Where have we been for the last 3 MONHTHS???

Ok, so I have been more than terrible at blogging for months! For good reason though, we have been BUSY. Andrew and I just finished up our 6 week summer school classes which started the Monday after our finals for Spring semester. We all got over being sick this past week, but we are on the mend and optimistic about the rest of our summer before school starts again for the fall. I just gave my notice to my work and will be leaving in August. I miss my kids like CRAZY! Mitchell started pre-school and is loving it. We have to beg him to give US a kiss and hug goodbye! Emily has been walking now for a couple of months and Wyatt just started walking this past week. Emily must be the smallest walker you have ever seen weighing in at still a mere 17 pounds. I'll try to catch you up in some of the photos we have shot these past couple of months. Other than that nothing else much new. Andrew starts coaching waterpolo here again shortly for El Diamonte, and I have just one more semester before I apply for the nursing program at COS. If I get in I still won't start till August of 2010, so I still have a while. A lot of people have asked me why become a nurse? Why now? So here it is:

The way I look at healthcare has changed. Sometimes I think there are two types of nurses: One, who really enjoys taking care of people and wants to become a nurse or Two, the person who has been directly affected by healthcare due to a life changing event and wants to be a part of it. I, of course, am the latter of the two. After everything happened to the twins, I knew this was what I wanted to do. To be able to help families during trying times, to make a difference in a patient's life is going to be remarkable. Most of us take for granted our healthcare systems and the doctors and nurses who are there. Secondly, the hours are great. I will be able to optimize my time with my children and be able to attend their various activities as they grow older. Lastly, I want to be able to be knowledgable for my family. This includes my immediate and other relatives. Those of you who have children with dissablities or slow development can understand what it is like to see doctor after doctor and specialist after specialist who give you the quick run down half in English the other half in doctor talk. I want to know that my children and family are getting the best healthcare and seeing the best doctors out there. To really understand their diagnosis and know that they are receiving the best of the best.

Ok, enough talk about that...Andrew and I also celebrated our 5 year anniversary. It has gone by so fast, and much has changed in our lives. We look forward to the next 6 weeks off for school, and hopefully I will be better at blogging!