BYU Nursing Class of 2006: Where I am, What I'm Doing..

2008-12-01T17:20:00.001-08:00

Danielle Perona has updated her blog:

www.peronas.blogspot.com

2008-12-01T17:16:00.000-08:00

Rachel Rowell

introduces Joshua James. Congrats!

2008-01-30T14:19:00.000-08:00

MISSING!

Maren Wilcox is in charge of finding the email addresses for our classmates that BYU doesn't have. However, quite a few addresses and phone numbers are out of date.

Any info would be helpful:

Ilene Payne
Angela Nissen
Kim Allen
Ashley Call
Rebecca Kuhle
Brian Glenn
Whitney M. Lathen
Frank Mass
Susan Hardy

Email marenwilcox@gmail.com

2008-01-30T14:17:00.000-08:00

Danielle Perona- proud mom to baby boy Brenden. He was born on January 21st at 10:23 am. He weighed 7 lbs. and was 20 inches long.

Check out pictures, and more details of his arrival at http://www.peronas.blogspot.com/

2008-01-30T14:13:00.000-08:00

Rachel Rowell- proud mom to Joshua! He was born December 28th and weighed 8 lb 9 oz.

For more updates check out Rachel's blog at rachelrowell.com

2007-12-26T08:33:00.000-08:00

Danielle Perona has updated her blog: http://www.peronas.blogspot.com/

2007-12-26T08:30:00.000-08:00

Dani Harmon has updated her blog: http://djharmonfam.blogspot.com/

2007-12-26T08:25:00.000-08:00

Rachel Rowell shares a picture of her 21 week ultrasound.

"I am due December 28th and my husband and I are expecting a baby boy. I have been working full time at the Emergency Room at Utah Valley since graduation and plan on working there part time after I have the baby. Life is going great and I can't wait to be a mom!"

2007-12-26T08:21:00.000-08:00

Angela Swenson has a blog: www.ajswenson.blogspot.com

2007-10-18T19:28:00.001-07:00

Michelle Rowan (now Sorenson) has a blog spot:

www.scottandmichelle.blogspot.com.

2007-10-18T19:26:00.000-07:00

Chelsea Bauer has a blog spot:

www.benchelsbauer.blogspot.com

2007-10-18T19:25:00.000-07:00

Danielle Harmon has also joined the world of blogging:

http://djharmonfam.blogspot.com

2007-10-18T19:24:00.001-07:00

Danielle Perona has updated her blog:

http://www.peronas.blogspot.com/

2007-08-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Dani Harmon blessed her daughter Andi on Aug 5th.

2007-08-07T11:17:00.001-07:00

Danielle Perona has some updates on her blog spot-

Check it out: http://peronas.blogspot.com/

2007-08-07T11:16:00.001-07:00

Maren Wilcox has a new blog spot- check it out:

www.bmwfamily.blogspot.com

2007-07-02T09:55:00.000-07:00

Dani Harmon has a new website:

http://www.freewebs.com/harmonfam/

Also, Wlecome Andi Danielle Harmon!

She was born Juen 26th at 2:26pm.

"She weighs 7lb 13oz (over a pound bigger than Carter!) and she is 21 inches long. She has ten fingers and ten toes and is absolutely beautiful. The delivery was perfect and Mom, Dad, and baby are doing great. Carter is a little oblivious and is way more interested in all the bells and whistles of the hospital room. He likes to stare at Andi and point and say "baby." It's going to be a little bit of a transition, but we're looking forward to it."

2007-05-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

Melissa Long was married to Idris Tokhi on April 7th in the SLC Temple.

Congrats Melissa and Idris!

2007-05-18T18:10:00.000-07:00

Rachel Whiting is now married!

"I am now officially Rachel Wiley! Adam and I met in July working at the Mayo Clinic. I had a crush on him from the moment I met him! What a small world... after his hopeless attempts at flirting with me, we found out we were both members of the church (he was baptized just a week before we met). We started dating in September and ever since have been inseparable! We got engaged on Valentines Day and were married on April 14th here in Minnesota. We plan to go to the temple later this summer after he has been a member a full year. We went on our honeymoon to San Francisco and had tons of fun! Work is still going great and all in all, I could not be any happier right now!"

