Teton Extravaganza

The Tetons rocked! I had so much fun! This is me and my sister Jo Ann. We are riding the ferry across Jenny Lake. My brother Brent's friend works at the dock at Jenny Lake and he gave us the hook up-free boat ride!!! If it looks cold that is because it was!

Then my brother Daniel wanted to pick up Jo Ann like the Jeep commercials! We were right on but when I took the pic a huge gust of wind came and the alignment was off.

This one is of my brother Brent. He is such a character! We were hiking to Hidden Falls near Jenny Lake and saw the boulder and had to take the opportunity for a great photo op!

Now this picture is a typical Jones look-into-the-distance pose. The man taking our pic asked us if we were going to look at him. We all said no and kept gazing off in the distance. Just a side note Daniel is wearing my WSU DH jacket-he forgot one and submitted to wearing mine-ha ha ha!

My high school friend Shawna works at the Pioneer Grill at Jackson Lake Lodge and got us a great cabin at Coulter Bay. It was not even like camping....2 double beds and a twin (so my bros did not have to be Green And Yellow--G A Y). We had our own bathroom and shower with actual hot water! It was so nice. THANK YOU SHAWNA! We ate breakfast at the Pioneer Grill the morning we left the park. It was delicious. We were not adventurous enough to have the trout breakfast which my Dad claims is the best Well he claims that fresh caught trout eaten for breakfast is the best, he is not too sure about the restaurant. She drew us about 4 different scenes with moose in them. Which rocked because my number one goal was to see a moose!

Luckily after breakfast we went to Signal Mountain and Jo Ann spotted this moose having breakfast. I was so happy! Up to that point the closest I got to a moose was a pencil Jo bought for me! Later that day as we were coming down Provo Canyon we say another moose just past Park City. How ironic is that. I leave the state to see a moose and I could have just gone to Park City!

Overall my trip was a blast! I love vacations with my family! There were hours of laughter, peeing (Daniel did the marathon 6 minute pee one morning--dang 2 gallon sized bladder), buffalo spotting, picture taking, game playing (I am the champ at speed;)), cell phone withdrawal, Jazz game missing, and driving! I am so glad we went even though my stomach is still in a knot when I think about Daniel and the old man at the park entrance; deaf people and old people struggle to communicate-I curse you old man.....

In less than a month I get to go to Savannah Georgia to see my other brother Dave while he is on leave from Iraq! I am quite excited for this summer!

Pirates, Tetons, Flower Covered Cemetaries....

I am so excited for this Memorial Day weekend. This is my favorite holiday. It is the time of the year when spring and summer collide! Schools are out, families are getting ready to vacation, grave sites are decorated with lovely flowers and memorabilia, flags are placed to remind us that freedom is not free. I love this holiday!!!

I am leaving in about an hour to go to Delta and pick up my sister Jo. Then we are going to Provo to meet my brother Daniel. Then we are picking up my brother Brent. The 4 of us are going to Malad Idaho to decorate the graves of my grandparents, cousins, sister, uncles etc. Then we are going to spend the night in Pocatello. Sat morning we leave for the Tetons! I am so excited to go to this park! A high school friend works at Jackson Lake Lodge and got us the hook up for a cabin in Coulter Bay. I am so excited I could barely sleep....that and the fact I went to see Pirates last night and had a big Diet Pepsi! So for those who will be seeing Pirates this weekend....I loved it. I have never really thought Orlando Bloom was all that...but this movie made me change my mind! He is my new flava of eye candy.

I hope everyone enjoys the weekend and please take a minute out of your life to remember someone who has passed on or who has given their life for the freedom you enjoy!

PS-I hear some WSU class of 07 already have their license! Man that was fast! Congrats everyone

Packing Cord

After working full time as a hygienist for almost a year I think I finally understand what tissues go through when packing cord. The other day this 14 year old kid came in for a cleaning. I was on my way out the door when Alisha one of the assistants in my office came up to me and said "Could you get some of this stuff off--I know I won't be able to get it all." She was cleaning aka polishing this kids mouth. Now Alisha is amazing. She knows when there is tarter that needs to be scaled and will get a hygienist or instruments for the Dr to get it. So in my head I am thinking that this kid has a little bit of tarter on the linguals of 23-26. No big deal. So I jump in and start asking the kid how often he brushes his teeth and he told me it was hard to remember to brush. So now I am thinking now wonder he has tarter. I pop my mirror in and see the great wall of china! Holy abundance of calculus! I stop right there and start OHI. Then I moved him to my room I had just shut down and got the ultrasonic out and proceeded to torture this kid. He winned and complained the whole time. I got out the patient mirror and showed him when I had half of the mandable done, he was amazed at the difference. I kept going on about OH and that he needed to see a hygienist from now on. After I cleaned Alisha came in a flossed and polished. When she was describing the tissues on linual of 23-26 she said it was like they had just done a crown prep and the tissues were pulled away from being packed with cord. It was a perfect visialization. I have never packed cord or seen cord packed and always wondered how it was done especially when Heidi Melissa Natalie and Korbin always told me it was their favorite part of being an assistant. I am sure you RDH know the look of the tissues when you removed the great wall of calculus! It was an awesome experience because I think the kid really learned something about brushing and flossing and I learned about cord:)

365 Days Ago

I cannot believe it has been 365 since I took WREB! One year ago today I walked into WSU Dental Hygiene Clinic with Alfonso Cardenas. What a fun time we had! I remember freaking out because it took me over 2 hours to clean 12 teeth! Guess what I did today...cleaned 32 teeth--yup thrid molars were fully errupted--on a mod/severe case of perio; aka heavy calculus (heavier than my board) and gen 4-6mm pocketing. Ok back to the cleaning 32 teeth in 3 hours!!! I have improved so much over this year! I am so glad to be done with school and living life! Speaking of living life....I ate some astronaut ice cream the other day. The package as silver and all vaccuum packed like space food. The ice cream itself had been freeze dried. It was actually pretty good. It was neopolatin. The vanilla was a bit chalky and the chocolate was alright but the best flavor was the strawberry. I am not usually a strawberry ice cream fan but it is pretty good space food.