Blog break

No pictures this time just words. I am completely head over heels swamped right now. I am starting final week(s) and it is not fun. I have one huge final on Tuesday for speech. It is no notes and over 11 CHAPTERS!! I have been outlining and reviewing all week long; I dream about the notes I take and just pray that I am dreaming the right information :). I am very nervous and excited to take this test because it is worth a lot of our grade and I am excited to get it over with. After speech I have a 6-10 page paper due in English. I was going to start it this week, but have been so overwhelmed with Speech it did not work out, so I am going to end up doing what I always do with English and wait till the last minute, but at least after the gruesome test Tuesday I can start working on my paper that is due on Thursday. I then have a Math and Information Science final on May 8th. Math is just the bain of my existence and I was excited at first because I thought it was just the last chapter test...NOPE! Chapters 1-6 and Chapter 8 (a chapter that we did not even cover)! I am now going to be head over heels swamped with math studying. I just really hope that information will stay tucked in my brain! I have been mostly getting B's on these tests and so I am hoping, praying to get around the same grade because if you do not get a 60 on this test you will not get a C in the class. I am at an 89 right now...so close to an A it is insane and I want it bad!! Information Science is all Microsoft programs that counts as your computer literacy exams to graduate from CSI. Even though I am pretty well rounded now in all Microsoft programs this final has high implications because if you do not pass you do not graduate. I am not too worried, to be honest because I have done really well in the class and we get a page of notes for the final. I am just so stressed about SPEECH and MATH!!

Now that I have ranted about school I will rant about other happenings. I am not only starting finals weeks but my kids start swimming lessons May 1st, I have a drs. appointment May 2nd, my mom's 50th birthday is May 9th, Graudation is May 11th, Mom's birthday party is May 12th, and May 13th is mother's day. It always happens like this. Either you have nothing or everything and I am so looking forward to lots of these events, but most of all I am looking forward to getting a break before little Augie makes his entrance into this world. I do not have everything for him yet, I do not even have my car seat so if he comes early I will be panicking!! I have lots to do, but I needed a blog break to get my stresses out in front of me so I can remember the craziness I have been going through in order to get my degree!!

April 2012...so far :)

 During spring break I started this skirt for Brittley. I got the idea from my wonderfully-talented mother-in-law. She made these skirts for the girls last Christmas and I love the way they fit. So I started one because a) I have wanted to try to make these skirts & b) I wanted my mother-in-law to help guide me before I moved so I would know how to make them. Anywho they are super easy and all I need now is a serger to whip these babies out!

 I love that my sweet little Brittley has somewhat followed in my footsteps for her love of black and pink :))

 And of course since Brittley got a picture of her own, Tate got a picture by himself. And do you love his outfit? This is usually how he looks when we are planning on staying home for the day and we drop off Brittley at school!

 April 7, 2012: First (community) Easter Egg Hunt at the Hansen Rolling Hills Park. This is monumental for me because I do not really care for Easter Egg Hunts..period. I was trampled by an ADULT when I was fairly young and since then I just do not care for them. I never wanted my children to experience the trauma I went through so we (I) usually avoid them. But this year since it was in Hansen I figured even if the whole town showed up it would not be that many kids so we went. The kids had a great time and got lots of eggs and no one was injured :)

 After egg hunting the kids played on the playground and loved that it was fairly decent outside for once before Easter

 Brittley doing the monkey bars BACKWARDS...very impressed I had no idea she was this skilled :)!

 EASTER MORNING!!! 

 The "Easter bunny" hid eggs in the house and I thought the bunny did a fairly good job at putting them in obvious places, but apparently they were hidden really well because my kids had the hardest time finding them

 We had one PediaSure left and my sweet children shared it together so no one was left out

 {April 8, 2012}: Easter Sunday is always so special to me because of the true reason we have the holiday and because my kids for the first time really understood it. They both went to church and learned about Christ's being killed upon the cross and His resurrection. They were both astounded by the fact that the people killed him and told me all about it. They both said how much they loved Jesus and that they would have never done that to Him.

 After church we went to my mom's for an Easter dinner and hunt it was nice because it was soooo nice on Easter, but of course my little Brittley has a weird thing when she gets overly excited or worked up she gets sick (plus the sun doesn't help too). She got a headache when we were at my mom's house, threw up before we left, was fine at the Stanger's and then threw up again when she got home. 

 This picture always changes each year, but it is tradition and this is the first year in a LONG time that there are only six kids. Kip and Leejean's kids were not there because of chicken pox and so we only had the six. But I love this picture because I love to see how much they change each year!

 I made the kids aprons this month just for fun. I always planned to make Brittley one, but I did not want Tate to feel left out so he picked out fabric for his apron too. He picked out the stars material and only wanted that one, but I got the blue so it would not be just one solid apron. 

 Once I got his done he was ready to "make" somthing so here he is putting french toast stix into the microwave...a boy's version of "making" food :))

Brittley's apron was pink and purple with a little ruffle. Girl's aprons are usually a frillier version, but take a little more time. It was worth it though because now they both have their own little apron!

 Random pictures

 On April 13, 2012, the Young Women held a carnival to raise money for Girl's Camp. The kids LOVED it, they had lots of fun games, cotton candy, food, and a silent auction. 

 Vampire girl

 Cake Walk...I kept playing over and over and never won so finally I told Clay to go get it done and he won TWICE! We got homemade bread and cookies :)

 The greatest prize?? A fish!! I couldn't believe it, of course the kids were super excited about it and although I do not have a picture of Tate's it was okay because his died on Sunday. After I found out he would take his fish out of the tank so it would flop around...such a boy. But Brittley's fish Sparkle, is still swimming strong, so now we have a dog and a fish...lucky parents for going to the carnival : D

The last thing that happened so far is that on Easter Sunday my Uncle passed away. He is my dad's oldest brother and used to live right down the road from us. I did not get to see him before he passed away which makes me so sad, but thanks to facebook I got to see lots of pictures thanks to my cousins. He was always very loving and kind of awnry :) but oh I loved him. He always stood out in my mind because he had a HUGE TV at his house back before people had them but all he ever watched was Nascar and the Sci-Fi channel. He loved Fords and so everyone like to tease him by telling him they bought a Chevy :). I am very grateful for having a loving Uncle in my life, but since he was battling Colon Cancer I am glad that he is finally at peace and can be united with my Grandma and Grandpa up in heaven.