oh computer how I have missed you dearly..

it seems like i haven't had my computer in AGES!! but i really haven't, you know the feeling when you miss something so much and cant wait for it to come back ha ha ya i had this feeling with my computer! So it has been an eventful week! Midterms are finally done and over with! i had three tests this week and for sure i was stressed out! but on the good side i feel like i did a wonderful job and very proud of myself! and even better, that means semester is half over!! WHOOO. i cannot wait for some summer time :) So about my week, it has gone by super fast with classes and all my test which was super nice. I got offered a job three weeks ago, I cant remember if I said something earlier in posts, but I'm thinking i haven't with my computer being sick. Anywho, I love it!! I work as an administrative assistant up by the hospital for a company called Tech Help. My boss is super nice and we get along quite well, lets just say that when he doesn't have work for me then he tells me to pull out my books, what could be better to be getting paid to do your homework :) but no i really enjoy my job! the hours are super nice, its ten hours a week and I go in about two hours every day with Wednesday being a little bit longer. Everyone in the office is super nice to me. Super thankful for this job. After work today I went to the health clinic with Court, she has been getting these bruises on her legs all over and she has no clue, but anyways she doesn't do so well when it comes to giving blood so she asked if I would go along and hold her hand! she did fantastic :) so test will be back in a week, but just so you can see what her legs do look like, its super crazy i think.

Monday night I got a text from Bree just leaving to head to the hospital. She was having very sharp pains in her side and having difficulties breathing for a few weeks. She just thought she pulled a muscle in her back but ended up not being able to stand the pain anymore so she went to the clinic to get some xrays CT scans to see what was going on. well later that night she ended up getting a call to head into the hospital to get some more tests done. after all those were done she ended up finding out that she has a blood clot in each lung causing it all! How in the world did this happen right, well find out with other tests that were taken the clotting is from her BC that she is on and making her cells clot a little extra is that she carries a gene that promotes the clotting. oh poor Bree. she is doing quite well and much much better! she checked out Thursday morning, but still not 100% Bree again, but hopefully by next week she will be. she just loved when she got company at the hospital when everyone came over after classes. in the picture with her is her boyfriend James.
To add to the excitement this week cousin Kristin had her baby!! he was born on March 3. Super excited to see this baby boy, welcome Kaden! Congrats Aaron and Kristin. We love you!

So some of these pictures are a little bit older, but i haven't blogged them just yet. They are from the weekend when I went to Weber with all the girls! We had a blast that mini trip we all went on. It was funny because there was 6 brunettes and 1 blonde, we were giving court a hard time all weekend.
court, kash, me, yesenia, shawnie and abbs. bree didn't jump in this picture with us :(

Boys lost to Weber, so Abbs and I were upset ah ha
So we were all laughing when we first arrived because the tickets we had were total NOSE BLEEDS!! as you can see we were so high up, couldn't see anything. I told abbs that if i knew we were going to be sitting this high up then i would have brought my glasses because i couldn't see the boys's numbers on their jerseys. But after we got there for not even two minutes we switched down by abby's mom and had awesome seats! we were in the third row right above our team. they rocked.
me, court, and bree waiting at the mall for the other girls that were shopping.

the Friday before we headed to Weber court and i went home for the day to spend time with my family. we hit up Garcia's for dinner, my absolute favorite and courts new one out here as well :)
they sang to court and i for our birthday! I look like a goober because i was laughing.
mom and sissy at dinner that night too.

while we were in IF for the day mom took us to TJ, awh my all time favorite. we were all waiting for mom to check out and well this is what you get when you have 4 college students having some fun :)

a random picture of my boots with abbs's shoes but its such a cute picture :)

SO happy its finally the weekend, I'm going to relax and have a weekend for once! last weekend i studied all weekend for my test that i had on Monday. whoo my feet will be relaxing tonight for sure :)

hope everyone is doing well!

