Life's a Garden, DIG IT!!!

Last summer my friends across the street planted a garden in their backyard. They just had zucchini and tomatoes and they were so good! I've never eaten so much zucchini bread in my life! It seemed like they had so much fun throughout the summer working on their garden and I wanted to be apart of it!

So this summer I've helped out a little bit with the garden and it has been so fun! We have way more variety in the garden this summer too! Zucchini, tomato, cucumber, corn, pumpkin, watermelon, bell pepper, and herbs. AWESOME!!!

Giant Pumpkin plant- Chris is wanting to enter the pumpkins into a competition!

Basil
Baby corn!! 2 days old. Darling!

2 months later- corn ready for picking!

Zucchini ready for some yummy bread

Moral of the story is:

I am #1 (Nelly Reference)

I just have to brag for a little bit! So I started working at Tucano's about a month ago and it has been such a fun job! I've met so many cool people and it has been just awesome. Yesterday I worked the night shift and guess what, I was the TOP SERVER OF THE NIGHT!!!! I can't believe that I made more in tips than all of the other servers! I had some really great tables and I was having such a fun time and it really showed when I got my tips at the end of the night! Best part of being the top server, my manager gave me a free dessert! Woohoo!!! I brought home the white chocolate, raspberry cheesecake and shared it with my roommates. Sooooooo delicious!!

This was my day:
woke up, read my scriptures, ate breakfast, studied some stuff for work, went to work at 10:15am, got home from work at 10:30pm....... awesome

Kids Say the Darndest Things

My brother, Dave, sent our family this email yesterday and I think it's the funniest story ever:

I just put Ben down for the night and he had something really important to tell me. He was real intense and said ... "Dad, Dad ... hot dog fixes Jesus". I said "Ben ... what did you say?" He said it 2 or 3 more times ... "Hot dog fixes Jesus." We barbecued hot dogs earlier in the day, so I thought he was talking about our lunch. I kept asking him about hot dogs and he was getting a little frustrated. I asked Jackson to help me understand and we both listened again ... "hot dog fixes Jesus". He started to say it real slow, but he was pointing to his forehead. I called Becky and in and she listened a few times and couldn't figure it out. Finally after a few minutes and having him say it over and over, Jackson figured out he was pointing to where he had stitches ... he was saying ... "Uncle Doug fix the stitches". We listened again and it sounded exactly like "hot dog fixes Jesus". We were all cracking up and Ben thought he was so funny. Becky recorded it on her iPhone ... was asked him to say "Uncle Doug fix the stitches" and "Hot dog fixes Jesus" and it sounded EXACTLY the same. Funny kid.

Vegas Vacation!

I went down to Las Vegas last week and had such an awesome time! I had to get away from Provo for a while so I asked my brothers if I could come down there for a while and work for them. It was so great seeing how my brothers run their offices! Dave had me take boxes of Einstein Bagels around to a bunch of different offices and Doug (more like Heather) had me help with his office open house.

I had so much fun with my nieces and nephews while I was there! These kids never cease to amaze me! They are all so stinkin' cute and so talented!

Now it's back to the grind of looking for a job in Provo. Please pray that something with come my way, preferably a dental hygiene job!

Sorry there are no pictures- I lost my camera! But I think I might buy one with some graduation money!

Breaking up is never fun!! Your life changes so much because one minute you have a best friend, spending every possible moment with them, and the next minute you are best friend-less. It totally stinks!!! Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways and we definitely have to follow Him with faith. Especially when we don't understand why.

Last week of school!

The last week has been crazy busy but still super fun! It's amazing how much I packed into one week while I was studying for Boards and finals and trying to finish all my graduation requirements!

Callister Cousin Party!!
Sadly we had to say goodbye to Mike and Kelsie- they are moving to Fresno for school. They will be missed a lot here in Provo!! The Callister Clan is dwindling!

Our Dental Hygiene graduation party was so much fun! We had an awesome dinner catered by Costa Vida, gave out the best awards to each other and to our staff, and watched the cutest slideshow made by Katie. I'm going to miss these girls so much! It has been the best 2 years ever!

Now our name tags say "RDH" for regestered dental hygienist! We're legit!

The invitation said "Bring your immediate family"... for those of us who aren't married, we were able to bring an extra special person in our lives! Thanks Nic for all your support!
This is a stack of all my dental hygiene books and notes for the last 2 years! I really wanted to throw a lot of it away today, but decided I better hold that off until I get my "Pass" letter for all my boards!

My last Board exam is this Thursday! I'm actually excited for this one because clinic is my forte!