Congrats Rachel and Adam!

2007-05-18T18:03:00.000-07:00

Susan Hardy writes:

"In between going to school and work, watching other people's children, track practice (Dave is the assistant coach), trips to the grocery store and Costco, play group, church callings, doctor's apt., going to the zoo (we have a membership), paying bills, park & library day, studying for tests, dentist apt. (there have been tons of these!), more doctor's apt., sitting in traffic and cooking and cleaning up meals, Dave and I have been in a "few" states since Christmas. A "few" states meaning 18! Including all of the states surrounding Philadelphia, New York, Washington, Utah (twice), Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Georgia, West Virginia, and Ohio. Crazy huh? Back in January we took another trip up to NYC to the temple. It is very refreshing to be in the temple and feel the peace and safety therein. Central Park is only 2 blocks away and Jarom and David went there while I was inside (then we trade off), but while they were there they played on the same rocks featured on Night at the Museum! Every time Jarom watches that movie he points out "his" rocks. (Look for them the next time you watch the film) We are excited to go up there again in 3 weeks when Dave's brother Matt comes out and visits us!

"In February, Jarom and I went to Utah to speak at a conference held at the University of Utah. It was well. The weather was fantastic! We enjoyed being with grandparents and siblings! Our next trip out- 3 weeks later was for me to speak at a poster session at BYU. For this one I needed a professional poster made. It looked super- thanks to the College of Nursing. While I was picking up my poster, I saw another poster advertising the College of Nursing's upcoming Research Conference- there were 3 pictures on the poster and one of them was of me!! I had presented at this conference last year and they were using my picture. It's a little eerie to see you picture on a poster all over campus- cool but eerie."

2007-05-18T18:02:00.000-07:00

Danielle Perona and Matt have updated their blog:

http://peronas.blogspot.com/

2007-04-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

Heather Norberg and husband Corey moved to Pullman, WA (south-eastern part of the state) right after graduation where he is finishing up his computer engineering degree at Washington State University.

"I'm working at a little community hospital a few miles away. It's only a 25 bed hospital, which means I get to work the ED, acute care and OB units. It's great because I get so much experience and since it's such a small hospital I get lots of opportunites for CE and different licenses. I work night shifts, which I like a whole lot more than day shift 'cause I get to sleep in!

"We're doing pretty well, and our families are very happy to have us closer to home. We also are very excited that I'm 10 weeks pregnant. We've had our first ultrasound already and it was pretty cool to see our little bean's heart beating and moving around.

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying life as much as I am!"

2007-04-22T16:27:00.000-07:00

Dani Harmon had her 20 week ultrasound in February and it's a GIRL!!!

"We are so excited! Baby girl Harmon ish ealthy and growing. We hope that you all are too!"

2007-02-16T19:03:00.000-08:00

Rachel Whiting got engaged to Adam on Valentine's Day!

2007-02-16T18:55:00.000-08:00

Kasey Perkinson shares her 3 month yr old pictures of baby Cooper.

"We are doing great and cooper is getting so big!! He smiles a lot and is so active!! We love him. He was starting to get fussy with the pictures but I think they turned out pretty cute!!"

2007-02-16T18:50:00.000-08:00

Tamara Locken and Nic Arnold were married in the Los Angeles Temple on December 29th.

"It was a beautiful day and everything went really well. We had a reception the next day in ourhometown, Lompoc CA. For our honeymoon we went on a cruise that stopped at Catalina Island and Ensanada Mexico. It was the most relaxing thing we'veever done (nice to get away from the stresses of work and school).

"I am still working on the ortho/neuro floor at UVRMC. I was shocked at how quickly I was able to switch over to the day shift. Working days can get busy, but it sure is nice being on a normal sleep schedule."

2007-01-26T19:49:00.000-08:00

Marianne Gessel is graduating from BYU in June!

"...after much debate and convincing, and petitioning and everything else, Ohio State agreed to let me take classes here and then graduate from BYU this June. YEAH! I can't wait to be done....

