Ranting and Venting

Today was not a good day. It started out in a very confusing all over the place class where the teacher has no clue how to teach a class effectively. Then I had to set up my clinic extremely fast, which takes about a half hour, grab my lunch, go to a case review class and eat while in class. Then 5 minutes before my clinic I got a message on my phone from my patient for today. My heart sunk when I heard she was cancelling her appointment!! AHHHHHHH!!!! I had to find somebody to fill that spot. Good thing I have a great friend that filled in. I then had a huge miscommunication with my instructor and was not very effective in clinic. Now I need to find the perfect patient for my Thursday clinic so I don't get behind. This is going to be a fun semester!!! There is nothing more nerve wracking right before a clinic worrying if your patient is going to show. Then when they don't show up you just want to cry but can't because you have to fill your spot other wise you are screwed for that day. It is not fun!!

I just hope the rest of this week goes well!!!

Through all this I really realize that I have so many friends that are willing to help out and do all they can do!! Thank you all!!

Another beautiful semester has begun

Well School has started and I have finished my first week of the second semester!!!! I am pretty excited for this semester. I think I am going to enjoy my classes and my schedule. I don't know if I am going to like my pharmacology class but I will just have to learn to like it. My biggest worry about this semester is finding patients to fill my clinic times. That is the hardest part!!! I so far have only 2 patients and need about 15. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! So far I am not as stressed as the beginning of last semester because I am a little more familiar with what to expect. That doesn't mean that I don't have a knot in my stomach everyday. I am having anxiety dreams every night and wake up sometimes in a panic about what I have to do and wondering if I am missing anything. As we drive to school we feel sick to our stomachs just wondering what is going to come of that day. It is not fun. I am always feeling like I am lost and not knowing what I should be doing and if I am forgetting something. The good news is that I am not the only one feeling like this. I also am stressing that I am not as stressed as I was last semester. (Am I missing something that I should be doing?) I know it will come. My break helped me to forget all those feelings but as soon as school started it all came back. It was the craziest thing that no one would understand. We are going to have a quiz everyday in every class. That is going to be tough but it is a great way to keep me on track. I think this semester is going to go really well. I am excited to learn new instruments and meet people from the public and start working on them!!!

Cody is back playing his x-box with his brother. I love that he can be hundreds of miles away from his brother but still be able to hang out with him. It is pretty cool!! Now that we won't see eachother very much he will replace me with his x-box for the next 5 months. He is such a great husband and is so supportive!! This is what I see when I come home from class late at night

Happy Birthday to Cody!!!

We celebrated Cody's birthday on the 14th. He has been wanting to go to a Brasilian BBQ ever since we moved down here. So we thought we would go for his birthday. Caitlin said that she found one and we looked it up on the internet and it said that the plates ranged from 15-25 dollars. We didn't think that was a bad price so we decided to go. When we got there it was an extremely nice restaurant and everyone was dressed up. They sat us right down, barely talked to us and said, "SHOWTIME!!! GO EAT!!" We had no clue what to do and didn't get a chance to ask how much it was going to be per person. We had no clue what to do. We figured since they already had us sitting down that we would just go eat. They had amazing food at the salad bar, sushi, pasta, fish, artichoke dishes. It was high class. We knew it wasn't going to be 15-25 dollars a plate. We were a little worried but decided that it shouldn't be too much more than 25 a person. (For those of you that don't know what a Brasilian BBQ is. They have a salad bar and then the servers are walking around with big pieces of meat on a scewers (sp?) and come to your table and slice the meat right there in front of you.) It is really cool. So when we got the bill Cody wouldn't let us see it but later found out that it was $50 a person!!! Ahhhhhhh!!! That is so much money. We definitely were not expecting that. It was definitely good and would have never eaten there if we knew what the price was. IF we knew how much it was we would have turned around to go find somewhere else to eat. I guess ignorance is bliss.
Happy Birthday to Cody!!

Cody eating his very expensive meat!!

I put Cody's gift in this bag. He at first didn't think it was for him but when I finally convinced it was for him he got a little curious to find out what was in the Victoria's Secret bag.

