We made it through!

So i havn't posted since December but i have been too busy! As most of you know i just finished nursing school and just took boards yesterday. Not sure what the results are but i think it went well. I recently got offered a job in the operating room. I was super stoked about this job offer. I took it with open arms! I look back at the last two years and i cant believe how far i have come. I feel like it was yesterday when Collin was born and i was starting school. I had my doubts about caring for a new born and going to school but due to the fact that he was the best baby ever we all made it through. I met some great girls though all of this and i am so happy that i was able to follow my dreams. Here is a pic of my bro and i after getting pinned.
The man who supported me throught it all!

The mom who never gave up on me and always was there to give me guidance and support. As well as the awesome brother who i love!

Some of the girls who i went to school with.

And me before pinning

Summer is here!

Collin is a full on crazy man these days. He really has no fear of anything and puts up with alot from his older brother. One of these days when he gets stronger he will be the one with the boxing gloves on. He loves throwing everything and he loves to torment out dog Ruby.
Cameron is curious about everything! He wants to have an answer all the time and he wants it to be in his favor. He just asked me yesterday how babies get into their mom's tummies. I told him it is magic. He then asked me "i think that the mom has an egg in her tummy and the baby climbs into it". I thought that was a pretty good guess and told him he was correct. He will be in Kindergarden this fall at Liberty Christian School. We are hoping that a private school will challenge him and the extra one on one attention will benefit him.

Crazy Collin and dog Ruby

Our boys!

Christmas at Sun Peaks!

The first day at the mountain everyone wanted to go tubing. As soon as i walked down to where everyone one was i saw papa Dave and Cameron getting ready to go down the hill. (the pics are out of order). The pic below is them getting ready to go down and all of a sudden something flew off Dave's shoe and went into Cameron's eye. It was a tragedy as you can tell from the first picture. It reminded me of the Christmas movie when the little boy shot his eye....
Finally after Cameron calmed down he was able to go down a few times but i think the eye tragedy ruined his tube time.

Matt, Louise and Ryan took Cameron ice skating one day. I decided to stay home with Collin because i didn't want to hear the complaining. Cameron is our cautious child and he didn't want to go but once again he was forced. He did however skate for a little while...

Here are the old farts who paid for this vacation. They are in the hot tub with their sophisticated lemon drops. Come to think of it, the rest of us never got to try the lemon drops that were promised?

The future hockey player....clenching down on his ski ticket

Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve was Matt and Loiuse's night to make dinner. Loiuse is an amazing cook and her and Matt cooked up some home made gumbo. I had never eaten gumbo before but it was awesome and everybody had seconds. After dinner the kids opened presents. Cameron's new thomas leapster game

Lightening Mcqueen jammies

The funniest part was watching Collin climb on all the boxes. Collin is Climmey Mcclimmer...he crawls up on everything! After Cameron opened his lego box, Collin climbed on top of it and Cameron wanted him off right away! The adults all thought this was the funniest thing to watch Collin push Cameron's buttons...something Collin does alot these days

Uncle Ken and Aunt Troylyn having fun at dinner with Collin

A little blue bow on the head and ALOT of drool!

Indoor activities

Mammie bought Collin a book and Collin actually sat on her lap and she read it to him twice!
Cameron always asks Dave why he doesnt have hair. Papa Dave decided to surprise Cameron and told him he took some hair medicine. Cameron was just shocked and couldnt believe that the medicine worked!

Papa Dave and cameron made a ginger bread train... what a pain these gingerbread houses can be!

Christmas Dinner in the dark!

Christmas dinner was defiently a dinner we all wont forget. My mom had just turned on the oven and was waiting for everyone to get back before she put the ham in. Just before everyone got home the house went dark. Cameron was upstaires watching a movie and we were all visiting when the lights went off. We all just were in complete shock. Soon after, the others made it back and we led them up the stairs with a flashlight. Thankfully we had candles, flashlights and lighters on hand. Since there was not much we could do about the dark we all decided to crack open some wine and cook the ham on the BBQ. We had an I-phone with some music and had a dance party in the kitchen. It was by far the funnest night we had. I guess it's tru, the freaks do come out at night!
Ryan and Louise dancing.....

