Boys Halloween costumes

Well here are the boys in their Halloween costumes. They were so cute! We went to a "party" at a local store that my mother wanted to go to. It was pretty lame but the kids liked wearing their costumes out in public. I can't believe that it is already upon us. After that it looks like it will be full force Christmas according to how the stores have things set up. I am pretty much done shopping except for the little stocking stuffers. It is a good thing because I can hardly move these days!

Spencer Class photo!!!!

Here is Spencer's school photo. He did a good job smiling! He showed me a few hundred times when he had it taken what he looked like. His picture turned out just as good as Isaac's. I am happy with them this year. Sometimes the photographer doesnt take their time with the kids but theirs look good! I am totally not biased or anything!!!!

Isaac Class Photo

I can't believe that my "baby" my first born son is in the 2nd grade already. He brought home his class photo today and it looks so good! His eyes are so darn blue and they look really good with his shirt. He was so proud of this picture! More scrapbooking ammo!!!

We went to a friends birthday party at a bowling alley last weekend and the boys just loved bowling. Isaac actually scored over 100!!!! He did a great job. It was fun to watch the ball as it barely made it to the pins with Spencer!!!

Spencer at the Water Park

This is a clip of Spencer at the water park-of which he asks to go to every day!!! He loved it.

New Video Clips Added!!!!!!!

Hello all! I just thought that I would update the blog and let you know that I have added video clips of the boys and I will be adding more. It takes a while for them to upload to the site so I can only do a few at a time. Check back!!!!

The RV trip

Well this is a photo of some water falls up north in Michigan at a state park we went to. It was a long long walk to get there on a hot day-over a mile. Talk about fun-especially carrying two babies with you!!!



This photo is the boys playing at lego land in the Mall of America. They had a good time. They played there for a long while racing cars made from legos.

This is the "rig" we took. Crazy learning about how to set it up and hook up the electric without blowing a fuse!!! Very annoying.

Spencer having fun at the Mt. Olympus water park at the WI, Dells. We went to this wave pool that could totally knock you over like a tsunami or something.

Look what the tide brought in!! A little boy!

The boys feeding alligators meat snacks. This was a tourist attraction in the Dells. They loved it.

Having fun on a ride at the Mt. Olyumpus park. Spencer is game for anything that Isaac is doing.

Time to make some s'mores. I was excited about this night as well as we were able to enjoy s'mores by the campfire without rain.

A little ice cream treat at a campsite we stayed at. After this we went swimming as you can see by their attire.

Tom found the worlds largest bottle of Catsup on the map so we stopped by to see it on our way to the St. Louis arch. What you see is what you get. I probably would not go out of my way again to see it!!! LOLOLOL Gotta do some hokey stuff on a camping trip!

The boys took a tour of the arch. Grandma and I stayed behind as the cars that you ride in are very very small. I would have a panic attack half way up Im sure. They had fun though.

The Fair

The boys had fun throwing darts at the balloons and they each were able to break three balloons. I was impressed. The guy tried loading the dart in their right hand and I told him this might not be a good idea for him as they are left handed and aiming near him! He quickly agreed. They were so proud of themselves. Spencer kept saying "I'm a winner!" It was cute. They had a good time. It was only about 105 degrees out and I nearly died but they had fun.

The waterslide....

The neighbor kids that the boys play with got one of these waterslides and the kids have sooo much fun on it. It is really nice of them to share with all the area kids. They have a good time. The boys are really wanting one...still waiting for a late summer sale.

Trip to Mackinac Island.....

This is Arch rock and it is a beautiful view of the rock and Lake Huron behind it. It is so lovely. I loved the view! Isnt it great? The water is so blue and inviting....VERY cold but nice to look at!!!

We went into Wings of Mackinac and it is a butterfly conservatory. They have 500 butterflies in this little room and they land on you and you get to see them flying all over the place. It was really neat and the boys just loved having all of them really close.

I just love this little light house. It is called Round Island Lighthouse. It is so cute. I would love to be able to stop and see it one day.

Last weekend we took the boys up to Mackinac Island and they had a wonderful time. They were just amazed at the island for not having cars. They were so excited to have horses pull us around town.

The Boys Today

WEll the boys have been busy playing outside with their friends. They love playing in this Sponge Bob bounce house I got them a few years back. They really love having everyone to their house to play. I took this one last night after dinner. Little hams that they are. They were jumping AFTER dinner! LOL I was able to hang out with them all evening and it was

really wonderful. That is the reason I don't mind working nights....

Isaac's Photo

Isaac wanted to take a photo of us and here it is-not bad if I do say so myself! Trying to teach the kids about good photo taking skills so that mommy can scrapbook everything! I really love to scrap book and I can't wait until summer when I can do it more. With school it is so hard to do anything. I love school and it is very stimulating to my mind but I need to have some fun too!!!

Easter Egg Hunt at Church-Last Week

What a difference a week can make! This was last week at the festival at church. They had all kinds of things for the kids to play on and a super huge egg hunt and it really looked like the kids were giant hoover vaccums or something the way they sucked up the eggs! They had fun and played the entire time the inflatables were out. We had fun and they got lots of candy!!!

Coloring Eggs/Easter Morning

We went to Aunt James house and colored Easter eggs with grandma and Lilly. The boys had so much fun and got more ink on their hands than on the eggs!!! We ended up having to strip them because of the fact that mommy forgot to bring smocks so they didn't ruin their good shirts. Isaac really liked his velcro ball set and Spencer loved holding the little eggs. They found their special silver and gold eggs with some money in them-the super prize in our home on Easter morning.

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Snow-Easter Day

Well we thought that we were headed into nicer weather but it is not looking so. It is looking like we will be sledding on Easter Sunday rather than blowing bubbles and writing with sidewalk chalk! The boys were happy to play outside and kick snow around!!!

First Day at Genesys!

This photo was taken on Jan. 9th and it is a memoir of my first day working as a real nurse! It was so exciting. I was so thrilled to be with my fellow classmates and learn together. In order is Trari, Emily, Me, Denise and Topaz. I had a good journey through school with them and now a good start to a good career.

I took the NCLEX on Feb. 19th 2007 and it was the worst test of my entire life. I felt like I prepared so well for it and when I got in there I was shocked! I felt like I didn't know what they were talking about and the medications they asked were nuts! I thought that I failed it for sure but lo and behold I passed it!!! I freaking passed it!!!! Now it stands...

TANYA VAUGHN RN, BSN

Ambulatory surgery nurses

Well these are the great nurses of Ambulatory surgery that helped me to be the best nurse I can be! I love them and they really are great! I started to work with them last summer and I worked there while I was an extern. I learned a lot and they mean a lot to me. They helped to shape me to be a real world nurse...love them for that.....

Building a car

Isaac went to Dominic's house to help build a soap box type car for the scout fun day that is coming up in April. He had a lot of fun and the dads were a great help in telling the boys what everything was and how to use a drill. Each boy got to use a real drill! They were thrilled.

Having fun

Here are all the rug rats playing outside this winter. They have so much fun running from yard to yard getting on all of the climbing equipment. Good friends!

Winter Fun

This photo was taken a few weeks ago with the neighbor kids-Cameron and Taylor. The boys get along with these kids so well. They are the same ages respectively and they are always playing outside. Even in the winter!