Almost one week through!

Besides for the 4 hours of classes I have tomorrow...I can say I am done with one week of my fall semester. It has been a long and exhausting week realizing what is to come this semester...but some of the benefits of being back include having my new roommate and best friend move in and decorating our house (always missing Tsana and Jen though!), seeing my friends, and being back in Winona is nice too.

My second day back, I was able to go to the beach with some friends...with this heat, being in the sun was a nice way to spend the afternoon before classes began for us on Tuesday. It was also a good way to catch up on our summers, have a few laughs, and get our last minute tan in ;)

At the beach

My room last year was shared with my sister Kari. Between our two loads of nursing stuff and personal stuff...we mostly only had room for dressers and furniture which made decorating a little bit of a challenge. Now that I have this huge room to myself, its been fun being able to decorate it.

Our Living Room!

Some of my nursing friends today, working on a group project (yes already!) and doing a 'thumbs up' for teamwork.

Alyssa, my best friend, and I always have a great time together. Recently, as we begin our senior year...reality is starting to hit us that in less than 9 short months... the "real world" begins.. and in denial of this.. we decided to do a photo shoot to embrace the fact that we are NOT grown ups yet.... 

Hope everyone had a great week, and that you have a great Labor Day Weekend. I will be going home to help my second family move into their new home in Excelsior, and I am very excited to be part of that process!

First Post

Welcome to my very first blog post. I have been wanting to have my own blog as I love following blogs of all sorts- blogs of my friends/family lives, recipes, organization ideas, photography, fashion....the list goes on. And here I am, finally starting to create my own! I will use this to post a variety of things including snapshots of my life, recipe ideas, photos, and much more.

This weekend marks the last weekend of my very last summer before I start my senior year at Winona and graduate with my nursing degree in May 2013.  It has been an amazing summer filled with lots of family and friend time, I also had the opportunity to be a student nurse intern at North Memorial in the NICU, and I was a nanny this summer as well. The summer definitely flew by as I feel I say each summer, especially as I get older. Some major events of the summer include a trip to Denver to see where one of my best friends, Jenn, goes to school and taking a road trip back with her, going out on Lake Minnetonka often, going up to Connor's cabin with friends for a weekend, doing the Color Run in July with my sister and friends Heather and Laurel, and many many more things!

Some highlights of the summer....

Connor and Michael wakeboarding on Lake Minnetonka

The group up at Connor's Cabin

The Color Run 5K

Lake Minnetonka Summer Days on the boat

Today I went to one of my favorite places- the Minnesota State Fair! I went with my boyfriend, Max, and two great friends from high school Alex and Madison. The 4 of us had a great time despite the extreme heat. We went on the River Raft Ride which was a great way to cool down. Some traditional things I had today include the delicious candy-on-a-stick (Milky Way) and Sweet Martha's Cookies with all you can drink $1 milk. This year, for the first time, Madison and I stopped at the Grannie's Kitchen Fudge Puppies and had a chocolate peanut butter cup fudge waffle on a stick...it was delicious.  It was a successful day and I am so glad I was able to squeeze a visit to the fair in before heading back to school.

State Fair with Madison and our waffle-on-a-sticks! 

Thanks for reading my first post! I will try to post soon as I start my new semester this Monday...should be a busy semester for me.