My Once Upon a Time...

Four year of classes, two years on the waiting list, lots of achievements, but also tears of exhaustion and defeat. I hope my boys learned from me that hard work pays off, to never give up, and that it’s never too late to start over and chase your dreams! We walked through nursing school together, supported each other, cried together, studied together, celebrated together, and now we got to walk across the stage together. I’m so thankful I got to share the last two crazy, but beautiful years with these amazing people. I never had a cap and gown graduation in Germany, so this was truly an "American dream" for me. My sweet friends surprised me by showing up to support me, and I was so touched. Next up is the Oncology Unit at the hospital I dreamed of working at for years, and while I'm very  nervous about this new chapter in my life, I also can't wait!

These pictures are my Mother's Day gift to myself every year, luckily it's a quick little shoot and the boys don't mind going.  I definitely have to get some of these framed.

Some of my favorite April moments! Karate with two of my besties (and my sweet sidekick of course). Fox showed me his finger and asked if it was normal. Ummm, no. Definitely not normal kid! :)  We had a little staycation and the boys loved the community playroom. This is our favorite milkshake place. We had lunch there, followed by a movie in the theater. I made some shirts for my friends and I for our upcoming graduation. So excited! Of course the boys needed some shirts as well.  Fox was so happy that his cousin just plopped down on him like this.  A sweet find in our backyard. Fox's teacher asked us to write some letters to him for his upcoming state testing. I asked Grandma and Grandpa to write one as well, and they really went over the top with it, I thought this was so sweet.  Almost six years old and still keeps me on my toes every day. Bunco night at my house, so much fun! BLS class at work, I'm still terrified about the idea that I will have to perform CPR on a real pa