A day at the beach...

So I finally made it through my last week of clinicals. It was brutal! I'm still not done with school and I have a lot of papers to write and tests to study for, but at least I am on the downhill slope finally. We decided to take a last minute trip to California to relax on the beach all day. We splurged and booked a hotel right on the beach so we could walk everywhere. It was a beautiful hotel, the room was a little small, but that's ok when you are going to spend all day at the beach, right? Unfortunately, the weather channel lied! It was supposed to be sunny, but it was cold and cloudy. Doesn't make for a very fun day at the beach. We still tried, and had fun for a little bit, but it was just too cold for the boys to have any fun. Of course the sun peaked out through the clouds for a few hours to let us enjoy a walk to Huntington Beach Pier and have lunch at Duke's.



The next day, we decided we would head down to San Diego and hit up the tidepools at Cabrillo National Monument. At least it was a beautiful sunny day. The boys were so tired from all the walking we did the day before that their legs hurt so bad, walking was almost out of the question. We got them to "walk it off" and walked around the cliffs and tidepools for a bit and then headed home.

Snow Day

This has been the longest, quickest, busiest last month of school EVER! I remember wondering why my sister was always so busy and grouchy when she was in her last semester of nursing school, and now I know why. It is nuts! I was supposed to have the week off from clinicals, but of course, the schedules were rearranged at the last minute. Matt has taken the week off so we could go out of town, but that didn't happen. He did take the week off still though which helped so much with the kids and not having to find babysitting for the week. I feel like I never get to see any of them. It will be much better in about a month. One of the things he did do though was take the kids to see the snow. They didn't really like this big tractor that was moving snow around, so that kinda ruined the day. But here are a few pictures from the adventure.




As you can see in the pictures, I think Kyle cried the entire day. I could tell Matt had just had it when I got home from school. I really appreciate all of his help of these last few weeks. I am just hoping that he can survive a few more!

Meet Frank!

Yes, we have had several dogs since getting married in 2001. I think last we counted it was 9. Well, this is Frank. Yes his name is silly. The boys love him and they love carrying him around the house. I hope he gets completely potty trained soon!

Super Bowl Sunday!

We decided to spend the day at my mom and dad's house to watch the game. I pretty much slept through the whole first half but was wide awake for the second half. There was no way I could sleep anymore with all that yelling! It was a fun day with good food. Matt is definitely the cook in this family. He decided to try a new recipe for BBQ ribs & they turned out pretty good. We missed Kim and Nathan there. Here is Kyle with his gun...he love to go outside and "shoot the birds" Jordan loves to eat the tangelos right off of the tree! Watching the game

Ride Along...

I have been asking for the last three years to go on a ride along with Matt at work. He finally gave in last Friday night and set it up. Of course I had the ride along curse & it ended up being a pretty slow night. It was fun though getting to know the other people on his squad & to see him in action. Too bad the only action we got were some crazy drunks that should have been committed to a psych ward but its better than having a gun drawn at you. They asked me how I enjoyed it & I told them it was just like psych clinicals all over again. I asked Matt if he would like to come & spend a day at work with me...he laughed & said he would pass. Of course my camera battery was dead so these are just a couple pictures from the day he graduated from the academy.

Practice Makes Perfect...

So I finally made it to my last semester of nursing school. Two things I am not very comfortable on are blood draws and IV starting. Matt decided to be a good sport and donate his arms for my practice tonight. He allowed my to stick him 8 times and wanted me to keep going, but I think his veins need some time to heal. I thought I did pretty well...just don't ask him what he thinks. I only caused one large bad hematoma in his hand (but I did get the vein). I really appreciate him letting me practice on him. He actually does blood draws at work so he was even able to give me a few pointers.