My many many Blessings.

Sometimes I overlook all of my many blessings and don't say thank you enough. Well, it is Thanksgiving week so I thought I would share everything I'm thankful for. This might be a long post.

First off I'm thankful for Joey. I really have been blessed beyond words when it comes to my wonderful husband. He is an AMAZING man. I love how hard of a worker he is and how he doesn't settle for average. He brings out the best in me and always supports me. He makes me smile and laugh at least 10 times a day. He has the patience of a saint and is very laid back (unlike his wife, who probable could tune it down a bit). We have so much in common (including our goofy side) and I can never spend enough time with him. I'm so thankful for our life together.

Next is my family. I love my family. They taught me so many things in life and I know it played a huge part in the person I am today. They support me in every part of my life. As I have grown up my parents and my sister have become some of my closest and trusted friends. I appreciate all of the advice they give me. I know I can be difficult at time and I just want to say thank you guys for keeping me :)

I'm thankful for my married family. Not only did they give me Joey but they have given me a family I love. I have learned so so much from this family over the last three years. I love the friendships I have with Joey's parents and siblings. I love how wonderful my nieces and nephews are. It has been so fun to watch them grow and see them become individuals. I'm so grateful this wonderful family welcomed me with open arms and that I was able to become a member. I love being a Burger. :)

Next is my friends. ALL of my friends (family members, old friends and new ones). I have met some amazing people in my 23 years of living. There are times that I don't see/talk to my friends as often as I should but I know that they are still my very good friends and will always be. I have some pretty crazy/funny/happy/silly memories because of these friendships and I will always cherish them.

Kayla..... this single name sums up a lot of happiness in my life. I know it's odd to love a dog as much as I love her, but I don't care!!! She is a very good companion and is very helpful when I need her. She keeps me company when Joey is out of town. She keeps me warm at night when I don't have my heater to sleep with (Joey). Kayla keeps me in shape by insisting we go on frequent walks/runs. I never have to pick up things I drop while I'm cooking because she is an excellent garbage disposal. She lets me know when someone is at the door or even walking by the house. She sits on my feet when I'm doing homework and keeps them warm. She wakes me up at around 7 every morning (this will come in handy if my alarm doesn't go off) and she's just a pretty darn good dog.

I'm thankful for school. I know that nursing school is very stressful and I can't wait to be done. I often wish I could just jump two years ahead but I know I can't. I think Joey can't wait until it's done either. But I'm thankful that I'm able to be able to go. I thankful that I'm able to better my self and help other people.

Finally, I'm thankful for mine and Joey's health. I so glad that we are able to live the life we do. We are able to work and enjoy our selves. I know there are many people that don't have this and I will never take this blessing for granted. There are the little things I'm thankful for too. Like living where we do, being able to make everyday choices. Like I said before I have a wonderful/blessed/amazing life and all I can say is Thank You.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving. I hope this finds everyone in good health. I'll hopefully blog again soon.

Slacker Slacker

Hello everyone. I really am trying to keep up with our blog but Nursing school keeps taking up the majority of my time.

Life has been busy around here. Joey has been home for a few weeks and I LOVE IT. But he has to go back to North Dakota again soon for a month or so. We had our second anniversary about two weeks ago and I can't beleive how fast time flys.

I know this is a short post and I will try to post most later I just have lots of homework to go do. Have a great Halloween everyone!!!!

Long Long Time!!!!

HELLO!!! I know this is very over due but I'll try to sum up the last month and a half. We went to see my sister and her hubby up in Portland, OR before school started. It was a blast and a very over due trip (We hadn't seen each other since our wedding two years ago). We did so much fun stuff it was hard to leave, here's some pics for our trip.

Rachel and I

My dad and sister

Me holding a crab we caught and then we ate him!!!

My dad and Joey sitting on the beach

I though this was a funny pic :)

Us at one of the many rivers in Portland

Joey and I

When we got back from our Portland trip it was time to get ready for school. So I headed down to Grand Junction to do some thing with our house (it still hasn't sold) before school started and one day Joey surprised me by coming home for a few days. Happiness was short lived when he told me he got the few days off because he would be leaving for North Dakota for quite some time. :(

So nursing school started shortly after and WOW is it time consuming. I had heard from many nurses at work that it's very busy but I just didn't quite understand what they meant. It's my whole life but I know it will be worth it. My wonderful hubby knew I was having a hard time with him being gone and school so one weekend he surprised me in Star Valley by driving 18 hours to see me!!!! He's so wonderful to me. Then he had to go back for a few more weeks but Joey came home again yesterday and it's so so so nice to have him home. He'll be home for our anniversary and hopefully my birthday. Life's very very busy with school for me and work for Joey. I'll try to keep updated more often.

Summer Fun!!!!

WARNING: LONG POST

Hello to all!!! I hope things are going good. We're doing wonderful and being busy like always. To sum up the last month....Both of us have been working a ton. I've been working up at the hospital for the summer and only have a week or so left then I'll be working only 2 days a month during school. Joey's job is going good and he's just been working a ton like always....I love him so so much and have no idea where I would be with out him.

We get to go see my sister and her husband next weekend in Portland. We haven't seen each other since our wedding and that's going to be two years in a couple months. So I'm super excited and I'll post lots of pictures of the trip!!!

