to help and that will actually make a difference.

So.. PLEASE if you are in Provo and have the time Come to Kiwanis Park in Provo ( 820 N 1100 E) around 5:45. Let off some Balloons , enjoy some fabulous food, Good company and show some support for some wonderful people who are fighting for their lives.

Pocket Pies :)

So, at my house someone usually makes some sort of treat on Sundays. Its just always been that way. I think I am actually the one who started it. I just love sweet carbs and I was always baking something. Well recently my little brother has taken a fondness to the Food Network and to cooking things. He watched a show called "Good Eats" and on this show they give the history and sometimes the molecular make up of one type of food. Well the one he watched was on Pocket pies. So he decided he wanted to make some of his own. He started the dough and asked if I would help with the fillings.

So I made a delicious Peach pie filling and a chocolate pudding filling. we spent over an hour getting them ready and cooking them. We decided to pan fry some and bake some. We had some peach ones that were finally cool enough to eat and I took a bite. Something wasn't right. My Brother looked at me and said.. "You're just messing with me .. right? Remember you are the one who made the filling" I replied with a mouth full of pie. "It isn't the filling" He took a bite and had to agree. I asked him if the Oil we fried it in was rancid and then he said. "Well the shortening I used smelled a little funny" So I went to the cupboard and pulled it out and it was VERY rancid. It smelt like Kerosene, and so did our little pocket pies.

Pies frying in the pan

Pies baking in the oven

Cooling pies.. waiting to be tasted

Tasted pies being thrown away

All of our hard work.. in the trash

PRAY!

Stephanie and her Husband so lovingly referred to as Mr Nielson on her blog were in a plane crash Saturday evening, Both are being treated for serious injuries. The Clark-Nielson families are requesting prayers and are having a fast today. Please join in and pray for a speedy recovery and that they can soon be home with their 4 adorable children.

I went to High School with Stephanie and I never really got the chance to get to know her as well as others but I enjoy reading her blog and seeing her love and zest for life, her children and her husband.

From Stephenie Meyer's Website:

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--Stephenie

Phlebotomy Class

So my 2nd Phlebotomy class was on Saturday and let me tell you, I am loving it! We got to poke eachother. I had been practicing turoqueting people at work and home to feel their veins so that I would do better at finding them. I really only stuggled to find them on a few people. So when I got to class I was pretty confident that I would be able to find the veins and hopefully poke them as well. The first girl poked someone and she shook so bad that I think it made everyone nervous. I volunteered to be poked next since that was what I was worried about most and if I got that over with I probably wouldn't be so nervous. So she poked me and it didn't hurt at all. We didn't know if we were in the vein until we attacked the tube and saw if we got blood flow. Well the girl attached the tube and all we could hear was a sucking sound and if totally freaked me out.

What had happened was she didn't all of the bevel (see picture) into the vein just the tip. so when the vacutainer was attached it just started sucking air. She pulled it out and man did my arm ache. Its better now but we all learned a lesson.

It was my turn to poke next and after all of my vein palpating preparations I was ready but still nervous I was going to hurt her. Well I put on the turnoquet and couldn't see a vein anywhere so I started feeling around and there was a great one, I just couldn't see it. So the instructor told me that I needed to trust my self. I felt it and just becuase I couldn't see it didn't mean that it wasn't there. So I slowly pushed the needle in and then attached the tube hoping for blood and WOOHOO I did it. I was so excited that I got it.

I am excited for the classes coming up and hopefully will get to start an externship so that I can get it done and hopefully start with Phlebotomy here at the hospital.

anyone want to let me practice ? ;)

Struggles... I feel like my life is full of them right now. I don't know which way is up.

I need to find a place to live but I also struggle with the fact that I don't want to talk Laira out of her school and put her in a different one. I found one that is in her school boundaries.. but I don't know if it is really available or if its just listed. And I also don't know if I can pass the credit check. But my cousin was telling me that if the stuff on your credit is medically related then they usually over look that. I did "apply" and so hopefully I will be able to get it but who knows.

There is so much in the unknown right now that its really starting to take a toll. I feel hopeless and just feel like giving up.

You Are Belle!

Intelligent and kind. Your beauty goes much further than your apperance. Also, you make judgements of people based on their personality and not their looks. Attaining all the knowledge that you can is one of your major goals in life, but you are also a person who can make things happen.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

UPDATED*****
I am half way through Breaking Dawn. All I am going to say is that I so didn't see it going this way!

OK I've finished the book. I was hesitant the 1st half of the book and I have to say that I am completely content with the way everything ended. Its a great book and a great ending to a fabulous series that I will continue to read over and over for a long time