Back To School!

Well today marked my first official day in my Nuclear Medicine program. I have to admit, it was a bit overwhelming, and a couple times I wondered if I would really be smart enough to be able to make it through the program and learn all that I need to. I know it's probably just the first day jitters, and I'm sure my instructors kind of wanted to scare us a bit so that we'd want to study a lot and work hard. But today also really made me excited to be in this program and I feel really lucky to have the opportunity to be where I'm at. I guess I've always known that I wanted to work in a profession where I'd be able to actually help people and work in the healthcare field. It's like I feel a need to be able to help others. I really think this extra schooling is going to help me be where I want to be and do what I want to do in my life.
I know that my greatest job will be to be a mother and raise sweet children with David, and I look forward to that by far the most. But until we're blessed with children I want to be able to help others, to fill that need that I have. I had the strongest impression today that I'm doing to right thing, that I'm really going to be able to help people. It is awesome! After graduating from BYU-I in Dec, I realized that it wouldn't be as easy for me to learn new things bookwise, as it was when I was in college. I've never felt so desperate to want to learn more and learn all that I can. I'm still young I know, and it kind of sounds pathetic, but I felt like I wasn't learning near as much anymore and I was running out of time. I really do want to learn as much as I can every chance I get! Our brains are soooooo amazing!! We can learn so much!! I guess that's kind of what pushed me to want to go back to school again. But anyhow, my first day went great, so a big thanks to all of you for your good luck wishes to me on my first week of school. I appreciate it mucho, and love you all! Watch out Amarillo, Kabree's back in school again!!! :)

Beautiful Colorado

Last weekend we were able to go camping up in Colorado with our friends, the Dorsey's. They were so nice to invite us to come up to their grandparents' cabin with them, and it was a wonderful weekend! The cabin sat in a peaceful valley, and was surrounded by mountains. We love mountains and oh how we miss them! The weather was perfect, and we even got a rain storm one night that tried to put out the guys' foil dinner fire. We hiked one day to an awesome train bridge and got to cross the river in our bare feet to get there. It was great! Baby Zannah was so good. She even fell asleep in her carrier during the hike. We ate way too much great camp food and treats, and we played golf (the card game) tournaments at night with a lantern.
The Sterzer family will appreciate this: Lynsey got the first that I've ever seen -24 hand in golf. It was amazing!

Being able to be out in nature, seeing rainbows, the fog rising out of the mountains in the morning as the sun rose, hearing the river water run, eating food cooked on the fire, and just breathing the fresh air made me so aware of how beautiful and amazing God's creations really are. I'm so grateful for what we have, and grateful for the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the mountains. We're so lucky we can just hop in the car and drive where we want to any day of the week. Even though we didn't shower for 3 days, and we got to use the great outdoors as our restroom, it was a great trip, and I wish it could have lasted a week. Thank heavens for the Dorsey's! We feel like we've known them for years, and we're sooo glad we met them here in Amarillo. We think we were led to where we live so we could meet them and be in the same ward, to make our adjustment a little easier. It's nice to be around fellow Idahoans. :) Hooray for camping!!!!!

Feelin' Lucky

I can't help but feel lucky today as I remember where David and I were a year ago. I almost completely forgot that I had my surgery a year ago this week to remove that dreaded lump in my breast that scared us to death. I guess the real reason I'm writing is to remind all of you as my friends and family to do self breast checks. Hahaha, I still feel silly when I check myself, so just know you're not alone if you feel silly too! I know this is kind of a weird thing to write about, and I hope I don't make anyone uncomfortable by writing about this. I'm sorry if I do. But I'm a big advocate of being safe, and I care about all of you! :) Women do find lumps...even when they're 21 and healthy, as I found out!

I was dreading my girl checkup this last month, as it was time again to check lump #2 I found last fall. I almost cried when my Dr. told me she couldn't hardly feel it! YAY! My mom had me start taking Vit E pills everyday, after she heard from a friend that it had helped her shrink and get rid of her lumps after her doc recommended it. I'm a believer now, and if anyone ever wants some info about it, let me know. I guess it could just be a placebo effect thing for me, and my body's attacking it just because I'm thinking the Vit E's killing it, haha! But anyhow, that's why I'm feeling so lucky this week. I know we've been blessed and I feel like a free woman with no 4 month checkup recommended this time around. So ladies, know your bodies, and please please please check yourselves every month. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_How_to_Perform_a_Breast_Self_Examination.asp

The Rundown!

David and I have now lived in Amarillo for six months...hard to believe it's already been that long. Contrary to what we expected, we really like it here, and things have fallen into place for us. We've realized that the Lord works in mysterious ways, even if means having us Idahoans move all the way to Texas to do His will. We've been so fortunate to make some amazing friends, and we've had wonderful missionary experiences already. It just keeps getting better and better. We realized how blessed we truly are, and we're so grateful for such loving family and friends who support us even when we're so far away.

David is now employed at Micro Dairy Logic, and he's much happier there than he was with his first job down here. He gets to work with various dairies everyday setting up special computer sorting systems and other stuff (he'd do a better explanation than me, haha!). The only drawback is that he usually comes home stinky and covered in cow poop! EWWW! He's enjoying working with the scouts in our ward, and he's been tying flies again.

I just finished my summer class (YAY) and will start classes for my nuclear medicine technology program on Aug. 25. I'm excited to start, and I'm eager to learn more about nuclear medicine. Who'd have thought that I'd actually be excited to go back to school! Oh dear, what's happened to me?! Haha! I've been busy crafting up a storm with my friend Lynsey. It's been a blast, and I'll miss long days of sewing when my classes start.

We're both on a co-ed city league volleyball team with some friends and it's a blast. I get so proud of David when he plays! He's done so good, even though he hasn't really played volleyball that much. I'm also playing in a women's league, and we still play basketball every week at the church with friends. We just can't keep away from sports! Life is great, and I'm anxious to see what a Texas fall is like down here, especially since there aren't really that many trees to change colors down here.

We Did It!!!

Well I officially gave into peer pressure and started a blog. I decided it was time to actually git'er done! I was hesitant to start one, because we don't have any cute stories or pictures of kids (it's hard to do that when we don't even have kids yet!). But then I got to thinking and realized that David and I tons of cute stories and pictures of just us, and it's just fine. We make our own stories on a daily basis, and I get excited for what each new day will bring. Being so far away from most of our family and friends, I figger that blogging will help everyone to keep up with us, and get a taste of what our life is like down here in Texas. Hopefully it will help everyone feel a little bit closer to us, even though we are so far away. Please be patient with us as we are new to this, haha!