"Ryan, our son, was born on September 20th 2005, and is about the cutest thing ever! He makes everyday exciting and fun...really. Although I have to be honest, it is very tiring at times trying to balance everything. We have wonderful friends out here that are helping with babysitting while I finish my school and Luke is preparing to take the boards, which makes it nice since we are very far away from family."

2007-01-26T19:40:00.000-08:00

Susan Hardy was able to spend some holiday time in Washington.

"...in the morning while driving to my parent's house we called my mom! (No one but my father knew we were coming!) We just thanked her for the gifts she had given us which we opened on Christmas Eve morning and chatted about what we were going to do that day. (Pretending we were in Philadelphia) I was still on the phone with her as Jarom, Dave and I walked through the garage door. She was sitting on the couch in the family room. Then she saw Jarom and connected the dots that he wouldn't come alone. It was huge surprise for her exhibited by lots of tears, hugs and kisses! We then proceeded to sneak upstairs and wake the other kids to the surprise. Christmas was wonderful with many gifts, love, family, food and games!"

She includes some words about David's school, "We have pretty much decided that the school district likes to have the kids in school so much because it keeps them off of the streets and prevents many the bad things kids do when their on their own with other teenagers. (And the things these kids do here are way worse then at American Fork High School in Utah-where Dave did his student teaching). The second week of January the school set a record high for Fights in One Day! More than twelve big fights broke out all over the school, they had to call in more police officers but even with the increased numbers of enforcement the fights continued. Thank goodness for the metal detectors the student must first pass through to gain admission into the school because that means at least no guns or knives. Dave hopes that none of the students have seen Bourne Identity because he kills someone with a pen. So we are thinking about home schooling Jarom- anyone have any experience or ideas or thoughts?

Susan started working a few shifts a week as a supervisor and floor nurse at the Rehab Center.

2006-12-13T14:33:00.000-08:00

Dani Harmon announces she is pregnant again!

"I am a little over ten weeks along and am due July 4. We had our first ultrasound earlier this week and the baby looks great. It's hard to believe Carter is going to be a big brother when he's only 8 months old right now, but I'm sure he'll grow into it."

2006-12-03T22:52:00.000-08:00

Susan Hardy shares some pictures of her new row house (like a townhouse out West)

"We have just started working on the main level with painting and decorating. I have a lot more ideas in my head about what I want to do with the place."

2006-11-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

Kasey Perkinson gave birth to a healthy 7 lb 2 oz boy on October 17th.

"Words cant describe how incredible it was having him- call me crazy but I was really sad when it was over! Danny is an unbelievable dad and we are having the time of our lives taking care of our little boy! He is such a sweetheart and we couldnt have asked for a better baby."

2006-11-06T10:33:00.000-08:00

Dani Harmon is enjoying the Fall colors.

"Carter, we discovered, loves not only carving pumpkins, but eating the fresh pumpkin guts as well. We stuck some up to his mouth thinking that he would pull a face at it, if not from the taste, the texture at least. We were wrong... Carter just kept pulling more to his mouth to suck on. YUM! We didn't really do the whole dressing up thing for Halloween, but managed to take a few pics of Carter in his ears and tail."

2006-11-06T10:24:00.000-08:00

Susan Hardy shares that she is freezing!

"The weather here has dropped very rapidly and even though it is just 45 to 50 degrees it is COLD. Humidity really does something to the weather. It just makes it worse. It probably doesn't help that we can't get our radiators to work. Until then we are pretending to be pioneers; wearing tons of layers, staying close to the kitchen oven and sleeping with 4 to 5 blankets on. Oh I forgot about the mittens, hats and scarfs we wear all the time, whether we are inside or outside."

For Halloween their ward had a Halloween Party.

"It was fun to dress up like we were kids again. Dave talked Jarom into doing a doughnut on a string, which was pretty humorous to watch. My favorite part was the root beer floats! Then the adults hid behind the doors of the church while the children trick or treated around to all the doors. It was nice to be inside and dry but still get to go trick or treating."

2006-10-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

Tamara Locken spent her summer back home inCalifornia, visiting with family and studying for the NCLEX.

