Kyle has been working very hard with the forest service. He works ten hour days and hikes between 10-12 miles every day while carrying a 40 lbs chain saw. His only relief comes on Thursdays when his crew spends the day mowing lawns at camp grounds. Here are a couple pictures of him hard at work.

I love how color coordinated he is when he works. His friend said that he looks a little like Bob the Builder, and I think I have to agree.

This tree is 3000 years old. It is a good thing he didn't really cut it down.

Our new adventure

Now that I am done with school, Kyle and I have to move on to our next adventure. Kyle moved to Moscow, ID on Saturday; Wicket and I will be moving there in a couple of weeks. Kyle and I both have new jobs and Kyle starts school at University of Idaho in August. He will be working on earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

I will begin working at the hospital in Lewiston this July. I will be working as an RN in the pediatrics department. After I have oriented and worked on the floor for a while I will be crossed trained to also work in the neonatal intensive care unit sometimes. I am so excited about this and can't wait to start.

Kyle also has a new job. He now works for the forest service out of Potlatch, ID (this is the closest forest service department to Moscow). He is excited to get to spend his summer in the forest again.

As for Wicket, I am still not sure if he understand that we will be moving soon. I have tried to explain it to him but every time I tell him that are going to leave he just looks at me, wobbles a little bit and begs for food. I guess that he will find out soon enough.

I will try and keep the blog updated more often so that all of our fans can stay informed on all of the wonderful and exciting things happening in our life.

Graduation

I finally Graduated from Nursing School. After 2 years of prerequisits and 2 years in the nursing program I finally finished. It felt like this day would never come, but I am so glad it did. It seems strange not having lectures to go to and no more tests to study for. I still have to take my boards before I can officially be called a RN but the hard stuff is already done. Here are a few pictures from the pinning ceremony.

Preparing to light my Florence Nightingale Lamp for the candle ceremony.

Listening to one of my classmate's father sing a song for our class.



Getting a hug from one of my favorite instructors after getting pinned.

I'M DONE!!!

Wicket

So here is a little information about our wonderful cat Wicket. He is named after the leader of the Ewoks from Star Wars. When he was a baby, he looked very much like an Ewok so we named him after one. As he grew up, we realized that he was not like other cats. Wicket shakes when he is excited and waddles when he walks. He has issues with depth perception and hits things with his nose to figure out how far away they are. Because of his continuous shaking, he uses a lot more energy doing nothing and is hungry all of the time. Any time someone is in the kitchen, he cries and cries because he wants more food. He would spend all day in the kitchen eating if we would let him.
He also does not like it when Kyle hums at him, watch this video to see just how much he doesn't like humming.

Our Family

Our family has three members:

Brook and Kyle

and our special baby Wicket

This is Wicket with his brother Simon (My dad and Sara's cat)

A special surprise

Today when I got out of class, I had quite a wonderful surprise inside my car. I opened the door and found that some wonderful man had put a bouquet of flowers on the driver seat. They are the most beautiful carnations I have seen in a very long time. When I picked Kyle up tonight I thanked him for the flowers, but he said they weren't for me. Then he decided that since I had already put them in a vase that he guessed they were mine now. He is such a sweet guy, but is also a little bit of a liar...I know that the flowers were really for me, or at least they better have been!