GRADUATION

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! i am updating. bout time.

gotta start chronologically here. the hubby GRADUATED from the physicians assistant program at touro university cleeaarr back in november. so proud of him. we were all relieved and excited to move on. we drove back down to vegas to attend the ceremony. and our families (both sides) were sweet and supportive enough to come. so grateful for them. we had a great time spending a few days down there playing. we stayed in a marriott residence inn with shawn's parents and therefore had a cool suite. jack was in heaven. he thought it was the greatest thing and that we should all "move there". wouldn't you know I FORGOT MY CAMERA?! HA!!! no surprise there. sadly i don't have any pics of all the fun we had, but my mom graciously sent me these from the ceremony, which was the most important part anyway.

above, the paxman family joined us. shawn and aaron studied, sweated, and poked holes in each other throughout the course of the didactic year. and jen and i cried, screamed, and laughed a lot to make it through. couldn't have done it without her.

another good buddy, tim. i heard many a crazy story about their shenanigans.

i am so grateful for shawn. he worked his backside off, never let up, studied from morning till night EVERY DAY (other than the beloved day of rest). those who have been through grad school know that that is no exaggeration. it was a lot of work, and we made it. i love you, babe.

much more to come...

halloween 2011

mmmm. halloween. the bane of my existence. but moving on. this year, jack was a ninja (mostly because it was the only costume i could find in his size at walmart 3 days before halloween), and sam was a turtle. together, we had a ninja turtle. hardy-har-har.

the linfords came to join us for the trick-or-treating fun. jordan and shawn like to dress up together. always have, always will. cindy (shawn's mom) dressed up has her dad, papa brough, one of the finest truckers this world has ever known.

had to get a shot of the pummkins, fine works of art. shawn and sam's on the left, mine and jack's on the right.

hee haws

we had a great time this year at hee haws. the boys loved every second.

they had a bunch of fun animals that you could pet. sam loved it. the hardest part was keeping him from sloshing through the poop that was everywhere.

sam loved riding the miniature horse. for days afterwards he would say "remember, the horse? that was fun."

pretty sure this is not sterile at all, but cool nonetheless.

family pics 2011

bwa ha ha! this one cracks me up.

love this. sam was a little camera-shy, and he kept losing it. so here is jack trying to take care of the situation.

again, jack trying to take care of sam, but he's too engrossed with this ancient book mckenzie brought entitled "watches: adjustment and repair".

the claw.

pure yumminess. the brilliance that is mckenzie never disappoints. check her out on my sidebar under mckenzie's photos.

drill time

we had drills here the other day. sam was commander in chief. he'd say "the lamanites are coming! the lamanites are coming!" then he'd say "march!" and he'd lead shawn and jack around the island. then he ordered, "DROP YOUR SWORDS." so they'd drop them (below). he would tell them very seriously, "never fight. never fight." then he'd yell "the lamanites are coming! the lamanites are coming!" and it would start all over again.

the fearless general. and strong. and handsome.
i tell you, soooo much personality in this little body.

best buds

more lines

more ocd line-ups. i love the bottom pic, cuz it has the cups in the background. that's how it is, you walk around the house and there are little line-ups in different spots. so funny. the other day, we were eating dinner at my parents house and sam went outside on the back patio while we were inside eating. i look out and sam had lined up the patio chairs in a perfect line, perfectly straight, perfectly lined up. like 8 chairs. when do you start to worry?