It's been a while. Not much has been going on lately. I'm just trying to finish up school. I can't believe how this semester has flown by. There's only 2 weeks until finals and then I am done! Well with my undergrad at least..then it's off to grad school to do what I really want to do.

Travis and I went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. The food was great and I got to play with my little cousins. My aunt taught Ethan this... he's 3. haha



He is too cute! I wish they didn't live so far away so I could see them more often. They absolutely adore Travis.

On Saturday we went back to my parents house to hang out with my brother, his fiance and a few of Allan's friend from Teen Challenge. We ate some pizza and played rock band and Battle of the Sexes. My mom even got into rock band and sang some. haha it was no surprise she didn't know any of the songs. We had a good time even though the boys ended up winning Battle of the Sexes because they got a wild card that told them to go to the end! haha but it was fun.

Well I've got to go eat and get ready for work!

Pulling an All-nighter

Friday night Travis and I went with our youthgroup to an all-night event called the Word of Life Superbowl. I've been a bunch of times with my old youth group but this was my first time being a leader. We each had a group, I had 6 girls and Travis had 7 boys and Travis drove one of the vans. First we went to see the Manchester Monarchs hockey game. It was fun but they ended up losing by 1 in a shoot-out. After all the youth groups stayed in the arena while everyone else left. They had a short message and then played some games where the kids could win prizes. A lot of the kids in our group got up after the message to talk to counselors about salvation and a few filled out a form that said they had accepted Christ. After that we went to an indoor sports complex around 1am. There were some blow-up games and also football, soccer, and dogeball. We also got free pizza. At 3am we left for bowling and stayed there until 6am. It was a looong night but it was still fun. When we got home we slept until about 12ish and then forced ourselves to get up so we would sleep that night. We must have been more tired than we thought because neither of us woke up to the alarm this morning and ended up missing church! We ended up going on a boat ride with my dad. It was freezing!! We only saw one other boat on the lake while we were out there so that was cool. We are going to get on the webcam soon so we can talk to our niece Riley.

Happy November!

On thursday I got to take the kids to see the Wiggles! They were all so excited! I was pleasantly surprised at how good they were. Vincent (he's 5 and has Angleman's) doesn't do well with crowds so he had a small meltdown when we got inside but his mom was able to calm him down and we made it to our seats without much trouble. When the music started and the lights went down Vin started to cry! He was a little scared and it was so sad! But once the Wiggles came out he got excited and didn't cry the rest of the time! It was so cute to see all the kids dancing and singing. Friday I got to see the kids in their costumes before they went out with their dad trick-or-treating. Vin was spiderman, Madison was a pink flamingo, and Jack was the cutest penguin!

Travis and I just went out to dinner on Halloween. We went to the 99 since its one of our favorites and we hadn't been there in a while. I started off with the chicken and corn chowder and it was delicious! We both ordered steak tips and chicken fingers and I have to say I wasn't too impressed.

In other news...I think I have caught the baby bug! haha now I know now is not a good time since I'm still in school and we don't make that much money. I just keep hearing about people getting pregnant and I just can't wait to be a mom! I really didn't think I would want it this much already but since I've been married (and know it could realistically happen anytime) it's been on my mind. Plus my FIL keeps asking us when we are going to have a cousin for Riley to play with! He also bet that we would be pregnant 2 months after we got married but thankfully we made it past that! I guess we will just have to wait until God decides it's the right time.

October has just flown by for me! Classes are still going pretty good although most days i really just don't want to get out of bed. I've been fighting off a cold(possible allergies too) for a few days and have been having really bad headaches on the left side of my head. Thankfully I feel much better today. :) I definitely need lots of energy working with kids!

Oops! I just realized the time and I need to get to work! I'll write more later!

Me and Travis are staying at my parent's house this weekend while they are in Martinsville for a NASCAR race with my sister. They have a scanner so I finally got to scan some of the wedding picture proofs and get them online. We get a cd of all the pictures but not until after we get the album and all the real pictures so that could be a while.

This week I got to go to a pumpkin farm with the kids I nanny for. The family I work for is friends with the owners. They had this HUGE pumkin launcher thing. 2 years ago they had the record for the longest launch but lost it last year. They are competing again this year so they've been practicing. We got to see 2 launches and I couldn't believe how high and far the pumpkin went! It looked like a little dot in the sky! The 2 older kids were excited but Jack(he's 2) was a little scared.

I think I have senioritis. This is my last undergrad semester and I am so ready for it to be over. It sucks majoring in something that I'm not really interested in and just trying to get a degree so I can get into grad school. It will be over soon though and I just hope I can keep my grades up and not get too distracted!

Some pictures

Applebees with the girls and on the lake:

Where has the week gone?

After getting some much needed rest on sunday, Travis and I went over to Scott and Danielle's house and got ready for a boat ride. We went up to the lake and it was so cold! We were all bundled up but it was a nice ride. We went by Bob Bear's huge house on the water. He was(?) the owner of the loudon racetrack and his house is gorgeous and right on the water! Travis took a few pictures on his phone so i'll put them up soon.

This week has gone by really fast. Classes are going pretty well. I got a B in my other test in Behavior and I really didn't study all that much. On wednesday I got up early for my 8am class and went all the way to UNH only to find it was cancelled! It's a 3 hour class too so I had 3 hours to waste. I ended up going to the library and just surfed the internet for a while.

Work has been pretty good lately. The kids have actually been pretty calm for the most part. Dinner and bathtime can still be a challenge and I usually end up looking like I was the one in the bathtub! But they are still doing well overall. Speaking of work it's about time for me to go!