i've been tagged

20 years ago... (whoa, i'm getting old)
1. i was 11 years old and living in cali
2. i was in 6th grade, in mr. wright's class
3. running cross country, the first and last year i did that!

10 years ago...
1. i was in BYU's nursing program
2. i worked at apex marketing, manager of a sales team
3. i had the best roomies in the world and probably played way too much!

5 years ago...
1. married for 2 1/2 years
2. we lived in tulsa where johne was finishing his last semester with his masters
3. i was working as an OR traveling nurse

3 years ago...
1. i was pregnant with jack, wondering how life would change with a new baby
2. we lived in laurel, md right next to NSA where johne worked
3. i was working in medical sales and traveling lots

1 year ago...
1. i was pregnant with nate, 50 (plus or minus) pounds heavier and about to burst!
2. i was living in virginia and getting to know the gorgeous country
3. i was loving doing house projects

so far this year...
1. sweet, chunky baby nate was born
2. lost all my baby weight and some extra pounds, but still not quite as firm as i used to be
3. enjoying and trying to figure out life with 2 boyz

yesterday...
1. taught joyschool at my house with 4 3ish yr old boys
2. relaxed while the boys napped
3. played outside until daddy got home

today...
1. went to the park for playgroup, slides are jacks favorite thing in the whole world!
2. the boys wouldn't take naps so we played, did puzzles and watched dora instead
3. i went to a pampered chef party while johne hosted a halo party!

in the next year...
1. i hope to learn more patience and be a better mommy and wife
2. hope to love more
3. hope to go on a nice vacation

i now tag melissa and tami!

the best part of the day!

plaid shorts and polos

derek and ryan came over to play with the boyz and they all had on plaid shorts and polos, so we had to take a pic! ok, so you can't see jacks shorts in these pics(i'm not to great with our camera, where's johne when i need him!) scroll down to the joyschool pics and you'll get the idea! both jack and nate LOVE playing with these guys!

first day of joyschool

the boys, charlie, jack, kyle and kevin

snack time

3ish year olds (jack's not quite 3) have to have a little play time!

can you tell the letter of the week is A(theme of the week is apples), so we made apple trees, drank apple juice and ate apples.

jack LOVE LOVE LOVED school so much, after playing outside, dinner and a bath, he went straight downstairs to study up!

selfishly, now i'm looking forward to the rest of the month for a little jack-free time!

TP

nate is always checking the bathroom door............ today he got in!!!!!

brother love

they both have the same hair-do from rolling around, wrestling, what boys do best!

nate's been getting more and more aggresive with jack since he's been moving around, pretty funny to watch

it's so nice they entertain each other

i'm so glad both boys are finally feeling better after a week of a yucky virus! we can do something other than watch videos, cuddle and rock!

nates new skills

nate took his first few steps a week ago, which is still shocking to me because he started crawling about a month ago. before that he was completely immobile (didn't even roll over). i could sit him up, give him a bunch of toys and he was content for a while! those were the good ol' days! i wasn't expecting him to walk until like 15 months! this video is for the grandma's and grandpa's, but we missed the good footage of him walking across the whole rec room!

ps. yes i know his diaper is sticking out, i would have fixed that if i would have been in the room!