These are a few quick photos of the boys backpacking trip.

 They headed up to Rudy's Flat and spent the night. It was a 2.5 mile hike in and 2.5 out. Byron was most pleased with the boys performance. He has declared them ready for adventure. They are yes very excited that their Dad has declared them as such.

 The big excitement of the night was the moose that tromped through camp. It didn't step on anyone which was good. They enjoyed their cup-o-noodle soup for dinner and their packets of oatmeal for breakfast. That's some good Dad cooking for you!

Ali and I enjoyed ourselves by heading out for dinner and a little shopping at the mall. Ali bought a new make-up set and gave me a makeover the next morning. The photo is us after our make-overs. She did a pretty good job. Or should I say she could have done much worse.

As far as my mid-life crisis goes...still going. I have chatted with the U about a speech and language pathology masters and it isn't going to work out. They need a two year full time commitment and I just can't do that and still be a Mom. The Masters of Special Ed I was considering is also going to be extremely inconvenient and probably not worth it as well. They only offer evening classes which is our busiest time of day around here. I don't know....I am still looking for an on-line program I can do in the mornings. Seriously going to go nuts trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I have been looking into a radiologist tech degree and that is still a possibility. I think it would be cool to be an ultrasound technician. I need to make a few more phone calls on that one. It would be nice to just have someone tell me what to do, all this deciding is difficult. In the mean-time I have been studying like crazy for the GRE which I may now not even need to take. Great! I love wasting time.  More on my indecision later. Got to run the kiddos to gymnastics.