It's Set in Stone

I was going to post it's official but then everyone would think i'm pregnant, sooo It is official, I have signed up for the 14th annual high altitude Triathalon on Aug 15th here in Show Low. I have been in training for three long weeks now and today was my first day of actually doing the whole course all the way through, not one right after another but close enough! I am so excited, this will be my first time and i am looking forward to it! although not ever sleeping has put a damper on my energy level, it'll still be worth it. Anyways i will be swimming a little under half a mile, biking 12.3 miles and running 3.5 so it's actually a triathalon sprint but it's still freakin hard and enjoyable at the same time if that's possible! Anyways i'm excited to see what happens! wish me luck!

Glenwood

So I finally got our pictures back from Sean's birthday so i'm now posting a month late. We heard about Glenwood New Mexico from a friend that told us they had some cool catwalks so we decided to take the harley up for Sean's birthday. Little did we know that weekend was windy and cold. We took it anyways and froze all the way down but luckily new mexico was nice and hot! It was a pretty drive and the catwalks were really awesome.

We stayed at this really old hotel that had been built in the 60's or older and there was only like one place there to eat, and everywhere you ate was just out of people's house. It was different but what can you say when they have a population of 403 people ( yes i did look that up)!

If you can't tell, we had bandana's around out faces, coats, hoods, everything. It was soo cold! That's our first real trip on the Harley so it was alot of fun anyway! We had a fun weekend away and are even thinking about going back someday when it's not so dang cold!

BUSTER

So Buster got sick around last wednesday night and has been soo sick for days! He wouldn't even move, i thought he was dying. So for the last 6 days i have been giving him fluids. I have had to hook him up to an IV twice a day to give him fluids becuase he wouldn't eat anything! I took him to the vet on Friday and he had a temp of 105. ( which normal temp for a dog is around 101 or so, just for those who have been wondering!) The vet said she thinks he caught something, and i think he may have ate the pesticide plants outside that were sprayed by pest control a week previous. anyways he's been very sick and FINALLY he is eating and feels so much better on Tuesday. I think if it weren't for the fluids our poor doggy would have died. But he's bounced back and is now annoying as ever again!! haha we love him!

SOO PATHETIC!

So heres a shout out to my husband. I just wanted to let everyone know how amazing my man is! Sean and I got went down to Tuscon in march and he went to a class that shows how to do overlays over concrete. We got to hang out with my Rob and Tina and their new tiny baby, and Cherie and Nate. We had a lot of fun and i was so impressed with what Sean can do. I had to show some pics of the first projects he's done and they look so good. I swear he can do anything when he wants to!

Before After

He also did this backyard overlay over previous concrete. I know... he's amazing!!

EASTER

I was lucky enough to have easter sunday off so We went down to my mom's and had dinner with my bro and sis as well. We watched Natalie hunt for easter eggs outside and that was fun as well. We had a good time.

This past sunday Kati and Phil blessed their new baby Livvi in church so we got to go down for a couple of days and spend time with sean's family. It was alot of fun and Livvi is such a beautiful baby!

I think that's about it, still working hard, going strong and looking forward to vacation!

Work

So work has been good, I am really blessed to love my job and the people i work with. I have started working as charge nurse becuase they made me so that has been a new challenge as well. They don't pay you like anything to be charge so you really just take on alot more responsibility for nothing but i guess it has to be done. So i say i love my job but there are really hard parts to being a nurse. I have had the privilege to get to know 2 special people. One is battling a funal infection that spreads through the body. The other is on his third time around with cancer. This weekend they both passed away in my care. I have known them for awhile and their wonderful families so this has been such an emotionally draining experience. One passed away on Friday and the other fought till Sunday. Although this has been by far the hardest experience i have dealt with i am so grateful for the time that I got to know them and take care of them and i wish their families the best they are wonderful. I just felt I should write this down and share it!

Neglected

So my sister asked me the other day if I was ever going to start posting again so i figured I have been neglecting my blog for long enough, but it's hard when there's only two of you and all you do is work!! So my lovely husband bought me an eliptical for my birthday in January and so far i have been running almost every day (except sunday of course) and am up to 2 miles on level 8-if any of you know what that means! My co-workers think i'm crazy that i run 1 mile after work around 830- 900 at night but it sure makes a difference. Sean's starting to get busy again and is bidding alot of jobs which has been great for him, he hates sitting around. He is also growing his hair out becuase i am MAKING him and so far he looks really hot with his new doo. Really we have not alot of exciting news. We are planning a cruise right now. I love Europe it has always interested me. I tried to get Sean to move over there for the summer but it was a no go, so instead we are going to take a 2 wk cruise to Italy, Turkey, and Greece. I am so excited I keep looking up our cruise like everyday to see what else i can plan. It will be fun and we're so excited to go! I think that's about all so far...

Christmas

So i'm a little behind but it's been so crazy busy! We had a great thanksgiving at Sean's parents house with his family and got to see a little of mine as well. I was lucky this year and got both Thanksgiving and Christmas off even though i had to work through both weekends it was good. Christmas was fun as well. We actually did christmas cards this year for the first time in four christmases so that was fun! We spent Christmas with my family and saw both my sisters and their families. We had a good time, and it was so fun to have a bunch of snow on christmas. We woke up and it was snowing! That was the first time i've seen it snow on christmas since i can remember. We've had a very nice christmas and now we're already into the new year, it's already going by so fast i can't believe it. I geuss that's what happens oh well happy new year anyways, and yes it was sean's idea to wear the santa hats!

Here are some pictures of our Christmas...