pics finally!

super uncle michael and batman sean!

sleeping dragons...

uncle michael and sean watching batman on the laptop

my little thug!

Thug LIFE!!!

I done did it!!

ok first sorry it's been so long. my 3 readers i'm sure have moved on but here i am if you still want me.

So here's what we've been up to:

I'm gonna start and work my way backwards.

SEANY is POTTY TRAINED!
well i like to think so. he's been accident free since tuesday and it's been fairly easy. we started tuesday and he didn't take to it very well until he learned he could go outside. once that happened he'll now only pee outside. he'll poo in the potty but no pee. it's funny cuz he has to tell everyone: "i did it!! WHOO HOO!" and that's been his only motivation. no bribes. nothin but praise. now i just have to figure out how to get him to pee in the potty. i don't want his first day of school to be "teacher, i need to go outside" and have him go back in and yell "I DID IT!" It feels so good to be out of diapers! i still have to wipe ass but it's not as bad and sean'll catch on soon i hope.

Grandpa Buckner has Cancer...again
grandpa had stomach cancer 6 years ago and here in carlsbad they said he only had 2 months to live. well the huntsman center in salt lake basically threw out the dr.'s prognosis, removed 2/3 of his stomach and made history for his age and health and overcoming this cancer. well about 2 months ago my mom noticed he was not eating and then he said that it hurt when he ate and that he was having some mild pain around his lower belly. well we took him to the dr. and after a scan and some tests he again had cancer. he had spots on his liver and lymph nodes. again they said he only had a short time to live. they didn't even bother to find out what type it was. it makes me wonder how many people have died because dr.s don't care. well we sent him to utah again and they were pretty excited because he being 93 is charting new territory for cancer patients. he is in such perfect health and he's their first and so they have no one to compare him to in a sense as to how any treatment would be on him. they diagnosed him with Adeno Carcinoma(sp? i'm not sure.) it is a cancer that attacks soft tissue. while it is terminal and we can't cure it is slow growing and the best treatment is actually diet. so essentially we've put him on the "RAW" diet to get his body ph balance and go from there. he said "You know i never gelt like have a short time left. I have faith in my body that i can get my strength back from this." which is interesting coming from a 93 yr old. but as righteous as he i'm sure he'll decide when he's ready to go.

We Made it as far as Carlsbad...
kinda grouchy about that. what keeps me from being completely grouchy is i'm here because my mother needs me. one thing that i love about my family is that we'll do anything for and will be there for one another. knowing my mother's growing business was taking her over and the stress of my grandmother with Alzheimer's and grandfather with cancer she was starting to sink. not financially but emotionally and physically. so we're here til she doesn't need us anymore. so she can breathe. i love her and will put off my whole world to give her even a moments rest from the her daunting life right now. i know she knows i love her but sometimes the only way i can repay her for always being so good to me and others is to show her. so carlsbad sucks, my in-laws suck worse here and i hate being here but i'm glad to be out of phoenix and glad i could be here for my mother.

PICS!!!!

ok so maybe tomorrow. it won't let my upload them so i'll try tomorrow. SORRY!

oh mary!!!

I JUST WANTED TO POST SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW!!!! MARY, YOU ARE ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE FAMILY MEMBERS! it is a hoot to hang around you! it's in all caps so to look as if i'm yelling it out to everyone! hahahaha that's for you! so now can i see that pic? pretty please!

oh yeah....

So I got to thinking that I didn't want to live in AZ anymore. Also I didn't want Travis to have to be waiting for 2 years to get into the Physical Therapy Assisting program here. So I got to looking around and making some phone calls. One of the places that I was looking into for Physician Assisting was Texas Tech. Their PA program is in Odessa, TX at their Health Science Center. Well Odessa also has a college that offers the PTA program for Travis. So I called down there to figure out tuition and GI Bill stuff and what the wait would be. Well the Academic advisor said he could get in next fall. Also Texas is one of the few states that the new Chapter 33 GI Bill pays the most. AND best of all they still consider us NM residents and we got in-state tuition! NICE! So we are now moving to Odessa Texas! It'll be nice being only 3 hours from my parents and 6 hrs to San Antonio my two favorite places. Although I'm not a fan of tornadoes and flat lands with no wind break. I think I'll live getting to achieve my goal( being a PA) and helping Travis to achieve his(being the first EVER in his family to graduate college). So Peace out Arizona! :)

Fun time in New Mexico? sorta....

So I sent Travis and Sean to New Mexico for 3 weeks without me. I met up with them and the Buckners at my grandparents 70th wedding anniversary/ reunion. It was alright. I got to see some of the family I wanted but my favs that I was hoping came didn't so I was a little bummed. Sorry it turned into an almost disappointment....BUT I still had a good time with the favs. :) Here is from our scenic canoe ride. LOL Trav and I and my big bro and his wife went up and down the Black river. It was a hoot as we laugh and watch Jamie and Goga bicker.

The lovely wildlife we came across....like hundreds of turtles.

Captain Travis bossin us around.

Jamie and Goga right before we headed out.

The Amazon!!!! lol

I tried....

Us before we got on the boats...don't we look ready to go?

Princess Kiera tossing rocks in the river! Sean and her fight over stuff a lot so he's not there in order to keep the peace. It's hilarious to watch them battle!!! When he chases her after stuff he shoots 'webbing'(which is really him just making the sound and the hand gestures that spiderman does) thinking it will stop her! I tried to get it on camera but it didn't work out. Next time I'll be sure to catch it because I know better now! hahahaha

Sorry I didn't take many pics. actually these are the only ones I took. Just wasn't feelin it this time. oh well! I'll live!

when all is quiet all through out....

First off! LOOK AT THAT TAN LINE! all from swimming everyday after work! What a tiny little butt butt too!

So things were nice a quiet at the house and i was pleased that sean was happily playing on his own which allowed me to watch my shows....well when it's too quiet it's too quiet. Am I right? Well i was right. he had gotten my concealer and went to town on his face. He said he was painting his face light spiderman. LOL oh well! Laugh it off right? hahahahaha

the day in the life of a budding super hero!

So Sean is way into super heros. Bethy bought a superman onesie and of course Sean had to wear it. here he is wearing it of which he needed a mask to go with his outfit. my favorite is when he puts on the mask he asks "Where Seany?" and then lifts the mask and says "Here i am!" also when he puts the mask back on he says in his "deep" raspy voice "I'm BATMAN!" He's way better than any marine i've met!! lol

Here we are goin to check the mail. he insisted on wearing his "outfit" because he wanted to go fight bad guys. so i guess he is doing us a service by going out and risking his life so that we can go check out mail without the termoil of evil hovering around us.

I guess i should thank him. I did manage to check the mail without any trouble. LOL

notice where he's placed the mask.

Tell me that's not the cutest thing ever! I love it!