We (Joey, Denny, Myself, Darby and Kayla) went up to Montana for a week full of fun. First we hung out in Denny's home town and got to meet his family and friends. Then we went back packing on a 28 mile loop in three days. We KICKED butt!!! One day we hiked from 5900 feet in elevation to 8100 and back down to 5700 all in 13 miles. After our back packing trip we went to our friends Burl and Christie's wedding. Busy busy week but very fun and worth all the driving!!!

I found out that I received a few scholarships for nursing school and......drum roll........School is paid for. This includes tuition, books, scrubs and all that other good stuff and some money left over. I was so happy that there's one less thing to worry about (I'm a worry wart) I can't even express my happiness!!!!

And now lots of pictures !!!!

Us getting started on our hike

The dogs ready to go (we make them pack their own stuff)

My wonderful sexy husband!!!

Setting up camp.

Some pretty mountains.

Everyone pooped out after a long day.

Denny and I being tree huggers!!!

The Burgers!!!

The Prougers!! (Family Joke)

Us at The Williams Wedding

Our attemp at a family pic. Kayla wouldn't sit still.

Doppy Dog

Kayla and I

There's many more pics but I've had enough....more to come soon :)

Exciting News!!!!

First, I have had some comments on our picture above and would like to explain!!! One night while waiting for dinner to cook Joey and I did the airplane ( remember doing that when you were a kid). Well it never crossed our minds to move away from the stairs. That picture is the result of our friend Denny's quick thinking right before I rolled down the stairs. No one was hurt in the making of this picture.
Second.........I got accepted into nursing school. I'm super excited and nervous but very ready to be working towards becoming a nurse!!! Thanks to my wonderful hubby for working so hard and allowing me to go to school and not worrying about bills or having to work. I love you babe!!!

Our Poor Blog!!!

Our poor blog has been neglected for months and I can't promise it will get better but I will try! The Burger family has been very busy and always on the move. With summer finally here we're not inside much between camping, shooting guns and just loving the out doors. Joey is enjoying work and always being the perfect husband that he is!! He is positive that Obama is going take away guns and/or ammo so he has been stocking up on both and our house is starting to look like a military gun shed but at least no one will be breaking in anytime soon. I finished school with a 4.0 and I should find out if I got into nursing school sometime this week. I start my job next week working at the hospital here in Rock Springs. Life is just fantastic. Our house in Grand Junction is still on the market but I've heard that summer is the best time to sell.....so hopefully ours is one of them. I though I had more pictures of the last couple months but they must be on Joey's computer and I will TRY to post more.

Joey's new gun. Pretty excited about it.

The above picture is my cookie sheet after having a lapse in judgement. I did an Easter egg hunt for Joey. Each egg had a couple bullets for his new gun in it and some candy. Well I hid an egg in the oven and forgot about it. Later I went to cook dinner and pre-heated the oven. To make a long story short it went something like this..... a couple gun shots.....a scared Kimber and dogs.....a destroyed cookie sheet......the house smelling like gun powered.......oven still works and everyone was OK. Then Joey about died of laughter when I told him the story and now we have one funny story to tell family and friends.......The End.

Take Care Everyone

Where does the time go?!?!

I'm really not doing well at keeping up on our blog. We have just been so busy and I know everyone is busy but I'm using that as my excuse!!! School is going great and after this week my first semester of A&P is done and then after spring break second semester starts. Things are just moving along. We have a big hole on our lot that will one day be our basement of our new house, but for right now it's a hole!!! A good looking one at that :) I was going to take a picture for everyone (I'm a weirdo) but I haven't made it over there with the camera yet. And now the most exciting part of the last few weeks........drum roll........Joey is now the new service leader of Grey Crew. This is a big deal and he deserves it more then anyone I know. He is such a hard worker and because of this we have been so blessed and it has allowed us to do many things that most people our age can't afford to do. Thank you babe for everything you do for us. I'm so proud of you and I know you'll be great at this new position. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Move, School, Heartbreak and Many more adventures to come!!!!

We're still alive, I've just been horrible about keeping up with the blog. After the holidays we have been going and going. Our little world has had quite the changes around here.

First, We officially live in Wyoming again and we're thinking we'll be here for awhile, at least until Joey and I are done with school and seeing how I'm going then he's going....you see what I'm talking about.

Second, our house in Grand Junction hasn't sold yet so we're waiting to start on our house here (on a side note, we FINALLY finished all the floor plans, which is a pretty big deal seeing how we changed them every other day). In the mean time we're living with a friend until our house gets built!

Third, I started school on Wednesday. It's great to be back but also hard to get back into the studying mode. I get to apply for nursing school this springs and hopefully I'll get in and start in the fall.

The SADDEST news ever...... we chose to get rid of Sierra, She was having a really hard time with the move and getting along with our friends dog and even our other dog, it was pretty hard to keep them separated unless one was in a cage all the time and we didn't think that was very good quality of life for her and seeing how we might be living with our friend for a few months, it just wasn't fair to her. We are going to miss her so so much but we also know our choice was better for her in the long run.
Prettiest dog ever!!!!!

Everything else is going great with us, Just enjoying life and living one day at a time. I'll work really hard at keeping things posted more.