Mammie even got down with her bad self and had a whooping 4 glasses of wine...Dave and his head lamp was a hit!

Matt and Loiuse cooking in the kitchen

More outdoor activities

Papa Dave carried Collin in the pack which was not a big deal compared to the pack he had climbing 64 miles up Bailey traverse
Gettin ready to go in the snow

On the last day we made Cameron take a ski lesson. He was not at all excited but he was forced! Here is Ryan and Uncle Matt helping him get geared up to go. We were dissapointed we didn't get any pics of him going down the hill but we didnt want him to see us when he was in his lesson.

Walking to the lesson with Ryan and Uncle Matt...Cameron camplaining the whole way i'm sure

Christmas day activities

I had never been snow shoeing before so my mom and i decided to adventure out and try it. Dave volunteered to watch the boys so we took full advantage of the opportunity. Here we are getting ready to go.
When we finished our hike we ran into my Matt, Louis (Matt's girlfriend) and Ryan who went cross country skiing. Here is a nice pic of them and Matt's typical facial expression

Ohhh, the happy couple!

The fam dam

Ryan wanted to ditch the snowboard one day and ski with me. He did very well and we were about the same level so it was pretty humorous. We both had our skiies in a pie position and i could not stop laughing when he was in front of me. We looked like a we were toddlers plowing down the hill

Going Home!

We all were not looking forward to the long drive home. Since we live in Eastern WA we went a different route than my family. We all started out driving together and Ryan and i were a head of them most of the time. Soon we realized that we had missed our turn and went over the wrong pass. We were both not happy campers! So we took and exit and saw my parents drive by and we called them to have them show us the way they were going. We were going to have to take the long way home. Our exuse for missing the turn was there was a truck driving in front of us on the pass and he slipped on some ice and ran into a cement wall. The accident pretty much scared the crap out of both of us and Ryan drove cautiously after we witnessed that. So we stopped by Mt. Vernon and had dinner and let the kids burn some energy. We then headed home and the kids slept most of the way. Here is a pic of the boys doing a little non-nutritive sucking on the final ride home.

Update....finally!

This blog may be offensive to some but i couldn't resist when Ryan's b-day came around. I made Collin a monkey cake this year, Cameron a train cake and Ryan's favorite double D delite! Things have been busy for us so that's why i havn't updated in while. We are all healthy and looking forward to our Christmas vacation at Sunpeaks! I just finished school yesterday and i did the best i have ever done yet! This whole nursing thing is slowly coming to me and i am getting more and more comfortable. I am currently working on the pediatric unit and it's alittle scary but i do enjoy the NICU babies alot! I still can't believe how fast it is going and that people are going to trust me with their lives... Anyways we are all doing good and are taking it day by day over here.
Ryan's 29th B-day cake

Collins mohawk

Two happy boys in the bath!

Poney tail and Halloween

Collin's hair is sure growing, we couldn't resist to give him a cool rat tail!
This year Collin was a monkey and Cameron was a transformer. The pics that i took of Cameron got deleted so that's why i dont have any of him. Here is the busy monkey though

Disney on ice!

In October i was watching the news one night and they mentioned that Disney on Ice was going to be in our area that weekend. I remember going to the ice capades when i was younger and i really enjoyed it. Ryan was working that night and i was a little hesitant about taking both of the boys by myself but i thought about it and decided to go for it. It worked out great and Cameron was fascinated with the cars characters. Collin did pretty well also but we didnt end up staying the entire time. All in all i was glad i did it and i would recommend it to anyone with kids!

Here is the 20 dollar spinning thing i bought Cameron. I can't believe how much this crap costs at events like this...

Pumpkin Patch!

This weekend our friends came up from Seattle and they wanted us to go with them to the pumpkin patch. I have been putting off the whole pumpkin patch idea because the last time i took Cameron when he was two he was a complete wreck. So i thought i had better be a good mom and try it again. Cameron was better but he was pretty tired and grouchy. However,Collin was a trooper and enjoyed himself.
A rare pic of Collin and I

Think this kid needs a haircut? I can't get myself to do it..

The happy couple...Kim & AJ

Collin thought this large animal looked like his dog Ruby. I think if we would have let him he would have rolled all over this cow just like he rolls around on Ruby