Where the heck have you been?

Oh Yeah! I have a blog!

I must say that this has been the hardest 4 months that I can remember! My poor family has suffered while I suffered through school. I think everyone knows I went back to school to obtain my nurse practitioner and boy has it kicked my trash! I always thought I could do anything I wanted to do. I just had to put my mind to it. Well.... My mind is mush right now - AND I know it is not possible to have it all and keep everything balanced. You can have a "little bit" of everything, but no, you can not have it ALL. I couldn't be there for my family when they needed me while I was cramming for a stats test or a cardiac test. It was so difficult, that nothing is phasing me right now. Everything just seems so easy now that school is done. Haha! I feel invincible. I wonder how long this will last? But... perseverance paid off. I got a 4.0 and was the highest grade in my stats class. My stats teacher emailed to tell me and congratulate me on earning the highest grade. (I printed it off and keep it in my wallet to remind me of all my hard work). This is the class I cried over... Lost sleep over... Cried over some more... I think one of the hardest parts was that this class was once a week from 4:10pm-7:00pm. She never kept us in class past 5:30pm. Which is good and bad. I think alot of us really needed the extra time but there were a couple of "know-it-all" engineers in the class that made it kind of intimidating for the rest of us to say anything. They seemed so bored and always finished their tests in like 10 minutes! So the most satisfying part is that I BEAT them! But I certainly put the time in. Ask Chris, I'm sure he'll vouch for that!

(Yes!! I am totally tooting my own horn - and I felt like I deserved it after this hellish semester! TOOT TOOT!)

So I had a little catching up to do... hence that multiple posts below.

Transformers! Roll Out!

Zach racing down the field! Zach scoring a goal. Yeah Zach! (I love how the kid on the other team is smacking his head as Zach scores)

Even Av's showed up in her best duds! Zach throwing the ball in. He looks so serious!

One last goal for the Z-man.

On Saturday, Z-man had his last soccer game. We were sad and happy. Happy because I think Zach was done with soccer. He really likes basketball and baseball a lot more. Sad because he did so STINKIN' good. I really wish he was more into soccer, but he said he didn't want to sign up for the fall. Oh, well. We had fun while it lasted. The "invisible ninjas"made their appearance at almost every game except for a couple, including the last one. Grandma and Grandpa Baddley made it to almost every one and were sad that he isn't going to play next year, but excited to watch him in all of his other activities. We have one more make-up game on May 30th that we missed in March due to bad weather where he will get his trophy and have one last hurrah with the Transformers. Yes, that was the name of his team this year. Their pre-game cheer was "Transformers! Roll Out!!!" and "Transformers! More Than Meets the Eye!" It was super cute! So suffice to say we will be retiring the "Orange Transformer Jersey" next to last years "Green Goblin Jersey."

Lazy Days...

I went over to hang with Stacey last week while Zach and Gage were at baseball practice with their dads, and look who was there... Ava (this is where I got the name for MY Ava. I totally stole it) and Addison, Brandi's (Stacey's sister) cute kids. They were visiting from California. Stacey was watching them for a couple of hours and we all had some good outdoor fun on Stacey's play yard. Apparently, Addy isn't too fond of strangers but low and behold she loved me! Unlike her cousin Tanner! She was so cute! So here are some fun pics for you Stacey and Brandi.

Wait for it..... Yes. I did. I have FINALLY won over Tanner. I only took 2o months!

Tanner being a goof ball.

Cute little Addyson. She lit right up when we put her in the swing!

I'm leaving on a jet plane...