Dads day off....

Buddy and I played hookey from church today so the boys could spend their last day off of school/work together before we head off to Utah.....

 I think it was time well spent......

At least from the way I look at things! So all in all a super fantastic, dads rule, day!

Big girl panties....

I picked up a shift at work for today, which unfortunately coincided with Buddy's Ho'lolaulea program.  After tears were shed, I put on my big girl panties and sent out a plea for someone to please take a picture of my boy for me. I am overwhelmed by the response from many mommas! These are just a few of my favorite pictures!!!

Heck, one mom even threw in this one from the class Christmas tree that I hadn't seen.... 

Yep, the kid with the goofy face is Buddy (as if you had to ask). Anyway, it was AWESOME!!!! I am so blessed to have so many fantastic friends to fill in the gap....and blessed to have such a photogenic kid (refer to above picture). So all in all a super fantastic, Okay Utah you better get ready for us because we're heading your way in less than a week, day!!!

All grown up....

The boys left this morning to go shooting....Buddy put on his big boy pants and grew a beard (apparently) for the adventure....

I got to stay at home and study for my ACLS recertification tomorrow. Lucky me!!!!! Thanks to my IBS and my intense fear of ACLS I end up losing weight every two years in the process of studying and then testing for it!!! I'm wondering if my place of employment would be down with me renewing every three months as part of a special weight loss regime? In other news, a friend of ours was in town and we shamelessly used him for his resort pool privileges...

Apparently, part of those privileges included free use of floating bean bag chairs...which were AWESOME!!!!! In other, other, other news, 

I think Buddy may need to start sleeping with his ears taped up at night in order to avoid relentless teasing over those huge Yoda ears he's growing these days!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, growing up, day!

Takers...

Lately I've been sending my Webelos out to job sites to learn someone's trade....

This way, someone else gets to teach, the boys get to go on a field trip and see something cool and I get to be super lazy.....It's a total win-win scenario.....

Errrr, well, at least for me! So all in all a super fantastic, just kidding, that tire was already flat, at least that's what I'm telling myself, day!

Director's cut...

The boys living in my house are making a movie.....

According to them it's an epic adventure film....according to me it's full of guns, guns, more guns, ridiculously loud sound effects and a few ninjas....so yeah, I'd call that pretty epic and adventuresome! Scene one was completed today....it only took 4 hours. Not sure how many scenes these boys are planning, but if they keep this pace up the movie will be completed in about 20 years....so that ought to be fun! So all in all a super fantastic, making the director's cut, day!

Jaws of Life...

Thank goodness we have some friends staying with us so Buddy can attempt to try out EVERY SINGLE TOY that they own....

FYI-he totally got stuck in this one and I had to use the jaws of life on him!!!! What a goober! So all in all a super fantastic, I think we had another growth spurt, day!

Closed in....

I've been a little slacker on the blogging lately. I started working as a school nurse during the week...while keeping my regular job at the hospital (well, if we want to call working when and if I want to at the local hospital a regular job, which I totally do...it makes me sound really busy). Buddy is also receiving his Arrow of Light at the end of the month so I've been coordinating a  celebration to top all celebrations with that (trust me, there is a beehive hairdo and stomp rockets involved...it's going to be good)! Also, our old neighbors sold their house and moved in with us on Thursday and will be hanging with us until they move to Utah this  summer!!! We've been a little busy....and Buddy has decided to make himself at home....at our home in someone else's home......tricky isn't it? In other news, Buddy decided he should post this on my phone so it will be show up EVERY TIME I USE MY PHONE!!!!!

 He's swell that one! Honestly, every time I look at it, it reminds me of a horror show with a drowning victim, which of course makes Buddy laugh. Nice kid that one! Thank goodness I believe he's pretty portable these days....he even travels with his own box so when I decide to kick him to the curb he can travel in style!

So all in all a super fantastic, catching up, not slowing down, day!!!