Neglecting our blog has been the least of my worries, but it has been kind of sad not to be able to enjoy some of my favorite hobbies. School and kids consume EVERTHING!!! Juggling school, work, and family has been challenging, but some how we’ve managed it; Aaron has been such a huge help taking over many of the household responsibilities, and has been enjoying the quality time spent with our girls, even if it means holding off on the yard… something he enjoys spending time on. He’s always taking the girls our to new parks and fun hikes… what a good Dad he IS! Just in time for summer though, I can happily report that I finished my first semester and quarters with A’s, finished studying for the DAT (the Dental Admissions Test… the most difficult, broad and seemingly impossible test EVER!!!), and scored in the 93rd percentile. The average applicant who got accepted last year to the dental schools I am applying for scored between 18 and 20, and I scored a 21! It’s not amazing considering it’s scored out of 30, but hey… it’s worth a shot! With applications all sent out… it’s all just a waiting game from here. I’ve got a smaller load of classes through the summer which means I get to spend any and all of my free time with my favorite people who I have grown to miss so so much!!!
Here’s some quick updates in photos:
Papa has been coming on Friday’s for fun play-dates with the girls. It was a HUGE help while preparing for the DAT. (Look at that mess of paper’s and books in the background! So glad that’s cleaned up.)
Wow… it sure HAS been awhile… here’s a few of EASTER:
If I can, on the weekends I’ll take my homework to a park so that we can all still hang out as a family… with work and night classes, it’s been hard not seeing them!
We’ve had some nice sunny days… which means neighborhood swimsuit weather!
Some days are hard when I go a whole day without seeing my girls, especially when they are so stinkin cute!
On the flip side though… Aaron is getting a lot of time with his girls… which is very sweet for a mother to watch.
He’s taken them on some fun hikes, and even to the Hazel Dell Parade!
We promised the girls if they would leave me alone so that I could prepare for the DAT (5 days actually I spent locked inside a room studying), we would take them to the Enchanted Forest! It’s somewhere I’ve been as a kid, and knew the girls would love it. Unfortunately we ‘thought’ I forgot my camera, and come to find out, it was in the bag all along! Now that is annoying… but here’s a few cell pics. We turned it into a little get away, hotel and everything, to make it a special FAMILY weekend.
This series of pictures is one of the first ‘free’ days I actually had! We went up to Lake Sacajawea with a friend from work and had a really great time. What a beautiful park!
Well, that was over 3month’s worth of updates… hope to be back on here soon!
