Tests, quizzes, papers, etc.

School is consuming my life at the moment!! I am currently taking 15 hours and am feeling overwhelmed. We are all looking forward to when I am officially done with school. There are definately days when I wonder what I was thinking. All the juggling that goes on in our household can become quite exhausting, especially come Friday. Thankfully I will be getting a well deserved break come next week, thanks to Spring Break.

Linley turned 4!

This past Saturday, Linley turned 4. She is definately not a baby anymore and is growing up so fast. It doesn't seem possible that 4 years have passed, but they have. She is doing so well in preschool, and is such a great big sister to her brother. We started Saturday with pancakes and then it was time to make the cake:) I did her cake this year and enjoyed her help in decorating. At 3:30 we had her family party, but she was definately more concerned with opening up her presents! She got a lot of fabulous gifts. We finished the day with some girl time with my mom and sisters at the mall. Unfortunately Sunday after church I wound up getting what Linley and Kip had Thursday. Not fun, since I was forced to miss her friend party we threw for her at Gymnastics Plus. My mom and sisters did the butterfly and ladybug cupcakes that turned out terrific. Linley said she thoroughly enjoyed her party and was thankful for all of her wonderful gifts her friends got her. Kip did a great job in getting everything there and filling in for me, since I wasn't even able to get out of bed. What a weekend. In another month Thayer and I will be celebrating our birthdays...can't wait to see what we come up with for his birthday. I think I will go back to our regular cake gal though.

More Cheese Pics

Chuckie Cheese

Last night we headed to Topeka to take the kids to Chuckie Cheese. Our friends, the Dunlaps, kindly invited us to come along with them. It was definately an experience:) The kids filled up on pizza and games and were completely exhausted by the time we got home! More pics to come.

Recent Random Pics

So we have been quite busy at our house, which is why I've been MIA. School has picked up for me, which has been taking up any extra spare time I have. Both kids have been sick and are finally better. Linley turns 4 next Saturday and she is counting down the days. Recently Thayer is into copying everything you say and do...for instance, he now while watching tv he says he needs whatever the commercial is promoting! Boy are we going to be in trouble when he puts it together. This weekend I am volunteering at the KMOM Dental Clinic that is coming to Manhattan and I am super excited. It's not very often that I get to volunteer, but I sure wish I could more.

Kip's 30th in Aggieville

Last night we met some friends in Aggieville and celebrated Kip's 30th bday! We were able to relax and enjoy each other's company w/o interruptions from kiddos. Thank you to all that were able to come out:)

Weekend Getaway

We headed off to spend the weekend in KC Friday afternoon and met my parents and a couple sisters to make the exchange with the kiddos. Thankfully my parents were willing to keep the kids for the weekend, while Kip and I enjoyed an early celebration of his 30th bday. We went out to Dave and Busters with my sister, Ali, her fiance and a girlfriend Friday night and had a really good time. Stayed up entirely too late, but it's not every weekend we don't have the kids! Saturday we headed to a matinee movie, Taken, and a late dinner at Cinzetti's. Unfortunately we called it a day b/c we were entirely too tired from Friday night. Sunday afternoon we met up with my mom and Lauren at On the Border to make the exchange of kiddos once again. They were so excited to see us, but had a fantastic time at Papa and Nana's. We look forward to being able to do this again sometime in the future:) These pics were taken by my Aunt Barbara, the kids totally adore her.