College Bound

On Monday I registered for my first 2 classes... there is officially no turning back now!  My goal is to be done in 5 years!

Jace turns 8!

On November 20th Jace turned 8 years old... technically it was at 6:04pm.  I seriously cannot believe he is 8 years old.  Geesh... where has all the time gone?!

On Friday he had his best friend Joseph (I LOVE that kid) spend the night and we went bowling and ate dinner then came back and had a typical sleep over.... you know, NO sleep.

On Saturday wehad his "family" party and he sure got a lot of great gifts.  It was a great birthday but seemed older somehow this year... different from all his other birthdays.  Just another sign he is growing up.

Of all the cakes he could choose from, he chose the hunting cake.  This kid is so much like his father it is unreal!

Halloween weekend

Oh my goodness.... this has to be the longest Halloween ever!  It started on Friday when the businesses here in town did the annual safe and sane trick or treating.  Obviously they had to do it friday since Sunday almost all of them are closed.  I love that our city does this and the boys had a great time.

                                                 I love this picture with the flag in the background

                                                                       The whole gang

On Saturday Joshs Aunt had a Halloween party at her house... they had fun games for the kids and some great food!  The boys begged me to dress up and I really am not big on dressing up but I did a little for them!

Making brother a mummy

Bummed this didn't turn out better (camera was cold).  Jace with his Uncle who was in the army.

All in all it was a great weekend with my boys but I am happy Halloween is over for the year!

Idaho City

On Saturday my sis in laws and I decided to kidnap my mother in law for the day and take her to the mountains.  She hasn't been on a drive in so long... she spent all her time taking care of her mom and she so deserved a trip out.  I LOVE being with these girls... I have been with Josh so long that his sisters are just like sisters to me and his mom is my 2nd mom.  I really love these gals... and we always have so much fun together.

When we woke up Saturday morning we realized it was icky and raining out so we decided just to go to Idaho City and get some lunch... look at all the beautiful fall colors and then come back.  After we got there and had lunch, it was fairly warm out so we drove into the mtns a little ways and let  the kids get out and run around. 

All in all we had such a good day and I think it was so good for my MIL to get out of the house for the day!

The BIG test

It really wasn't the BIG test but it sure felt like it.  I went in today and took my COMPASS test... which is basically a placement test.  You really cannot fail it but that still was not very reassuring!  I have been studying up on my algebra for the last 3 weeks.  Problem is I didn't understand algebra (and failed it) 13 years ago when I took it in HS.... not really sure how I expected to understand it now.  I did my best and got a really bad score on my placement test so I will be taking Math 015 (pre-algebra) and then Math 025 (algebra) before I can even take a college level class (and one where I actually get credits for it).  The same classes kids on my bus are taking right now.  UGGG!  Although I think now I will do much better because I actually want to learn this stuff... not at all like HS.

On the good side... I got a near perfect score in both my reading and writing!!  So they will start me much higher up in those classes.

Oficially I start classes in January and I am so, so excited!!  They said if I can go 1/2 time, which is 2 classes a semester then I should be done about May of 2015.  I figure I will still only be 36, lots of time left!

Some pictures I came across

I came across some pictures from the basement the other day and really these ones have no rhyme or reason as to why I am putting them on here... they just stood out and I decided I would like to have them on my blog.


                                                My mom and I... it says I was 3 months old

                                           My dad and I... it says I was 10 months old

  This picture was in the newspaper... My grandpa was LT. Governor at the time and it was the day my   brother was born.  We were looking in on the Senate.

                                                                       Our Junior Prom

Our Senior Picture

I'm finally doing it!!!

I have wanted so, so badly for the last 8 years or so to go back to school and get my RN (registered nurse).  I even went to school to get my MA (Medical Assisting) because it was much faster then getting my RN but quickly found out the schools push more people through then there are jobs available for MA's, and honestly I make more money driving bus then I would as an MA.

SOOOO.... I am all signed up through CWI to start school in January!!!!  It will probably take me a year or two longer then it would if I didn't have a family but that is ok.  I will do whatever it takes to get this done.  I will actually be able to do most of my core classes online, so that will be wonderful!  The RN program is extremely hard to get into at any college so I will just take that as it comes and pray that I will be able to get into one.

I am so happy to finally be pursuing what I feel like I have always been meant to do!  I hope to be writing a post in 5-6 years from now saying that I am working in a hospital in the OB department, that is my ultimate goal!