visit from the parents

rich's parents (paul and kathy) came to hastings for my graduation, and they were able to stay for a few days. it was so great being able to spend time with them. wish we could be closer to family. my perfect world would have MN and UT right next to each other. these are some pics of us playing. thanks for being awesome and coming to see us, paul and kathy! love you guys.

Graduated!

the moment that i thought would never come finally came...I GRADUATED! yea yaaaa! it was so crazy exciting. graduation day was awesome. it was in omaha. my family and rich's parents were able to come. rich's parents came and spent some time with us before graduation, and that was a great time too (i'll post about that in the future). my graduation from creighton was a lot more exciting than my graduation from byu because this time i get to be a nurse! i'm so grateful that i was able to graduate with my rn-bsn before rich started school. i love nursing and know that this is where i am supposed to be. i will miss everyone that i went to school with so much. i met a lot of amazing people from around the country and learned so much from them. i don't mean to sound all sappy but i also need to say that i am so grateful for the sacrifices that rich made to help me out this last year. i could not have done it without him (fact). he is always so positive, smart and helpful (and handsome). i love everything about him. i am also grateful for the support of my family, family-in-laws, friends, professors and classmates. i have learned so much this last year, and could not be more grateful for graduating. thanks to everyone who helped me. i love you!

the LOVE of my life


my amazing parents


my other amazing parents


sandi, jesse, tausha, brandiann, maggie, me and jenna


brandiann. i love this girl mucho. so glad i got to spend practically all day every day with her for a year.


my genius MN runner buddy, sarah


carolyn--the most fun and most spunky chica ever from san diego


nick, nate, sandi, me, mccord, justin, katie and chris (great people)


my awesome professor, ann harms.


our favorite study couple, chris and jill (recently engaged too!)


my mom and sisters. they are so funny--they dressed up matchy! i love them.

Hittin' the Links

She's a natural!

Comings and Goings

I hope you all aren't holding your breath for these blog updates! Lately we both have been very busy, and when we aren't busy, blogging isn't usually too high on the priority list... so we apologize. Perhaps in the future we will keep our blog more up to date!

A few weeks ago, Janelle completed her very last class at Creighton University School of Nursing. Yeah Janelle!!! I can't overstate the amazing job she has done. In only ten months she has finished what is supposed to take 3-4 years to complete... for normal humans. She is now almost halfway through her preceptorship and will be graduating on August 12th.

Then... say hello to Janelle Warnick, R.N.!

Isn't she awesome?

We are both excited and I'm especially excited for Janelle and proud of her. She definitely is quite the girl, that's for sure!

As for me, well... things have gotten a bit interesting. As you probably know, I had everything set to start podiatric medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia this fall.

Then on Tuesday I received a phone call:

Voice: "Mr. Warnick, I am calling from the admissions department at Midwestern University School of Dental Medicine. I am calling to let you know that we have reviewed your application and would like to offer you acceptance for the inaugural Class of 2015. Are you still interested?"

(pause)

Me: (lifting chin off ground) "Uh... yeah! Definitely!"

Let me preface. In June of last year I applied to about 12 dental schools. I applied to several because even for a competitive applicant, the number of applicants versus the number of available seats is incredibly small. Think 2000 applicants for 40 seats...

After multiple rejection letters, and not hearing from the few schools remaining, I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be getting into dental school and started looking at other options. I found a local podiatrist and started shadowing him at his practice. I learned that podiatry interested me and I felt like it would be a good fit, so I applied and was accepted shortly thereafter.

Months passed. We were gearing up for podiatry school and I had all but forgotten about dentistry. I definitely was not expecting a school I had applied to over a year ago to call and offer me a spot just six weeks before classes begin, after not hearing anything from them since my interview, which was several months ago.

But... WAHOO!!!! I'll take it. :)

What does it mean? Well, it took us a little while to make our decision, because I had developed an interest in podiatry. But, in the end, my original aspiration won the day. It looks like we won't be heading to Philly next month. Instead, it'll be...