Helloooo Baybay ;)

Congrats Lynds and Tay, she is absolutely adorable. Welcome baby Maecie :)

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one week to remember...

so my computer is still sick :( ha haaa, so this is a little late in posting, but Ive been missing my blogging dearly. I hope to get my computer all better soon. Last week was one special week for me. It was my big 20! It was a great one. My birthday fell on a Wednesday this year and my night class didnt agree with it too well. All of my friends and I went out to dinner on Tuesday night instead, I wish I had those pictures, but I will have to steal them from sissy and post them a little bit later. Anywho, Wingers was delicious! Wednesday rolled around and I was super spoiled, thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, you made my day even more special :) Jess made treats for everyone after lab to come over and enjoy for the night. My all time favorite cupcakes, CONFETTIII, enjoying the spotlight with me is my friend Phil.

Jason was such a sweetheart on my birthday, surprised me with beautiful flowers and my favorite cookie dough icecream cake :) Thank you JASON!

Everyone that came over for treats on Wednesday, Yesenia, Tein, Jake, Cody, Durr, Bree, James, Abbs, Donnie, Jake, Brenan, Court, Brookie, Erin, Sissy, and Drew. Oh and Phil, just not pictured.

My wonderful mainerrrr :)

My adopted brother, Donnie Carson-Baker :)

My wonderful roommates that decorated my room with confetti and basket filler at midnight!

Thanks to everyone that made my birthday special! Sissy I love you!

And to add to all the excitement, we took a trip down to Denver to see Wy. He is doing fabulous!! Looks so so so great, his surprise was that he has a manual chair that he can move with his arms. He brought tears to my eyes when I saw him because he has improved so so so much since we last saw him. He has movements in his arms, just not his fingers yet, but he is trying so hard! I am so proud of him.

Wy had our whole weekend planned for us. Saturday we hit up the mall, yes this was his idea. I think Jess and I scared him away from shopping though ha ha he didnt believe that we could spend so much time in one store :)

Sunday we were going to hit up the zoo, but it was snowing so we ended up going to a museum instead. It was awesome!! FOUR floors of sweetness!!

Wy and I eating in the T-Rex Cafe.

Mom and Wy on the planet floor in the museum.

Aunt Shir on the health floor. She was a scientist for a bit. I was amazed by this floor! So was Aunt Shir, she was able to see her DNA and cells under a microscope. Mom, sissy and I was able to see how we would age from UV rays and what we would look like when we were 70 years old, SCARY!!

I had a fun filled weekend and I cant wait to go back and visit. Wy and I were able to Skype the other night, it was super fun and good to see him once again :) Denver is gorgeous! This is the view from the museum of the city.

This weekend is full of fun, I cant wait. My roommates and a few friends are headed over to Weber for the night on Saturday to watch the ISU men play some ball. I cant wait for a girls weekend :) Hope everyone is doing wonderful!

Wy.

Things are going well with Wy, Aunt Shir texted me today and it totally made my day! She said that he has a surprise for us when we get there, he is super excited and cant wait to see us. Aunt Shir also said that she hasnt seen him this happy in awhile :) always good news to hear that he is doing better.

Here is an update on his blog on how he is doing...