"My original plan was to start working in the ICU at St. Joseph's hospital of Orange County California in July, but life kind of took me in a different direction. While at home for the summer, I started dating someone. We had grown up in the same town pretty much our whole lives but didn't start dating until this summer. We really hit it off and to make a long storyshort, I ended up moving back to Provo to be close to him (he goes to BYU).

"We got engaged on October 2nd at Sundance and we are both very happy! The big day is January 2, 2007 at the Los Angeles Temple."

Tamara is currently working at the ortho/neuro unit at UVRMC. She was excited to find out Kelly Clark and Tiffany Langton also work on her unit.

2006-10-12T15:47:00.000-07:00

Whitney Lathen has exciting news-she is 14 weeks pregnant! She'll be 20 weeks the week of Nov. 20th and will find out if it is a boy or a girl then. The baby is due April 7th, 2007.

"Scott will graduate with his master's in civil engineering about 2-3 weeks later so it will be perfect. Then we will move wherever a good engineering job takes us ( a good chance it will be to the Northwest)."

Whitney is working the telemetry/med/surg unit at AF hospital and loves it.

2006-10-11T10:36:00.000-07:00

Jamie Glenn switched from Georgetown's FNP program to Midwifery and Women's Health. She had visited a clinic in Utah and shadowed the doctor that practiced there and thought it was her dream job. "It's really the only thing I've felt passionate about in the entire realm of nursing."

"So I started school in the FNP program and things became more clear as I went along in my coursework: my interest was always peaked whenever we were learning about women's health topics, preconception planning, genetic counseling, etc. I really wasn't that excited about starting clinical in the FNP program because I knew I would just be doing it as a means to an end. It suddenly occured to me, "Why don't I just specialize in women's health from the get-go?" That way, I could have the job I wanted sooner, I would have a lot more intensive knowledge and training in women's health, and I would be passionate about EVERYTHING I was learning!

"I made the switch (luckily we have three classes that are core classes for all NP students this semester, so I only had two new classes to add) about a week ago, and I have wondered why I didn't realize this before. It just fits. It's exactly who I am. Kinda crazy that I had to find it in such a roundabout way, but now that I'm here, I just have so much peace about my life and have so much more enthusiasm about my education."

Jamie will still be done by next December (2007), except she'll be sitting for the WHNP certification later because she's not about to try to do two crazy certification tests back to back.

"The last semester of the program is like our BYU capstone, except there is absolutely no classroom requirement, which basically means I can choose anywhere I want (that will agree to contract with Georgetown) and do a full-time (unpaid) internship for my last 4 months of school. Most people are offered jobs at the places where they do their "integration." If I can learn some Spanish between now and this summer, I might go with some of the other midwifery students to a 6-week experience in Ecuador for midwives."

2006-10-11T10:33:00.000-07:00

Danielle Perona and her husband Matt moved out to San Francisco in July to start her job at California Pacific Medical Center!

"I work in the Medical Surgical ICU and its challenging! There is so much to know and sometimes I get overwhelmed. My managers and charge nurses however tell me that I'm doing a very good job, so that's cool. Being in San Francisco I see some crazy patients! You would definitely not get these kind of patients at American Fork Hospital! The diversity is really cool though. I'd say that 2/3 of my patients don't speak English or English is their second language. I was used to only using Spanish in the hospital, but it would be more beneficial for me to speak Mandrin, Cantonese or Russian than Spanish. Crazy but I love it. I'm learning how to ask certain things in these languages.

"Matt started his job in the Financial District in San Francisco. He works for PriceWaterhouseCoopers accounting firm. We stayed with Matt's parents in the suburbs until Matt's job started in September because rent is outrageous so we needed the dual income. It was fun, but an hour and a half commute each way, so I was glad when we finally moved to the city in September. Now we live in the city in the coolest apartment, in the coolest location! I am totally loving city life! I'm an adult! When did that happen? It's nice to see Matt after work and to be able to do fun things together besides studying for school! :).

"Life is great and we're having a blast. I miss all of you guys and hope everyone is doing well. Feel free to call or email me to catch up! 801-718-4282, danielleperona@gmail.com. Oh, and if you're ever in San Francisco, you have a free place to stay!"

