The Few, The Proud, The Marines...a little taste

Just a little taste of what my little bro, Sam, has been up to the last 7 weeks or so. He is currently attending Officer Candidate School for the Marines in Quantico, VA. He says it is really really hard and I don't doubt him one bit. Here he is pictured above climbing on a rope. He is NOT in any of the rest of the pics below, but these are pics of his plattoon. I just posted them because it looks kind of fun. Ok, OK it looks dang hard! Jackson and I looked at these pics together and I kept saying, "Doesn't that look so hard, Jackson,?" and he kept saying, "That looks so easy and so fun! I want to be a Marine!" Hmmm, what little kid wouldn't love climbing on things, swinging from ropes, carrying around a "toy" gun, swimming through muddy water, and swinging on the monkey bars?

We love you Sam and we are so proud of you! You are so awesome! We can't wait to see you in a few weeks!

I think they have to swim through that cement pipe with just a tiny bit of air at the top. Scary!

Hogle Zoo!

It all started with a fun ride to the zoo in Grandpa's new corvette. Wes and Jackson had to draw straws for who got to ride in the new corvette and as you can see, Jackson won. I don't think there was any real worry about who would win that one...

Grandpa and Grandma treated us with a wonderful day at the zoo. Thank you so much! We had so much fun with you and appreciate you both very much.

Wes says he remembers taking pictures at this water fountain when he was little.

Jackson loves the Penguins of Madagascar so this was a real treat.

London and the tiger

Londie and the giraffes

Jackson's 2nd favorite thing at the zoo. His first favorite was the 3 min. train ride.

Twins!

They had a discover playground which the kids absolutely loved!

Jackson being a little monkey

THANK YOU Grandma and Grandpa for a wonderful day at the zoo!

Sunday pics with Grandma and Grandpa

4th of July!

Grandma and Grandpa and Riley and Chel came down for 4th of July. We had a barbecue and invited some friends over for a few fireworks. It got real windy halfway through so we didn't get to finish them.

All the friends over for fireworks
Best Buds

Jacks and Londie

The fam

Captain America!

My friend Lindsey made a cape and skirt for her kids so she made a couple for mine too for 4th of July. She is the best!

London's pretty skirt

Fun at the playground

Camping with Daddy

I took a Certified Nursing Assistant program that was 9 days long all day every day and also included going to a rehab center and doing clinicals over the weekend...so Wes took the kids camping on the weekend and gave me a wonderful break. So here are some pics from their camping trip.

fishing at Strawberry

campsite

Jackson setting up his rabbit trap with marshmallows and sticks

pretty flowers

Good morning

Good night

playing in the back of the truck

Excited about camping!

Jackson Graduates Preschool May 25th

Jackson graduated from preschool at the end of May so I thought I'd post some pics since he looks so cute. Good Job Jackson! His teacher gave nicknames to all the students that went along with their personalities and Jackson was named Mr. Talkative. She said he never stops telling stories.

Here he is with his good buddy Dayton
Getting ready....he looks a little cross-eyed here...

Jackson all grown up and graduating from preschool.

Provo River Trail 10 Mile Run

I have no camera, but I stole this from Lindsey's blog. Lindsey and I ran the Provo Trail 10 mile race last Saturday. It was so much fun running it with a friend. I was worried about doing a 10 mile race since it seems so long, but running with a friend made it a breeze. I really think I could do a 1/2 marathon or even a full marathon if I had Lindsey to do it with me.....well maybe not a full.... We finished 241 out of 366 (?) but we were just running for fun. I probably could have done it faster if I had wanted to be puking my guts out and peeing my pants at the end of the race. But that just didn't sound very fun. We had a great time. Thanks Lindsey, for running it with me. It wouldn't have been near as much fun without you.

Camera Dead!

We left our camera charger in Rexburg over Memorial Day weekend and our camera is dead. So I haven't posted in a while because I have no pictures to post. So I will try to get a charger, but I don't really want to pay for one and my mom can't find ours in Rexburg. Does anyone (close by to me (I have to add that because my sister has an extra one, but she is clear over in Grand Cayman)) have an extra Canon Powershot SD750 camera charger laying around not being used..........?????

8 Taggy Things

I was tagged by my sis, so here you go..............

My 8 Favorite TV Shows
1. Burn Notice
2. The Office
3. Anything on HGTV
4. Iron Chef
5. Gossip Girl (I know, I know don't even say it)
6. Little Einsteins (not by choice)
7. Spongebob Squarepants (not by choice)
8. Wow! Wow! Wubzy! (not by choice)

My 8 Things I did Yesterday
1. worked out at the gym
2. went to the Health Food store
3. started cleaning out my storage room for my garage sale on Saturday
4. read a chapter in biology about cell division
5. fell asleep reading biology and took a 20 min. nap
6. went to Wal-mart to buy vegetables
7. emailed my dad
8. made myself a vegetable drink

My 8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Cafe Rio
2. CPK
3. P.F. Changs
4. Rumbi Grill
5. Johnny Carino's
6. Happy Sumo (I have actually never been, but I know I would love it)
7. Gringos (in Rexburg, I know they have gone downhill, but I still love it)
8. Billy's Burgers (Jackson Hole)

My 8 Things I Look Forward Too
1. Going on a cruise in January with Lindsey and Brandon
2. Going to Bear Lake for 4 days with the whole Nye fam
3. Going to Oklahoma this summer (somewhere we have never been)
4. Jackson starting kindergarten
5. camping at City of Rocks this summer
6. Getting into Nursing School
7. Being done with Nursing School
8. Christmas time and seeing Laura and Bryan move back to the states

My 8 Things on My Wish List
1. Wish I was already done with school and working as a nurse
2. Wish our boat was up and running
3. Wish we had a bigger truck to fit the fam and pull the newly running boat
4. Wish I was 10 pounds lighter INSTANTLY with no work
5. Wish our backyard had grass
6. Wish we had a trampoline in the backyard with grass for the kids
7. Wish our house was paid for
8. Wish husband didn't have to work such long hours

My 8 People to Tag
1. Lindsey M.
2. Alyssa W.
3. Jennifer C.
4. Erin W.
5. Jenny N.
6. Ellen P.
7. Hilary W.
8. Claudia N.