Good morning all..Well since Wed, Wyatt is doing much better. He is eating better but now not drinking...? He has not throwen up any more which is a blessing. He has been driving his chair around on his own. He will leave his room and go to nurses station and bother them...We had our first outting to the movies and that was really nice. He was very excited to get out. He did a whole lot better then i did. I was a nervous wreck. But he made it threw a 3 hour movie with no problems.Wyatt had many classes this week and he did well. He is learning to work on computer, so you will see he put a message on face book. They are teaching him to eat. Although he does not have his hands yet. They come up with interesting ways to make things happen.They have put him in the standing machine which has been a bigger challeng then we expected. They have also put him on the bike with electrodes which he likes but don't. His teacher for school is great, so far so good.We were suppose to go to a LaCrosse game on Friday, he took his shower , O in the co-mode chair now in stead of a quad tub.. Any way after shower we were getting him dressed and ready to go. A half hour befor departure they came in and said no one is leaving we are now in quarantine..There is a noro virus going around. 3 rd floor is now shut down. No one in, and no one out. This is for the whole weekend. Wyatt's face just dropped. He was so excited to go to that game. He never spoke much more that night. So you can imagine how bord he has been. They were going to have a super bowl party on 2 floor where there is a huge big screen TV. Not happening. So Wyatt's dad went to the store and got things to hook up another TV we found on the 3 rd floor. He went and got a party tray and chips. So now the 3 rd floor is going to have their own super bowl party in the gym... You go Ross..Come Monday it will be like school again. He has a class every hour. And we have signed up for more outtings. We are going to eat out Monday. He's alittle worried about that. He's not sure he is ready to be fed in public. The sooner we do it, the better. Wyatt is really missing Ethan. I have attach a picture I took when Ethan left. They were both sad, so I went to big lots, what a great store. lol and bought them bunny ears. They had a ball driving around the hospital in their bunny ears. They made a hit here. Every one got their cameras out. Wyatt did say i could finally put the picture on here.I do want to say a special thank you to the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, nurses and Dr. We feel so blessed that Wyatt was in such good care there. We have heard so many bad stories from hospitals near an far. Almost every one that comes here have unbelievable bed sores and other conditions from there hospital. It really is scary the stories we have heard. SO THANK YOU FROM OUR SOLES BOZEMAN...We love you and will cherish the care you gave our son..Ok I do believe that the colts will win... Good luck all and have a great after noon. God Bless you all~Shirley~

Its been forever!!

Haaaa, love these pictures to start out my blogging!

Okay so it has been too long since I have blogged! Semester is insane, and my computer decided to freeze randomly on me.. so I owe Abbs a a lot :) (that is how much I missed blogging that I will use my roommates) So I guess Ill start with the most recent. This probably isnt a huge deal to anyone ha ha but it is to me! I met with my advisor yesterday about my program, I wont be applying to start in the fall because I am finishing up majority of my prereqs this semester, so I wont be getting points on my application for those, which it wouldnt hurt to try, but where I already know I wont be getting in then why get my hopes up :) But good news is I will be searching for a minor! Im not quite sure yet what I would like to minor in, a lot has gone through my head. My advisor said there isnt really anything that I can minor in to help me out when I do get into the field, soooo the one that keeps going back in forth in my head is Family and Consumer Science, okay so I;m sure you are saying the same thing Mom keeps saying to me, "What in the world does Family and Consumer Science have to do with Radiology?" well um, NOTHING! ha ha I just loveee the design part and textiles. I'll be looking into more things when it gets a little closer because I still am not sure, there is so much to choose from!!

Anywho back to what has been happening at school! Ive been staying super busy, my classes are alot more time consuming than last semester but I just love them! Accounting can get to me when its been long days, my health care law is an absolute blast, A and P is even more exciting this semester, and literarture.. is literature :) but my teacher is the best ever. I had her for 102 and enjoyed her so much, so why not have her one last time before she retires! Ambassadors are doing wonderful! Its so good to be back and see everyone. Two new girls are on board and they are super nice and doing a wonderful job! I havent taken as many tours as last semester, but two to start isnt bad at all! Mom and Daddy have been visiting alot, the Boys Basketball team has been playing quite a bit at home. As Mom would say, she kind of adopted Donnie, he is a player for the team, Sissy and him have been friends since freshman year.. He is the one in the pictures I posted at the very beginning with Abbs. anywho Mom and Dad come to watch him and the other boys when there is a home game. He is from Detroit so his family doesnt come to watch him hardly, so Mom always makes him a cute little basket thanking him for the tickets full of goodies for him and his roommate Tom.

