Well I finally figured out how to add music to my blog! It only took me about 5 frustrating hours, and I swear I signed up to 8 different music services just trying to figure out how to get a dang song or two onto my blog. This means my email is now OUT there with all these companies and I will probably have to spend an hour unsubscribing with them all. The website that I found was the most user friendly was ProjectPlaylist. Why couldn't I have tried this website first??? Anyways, if any of the songs are annoying to anyone, you can select a different song on the playlist....or just turn off your sound!
As you can see by the slideshow, Ben, Riley and I went to a really fun place recently. When we were walking up to the building, we were two parents and a child. Once we got through the doors we turned into three children! We had a lot of fun running and jumping and bouncing and climbing. I wonder why all the other parents were looking at us so funny??? I wonder why my back and legs and buttocks hurt so very bad the next day? Hmmm.
I am SO excited because I am almost done with this semester of nursing school. It has been a challenging semster because I had to be to clinicals SO early in the morning. Luckily next semester I signed up for night clinicals, which means every Friday night from 6 pm to 3 am I will be at the hospital. No more getting up early! Riley has REALLY enjoyed going to daycare this semester, and he has learned so much. I'm really glad that he got to experience being around other kids and doing fun things. He also loves eating lunch there, and if I happen to show up a little early while he is eating lunch at the table with all the other kids, he's not too happy with me :) After applying to get him in for next semester, I was told that unfortunately there wasn't any room (single parents get first priority). I have been really bummed about that because I don't want to take him away from something he loves so much. Then the other day I found out that someone else had dropped out and Riley was in! I was really happy.
Ben is doing really well at work, and just got another raise. Woodcraft (now owned by Burton Lumber) has been a really wonderful company for him to work for, and we will always be grateful to Brian Nuttal for introducing him to the company. Ben is also keeping busy with the ambulance crew here in Payson. Recently he went on a call where a mother had delivered a baby at home (not planned for) and so he was able to help with that. Pretty cool huh!
Well, Christmas is getting closer and I just wrapped a bunch of presents last night. My problem is I always want to get more for people! If I had enough money I would spend $500 on everyone!!!
before it had bloomed,
We had a great time last night with Kade and Ciara. We ate dinner together and they brought lemon pepper chicken and caramelized squash (they both have an annoyingly natural talent for cooking) and I provided Uncle Ben's microwaveable rice and made some garlic cheesy bread (the first batch of garlic bread burned because I forgot to tell Ben it was in the oven when I ran next door to a neighbors!) We all watched America's Funniest Home Video's (one of my favorite shows). Then we all took turns chasing Riley while others would hide
and jump out at him and scare him! It is so much fun watching Riley run for his life, and the surprised, angry, fearful, delighted look on his face every time someone jumps out at him! Ben, Kade, and Riley had a great time playing with Riley's trucks. For a few minutes their they were all just a bunch of little boys!
