Feeling It

You know when you have those amazing Sundays that just leave you so spiritually fulfilled and ready to go for the week? Well, today was one of them. It was also an eye-opening moment. We went to Adam's (Tanner's cousin) mission farewell, he is going to Concepcion Chile. He gave the most amazing talk; you know when you're around some people and they are so close to the Spirit, just being in the same room with them, you can't help but feel it? I felt it so strong, and I realized how much I miss that feeling. It's not that I never feel it or my testimony is wavering, it's just when you get so busy, you tend to neglect your spiritual side. At least I do.

I'm feeling a change come over me, one that I know I need to work on everyday if I want this feeling to stay and to grow. So tonight, I'm saying a prayer for the strength and the faith to endure in my little quest. To keep going, even on days when I feel overwhelmed. To stop watching tv and checking Facebook so darn much. To spend that extra time coming to Christ and serving others, to show them I love them and share this wonderful feeling I have inside. It's a little late for new year's resolutions, but out of all the ones I've made, this one feels like the one that matters most.

This guy is amazing!!

Watching this guy tonight was one of the coolest things I have ever seen at the Olympics, it was so exciting! I love the Olympics, if you haven't seen it, you're missing out. I would post the video for ya, but the whole copyright thing won't let me.

We finally got a new camera!! Our old one died months ago, so we went to Costco and got a hecka sweet deal on a 12 megapixel little beauty! Can you tell I'm excited? I'm hoping to update more often now that we'll have pictures. So these are some of the random pictures I've been taking. Above is my nursing badge, woot woot! I haven't taken any pictures of me in my scrubs, so that's all I'm gonna put up. My last day of orienting is tomorrow, then I'm a nurse all by myself, I'm a little nervous, I must confess.

I chopped my hair! I've been wanting to copy my friend Rachel for a while, so I finally got brave enough and I love it! I didn't tell Tanner, so he was shocked, but says he really likes it. It's fun, I've never really had short hair, it freaked me out a little when she put it in a ponytail and just cut it off. It was at least 10 inches off.

This is our first piece of real furniture! Our friends wanted to sell it, so we bought it for a really good deal. We haven't rearranged the rest of the room obviously, but we're very excited! Everything else in our apartment is really old or particle board. I love it!

Other goings on include Nina working full-time, and school full-time. Tanner is the really busy one, he has work 6 hours a week, lab work 20 hours a week, he's been doing job shadows of doctors for med school, MCAT studying, volunteering, plus his regular school. I don't know how he does it all. He's taking the MCAT in May and we'll apply to schools in June, so we just gotta make it till then!

I'll finish off with Tanner's sleep talking as of late:

-"What kind of snow are bringing in this bed?!? I demand to know!"

-"Did you know 10x10,000x10 is one million? Yep. It is."

-"The earth is always revolving, revolving. Continuously. Who are you?" "I'm Nina." "Oh. Ok."

Living the dream

So I worked Wednesday and Fri, Sat, Sun doing my first shifts to orient me as an RN. I have to start out by saying, I love it! At the same time, it feels like it can't be real, have I finally reached my goal? It is a totally different role than when I was a CNA. I'm working where I worked as a CNA on a medical telemetry floor. The scary part is that I'm the one responsible if something is done wrong. Even the things that the aid is supposed to do, I'm in charge of making sure they get done. And there is so much to remember! It's not just passing meds and spending time with your patients. I have to do so much, I went three hours yesterday without being able to check on one of my patients! Thank heavens for good CNAs that check on them for me. I see the patient and their family looking to me for answers to why they're sick, what should be done, they don't know I graduated a month ago! I don't volunteer to tell them either. It is so busy and nobody knows what it's really like until you work in health care. I feel so blessed though to have made it here. I have to admit, Tanner is the big reason I did (him and Heavenly Father). I always knew what my goal was, but he pushed me to do it and keep going. There are a lot of feelings I have about being a nurse, and this is all random, but I'm so glad I'm here!

New year, new you!

So much has happened these past few weeks, I'll just make a list:

-I graduated nursing school
-I passed my NCLEX, yeah!!
-I got a job on med/tele at LDS Hospital!
-Tanner got a 4.0 (I'm bragging, but that's impressive!)

Ok, I know that list was mostly about me, but it's just a lot of nursing stuff has happened in a short span of time. We feel so blessed! Life has been really busy, but we're so grateful, the Lord has given us so much this past year. Some things that happened:

-We had our two year anniversary
-We went to Vegas (it was my first time going)


-It was one year since Eric's death in May. We still miss him so much.



-I made some amazing friends in nursing school and graduated!


-A couple random cute pictures from this year:



Noelle and Taylor


Some things I/we want to do this year are:
*Read my scriptures every day, I feel so much better when I do
*Be able to ski parallel before the end of February
*Go to the temple at least once a month by myself, and once with Tanner
*Start running again
*Pay off our debt
*Go camping!
*Spend more time with family and friends
*Have Tanner get a great MCAT score and apply to med school-eek!
*Welcome Aly home from Spain!! Can't wait!


Here's to a great new year!

Sleepy Tanner

A couple days before Christmas I got sick. Like waking up frequently in the middle of the night/barfy sick. Tanner was in a really deep sleep, which is when he sleep-talks the most. Here are a few of the many weirdo things he said when I was coming back to bed:

"Wait. Are you?....(Looking from me to my spot in the bed)..my equilibrium constant??"

This one he sang, "Separate you, separate me. Separate us, together. Ooooooh yeaaah." When I told him about that one, he started telling me he was probably thinking about some chemical reaction that I don't remember. What can I say? I married a nerd. Good thing we're both nerds.

A pillow lying behind him when I got back in bed apparently touched his bum and he yelled out "What is this?! It feels like it's soaring into the unknown!" I told him, "It's just a pillow."
"Oh..Interesting."

Merry Chritney!

Yeah, I don't know where that came from, but Tanner and his dad love saying Merry Chritney, Fullmer men are unique. :) Christmas was wonderful! We went to the annual Fullmer Christmas Eve party, where we decided to add some Christmas spirit:

Tanner's is from the women's section at the DI; luckily for me, my mom has saved her entire 80s-90s wardrobe, so the sweater and bow are courtesy of her. The party was great, we ate lots of food, then the kids acted out the nativity while cousin Adam read the Christmas story from the scriptures. Grandma and Grandpa Fullmer did their reading, they alternate between the story of the Savior's birth and his death. After that, we sing the "12 Days of Christmas," which Fullmer style, is a little violent. There are actions with each day, and with the seven swans a swimming or the lords'o'leaping, it becomes a giant mosh pit in Grandma's basement.

Uncle Tanner and Aunt Nina with Noelle

The cutest niece ever!

Christmas Day was even better. We opened our presents together then headed to Tanner's parents. While there we got to talk to Aly, but we only got 2 and a half minutes a piece, so of course it wasn't long enough, but it made me so happy I cried. She comes home in less than 6 months, yay! Then we went to dinner with my mom and brothers, my brother brought his girlfriend, it was fun to meet her, she's really cute. Then we spent some time at my dad's, it was all so fun! We got totally spoiled by everyone, some things we got were: a hard drive to back up our files, a leopard print snuggie, Tanner got church pants so he won't have to wear his mission ones anymore, our favorite books, and a cricut!! The best part about Christmas though was spending time with family, it was a great one, and the fourth one Tanner and I have been together for. Only a few months till Tanner will be counting down to the next one!