2006-10-10T09:52:00.000-07:00

Susan Hardy started a Family Nurse Practicioner program at University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing. Her husband Davis is teaching in a Philadelphia School District.

"We are picking up our lives on the total opposite coast than where we currently reside. Life recently has been busy as we try to find housing, reliable transportation ( We do not think our cars will make it out there so now I have my eye on a beautiful Toyota Tacoma truck) and a job for David using only the Internet! (Thank goodness for that!!)

"We have talk to a few people living out there currently; all of them have been very positive and supportive of our move (Thank goodness for the Church). The ward that make up that area are very young ( The oldest person in the ward is the bishop and he is 36) there are many students who attended many of the schools and lots stay at home moms with over 30 kids under the age of 4 (Jarom will be thrilled!!). The bishop's wife told me they are a high baptizing ward with over 90 baptisms last year. I am excited to go on splits with the missionaries and serve is rigorous challenging callings (such as the nursery (that is where I want to be).

"We are both very nervous about finding a home, using the public transportation systems (I have never even been on a city bus, and now I will be learning to use the trolley, subway, taxi and the bus), paying for my tuition, childcare and everything else that comes with moving across the country for a new adventure."

Their adventure to the East Coast started the second week of August.

2006-10-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

Dani Harmon

Hello all! Just some updated photos of our summer fun. We are movingup to Portland at the end of next month and have finally got the wholeapartment thing situated. I think Jefferson is getting ready to jumpback into school after a couple of months off. I am not quite ready tosend him back though. I hope all is well with everyone! Loves to all!love....Dani, Jefferson, & Carter

2006-10-10T08:56:00.000-07:00

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Amber Aird 4745 Spellman; Houston, TX 77035
389 Wymount Terrace; Provo, UT 84604
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Angela Swenson 10793 Addison Ct; Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (Permanent)
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Ann Mason 11 E 200 North; Wellville, UT 84339
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Dani Harmon 1320 Pacific Terrace; Klamath Falls, OR 97601
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Danielle R. Perona 5158 Myrtle Dr.; Concord, CA 94521
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Elizabeth Johnson 9904 Yorkshire Dr.; South Jordan, UT 84095
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Emily Teuscher 479 S 450 E; Provo, UT 84606
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Heather Norberg 368 3rd Ave SE; Ephrata, WA 98823
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Jamie Glenn 3843 Dominion MIll Dr.; Alexandria, VA 22304
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Janis Turley 9631 E. Jan Ave.; Mesa, AZ 85209
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Jared Johnson 538 East 80 South; Salem, UT 84653
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Jen Miller 443 N 100 W apt 5
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Jennifer Schow 753 Osmond Lane; Provo, UT 84604
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Joshua A Nunnery 172 East 1200 North; Orem, UT 84057
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Kamberly Webb 679 W. 1450N; Orem, UT 84057
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Kasey Perkinson 1303 N. Riverside Ave #35; provo, UT 84604
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Kelly Clark 4780 N. Pole Patch Dr.; Pleasant View, UT 84414
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Maren Wilcox 3654 Pontina Ct.; Pleasanton, CA 94566
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Michelle Crawford 62310 River Road; Benton City, WA 99320
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Michelle Rowan 2675 Wisteria Ct; Merced, CA 95340
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Rachel Rowell 1538 N 200 E; Orem, UT 84057
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Rachel Whiting 9717 Vincent Ave N; Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
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Rebecca Kuhle 480 N 800 W; Provo, UT 84601
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Sarah Evans 150 N 750 E; Orem UT 84097
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Shari Linn Wroblewski 1786 W 520 So; Provo, UT 84601
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Susan Hardy 6826 Radbourne Road; Upper Darby, PA 19082
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Sydne Morgan 110 W 400 N Apt. B; Spanish Fork, UT 84660
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Tamara Locken 5665 Campbell Road; Lompoc, CA 93436
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Tiffany Langton tiffanyann37@yahoo.com
Virginia Huntsman 381 N. Washington Blvd. K-306; Ogden, UT 84404
7428 Shenandoah Ln. N.; Maple Grove, MN 55311 (Permanent)
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Whitney Lathen 1235 Oak Hill Circle; Provo, UT 84604
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