(Abbs and I at the game last weekend)

(Erin and I a few weeks ago at a game)

(Malia, Court, Katie and I the game before a few weeks ago)

(White out Weber with Jaime, Abbs and Court)

As I mentioned above that A and P is even more AWESOMERRR this semester, okay so I know that isnt a word, but its so true. Last week in lab we dissected pig hearts! Erin and I were totally obsessed and couldnt wait to dig on in. The week before in lab was blood week, I was taught how to test my blood type! I never knew what type I was, but yaaay for type A!!

(Erin and I heart week)

Last week at school they did a "Build your own Bengal" night. It was a blast!! So this thing was popular, on a Friday night we got there a whole hour early! We started the line and waited an hour for it to officially begin. They were so popular that people were getting turned away. We had a friend towards the end of the back that had to wait 4 hours til it was their turn!! Benny is the name of the Bengal here so all of us decided to make it somewhat alike :)

(Shante with her Benny, Brooke didnt get the memo ah ha with her Princess, Sissy with Lenny, Cenny with Me- Kenny sounds but a C ha wanted to be different, and then Erin with Benji. Shantel wasnt pictured but she had Penny)
A few weeks ago my friend, Jeni, was passing through here. She played ball here last year but transferred to Carroll this year to play again. Anwyho Durr Bree Abbs and I went to Subway to meet up with her just to say hi!

(Durr, Jeni, Me and Bree. Napkins say Welcome back Jeni)

It was super good to see her for a quick bit!
These are somewhat old but I havent blogged so they are pretty much new :)

Over Christmas Ky, Kim and I met up for dinner in Rexburg. We hit up Wingers, the usual :) but the Wingers in Rexburg is a little different, when we first walked in the guy greeted us and said "Would you like to save 50% on your meal tonight?" We all kinda looked at each other differently thinking it was a joke, and them Kim asked him how and he said he would show us. So were here thinking why not! Poor College students is what we were thinking ;) So he takes us back to this booth, its in the very back, next to the kitchen door, has a red light above it, old vinyl looking place settings, fake flower planters held together by packing tape, and tears in the benches. We just start laughing, what we do to get a discount! It was a joke all night long. If you havent been you should really go! I cant even describe how it looked. so of course we sat there. Nothing was wrong besides the looks everyone gave you and the cold from the kitchen door swinging back and forth, but hey we got half off :)

(The worst table in the joint!)
Over break, Uncle Jerome and his girlfriend Sarah came to visit us. Sissy, Sarah, Uncle Jerome and I stayed up forever one night playing Guitar Hero and Sing Star!

(Sarah and I, had to pull a rock star face)

This picture is totally random, but I absolutely loveeeeee pickeles! Jess and Dad think is disgusting, but I love them so much that I drink the juice all the time! Anywho Jess wanted to get a picture because she thinks I'm a little odd, but I must take after my Mom when it comes to this one :)

(Supporting Daddys MSU tee as well)

We went and visited Wy one last time before he flew out to Denver. Just us girls with Aunt Shir. He is doing wonderful! We are headed out there next weekend and I cannot wait! I read his blog every time there is a new update and he is doing wonderful!

New Years Eve all my friends came over and played Farkle, Mom is addicted so she thought it would be a fun game to play with everyone! Jon and Brad came over one night and played it with Sissy and I and they loved it! So when they came over with everyone they insisted on playing it again! It was so good to see everyone, it has been forever.

I cannot wait for the up coming week! So much is going on again. I hope to get my computer back soon so when next week does roll around it doesnt take me months to blog about it :) Hope everyone is doing fantastic!