I guess when he opened it he wasn't expecting a dress shirt. :) :) :)


Happy Birthday to Caitlin!!!

Caitlin's birthday was the day after school started. We really weren't able to celebrate her birthday that day just because we were so busy. Cody, Caitlin and I did go to Sweet Tomatoes for her birthday dinner which is always good. Some girls in our class wanted to get together last night and have some cake for Caitlin. We ended up making it a suprise and had so much fun. Caitlin had no idea she just thought we were going over to Sam's to play some games. She was not very happy that I didn't tell her to change and that it was ok for her to show up in sweats. When we are in school everybody wears sweats or scrubs everyday so it is no big deal. There were some other girls in their usual sweat or work out attire.

We had so much fun just chatting and catching up with everybody. We also watched the Miss America Pageant!!!

Some of the girls watching the pageant!!

Sam and Caitlin blowing out her candles.

Erin L., Caitlin, Sam and Sarabeth

We have such a great class. We couldn't have asked for a better group of girls. We are all so close and get along so well. I am so grateful for the wonderful friends I have made in this program. We will definitely be friends forever.

Well that is the update for now. Next week may be a little more stressful with 5 quizzes and 3 clinic days. We are ready to go!!!

I NEED PATIENTS!!!

Hello to anybody and everybody in the Las Vegas Area. I am in major need of patients to work on this semester. I would be able to clean your teeth and take X rays for very inexpensive. It would benefit you and it would benefit me so much. I have to have about 15 patients this semester and I really don't know many people down in this area. If you have friends or family please please please send them my way!!! It would take a few appointments to finish you and each appointment is about three hours. I do have a 4 hour slot which if you took that one I could finish you up faster. And my clinic days are Monday, Tuesday and Fridays. Please if you can help me out that would be great. The health of your mouth affects the health of your whole body. Thanks. Please let me know if you can help. comment or email me at jen.reeder@yahoo.com or call at 702-580-8105

A Codyism

I wasn't rolling my eyes, I was just stretching them!!!


I thought it was pretty funny. I think he was really stretching his eyes.

Walkin' the Strip

Cody's parents were in town for a few days and we had such a great time with them. On Saturday afternoon we met up with them down on the strip. We parked at Treasure Island and walked all the way to the other side of the strip. I have never done that and it was pretty fun. We were able to see the pirate and sirens show outside of TI, see the volcano explode in front of the Mirage, See the beautiful Christmas Conservatory in the Bellagio and of course we had to see the water show. We ended up eating at the Harley Davidson Cafe which was so good. Cody and I were sharing our dinner and he of course had to get the Hog plate which had three different kinds of animal on it (Chicken, Pork, and Beef) It was really good. We then went back to John and Debbie's hotel and visited for a while and relaxed. Then we were off on our hour and a half walk back to our car. We took our time to get back to the car but it sure was cold down there. It's still Christmas time at the Bellagio
In The Mirage
John and Debbie in the Bellagio. Why so Serious John? :) :) :)

Watching the water show at the Bellagio. We were freezing!!!

Dam Fun!!

This past weekend Cody's parents came to Vegas for a few days and Cody's brother Ryan and Katie came over from St. George for the day to go to the Hoover Dam. There were six of us and we only had five passenger cars, so we all loaded up in my car and were off. We didn't think it would be a very long drive there since it is only about an hour away so we thought it would be fine to squish four people in the back of my car. Well ,it ended up that we were about 8 miles away from the dam and we got into bumper to bumper traffic. It took us about 1 and 1/2 hours to go 8 miles. It was crazy. It was fun being with the family that whole time but our legs did eventually go numb. We had a good dam tour and it was amazing to learn about the dam and how incredible this structure it is. It was fun to spend time with Cody's family.

Cody's mom, dad and cody deep down inside the dam
Cody's mom, Katie, me and Cody all squished in the back.

Katie and Me on the dam. I think the background is amazing.

Katie, Ryan, Cody and Me

Wonderful trip to Reno!!!

