First Day of Preschool

Today was Jenna's first day of preschool! She is in the Trojan Tots 3-year old program, so she goes two mornings a week. Jenna did so good on her first day and we were so proud of her! Aaron was able to go with us, so that was nice to have him there too. She had no problems when we went to leave or anything.

I didn't have any problems or tears myself, I might add. This was a huge step for me in the "she's not a baby anymore" category. Seeing her excitement just made me so excited for her. All in all, a great first day!


Jenna and her pal Ava, ready to go!


This was her "I'm excited for preschool!"dance she did at home before we left!

Omaha Weekend

We road-tripped to Omaha to see Adam, Jill and Addy on Saturday. Grandma Linda and Grandpa Frank met us there too. We met them at the Henry Doorly Zoo and we loved it! Although it was pretty busy, okay REALLY busy, we had a fun few hours.

I think both of the kids really liked the gorillas. They were so human-like that they were sort of mesmorized. Jenna also was in love with the penguins. It was so cool to watch them both above and below water.

Afterwards we headed back to Adam and Jill's place. The cousins got some quality playtime in, so that was good. After supper we headed back to the hotel where we crashed.

It was so great to see everyone and we can't wait to visit again! Here are some zoo pics:



Brode's favorite part...Sponge Bob!


Jenna looking at the bears.


Big cheezin' Jenna with Grandma Linda.


The gorillas kind of creeped me out!

Walking through the desert. It was crowded!

My Birthday

I have to say that I had such a great birthday! Did we do anything exciting? Nope. But, that was the best part.
My day started by Aaron sending me flowers at work and he is not a flower guy, so that was really nice of him. I also decided to be a little selfish and take the afternoon off and got the kiddos from daycare early. Jenna told me that she wanted to make me cake, but that I might have to help her. :) So cute.
We stayed home for supper because we'd been gone last weekend and two nights this week, and we are going to Omaha this weekend, so I just wanted to stay home. After supper Aaron did the dishes and two loads of laundry. It was the greatest gift ever!
So, I'm officially 29 and holding... :)

Happy Birthday Mommy!!!

Have a great day!  Love you, Aaron-Jenna-Brody

Twins Game Weekend

We had a super-fun weekend in Minnesota! We drove up Friday nite and went to the Twins game with my family and my cousin Lisa, Aunt Betty, and Grandma were nice enough to watch the kiddos while we went to the game. Although the game kind of sucked because the Twins didn't win and left way too many guys on base, it was a blast hanging out with my family. I wish we were able to do it more often.

While we were up there we also walked with the kids along the Mississippi in Hastings and they loved it! I think they were in awe of all the water, the bridge and the boats. On our way back we stopped in Medford to do a little shopping and found a couple good deals.

It was fun, but it was a LONG trip home. With all of our stops it took us six hours to get home! Here are some pictures from our weekend:

Me posing with the team. Yes, Aaron was embarassed and no I didn't care! :)


Aaron by the big blow-up thing-y.

Aaron and me at the game. We couldn't get a pic with the field in the background because we were in the last row in left-center!


My love bugs by the mighty Mississipi in Hastings. I love the architecture of that bridge.


Jenna swimming at the hotel. She liked it until grandpa tried to drown her! :)


Brody Boy and Papa

Big News!

We got exciting news today when Jess called to tell me that her and Mitch got engaged! It was weird because she and I were just talking about it the night before and she said it wouldn't probably happen for a "long time." Boy was she surprised!

Anyway, we're so excited for both of them and can't wait for the wedding, whenever that will be. We love you Mitchell and Jess-sha-bop-shees!!

Masters on hold

We just found out that Aaron for surely has to coach basketball another year. UGH! He turned in his resignation, but they supposedly couldn't find a "suitable replacement."

Anyway, because basketball season is completely insane with games at least four, if not five days a week, Aaron decided his mental health might be in jeopardy if he tries to get his master's degree at the same time. I'm 100% supportive of that decision!

So, although it does kind of suck, the good news is that Aaron emailed UNI and because of his situation, they put him on the list for next year's master's program. YAY!