Congradulations Ryan

This past week was my brother Ryan's graduation from American Fork High School, Go Cavemen! It was fun being attendance and having memories flood back of participating in school activities, soccer, choir, dressing up for the football and basketball games, going to aspen grove as Seniors, and of course high school dances.

I am so proud of Ryan for his enthusiasm as he has gone through high school. He has a millions friends and more energy and zest for life than most others I know. He loves to run with short shorts (they bring in power and definitely speed), he is fantastic at making movies from the AP calculus musical to CaveTV, and finally is brilliant academically in school. congradulations Ryan and I can't wait for you to carry on the Bradshaw tradition at BYU, go cougars!

Welcome Summer

Yesterday hit 90 degrees here in Utah and I am officially declaring summer here. The real questions remains, where did Spring go, I feel like I missed the nice 60-70 degree weather. I enjoy having four seasons for the continual change, but it is a treat when Spring finally comes around. I absolutely love daffodils, tulips, lilacs, grass becoming green, blossoms, and leaves on trees.
Regardless of the season, Enoch and I have enjoyed the slower pace of Spring/ summer and have found some time to go up the canyon and have a picnic, play outside, and play with my family.

Spring flowers at my parent's house

My mom, the expert gardener

Happy Mothers Day Momma

So now that I have two mothers I would like to express to both them my (and Enoch's love) you are incredibly selfless women, with many talents, and a great love for your families. We appreciate all you do

Saying Goodbye to Microbiology

After teaching five sections of microbiology at BYU I have called it quits. It was very emotional having my last day, I think I am just a bit overwhelmed by the thought of change. Regardless, it was a great learning experience and I have been cultured in the world of microbiology to some extend. Some of my proudest achievements include being able to identify some organisms by smell, making 1,000 TSA plates (agar dishes) in one day, going to Yellowstone for $15 with the department, and keeping all but two organisms out of 100 alive for the year that I transferred them.

While working in the stockroom and as a teaching assistant for the microbiology 222 lab Brother Lee was my boss, and honestly one of the kindest people I have every met. He was constantly thanking me for what I did and was always interested in my life and what I was doing. Plus when he was really happy he would express himself by saying he, he (literally)

So now I can say I have taught a class at BYU I guess (with the trusty aid of pre-made PowerPoint slides.) I have learned effective ways to lecture, I have taught somewhere in the realm of 120 students how to find things under a microscope, light a bunson burner, preform a graham stain, and the list could go on.

It has been a wonderful journey from not understanding microbiology to understand the concepts and drawing real world application. So as my final remarks on the subject- microbes are everywhere, don't eat potato salad on picnics, wear sun sunscreen, wash your hands, a light microscope can differentiate up to .2 nm, and remember the four groups of chemical control (quats, halogens, alcohols, phenols)

So what do I do now, life without microbiology? My cousin Brianna hooked me up with a job in the electrical and computer engineering office as a student accountant, then I got a job as a dietary aid at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab as a dietary aid, and I may go back to Urologyland a day or so each week


The Microbiology classroom


The Stockroom


Oh the smell of the CO2 incubator and culture transfers


The walk in freezer and autoclave

Canyonlands Camping Trip

Instead of taking finals the first few days they were available Enoch and I decided to go camping with my family during their Spring Break, plus Rachel and Kennedy were coming along. We left Provo in the snow and hoped for warmer weather during our caravan to Southern Utah. We camped at Dead Horse Point, a spot where they used to catch wild horses back in the day and legend has it that after barricading the horses and taking the favorable horses they forgot to let the others go.

Canyonlands was beautiful. We loved the great view of the Green river and Colorado River, along with the amazing rock cliffs surrounding the rivers, playing games with famlily, and eating good food. Thanks for the fun trip!leaving Provo before the tripAt the Visitor Center lookout with the Dinasour picture I colored


Pride Rock

Me, my dad and Rachel on a hike and Enoch and I at another beautiful spot