The craziest thing happened last Wednesday. I went to work like normal to the plasma center, it had been raining all day, but I didn't think much of it. A couple of hours into my shift, an alert came over the radio warning us to take shelter because a tornado had been spotted nearby. There were over 70 patients that had to be unhooked so they could take shelter and get away from the windows. We listened to the radio for the next couple of hours and the warnings kept being extended as more tornadoes were spotted. Finally after waiting and waiting, it was decided that we would close the office. It was the craziest day. I am glad that I didn't get blown away!

We Are home! I am so happy to be back in Utah! We had a rough start getting home. As we loaded the truck with all of our stuff we got drenched! It rained cats and dogs all day and we were soaked to the bone; there wasnt much we could do about it because all of our dry clothes were packed away. We saw a really cool rainbow and I wish I could have fit it in a pic but it was way too big. The sunset it so weird back east. It is so flat the sunset lasts forever and the sun looks like it tuches the ground. Neither of us had sunglasses and we both got sunburned eyes. Adam found some riding glasses but they didnt work so well. At least they look cute on him. lol! We drove 20 hours and never want to drive that far again. Top 5 things I am thankful for:

1- I dont have to pay a dollar every time I want to wash

2- I have a dishwasher

3- I have my own bed that isn't a foam pad

4- I have matching dishes

5- I have my own tv so I don't have to watch baseball anymore!!!

Yeehaw! We have less then 3 weeks tell we come home! I cant wait to see everyone. Its really going to be great to wash clothes when ever I want and not have to pay! Ill have my own dishes and my own bed, my own house!! And best of all Ill be able to see my family and friends!!! ( o yeah the pics are from the University of MN Campos)

Mom , Dad and Wyatt came for a little visit this last weekend. It was so fun, we went to the Mall of America, Stillwater (antique shopping), the Zoo, toured a steel mill ,to Lake Calhoun, Lake Silvia,to church, farm land watching , played cards and out to eat a lot! I gained 4lbs because we had such yummy food. Dad complemented the owner of a Italian place we went to and they gave us free appetizers, ice cream, and wine! We gave the wine to Dads Steel friend. At Stillwater Mom Spent 2 hours in one antique store. Wow that's a long time, I thinks she would have stayed longer but we talked her out of it. I think Dads favorite part was driving out in the country checking out the farm land. Wyatt loved the Mall because he went to the theme park while we went shopping.

Yesterday we went to a butterfly conservatory! It was so fun because I have never been so close to so many butterflies. They were so cool and they let you get so close, they didn't even fly away. I wish I could have stayed there all day. This isn't even 1/2 of the kinds they had.

I started my new job yesterday. Craziness.... I like it so far, the only thing that sucks is they want you to do a lot of tests and reading. I feel like I am going back to school. But I did get to go out on the floor to day and that was so fun. The floor is were they have all the people donating plasma. I am learning so much about it and it's so interesting. I learned how to set up the plasma IV set today and I feel like I caught on pretty quickly. I wish I would have got this job a month and 1/2 ago. But that's how things go. ;)

We went to the Zoo on Saturday and it was really fun. My favorite part was the atrium. It was so amazing, it had flowers, trees, and every kind of plant you could think of. We also saw a bunch of animals and it was free.