Innocence

December 25, 2009

It's early Christmas morning and my family is still asleep. The Christmas tree lights are on now and I've opened the blinds. The snow is still glistening the trees and I watch all of the neighbors lights turning on. I smile as I think of the wonderful Christmas memories being created in each of their homes as I prepare to create some new memories of my own.

Last night we kept track of Santa on the internet. Kayci is still all about Santa and where he's at. She had her laptop pulled up with the "Santa Tracker" all night during dinner and our Christmas "program". Innocence is a wonderful thing.

This time of year is truly my favorite. I have always loved the lights and wonderment of Christmas. Mom always had lights and candles and our finest dishes. I loved the memories she helped create as a child. Dad always was there to tease us about Santa and to see if we were "naughty or nice". I remember the nights lasting forever as I tried to sleep. It's funny how it all goes full circle... now I'm up before my kids! My favorite part of the season, as they were when I was young, are the lights.

The "Lights of Christmas" hold a special place in my heart, one that I think was a gift as a child.

Halloween 2009

Jake's Eagle Project

October 24, 2009
Well, Jake's Eagle Scout Project was today and he did a great job. He planned a hay ride for food to donate to the Utah Food Bank. Despite a rather cold and blustery day, it was a huge success.

He started out the day by going to the farm and loading hay into the Big Tex with Robert. Robert had him practice a few loops in the field and then Jake was off to work... (with all the planning he did, he forgot to get the day off work. Hmmmm.) Anyway, Robert and I drove the tractor with the hay to the field. The Hay Ride was supposed to start at 2:00 p.m. and Jake got off of work at 2:00. Luckily the filed is right down the street from Harmon's.

When we got to the field at 2:00 it started to rain a bit. It was cold, but "do"able. Then it started to REALLY rain... HARD. Then came the hail... ALOT of it. We sat in the truck as we watched stuff start to blow away. You can see the posters were all twisted up and the one that said "Utah Food Bank" was completely toast. (The rest of the day it looked like we were doing hay rides for our own food!)
Jake did a great job getting all of the rides in and making sure everyone was safe. He checked all around the tractor for little kids and was sure that everyone was having a good time. He was able to collect quite a bit of food and over $40.00 cash.
Parker, Emilee, Kassidy and Jake all rode the hay wagon back to the farm to unload the hay. Robert had to take a loop through Wal Mart as the kids were doing the "rodeo wave" on the hay! It was lots of fun and pretty redneck.
Now the next step is to get the reports filled out and talk to the appropriate people about the project and I think he just got himself an Eagle. Whew!
If I ever have to do this again, I'm going to insist on a fund raiser in some tropical location... the Carribean, maybe!

Riverton Hospital Open House

Deer Hunt 2009

I'm remotely semi-famous!

October 17, 2009
A few weeks ago, some PR people from IHC come onto our unit. They were doing a photo shoot and wanted to know if any of us had any "photo worthy" patients. I said I had a darling patient with a really cute husband. They said it was ust going to be the mom doing a shoot for the Women's Center. At that time, this cute girl had been pushing and was exhausted. They said that they would come back in the morning so I told them which room she would be in.
The next day they came back and I showed them where she was and then wished this cute girl good luck. They said at that time, "You're coming, too." No thanks, I had been running around and I was wearing these large earrings that were totally inappropriate for nursing attire.
Needless to say, they did the shoot and now I'm on a billboard on I-15 and also a couple of buses somewhere in the valley.
My few minutes of fame! I was happy to do it anyway, I really love my job and I loved working at Altaview. It's ironic that the billboard comes out on my last day of working there. I really will miss it there. I love the people and the doctors. I'm just glad that they've left the door open for me so I can always go "home"!