Camping Party Anyone??

This year for Abby's 12th birthday, she decided she wanted to do a camping party. (which was weird to me, because she doesn't even like to play outside) We bought a tent and some fun things for the girls to do (pink flashlights, silly string, glow sticks) and invited 9 girls to sleepover. We bought a giant cookie cake from the mall in place a cake and ordered pizza for dinner. The girls had a blast! So much that they all stayed awake running in and out of the house until 6 am!! Oh.. and not one girl slept in the tent! (I knew it :)

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Braces!!!

Well after going to the orthodontist for the past 6 years, Abby is finally ready for her braces! Here are a couple of pics:

Before:

After:

MeXiCo & Father's Day

Oh wow! So I am so far behind with this blog thing! I will sum it all up..

Mexico was WONDERFUL!!!! We had a blast and it really is like paradise there! This was by far the best anniversary yet! We missed the kids so much, that we were planning our summer vacation with them in Mexico for next year, before we even left! We planned on going to Disney World in Florida for two weeks, but have no changed to a nice family resort in paradise! Can't wait!!

For Father's Day this year, we took Jaime out for dinner to one of his favorite places, "Toby Keith's" and then on to the Cox Center for a Yard Dawgs game! It was a very fun filled evening!

Can't Wait!!

Well, it is almost here.. finally! VACATION TIME!!!! We leave Monday morning for Riviera Maya, Mexico to celebrate our 5th Wedding Anniversary! Woo Hoo!!

I booked this trip for Jaime and I about 3 months ago and time has stood still (well seems that way). So glad it is finally here! I have a lot of things to do to get ready before we can go.

Have to do all the laundry, clean the house, set up the cat and make sure she will be ok for a week without us, finalize childcare arrangements, go over my list of "what to pack" and make sure I have everything ready for that, double check passports, cash and all carry-on items, make out a schedule for the business for next week for Juan and call clients so they will know Jaime will be out of town, oh and again.. go over my list of "what to pack" and make sure I have everything ready!! And on top of all of that I will still need to try and contain myself for the next 2 days, until Monday arrives!

Now that I have blogged about everything I need to do, get done or should have finished by now, I can use this for reference!

Growing Up

Well, both of my babies last day of school is tomorrow! Wyatt had his Pre-School graduation and awards on Tuesday and Abby had her 6th grade awards today. I am so proud of both of them!

Wyatt received an award for "The Love of Glue". His teachers said he just loves to roll his glue stick all the way up before he uses it, then smashes it down onto the paper. No wonder I have had to buy extra glue sticks for him throughout the year.

He also received an award for "Best Sense of Humor". He can always make you laugh and he loves to laugh himself!

Abby received an award for being on the Principal's Honor Roll. This is far from a first for her! She is such a smart girl! So proud of her!!

It is so amazing to me how the time flies! They grow up right before your eyes!!

Back 2 School

Well it's official.... I am a college student again! After some serious thinking and a lot of praying, I have decided to finish my degree in Radiology! I only had one class to finish, before I could apply for the program, or so I thought!

I went to talk with my old advisor today, and to enroll in my "last class", and she informed me that I will not only have to take that one last class, but I will also need to re-take another class due to the time restriction on my transcript! BUMMER!! So after talking with her in detail and enrolling for the fall semester, I decided to not only take these 2 classes, but also to re-take another class to try to better my scoring sheet.

The Radiology program admissions is based on a scoring sheet. They will take your highest grade for the prerequisites that are required, your compass scores, ACT scores and there are a few other areas that will give you a few "extra" points (i.e. if you have worked in a hospital for a number of years, have had experience taking x-rays or in the radiology field for a number of years, etc.) good thing I have had some experience in both taking and developing x-rays in the past, as well as working in the radiology department at Baptist Hospital. I still need to improve my scores as much as I can!! Last year there were only 12 slots to fill for the class, with 2 alternates chosen and there were over 70 applicants!!

It is kind of exciting the more I think about it. It will be good for me to get my head back in the books! ha ha

Pre-School trip to the Zoo!

Last Thursday, Wyatt's pre-school went to the Zoo for their year end field trip. I took Abby out of school this day so she could go with us. The weather was perfect and the animals were all out and active. We had a great time!