The Windy City. The City That Works. AKA CHICAGO.

This has all happened really fast, and it's been a lot to take in, but we are both really excited and feel very blessed and grateful.

Spring So Far

i love easter. rich and i kept it low budget this year. i got him some gummy multi-vitamins (ahah he loved them for real), and he got me lavender nail polish. i love the polish and him so much. church was great. i loved all the easter songs. i also liked all the easter posts on facebook. they were touching. i am teaching primary (ages 6-7), and my class is the cutest. i got them all little easter treats. my favorite little boy, sam, got me an easter gift. he says the cutest stuff ever. they are all so adorable. teaching them is the best. after church, rich and i went to the hoyt's for dinner. they are the coolest family. we love them. hopefully we will be able to hang out more this summer during my internship.

rich is working two jobs now which means i never get to see him. BOO! however, i have had a little break from school lately, so i have gone to the hotel with him the last few days. despite sleeping on the floor (rich gets comforters for me), it is awesome being able to finally hang out. rich is a li'l hottie front desk clerk man. i'm a lucky girl.

my finals start this week, sooo i'm not getting super excited about that, but i'm not worried. i'm worried for next semester though. 21 credits in 6 weeks = 100% sucky. however, i cannot wait until my internship. i also cannot wait until we move to philly!!! i cannot wait to go and explore the east coast with rich. hurry up august!

Chicago and everything else

where did this come from? ahah kodak moment.

BEST pics ever of BOTH of us. ahah rich is an amazing jumper.




what a hot-tay


(NOTE: i will not be using capitalization properly in this post and future posts because i think capitalization is stupid and serves little purpose). wow. i don't have a ton of time, so i'm gonna type fast! to start with, i gave rich a hair cut. i was super nervous, but i think it turned out pretty handsomeness. he's even going to let me do it again, i think? valentines day was great. rich got me roses and cooked chicken picatta with green beans. XOXO. i on the other hand couldn't get him anything because first, i was in school all week and had clinicals, and second I didn't have a car the whole week because he always had it. i will make it up next year though. also, rich and i for my spring break went to visit laura and jared, who live an hour from chicago. it was a blast. we love those people. rich and i also went to downtown chicago one of those days and had a fun time. chicago is a cra-Z-y city. note to selves: do not try and find parking in downtown chicago. on our way back, we stopped at the amana colonies. note to selves: the amana are not amish. well, here we are back in little hastings. rich is back at work, and i am delaying writing my research paper on chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder...oh and one other thing about nursing jazz, I started my first IV. i've done six, and missed two. i also found that i LOVE surgery and the med-surg floor and pre-op. surgeons are crazy, especially in the OR room. they really are, but they are smart too, so it makes up for their psychosis. i love clinicals, but hate school. 2.5 semesters left to go, then we will be in philly! YA YEA!

Holidays of Ours

Christmas Eve

Downtown Minneapolis...freezing.

Gotta love Craig and Emily. We will be chilling with them when we move to Philly.

Rich and the ladies.

Kristy and I playing dress up

Model in the making...

This group may need a little more work.... :)

Crystal Krebs and Kayden are awesome

The loser skiers (NOT!)

Mickey workin the work

School started again, so I probably won't write till the next semester break, but I am taking a break right now. Rich and I went to MN for Christmas and New Years. It was awesome being able to spend time with family and just relax. We haven't been able to spend that much time with them pretty much since I lived at home. Some activities we did that were definitely awesome were watching Rich beat everyone at ping pong (I had no idea he was a pro--sweat band pro), ice skating, sledding, shoppping with Kristy, cooking, games (we played pretty much any game you can name), movies, shopping at the best mall in the world, Minneapolis Museum of Art, wii and eating tasty food. After we left MN, we came back to Hastings, then headed to UT for a week. It was great seeing Rich's family. We went boarding/skiing twice! Brighton and Sundance. Rich's mom even joined us, and she rocked. We were able to see a whole bunch of friends, and also chill with Mickey at his place of works. I love the holidays and am always sad when they are over. The end.