Saturday, May 10, 2008

Official "Unofficial" Graduation!



Well, I know you are wondering what that title means! I had my graduation today in Columbus from FNP school at MUW, but I call it my official "unofficial" graduation because I am not really done. I go back May 28 to take my comprehensive exam over everything I have learned. It is 200+ questions, and I have to get at least 80% of the questions correct to pass, and then I have 10 more weeks of class and clinical. I will be officially done July 29, then it will be OFFICIAL! I really appreciate all of the fam braving the long 3 hour drive for the ceremony, and the kids did great! As you can tell, they pretty much slept through the entire ceremony because we had to leave at 5:30 this morning. I want to say thank you to my family for all of the help, love, prayers, and support they have given me over the past 12 months! AND a special thank you to my husband, AKA Mr. Mom, for picking up my slack every night and tending to the kids, so I can study! I would not have made it this far without everyone!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Daily Run

We snapped this after our run today. The kids love to stroll (thank goodness!). Most of the time one or both will fall asleep! We are trying to be faithful and run at least 5+ miles every day! To all you runners out there-Happy Running, and if you don't run, feel free to start with us anytime! We really enjoy it, and we have a group, the Delta Dashers, that meets every Saturday morning to run together. It is really fun!

Sweet Ali came running with us today or as Riley Kate calls her "IE"!

OUR ADDICTION!!

OUR ADDICTION!!
After the birth of Grayton, Jason and I began running and became highly addicted!! I soon made my first jogging stroller purchase, The Tike Tech all terrain single jogger. It was wonderful until I needed another seat for Riley Kate. I got this Dreamer Design off of ebay, and I love it! I call it my freedom and my sanity because I can load up the kids and go running whenever I feel like it! The kids love to stroll. They usually ask to go. We have run several races just for fun--Delta Jubilee 5K, Juke Joint Festival 5K, St. Jude 1/2 Marathon, Double Decker 10K, 300 Oaks 10K, etc. We love to run and if there is a race we can make it to, we'll run it!! We are running about 4 to 5 miles a day now with long runs of 7 to 12 miles on the weekends!

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE
Since Grayton's 1st birthday, I have ventured out a bit and started baking and creating my kid's birthday cakes each year. Also, I am the homeroom mother for Grayton's class, so I am trying to get creative with my baking. I am not very good at it, but it is so much fun!! If anyone has any new cute ideas, share them with me.