I know, I know. It's been forever. I've thought about blogging, but just haven't felt like doing it for a long time. Here is what we've been up to for the last month. (Okay, maybe month and a half.)
Josh went on a mission trip with the youth group, and Rudy and I headed out to PA to hang with the inlaws. While we were out there we went to a water park, got ice cream a few times (Rudy even got to hold his own cone), went to Chuck-E-Cheese for the first time, and Rudy got to ride a horse. Of course we did lots of other things, but those are the highlights. It was also Rudy's first time on a plane, and he was a champ.
We came back for a little less than a week and then headed out to Myrtle Beach with my Dad's side of the fam for our annual vacation. We hung out by the pool, shopped, played cards, went down to the ocean a couple of times, ate, and got lots of ice cream. We had tons of fun with the family and were definitely not ready to come home.
We were home for about two weeks. During that time I came off of orientation at work. I'm officially a nurse on my own now, just a little scary! I also started working the night shift, bleh. It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be, but I am definitely tired all of the time. I have no problem falling asleep when I get home from work, but I wake up after 4 or 5 hours and can't fall back asleep. So Rudy and I have been taking lots of naps together!
Last week we headed out to Cleveland for Josh's mom's surgery. She has been battling with Ulcerative Colitis for about 8 years now and recently decided to proceed with surgery to get her colon removed (the only cure for the disease.) This surgery was the first of three that she will have over the course of the next year. She was pretty nervous about it, but the surgery went great and so far she has been recovering remarkably.
We just got home yesterday from Ohio and I am enjoying a day off before I head back to work tomorrow.
I have tons of pictures from all of these vacations and trips, but I don't have them uploaded onto my computer yet. I will make sure to post them in the next few posts!
Sorry about the long absence. Now that we are planning to be home for awhile, I am hoping to get back into the swing of things.
