Our friends told us about a new pet store that opened in Cedar City just this week, so for our first official day of no school, we decided to go check it out. The had some interesting things there! Tons of snakes, a few different kinds of turtles, weird looking rabbits, hamsters, lizards, ferrets, a GIANT centipede, a huge scorpion, lots of birds and fish and a few cats and dogs. Check out the size of this guy! Nate, I'm pretty sure in a battle, this guy would beat a black widow. D.A.N. was weak.Anyone who knows the name of this animal is amazing... hint: it's got SUPER soft fur and "they" used to make coats out of them
Tiny little puppy. I think it was only six weeks old.
Also this weekend, we went to the "Electric Parade" on main street in Cedar. I love all of the cute little things small towns do. I wish there was more of that in Utah county. It wasn't that great of a parade, but I think the little kids everywhere enjoyed it despite the cold, ha ha. Here's santa on the fire truck:
Rich having SO much fun
The Grinch
Last weekend, my whole family came down to southern Utah for a Sam Payne concert at the Tuacahn theater. Sam is in my home ward and is in my parent's bishopric and everything.. I didn't even know he was a musician, but now I hear him on the radio all of the time here! We all stayed at a house in St. George (except Rich, :( he had drill that weekend) but it was fun to hang out with everyone! I was watching Race and Kaleb came over to see what was going on. They're both so darn cute :)
Alright, so one of our clinicals this semester was at the Surgical Center in Cedar. I've watched amputations, and other intense operations before, but for some reason, that week didn't go so good. I was just sitting there talking to the surgeon (found out we went to the same high school) and then I started getting light headed (all they were doing was teeth stuff, so I have no idea why) so I looked around, found the closest wall to sit down at, but I only got to the part where I turned to walk before I passed out! Sat down, and fell straight back. I guess I smacked my head pretty hard on the solid floor. Anyway, a nurse came and woke me up... but when she went to get a chair to roll me out in, I passed out again! I don't know what was wrong with me that day! It's pretty funny now, but I was pretty scared when it happened. After Rich came and took me home for the day, I guess he went out and got me this:
He's so darn cute. Not bad for growing up with all brothers ;)

School is over for the semester! I'm so excited.. Everyone in the SUU nursing program says that the second semester is the hardest, and that's the one I just finished. So hopefully it won't get any harder than this! Rich just finished as well and even after missing three weeks at the beginning of the semester he got all A's and B's! I'm so proud of him :) This weekend we're going to be going back to Manti for the first time since we got married. I'm really excited! Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post from it after the break!