:: soccer 2011 ::

the last time b tried to play this sport he was 2 years old and he refused (i mean refused) to go out on the field without his mom or his dad. finally his mom grabbed his hand and pulled him on the field and in the process tackled and took out about 4-5 other 2 year olds. it was hilarious and b vowed to never play soccer again. well we have been going to the real games and loving them and b decided to play some soccer this year. i only took a few pics but he loved every minute of it and can't wait to play indoor winter soccer.

he was the goalie at one point!

this pic was after he made a goal

and of course you have to stay hydrated.

(don't get me going on the fact that they had tangerine shirts with bright blue socks, whoever thought of that is clearly not a woman!)

:: hunting ::

it was that time of year again ... the time during the last week of september that B gets to have 10 uninterrupted days with his favorite hunting buddy ever. i cannot believe how much these two love getting out the trailer and hanging out in the mountains together. it was just the two of them for 4 days and then it turned into one massive camping trip with 20-30 people. and b loved every minute of it. jeremy and i never go because it a special time between b and his grandpa doug and we love that they have that special bond together.

nothing like a kid and his gun (yes HIS gun)

check out that special bond they share

:: fun festivities ::

we decided to take both kids for the weekend and do fun things with them. our weekend has been fun filled and full and i am sad it is almost over.

friday we went to see the utah grizzlies hockey team, super fun!

saturday we took the kids to tracy aviary and to a pumpkin patch. the pics below are from the aviary ... i forgot to take pics at the pumpkin patch.

feeding the pretty yellow birds ... this was a lot of fun.

don't lie you know we make the cutest birds ever.

i want you!

nothing like holding dead slimy fish to feed a pelican first thing in the morning.

and finally sunday ... we carved our pumpkins and made some fun halloween crafts.

we love having both kiddies and having a fun filled weekend!

he is in some deep cutting thoughts here
the 'man' and the 'woman' aka mine and chelle's
b's and kiras super cute pumpkins
look at her deep in cutting thoughts!

and there is this!

happy halloween festivities ... we had such a great weekend i want to go back and do it again!

:: numbers of my life ::

here i am sitting at work (finally got the internet back!!!) i have so much to catch up on and so little time to do it all. i have homework, soap notes, case histories, and studying to do and so little time to get it done ... my mind thinks in numbers ... what numbers?? well let me break these numbers down for you:

8 weeks ... are you understanding the enormity of this number??? it means i have 8 weeks left of being at the U clinic each and every day ... 8 weeks left of therapy at this clinic ... 8 weeks left of writing/editing soap notes ... and 8 weeks left of teaching my poor first years just what is expected of them ... i can't believe i am here ... i can't believe that it was in april 2010 that my life changed as i knew it ... it was in august 2010 i was fully starting to grasp the enormity of my decision to go back to school ... and it is in may 2012 that i will be walking with the best of friends a girl could ask for and we will be celebrating this major accomplishment together.

8 weeks left of classes and clinic and then it is off to the real world to work and learn more. i cannot wait for this moment to come and i cannot wait to experience life out side of the boring beige walls of the university of utah speech language and hearing clinic ... i will greatly miss the faces of those that have become my family and best friends ... i will greatly miss sharing the ins and outs of my life in great and probably to much detail with them ... and i will greatly miss the comfort of finally knowing what is expected of me.

7 exams ... that is it ... that is all i have left of my graduate school career is 7 exams including my praxis which i signed up for yesterday (march 10, 2012!) i can't believe this number is in single digits ... i never thought this number would ever make it to the single digit and here it is. it is scary, awesome, exhausting, and anything else you can think of to know that i have made it to the single digits of exams!

8 months ... this is how much time i have until i walk the red carpet of the university of utah and they give me my coveted hood and send me on my way to the real world and expect me to remember everything they taught me. i can't believe that in august 2010 i thought to myself 'if i make it to may 2012 alive and well it will be a miracle' and here i am just 8 short months away. i can't believe how fast this time in school has gone and i can't believe how much it has changed my life. i cannot wait to share this day in 8 short months with my friends, my family, and everyone who supported my decision to go back to school as married woman, with a child, a home, and husband it wasn't easy by any means but it will be so worth it in the end and i cannot wait for that end to come!

i cannot wait for all of this to come to an end ... i cannot wait to actually be making money instead of spending money and collecting debt ... i cannot wait to have my weekends!!!

:: Disneyland - 2011 ::

disney is so fun with kiddos especially kiddos who have never been but have been talking about wanting to go to disney since she was about 2.5-3 years old. diva loved it and couldn't stop talking about it and getting excited for it. i took tons and millions of pictures but here are just a few of them because this post was started back in august and i am just now getting the gumption to actually finish it!

before we left the house ... girl was stoked!

her most favorite part (and the longest line ever) princess fantasy land!

she was too into the shooting to actually look at the camera

first thing she spotted and loved!

he really did have a good time i promise!

we love the rides!

he was tired

waiting in line with doug for his favorite ride of all time ... it's a small world after all!

my most favorite ride ... dumbo!

diva's first ride

he was so not happy when we walked into the happiest place on earth

on the tram on the way in to disney ... can you tell just how excited she was to begin this adventure!!

we had such a great time showing diva all around the magical kingdom even B snapped out of his bad attitude and we had a great (full) day of fun!

::California - 2011::

Well ... we made the drive the Cali with 2 kiddos and 4 adults on friday august 10. we left at 5 pm and arrived in vegas at midnight! it was a fun first half drive and the kids were amazing. we only had one argument and it wasn't even a big one!

Saturday we left vegas at 8 am and arrived at our destination in oceanside, california at 1:30 pm ... we found our amazing beach house and then we found ... THE BEACH!

we had a great first couple days in cali ... jeremy couldn't come until monday evening so i was a single mom for 4 days and let me tell you it was rough but so much fun! we had a great time!

on our first night we walked the beach back from dinner and hunted for some awesome sea shells!

here's the kids and i at Oceanside Harbor.

on our first real day/morning the kids and i woke up and went down to the beach for some exploring in our pjs. B caught a huge fish and was a happy camper the rest of the day!

diva was just happy to be out of the car!

our first beach day the crew below did some major boogie boarding while diva and i took a short (ok super long) nap!

The first night we went out to our very own camp fire and had some delicious s'mores ... dad was very tired!

the cookie s'mores were AMAZING!

before we left for california the 12 of us drew names for dinner crews and of course krystina, chelle, and i got stuck on a team together (the three who don't cook at all) the above pic is us getting ready to head to 2 different markets on our bikes to get the dinner stuff for an amazing dinner.

the below pic is what we decided to make for dinner! hahaha just kidding ... we did make salad, pasta, and garlic bread with cookies for dessert. it was amazing. we brought the banquet dinner back as a joke b/c everyone was pretty concerned with what we would be making!

i have taken like 500 pics of cali but lets face it .. no one want to see that many pics all at one time ... next up The Diva's first Disney experience!