Gotta Love Montana

So last week was my first 7 days off of work. Lynn, Kerry, and the girls already had plans to go to Montana....and I decided to meet them there.

I flew in a couple of days before they did so mom and I could meet with the florist and cake lady for the wedding. The cake shopping went very well. I basically saw exactly what I wanted in the first book..something simple but elegant. And since it is so simple the price was a lot less than I had planned (wedding first).

The flowers were another story. Since I am not one of those "picky brides" I didn't have a lot to offer the florist. I showed them some different pictures I printed off the Internet, and told them the color of my bridesmaids, and basically told them to just make them look nice. But I think it they should turn out good also.

Then my girls came to town. Ella and Morgan just ran up to me with great big hugs saying "Auntie your here." Every day after Ella kept saying your still here, we're still here. Morgan just kept telling me about the new dress and shoes she bought for my wedding. And Ashley, oh my goodness. She looks the same but about 10 lbs heavier. All you have to do is look at her and she gives this huge open mouth smile and starts to laugh. She is such a happy baby (she only cries when hungry), and her favorite thing to do is lay on the floor and watch her big sisters play.

I was very sad to say goodbye to everyone...and the mountains. The worst part of the trip was Kristin flew in Wednesday night, and I flew out that morning. I was sorry that it did not work for me to see her, but she is coming to Kearney to visit in June, so that should be fun. Chris and I will also be heading back to Montana in a couple of weeks to meet the minister, get the tuxedos and get a marriage license.

Other than that work has been going good. Tonight is day 6 straight, so basically one more then I get another week off!!!! I definitely like getting my 12 hour shifts out of the way at the beginning of the week because after that 10s seem to fly by.

Cranes, Cranes, and more Cranes

First off an update to my last blog...
Maggie is doing great. The antibiotics started working right away, so she is as fat and happy as ever.
Easter in Iowa was good. It was nice to get out of town for a bit and see Chris' family again.

Work is still going good. I have been in MRI the last 3 weeks and have really enjoyed learning the new modality. My only complaint is that I should not be seeing a lot at night, since very few MRI qualify as emergencies, so I wont be able to become very proficient in it.
I start my graveyard shift this coming Monday. I will do 2 weeks of 4 10s before I start my 7 days on 7 days off. Last weekend I bought some blackout material so I could make some makeshift curtains for the bedroom. Hopefully it will help me get better sleep during the day.

Chris and I have been getting a little stir crazy here. We really like our town, but are missing the mountains and rivers to go play in. We are hoping when the weather gets a little bit nicer we will be able to find some good camping spots. Until then I actually have Chris running with me now, and we are playing on running a half marathon in May. I have also started playing frisbee golf with Chris. Every park in this town has a course and Chris has been a little die hard with it. One of the parks is only 4 blocks away from our house, so we walk there and play a round at least once or twice a week (Chris however, ends up there almost daily).

This weekend we were also able to go see all the cranes in town. The snow geese left a bit ago, and they have now been replaced with massive amounts of cranes. 90% of the world's population of cranes migrate through this town. It was fun to go look out into a corn field and see literally multiple flocks of 100+ cranes. I wish the pictures could do it justice to the sheer number here.