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That's right ladies and gentlemen, we know what I'm doing for two years and that is working my butt off at the Idaho State University Dental Hygiene program. I am so so so excited! Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers!!

our new ride!

This is going to be our new car! ! !
Thanks to my dad we got a super great deal on a 2007 blue Mercury Milan with only 29,000 miles on it. We are COMING TO SALEM THIS WEEK to get it!!

I cannot believe it. We found a great deal on tickets and are going to do it. Derek and Dad have done lots of research and we feel this is an excellent deal. We are qualified at the bank and are heading out in a week!!!

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I need to brag about my husband

My husband is officially the College of Business

STUDENT OF THE YEAR!!!!

I am so proud of his hard work!! There is a banquet on April 24th and he gets to give a short speech. Also, he gets to lead the college of business students in the processional at graduation and we as family get to sit in specific seating for the ceremony.


He also has an interview with Premier Technology on Friday for a full time job!


On another note, here are a few pictures at the Idaho Business Leader of the Year event from last week. Derek is the president of Alpha Kappa Psi, the business fraternity of ISU. They put on an event where they honor a businessperson from Idaho and that person, as well as his administration, teaches the business classes for two days. A banquet is also held. Derek's parents came for the event and Derek got to know the awardee. Doug Sayer is the president of Premier Technology and he liked Derek so much he offered him a job.

Here's a good story about Doug. He met Steve and Daralyn at the banquet and came up to them saying what a great son they have. He also told Daralyn that he was trying to convince their son to work for him and if she had any mother influence would she use it please? Daralyn said "Well, he still listens to his mama sometimes". :) It was a great night!

I am so proud of Derek's hardwork. He will graduate in May and soon have a job. He does a wonderful job supporting me and providing for me!

Open House

Today was the Open House for Dental Hygiene and it went as good as I thought it could have went. I found out that it is 70% grades and 15% reasoning activity and 15% carving activity.

The reasoning activity was a 50 minute 33 question test with questions ranging from "If person A is ranked higher than person D and lower than person E, in what circumstances would person B be ranking lower than person A ... etc" to questions about health occupation situations and what a person did about negligence or confidentiality or family health decisions. I answered all the questions and felt pretty good and was able to go back and check them in time.

The dexterity test was what I feared. However, the chalk was great to work with and our knives were suitable as well. I tried to follow the specifications exactly but my chalk was only 3" long instead of 3 1/4" when I got it so I had to make some adjustments. We had to round the end, make the other end like a pencil with four blunt ends (and the tip had to be 3/8") and make a cut-out in the middle 3/4" long and 1/4" deep. They were testing smoothness, how close to the measurements we were, sharpness of angles and symmetry.

I feel good about my grades (3.78 overall). We were ranked on a scale out of 100 (possible to get 102/103) and my score was 97.588. That includes weighting different classes (sciences) more heavily, no withdrawals, only one class taken over again, etc.

We should know by April 1 and then I will know what the next two years hold for us!!

Derek was fantastic. He gave me a massage last night and breakfast this morning and came for the 1 1/2 hour orientation at the beginning of the day. He asked a few questions including "How can I, as the support team, be the best support to my wife?" The answers were listen to her, make dinner and help with dishes, and be her patient. He is such an excellent husband and I am so grateful for his support and pep talks!!!

Thanks for the support everyone, I really appreciate it. Many of you sent me text messages and called me and that really helped!