Just keep swimming

Only 8 more weeks until I graduate!! It is the best/worst news in the whole world. The best because its only 8 more weeks, which means only 8 more classes, only 10 more tests, and only 7 more clinicals. Its also the worst because it still means 8 weeks of class! :( It is so hard to stay focused in the summer, especially when I know so many people who graduated in May and have already taken the NCLEX and are officially registered nurses. I need some serious motivation to get me through these next 8 weeks. If anyone has any motivational speeches or pep talks to help me out, I would seriously appreciate it. Until then I just need to take the advice from Dory on Finding Nemo and "just keep swimming."

Trucks and Boats

Brad and I finally did it, we traded in his lancer and got that boy a truck!! He was SO excited to get it! We've been looking for a few months and finally found the perfect one, and got it for a sweet deal! He loves driving it, and somtimes he just likes to go outside and sit in it. :) He tells me that he finally feels like a "real man" (whatever that means). We were sad to see the lancer go, it has been a good car for us, and has so many wonderful memories that go along with it. But we are ready to make new memories in our new truck...starting tonight when we take it to the drive in with some friends!

OUR BOAT

Brad has been working hard remodeling an old boat that we bought, and he is almost done! He has done such a great job and it looks amazing! He wakes up early to work on it and stays up late finishing projects. He has completely redone the whole thing all by himself! I am so impressed!! He is just waiting for the upholstery to be done and then it is completely finished! This summer is going to be so fun!! :)

Look how ugly that is

The "BIG TUNA"

pictures!

Sunday walk in the park

Compliments of grandma Burgoyne

Mothers Day!

Happy 1st Birthday Amos!

On Sunday the Fortuna and McAllister family celebrated little Amos's first birthday! I can't believe he is already going to be ONE! He is one cute little kid, thats for sure. We celebrated at my mother and father in law's house aka Grandma and Grandpa Fortuna :) We had cake and ice cream and watched that cute little kid make a mess all over! Here are some pics of the birthday boy.

Rock climbing!

Brad and I have recently discovered rock climbing! Well Brad discovered it about 8 months ago and decided he loved it and wanted me to do it with him, and I of course love doing anything that lets me get to spend time with my Bradley Fish, so I started climbing about 2 months ago. Brad is already an amazing climber! I  think a big part of that is that he is fearless. I on the other hand am terrified of heights and most of the time I ask to come down, unfortunately Brad is the one holding the other end of the rope so I can't really come down until he lets me down, and the majority of the time he won't let me down until I've made it at least 3/4 of the way. I guess I should be grateful he makes me dangle in the air and try again?? Anyway, we went on Saturday with our friend Alex and his girlfriend Jessica. It was way fun, and such a good workout-I am SORE today! :)

Running for a cure

Over the weekend my awesome in laws and I did the 5k breast cancer walk. It was so fun to all get together and run for such a great cause. It was really neat to see how many people were there running, walking, even getting pushed in wheelchairs- all to find a cure for cancer. It was such an awesome experience and I hope I can do it again next year. Thanks to Catharine for getting us all involved! :)

The girls! Catharine, me, mom in law, Liz

Sewing!

Tonight Brad was working late on our boat, so I decided to have a sewing party with my mom. We bought some fabric and decided to make some new pillows for my couch. The old pillows were the ones that came with the couch when we bought it, so they weren't anything special. I had a great time with my mom and the pillows turned out super cute!!

Before

After