My accomplishment

I just need to talk about myself for a moment. :-) I have finished 2 classes in 2 months. I'm so excited! I feel a bit behind, but I'm already 1/2 way through the next class-which will be a little bit less stressful since its not an objective exam, just a performance one. I am feeling better and better about the whole program, and am slowly figuring out the odds and ends.

I have to keep reminding myself that its sooo good that I'm finishing up my degree because ALL the time I think that it would be so much easier and less stressful if I weren't going to school. I think of all the things I could be doing instead of school....but I just keep going. It's definitely a huge sacrifice. I cant' wait to be done. I think the more I learn about the program, and get back into my study habits the easier and faster I will be able to go. I know I can do it because my sister-in-law did it with 3 kids at home (1 was a newborn) and her husband was in residency for medical school. That's a huge motivator because I don't want to wuss out or quit.

I have had an experience of quitting 1 class at UVU. I was SO deathly sick from pregnancy I just couldn't keep up. It was the worst feeling of my life. I was taking 15 credits, this particular class was online and the teacher said that I had to keep up, and wouldn't give any sympathy because it was online. I don't regret it because I know there was no way of being able to finish with how far behind i was, BUT I hated the feeling, and never want to feel that way again. So I am going to finish, it's just hard. But no one ever said it would be easy, just worth it.

So until I finish, I take care of our house, a stay at home mom, go to school, and try an do my church calling. It's such a busy life, especially since my husband has to work and study himself for school and the DAT- he's hardly home. I feel like a bad friend sometimes because I can't do all the fun things I used to, but I have such great friends who are so understanding. :-)

There's my venting...lol! The end! HAHA!

Summer Fun

This summer we have had so much fun! It's been super busy, but here's the tale

My mom took the kids and dogs to a creek in washington somewhere- they had a blast!

Dawsie and Mama-that's what they call eachother

Carson loves to play by himself, and isn't one for pics..

The boys spend a lot of time together- here dawson doesn't like the pics and carson does...

And they love their shades- don't get them mixed up though

We went to the Washington pool and it was fun, but Dawson was so tired after an hour..

Summer Fun Continued..

For the 4th of July we went to Holden. They celebrated it on Saturday, so after the parade that J.D., I and Dawson missed, we ate lunch and went to Yuba Lake. My brother Matt let us borrow his jet ski's.. and other than that the pictures will explain how much fun and how relaxing it was.

Here is the cutest baby in the world, Destry. She is only 2 months old and she is already out enjoying the sun

Aunt Loni and her baby Destry are lookin so fine with their shades!

Here is Taylee! always smiling! She knows all about the beach!

Here is Mama and papa...at least that's what Dawson calls them :-)
Parker is the ULTIMATE UNCLE! He is EVERYONE's favorite! Taylee loves him so much! She looks so dang cute in her shades! Parker used the goggles for shades

Parker taking Taylee out to play. He is such a good uncle!

Uncle Chet took Grandma for her FIRST ride on a jet ski!! She said it was fun, but didn't really want to drive one by herself

One of Dawson's loves is shoes...especially ones that aren't his...he stole grandma's for the day :-)

Grandpa made himself really cozy at the lake

and so did Aunt Bobi Sue! :-) She didn't get to ride the jet ski's because she was being safe and protecting our new little niece or nephew on the way!!! :-) We are so excited!

And of course Parker..there isn't many words for this one...

This is our sweet little niece Taylee! I couldn't get enough pics of her! She is so dang CUTE!

Dawson didn't quite like the Jet ski as much as he thought he would...

Here is some more random fun pics about how our summer is going

How can you resist this little man! ? He loves his hats, because he knows mom won't do his hair if he will grab a hat..this is the one he chose for the day. HAHA! He looks like a baby genius from the movie

On the 4th of July (Sunday) we got to see our new little niece Destry get blessed. It was such a neat blessing-although I didn't get any pics of Destry..I found my camera afterwards and caught a pic of Dawson in his new sunday outfit. :-)

So we got a new dishwasher and this is what I created with the box...

Dawson LOVES it! It's his new hiding spot

It's the coolest place ever as Dawson would say if he could speak his mind better...He's such a cute little boy!

We really are enjoying our busy summer and all the visitors we have had, and all the visiting we have done. :-)