I GOT IN!!!

Yes I know, hard to believe that I was able to get into the Nike Women's Marathon again! It will happen again this year in October in San Francisco! I cannot wait until I can get a system when I exercise and get a work out going. Since we are trying to move I've just been lost in work and thinking about that all too much so I just need to get to it!!



Also... I always love the Tiffany's necklace at the end of the race as well as the Nike shirt you get. I am excited to see what colors and designs they decide to do this year!

I am a 'SEWING MACHINE'

YEAH I know right!? I got a sewing machine for graduation from my parents. I have already finished a purse. Although I didn't really follow the directions it turned out awesome! Also I sort of invented a pattern for a sewing machine cover so the machine doesn't collect too much dust while I am at work. Here are some pictures of it all!!!





My next project is to make pillow covers for my furniture, a table clothe to match, a cute summer skirt, and maybe a button-up shirt for Stephen (but that will be a huge feat). But my mom says I am confident and sometimes that is all it takes to get to be a sewing master like my mom.

My mother-in-law got me this beautiful necklace that I cannot go without saying something about it. She looked forever for a flower necklace since she knows I love flowers and plants. Well it was perfect!! I want to wear it everyday but sometimes its just too nice to wear while playing in the dirt at work.

Keeping it all up-to-date

So I am a BYU graduate and continually more and more proud that I actually finished school. I got a great job at Sun River Gardens (which is a high end garden center) and I totally love it! It is my dream job, they are sort of giving me free reign to design things in the interiors portion and I think I'll be there for awhile. If you ever feel like it come by and take a gander at what we have and say hi to me while your there...



Also I have some pictures from graduation that I wanted to share with everyone so you can see and hear about what the people in this picture mean to me.

This first one is of me and Dr. Brad Geary. He was one of my favorite teachers. If I am ever a professor or teach a class I am going to teach very similar to him. (by the way I am teaching a night section of floral design at BYU in the Winter of 2011).


This next one is of me, Greg Jolley, and Dr. Phil Allen. I wish there was some way to give a special thank you to these men. They definitely saw my passion for the green industry and let me go 'crazy' with the Landscape Management program and all it has to offer. I know that I will be offering my help as best I can to the students that are still there and to these two professors, especially while I am still in Utah.


This next picture is of most if not all of the Landscape Management graduates! 31 grads for 2010 is not too bad considering we are a very successful major and program. All those students in that picture (except two or three) had jobs before graduating!


Lastly, this is me holding the fake sample diploma... Sort of a disappointment when you open it up...

Rocked the Landscape Competition in A-Town

The week before finals I went to Atlanta, Georgia for a second time to compete in an international landscaping competition called Student Career Days. I know sort of weird, but yes BYU takes students to compete in landscape skills competitions throughout the year. This one is the largest and most competitive of them all. The competitions range from paver installation, irrigation assembly, landscape design, and plant/pest identifications.

Well I won 3rd place again in Interior Plant Identification and BYU won 2nd place overall! I feel like that I have been able to learn so much from these experiences and I am driving Stephen to get close to the same experiences in his program so he can be like me and get a job right out of college.

Here is a picture of our whole team with the second place plaque! I was the president of the Landscape Management Club this year so I got to receive the award for the team... Sort of exciting:)


Yeah BYU-Provo beat out BYU-Idaho, love it when that happens!

Graduation Salutation!

Well I am about to embark on the day that my parents decided I needed to participate in, a day that cost extra, and a day that will be GREAT!
I AM GRADUATING!




BYU Alumni NOW baby!

So I have job, even before graduating from college! My job is even in the field in which I studied throughout my years in college. Interior Plant Greenhouse Lead! I love plants and I love everything that have learned about them over the years!!! I will also get to help for the few weddings that are held on the grounds at this little upscale nursery!

Also Stephen and I are hoping to move sometime between now and June to a new apartment with more space... With more space come more of a desire to start a family.. But I want to work and enjoy my job before I have to ask for maternity leave or lots of time off! So don't be expecting us having kids anytime soon...:)

Great News! My mom's heart has been in normal rhythm for a while now, my little nephew is potty trained, and I decided not to give up on the floral business after all!