New Blog

Now that I am married Kent and I are creating a new blog together. I will no longer be updating this one and will continue my life story on our new married blog. Check it out.
http://kentdayna.blogspot.com

My New Life

My New Life

New Companion: Married life is sooooo wonderful. I am now married to the love of my life, he is amazing. I should have thought of this sooner. :)

New Job: I just got a job in an the infant pediatrics unit in Banner Childrens hospital in Mesa and had my first night shift last night. I think it will be a good job, especially to learn more about taking care of sick infants. Night shifts are killer. It is also new to me, coming from the adult ICU, to hear crying infants all night.

New Calling: I also just got a new calling as the Young Women's President of my ward; kinda crazy. After being in a singles ward for 10 years I forgot such a program existed. So they kinda just threw me in and I don't even know who the young women are in this new ward of mine or what in the world I am doing, but I am sure I will figure it out and have fun. Mutal activities, personal program, Youth Conferences & girl's camp again would be awesome!

New Educational Opportunities: Also, Kent just got accepted to ASU's Doctorate program in Educational Technology which he will start in the Fall after he finishes his masters. So it looks like we will be in Arizona for at least the next 4 years. Yea Arizona. Good thing I have family here or I don't know what I would do. I also got accepted to ASU's Master's program in Nursing Education. Still debating whether to do it though or not.

New Place to Live: Kent and I live in a cute litte one room apt in Scottsdale. It is in the most perfect location, close to ASU, around the corner from a huge park with lakes and fields and frezbee golf courses, and about 15 mins from Grandma. We just finished unpacking and organizing our cute apt and I can't figure out what to do with all this frig space after living in a student apt for so long. :)

For time and all Eternity

Today my dreams came true. I married my prince in the Provo Temple and was sealed to him for time & all eternity.

A Honeymoon to Palmyra NY & Kirtland OH

We spent our honeymoon visiting the early church history sites in Palmyra New York & Kirtland Ohio. It was wonderful, insightful, we learned a lot. A bit cold but a perfect place to go, somewhere we both have wanted to go for a long time. This is where the church had it's beginnings and our marriage also.

Palmyra: We started the day by going to the E.B. Grandin Shop. It was really neat to see where the Book of Mormon was published and to see how it was published. The visitor center there is incredible. We found the process fascinating, and it was neat to learn about all of the miracles that went into the publishing of the Book of Mormon.
Our next stop took us to the Smith Farm and the Sacred Grove. What an incredible place! We especially were impressed by the Sacred Grove. There is a powerful spirit there and a beautiful peace.
One hilarious thing was that as we reached the monument, Dayna said, “I don’t think I have ever seen a statue of Moroni before.” I thought about this for a minute, and on further questioning, she realized that she in fact had seen other statues of Moroni. We had a great laugh about this, especially because she had instructed me earlier that morning to step further to the left so that I could get the angel Moroni into the picture of the Palmyra Temple.

Niagara Falls:
It blew us away

Kirtland: We were especially impressed by the N.K Whitney home and store. We were amazed at the character and sacrifices of Brother and Sister Whitney was willing to make for the gospel. Following our visit to the churches historic Kirtland, we went up the hill to the Kirtland Temple. We were amazed at the workmanship of the temple and the sacrifice that was required to build the temple. It was beautiful.

We then attempted to find the quarry where the stones of the temple were taken from. In this attempt we ended up hiking all over the woods and up the side of a hill, still looking for a quarry. We ended up finding the quarry not yards from where we parked.
It is amazing to me that such a great work was had at these humble places and how many converted in the Ohio. The people were really prepared to receive the gospel when it arrived. At the Kirtland ashery the ash, something worth almost nothing, yet with time and heat was made very valuable. So with the saints and the early unorganized church in Ohio; with time and heat it was made great.

Europe

I decided to take a two week trip to Europe before I get married to visit Gabe and Jane Ann and to do some family history. It was an amazing trip and the best part about it was the opportunity to spend time with Gabe and Jane Ann. Paris was neat, we almost got stuck on the Effiel Tower, and Pisa's leaning tower was interesting but the best part of Pisa are the members who live there, church was great. It got more exciting when we got to Lucca and hit the archives, read through the old records for names and dates of the ancestors, took a train to looking for the Masa Diocese, tracked down a priest in the mountains looking for records, and ended up late at night on a marble quarry. We then went to the Alp's to stay with our distant cousins who took us skiing. Went to the Switzerland temple with the French young single adult group. Then headed back to Gabe and Jane Ann's city of Nancy France where I got to see Gabe direct a baptismal service and Jane Ann teach the Y.W. lesson and give and talk at church all in French. We are cheese, crepes, and so much good food. It was a truely amazing trip and I couldn't of asked for a better time. And it kept getting better as I got to come home to my amazingly wonderful fiancee whom I will marry next week!

California Fun & Sun in January

Kent came down to my home in California with me. That was fun to have him here so that he could get to know my parents better and see where I grew up. We visited his mission in San Fernando and did some other fun things out here.