Update on Wy

Here is the most recent update on Wy's site, his sissy Steph posted it this morning. "As I stated in an update earlier Wyatt has made it to Denver safely. From what I have been told the ride didn't go as good as it should have, there were problems with the plane and they had to put him on a smaller one. To get Wyatt into the plane they had to turn him sideways (like a couch) to get him into the plane. Wyatt was very upset all day yesterday and the anger is setting in, he is sharing a room with two other people right now because he is still receiving help from the machine to breath. He is also having a hard time sleeping, even though they gave him medication to relax and sleep, he is so worked up he hasn't slept much. The medical staff will be doing a full body exam today along with every x-ray, CT scan and MRI you can think of. Wyatt is a C4 Quadriplegic, and the medical staff will be teaching him to have the quality life as one."

Mom talked to Aunt Shir today and they were doing a bunch of tests on Wy all day today, so they wont know more until later tonight she said. I found a quote a while back after all of this happened and it reminds me a lot Wy and what all he will be going through.

"god didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, nor sun without rain, but he did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way" love you cousin wy

A Win for Wyatt

published on Saturday, January 2, 2010 11:49 PM MST
By WILL C. HOLDEN Chronicle Sports Writer
At times, the colors in Shroyer Gym on Saturday were overwhelming.
The white, rolled-up towel that was flung on the mat to signal the end of a period.
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ERIK PETERSEN/CHRONICLE Belgrade wrestlers, including senior Ryan Guenther (green shorts, jumping) and fans celebrate a pin to give the Panthers enough team points to defeat Bozeman Saturday at Shroyer Gym on the Montana State University campus. The pale blue veil surrounding the still-dilated pupils of concussed Panther Ryan Guenther as he talked about Belgrade's 38-37 dual victory over Bozeman - the first victory over its upper-division rivals since the Panther bunch led by Jake Kallestad defeated Tyrel Todd at Bozeman High in 2004.The dark blue Michigan sweatshirt that Todd, back home home for the holidays, wore as he cheered on his alma mater from just behind the coaches' bench.As vibrant as all the shades were, nothing shone brighter than the green that was pinned on the red.It's not what you think. It's not a wrestling or belated Christmas reference. It was a thin green ribbon pinned on the crimson-clad chests of every Bozeman Hawk.It was a tribute to a family member."That's exactly what we consider him," Bozeman coach Nate Laslovich said of Belgrade junior varsity wrestler Wyatt Welch, who recently suffered a neck injury that has so far resulted in partial paralysis. "A family member."
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Welch broke his neck last month while warming up for a dual with Anaconda. It happened when his head hit the mat at an awkward angle.Laslovich was there."I live in Belgrade so I went out to watch that dual," Laslovich said. "I got there right after they had taken him away. It just breaks your heart. Anything we could do to help them, we were going to do."The Hawks put out a table to raise money for Welch that was manned by Bozeman parents. Their sons, not far away, also had Welch on their minds."It just bites so much," Hawk wrestler Crew Johnston said. "My heart goes out to him, his family and his teammates. I'm all out for that guy."The effort didn't go unnoticed."It's really cool," Guenther said (emphasizing the really) about seeing Bozeman in green. "They're a class act. Every one of them."Welch's presence, Belgrade head coach Justin Taylor said, was also felt in Shroyer on Saturday."I told our guys afterwards that a little bit of Wyatt was in this gym," Taylor said. "He was out there today."On a lighter note, Guenther said during his match, he wasn't able to channel his teammate, who will be moved to Denver on Monday to start rehab as his condition has been steadily improving.In fact, Guenther couldn't wrap his mind around much as he tried, and eventually succeeded, finishing off Taylor Anderson