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.

Sick again!

I have no idea why this semester has been so bad with my kids being sick. I have been lucky, but they have pretty much had something every weekend since August. The pediatrician I work with said welcome to the world of school. Jordan did start preschool in August, and ever since, it has been a whirlwind of colds and horrible stomach flus. Well this one just happened to hit poor Kyle pretty hard. He was being a trooper but didn't feel like eating or drinking anything! The trips to the bathroom were just making him too dehydrated so I ended up taking him to the ER for much much needed IV fluid replacement. He is one tough kid and didn't even cry when the nurse put in the IV. Of course they needed a stool sample, which he refused until he just couldn't hold it any longer. Kyle does NOT like to use anyone else's bathroom but his own and will do anything not to have to. Unfortunately for him, he just couldn't avoid it. We should find out in the next few days if he will antibiotics. Until then we will just have to deal with pedialyte and popscicles. The picture below shows it all. He was pretty miserable but was the perfect patient. And, they were not going to make him lay in that bed, he refused. He wanted to sit in the chair and watch SpongeBob.

Blog???

I have heard it from a lot of people lately! "You need to update your blog!" YES I KNOW! I am sorry, but the blog has been on the very bottom of my lost of priorities...along with cleaning and laundry. Honestly, I thought that this semester was supposed to be the easy one. It's not hard, it's just sooooo busy with lots of dumb paperwork. I just finished up my psych rotation...THANK GOODNESS! Let's just say I have seem some of the craziest of the crazies! It was a good experience, but I am so glad it's over. On the med/surg next week. Not that I particularly like that area either, but it will be nice to get back to something more familiar without having to watch your back! The boys are doing well and Jordan has started preschool. They are each others best friend and play all day long. I don't know what Kyle is going to do when Jordan goes to school all day long next year. YAY! Other than that, there is nothing new. I will try and update more but don't be surprised if the next one isn't until December.