I am back in Las Vegas and had a great Christmas visit with the family in Reno. I went up about a week after school got out and Cody had to stay in Vegas for another week so he could work. He finally was able to come up for a few days during Christmas which was so nice. We all had so much fun!!! I was able to spend time with each of my brothers and sisters and their kids. I got to have a sleep over with Annacy and we stayed up all night long!!! I visited Dr. Childs' office and watched the Hygienist work (now that I know what to look for), I slept in everyday, and we went shopping and just relaxed the whole time. It was such a great break and it was way too short.

When Cody got into Reno we were able to go to meet up with his parents at Scheels and looked at guns!!! We then met up with his brother and all went to dinner at Chevy's!!! We had so much fun with them and it was so good to see and visit with his family.

Christmas morning the whole family came over and opened presents and had a wonderful Christmas. Dale and Liane's family came over and we all had a gift exchange which was something new we tried this year and it turned out to be really fun.

Me and my good ol' pa

On Christmas Eve we had our traditional Strawberry Waffles up at Dale and Liane's house and then acted out our first nativity with all the kids. Simon,Wyatt, and Brian were shepards, Chris and Chanika were Mary and Joseph, Ezra was baby Jesus, Jami was the star, Amber, Megan, and Annacy were angel's, Monte, Geoff, and Cody were the Wise Men and I was the photographer!!! It was so fun and the kids looked so cute!!

I absolutely love this picture. Simon and Annacy look so sweet and Wyatt is so goofy. He must have been really excited to take a picture. Every time I look that this picture I bust up laughing!!!Jami and Sweet Baby Ezra.Chanika is pregnant and looks great as always. She is having another boy and is more excited to find out the hair color!!

Brian and Cody just hanging out on Christmas Day

Cody, Brian, and Monte are always the ones to play strategic games when the family gets together. Wyatt always loves to get in on the action too!!!

I had so much fun with Chris while I was there. The night before I was leaving we went to In and Out and Midnight with Elizabeth and Alli Jenkins and with two of Chris' foster daughters.

Geoff and Maxxwell. Geoff was in town for a couple days. Geoff always is the life of the party.

Geoff gave this dog to Annacy for Christmas. She absolutely loved it and pretends like it is a real dog that wrestles with her. She has an obsession with dogs but doesn't want to get close enough to them just in case they will lick her. Me, mom, and Amber in our adorable aprons that Geoff got for us.

On Christmas Eve Santa came for a visit and was a huge hit with the kids except for Wyatt. He was a little scared of him but eventually warmed up to him a little bit.

Amber and Me on Santa's lap telling him what we want for Christmas!!

The whole nativity clan.

Chris and Chanika

Me and Cody on Christmas day. Cody got a flying remote control helicopter from my dad and loves it. It was pretty fun watching the boys try to figure out how to fly these copters. Once Cody got the hang of it he was pretty good. I don't think boys will ever get bored of remote control anything.

Cody was able to come to Reno on Christmas Eve. He is still dressed from work that day. I was so happy to have him with me. I missed him so much.

Dad, Ezra, Janess, and Morgan sitting in the most covetted spot in Aunt Liane's house.

Annacy and I finally got to have a fun sleepover. Mom and I picked her up at her house and she was all packed and ready to go. We first went on an adventure to the pet store, then we went and bought a carmel apple at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, we got dinner at Taco Bell, we let her pick out a movie at the movie store( she loves Air Bud and had a tough time picking which one she wanted to buy). We finally went home and ate and watched air bud. Then we painted our nails and did eachothers makeup and hair and finally about 1;30 we started reading stories and went to bed. We had so much fun. THe next morning she watched Air Bud twice in a row. I love being an Aunt because I can let her do whatever I want to do with her. She is my best friend!!! this picture is before our makeover!

Annacy after her makeover. She sure looks beautiful. She loved having her hair blow dried.

Annacy giving me my makeover. After our makeovers at 1:30AM. I was tired!!

Mr. Maxxwell is getting so big and so fun. He is a crawling machine!!

Amber is on this kick of making leg warmers. She has made a ton for Megan and Wyatt and they are great. She made me a pair and I love them. They keep me so warm.

Amber and Mom out to lunch

Sweet Baby Megan

My best friend Lizzy was home from school. We were able to see a lot of eachother during our vacation. She is such a great friend!!