at 130 pounds. Guenther ended up with a 13-6 decision. After securing a 6-1 lead in the first period, the Belgrade senior captain went to the ground holding his head moments following an Anderson escape to make it 6-2 in the second."We both took a shot, and my head was lower and hit his knee," said Guenther, who admitted he likely suffered a concussion as a result of the head bonking. "I was seeing stars after that. I just had to keep working what he was giving me."But following Guenther's win, it was Bozeman that momentarily worked it the best. Nine matches in, the Hawks held their biggest lead of the dual at 27-17 after Marshall Carpenter pinned Tucker Taylor at 145.That Belgrade let their star Taylor wrestle a returning Class AA champion was valiant in Laslovich's mind."I love that they don't jockey anybody around," Laslovich said. "Tucker Taylor wrestling Marshall Carpenter at 145. That was a big match that everyone was excited about."But it wasn't until three matches later that the crowd got its money's worth. Johnston, wrestling up a weight at 171, gave Belgrade's Justin Ricker all he could handle.The match was within a point all the way until the final five5 seconds when Ricker got a reversal to make it 12-9 and secure his win."Everyone who wrestles Crew gets tired," Laslovich said. "Give credit to Justin Ricker. He did a great job of keeping his head in there. He showed a lot of heart and he finished the match.""It's not fun to lose," Johnston said. "But you learn so much each match. I came out a little timid, but I picked it up and we went head to head over and over again. It was pretty exciting."Both crowds agreed. Panther and Hawk fans alike rose to their feet following the match."That right there said a lot about Bozeman versus Belgrade wrestling," Laslovich said. "That rivalry hasn't been as big recently, but it's starting to get huge."Ricker's win pulled Belgrade within one. Two pins from Levi Cade and Austin Reyher later, the Panthers had this chapter of the developing feud - which will re-air on Jan. 15 in Bozeman and then on Jan. 29 in Belgrade - all sewn up.Both coaches left feeling great about their teams."I think that's about as good as we're going to wrestle," Laslovich said. "But the beautiful thing is that our guys are still improving. This is as hard a working group as I've ever had and as good a high school group as I've ever seen.""The sky's the limit for our guys," Justin Taylor said on the other end. "There are people out there who think we're going to fold at some point this season. We ain't gonna fold. Be ready for Belgrade at the state wrestling tournament."Earlier in the day, Bozeman defeated defending Wyoming state champ Powell behind Marshall Carpenter’s 10-2 major decision over three-time state champion Austin Carter at 145. Taylor Anderson at 130 defeated the No. 1-ranked Wyoming wrestler in that weight class.Natty Lambert earned a pin, his first of two on the day.Will Holden can be reached at wholden@dailychronicle.com and 582-2690.Belgrade 38, Bozeman 3798 Kyle Taylor, Bel, won by forfeit. 105 Bryce Weatherston, Boz, won by forfeit. 112 Ethan Bristol, Bel, maj dec. Ty Johnston, 10-1. 119 Colin Rupert, Boz, dec. Randy Self, 6-3. 125: Riley Berry, Boz, pinned Seth Sewell, 2:39. 130: Ryan Guenther, Bel, dec. Taylor Anderson, 13-6. 135: Bryce Akers, Bel, maj dec Cole Gebhart, 10-0. 140: Natty Lambert, Boz, pinned Nathan Justin, 3:54. 145: Marshall Carpenter, Boz, pinned Tucker Taylor, 2:58. 152: Tony Calahan, Bel, pinned Hunter Chandler, 1:12. 160: Michael Carpenter, Boz, maj. dec. Jordan Malarchick, Bel, 12-3. 171: Justin Ricker, Bel, dec. Crew Johnston, 12-9. 189: Levi Cade, Bel, pinned Jim Bojuell, 0:49. 215: Austin Reyher, Bel, pinned Len Nagel, 3:41. Hwt: Tyler Bloomstrom, Boz, pinned LD Severson, 4:41.


That was the article in Todays paper in Bozeman.
We just got back to Idaho Falls last night after spending two days in Montana, Wy is doing great! Little by little he is improving!! It was great to see him this time because he was awake and would mouth things back to us. He flies to Craig Hospital on Monday to start rehab for at least 6 months. Ill post more when he gets all settled in over there. Thanks everyone for keeping him in your prayers and thoughts!
Love you Cousin Wy!!