Killers in Vegas

Went to Vega this last weekend to see the Killers in concert! It was awesome beyond belief! Guess who we met??? BRANDON FLOWERS!!!!! Ya it happened by total chance! He was walking through the lobby just a few minutes after we arrived! He's the lead singer for the Killers, FYI! :) (P.S. photos were taken on phones, not the best resolution.)

 Here we are before the show started. Ashlee, myself, Margaret. The first opening band was actually really good, "Most Thieves". I bought their CD and we met some of the band members afterwards. Got their autographs!

 And here he is! We were in the very front! Very close! It was dreamy!!!

Brandon and Ronny. Ronny became one of mine and Marg's favorites. Never stopped beating those drums! 

We also went to Benihana's whilst we were in Vegas! It was yummy and entertaining!

It was a weekend I'll never forget! Thanks Ash for the photos, Marg hasn't sent me her's yet! 

Holly, you changed my life!

Cross stitching...
 So Holly was the initiator of my new obsession with cross- stitching. I found these  ornaments at a yard sale and did each of them in like a day. I can't get enough of this hobby. It's also a great one to do with friends and on road trips and on planes. I'm also doing a big complex one but you have to wait to see that one.

See what I have already done here

I love this! Yay cross-stitch.

Necklace holder thing...It's really cute!

This weekend my nursing friends, Karissa and Laura, and I were crafty. We got the idea off of pinterest. It's a necklace holder. We covered a piece of wood with padding and fabric. Then we glued craft flowers on and screwed hooks into the bottom.

Here's the final products!

 It was so much fun to hangout and be crafty! We want to do things like this on a regular basis. My new necklace/jewelry holder looks so good on my wall! I love it! Can't wait for the next project!

Graduation Festivities!

Commencement was awesome! I got to hang with some of my favorite classmates and listen to Tom Brokaw speak and make fun of U of A! :) I loved cheering with and for my college, the smallest one. And we had fireworks, which I love. It was very exciting and made me excited to graduate!!!

Nursing friends at Commencement

 Friday morning was Convocation for the College of Nursing and Health Innovation. My college! I loved seeing my old instructors. They were so proud of me and were shocked that I made it! :)

D7 Junior 1 Learning Community AKA Linda's Lovely Ladies

Linda! The lovely lady herself!

Kay! She was shocked that I was graduating!

Kay is the reason that I want to public/community health! I had the best experiences in that rotation!

A lot of people have been my supporters through my college experience and I was so happy that a few of them could come and support me!

Jeani & Kayli Mae

Kaitlin!! Go Sun Devils!! 

Margaret & I

Grandpa & I! I love this photo!

Harley guy made me cupcakes! What a cool guy!

Thanks for all the support!!! 

SIX FLAGS!!!!!

To celebrate my graduation, I went to Six Flags with my sister, Marg, and my friend, Jessica! Oh, boy, did we have a good time! It was overcast, perfect weather! And there was like no one there. The lines were almost nonexistent! Our longest wait was for X2 and it was like 25 minutes. 

H is for Hilaree!! We went on Goliath like 6 times!! And got some good pictures on it! 

I'M BATMAN!!! We also rode Batman like 6 times! It was awesome and I got a Batman ring! 

There is a new ride at six flags! The Green Lantern! At first it doesn't look like much, but it was AWESOME!!! Each time you ride it, you have a different experience! We went on it twice!!!

 We did a lot of driving for all this fun and it was worth staying up 24 hours! So much fun!!

Metro mementos

I am not the only one who sees interesting things on the light rail...

See what some of my friends captured.

Never travel alone!

Suspenders!
Talk about matching your bag to your outfit!

Apparently this kid was licking the window...yucky.

I love it when my friends share there adventures. I heard there was a guy wearing chain mail made out of soda pop tops. I've seen Dracula three times this week. The light rail is an experience that everyone should experience. Go on. Make it an interesting day and ride public transportation...then you will see what the public is really like!!! :)

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Happy Groundhog Day

6 more weeks of winter! My nephew in Punxsutawney, PA, home of the Groundhog. Jealous that my sister and her family saw it live, but I watched the movie!

I went to a screening of a new Ron Howard production! "When you find me" is based on 8 photos that won the Project Imagin8tion by Canon. My old high school classmate and friend Mikey won one of the categories with his photo!

Here's Faith and I before the film began!

One of the best things that happened this week is the new shoes I got on Monday!

I also have a new fave song by Gotye (GO-tea-Yay) click for the link... The video is a bit interesting, but I actually really like it! I've been listening to it over and over and over and over...again!

On the 6th/7th day of Christmas...la la la la la

On the 6th/7th day of Christmas...

Man, lots of birds at Christmas time!

Another thing that makes Christmas totally awesome is CHRISTMAS CAROLS!!!

Yesterday, I went to the Voices of Christmas and thought it was wonderful. The Choir sounded really great and the orchestra was awesome (especially that gong in "We Three Kings. Scared everyone in front of us). All the songs were great. I really liked the "Joy to the World" at the beginning and I liked the "Mary and Elizabeth" duet. It was a great experience overall!

Music really brings people together and it's especially true with good Christmas music! ASU nursing school has a holiday party at the Westward Ho in Phoenix! And 8 great people came with me and sang for the residents. They made it a great party and their voices drew people to the party. When the singers took a break they made bracelets.

I made a bracelet too!

Christmas music is wonderful and can make people happy very quick. I love it! I don't understand why people ban it for the rest of the year. Need a pick-me-up? Sing a carol! :)

Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly! Fa La la la la la la :)

On the 2nd/3rd day of Christmas...

On the 2nd day, I had my last final!!

As a ritual, I burn my flashcards! hahaha look at them burn!

Watch them burn!

On the 3rd day I celebrated by partying with Margaret and Heather!

I also got a great motorcycle ride from my friend, David!

And it's time to party! Happy Holidays!