Happy 4th!

This year for the fourth of July, Jaron and I headed up the mountain to St. Johns. We got to relax a little but got signed up (against our will :->) to help with the bbq, but even with that we had a good time, I missed the fireworks over lyman lake, I just love small town holidays, they just seem better to me. I guess you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl! Here are some pics!

Check out our cool flips me and my mom made!

Announcements...

Hey everyone, I got a few responses to my ad about addresses but I still need more! I don't want anyone to feel bad cause they didn't get an announcement so please please send me your address, I am working hard on the list now! Thank you all!

Sharla Liston, RN!

I passed my state boards! Its official now! Here comes the hard part of finding a job...
On another subject totally different, can everyone send their addresses to sharla_40@hotmail.com so I can start collecting them and so you can get a wedding announcement! Thanks!

Long Time + No Post=LONG POST...

Well, lots has happened in the last little while! I graduated from nursing school and am still not employed sadly enough but its still early and I'm working to find one any day now!

The best news of the month is we got a new addition to the family! Everyone welcome:

Trevyn Ty Clark!

He was born May 27, 2009 and he weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 inches long, and he is the most precious thing ever! It is so fun to have a baby in the family again! Em did great and had a beautiful labor and delivery (at least in nursing world!) I got to go up and stay with Jen at her new house which is absolutely gorgeous and was able to hang out with the niece and nephews while em was in the hospital... then we ventured over to Cannonville and got to stay in Emilee and Dallas's new adorable house! It was a very fun trip, I was glad to be able to go... Thanks Jaron for putting up with me being gone so long!

Other exciting news is I turned 23! Kelsey stayed the night at my house and we got up to my nice roommates making me breakfast, we did some shopping, Kels did my nails, and then I got to hang out the rest of the night with my girlies! It was a fun day, thanks everyone for the texts and phone calls I love you all!

Other side note, wedding plans are coming along really well, I feel like I am starting to get the big things planned and out of the way... man i didn't think there were quite so many details to planning a wedding, but so fun and so worth it!

I'm Graduated!

Well, after what felt like a long time and also like it flew by, I graduated from nursing school! I never thought the day would come and now that it has come and gone, it feels like a dream that never really happened!

We had SOOO much fun with all my family here though, my dad and grandpa got to see the airplane museum, we got bahama bucks with me, my mom, Kels, and my grandma (who tried the dill pickle snow cone, brave woman, it tasted like a dirty old sock!) we went swimming, did lots of shopping and just got to hang out and talk, it was a blast!

For our graduation dinner, we went to a place called Joe's Farm, it was a really cute place to take pictures and we had a great time before we headed off to the pinning ceremony!

My family all left Friday and so I got to spend the weekend with Jaron's family which was so fun, we did more shopping, swimming, did baptisms at the temple, and ate at Tia Rosa's where we are having our wedding luncheon... It was so awesome but me and Jaron feel lonely now! I also really made him lonely cause I went to St. Johns Sunday to plan wedding stuff and I got my dress, YAY!

P.S. A big thank you to EVERYONE who supported and loved me through this incredible journey I have been on,,, words cannot express the gratitude I have for you! What a wonderful blessing it is to have amazing family and friends!

Holy Cow!

Do you see that counter over there on the right side? I am so excited graduation is almost here! I finished my clinicals working nights at the hospital last week, and let me tell ya I am in for it if I have to work nights, that is a little rough on ole Sharla! By day three of doing that, I had blood shot red eyes and I looked like death! I had an awesome nurse preceptor though that taught me so much so all in all it was a good experience. Now the hard part is gonna be to find a job... the market for new grads these days isn't looking so good, so everyone cross your fingers! These pictures are graduation pics we took for our announcements with my nursing besties... the invites were sorta expensive to make so if you didn't get one, it is at the Mesa Arts Center on Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 pm... In other news, Jaron turned 24 on Sunday, May 3rd... it is so nice that we are exactly one year and one month apart! I will have to post pictures later when I get them and tell all the birthday happenings... Life is so good! But we will survive the hot summer? I'm beginning to remember what its like and although I love summer, there is nothing worse than burning your arm on the seatbelt when you hop in the car!

New Beginnings...

Well, life is crazy these days, I took my final last week and passed, so now all I have to do is complete 96 hours of preceptorship and I am done! I will be working nights at Banner Gateway Medical Center for the next couple of weeks and then its on to my pinning ceremony! I can't believe how the time has flown...

Another, grand, lovely, amazing, long-awaited news is that me and Jaron have set a date! August 28th hopefully will arrive soon! I am very excited to start with a new job and start a family with Jaron. He has truly been my superman through this whole nursing school experience and I don't know what I would have done without him...

While I am at it, I don't know what I would have done without my parents, who have been amazing and so good to support me, even if it was just to put a couple extra dollars in my very dry account... they never hesitate for a moment to help me and I appreciate that so much. I am very blessed with some amazing people in my life! So graduation and wedding here we come!