More Cold Days

I cannot believe how many snow and cold days that the kids are getting this year. Christian just had Monday and Tuesday off due to the arctic conditions. He has

yet to go a full week of school since returning from Christmas break.  He also didn't have school Thursday and Friday last week for record keeping.  Its exciting for him now but it will not be when he is going to school in the middle of June!

All I keep thinking is, how come they do not cancel work?!?  Wouldn't that be nice! We have not been doing much of anything but hibernating. When I do go outside, I pretty much look and feel like this...

I hope all my family and friends are staying warm!  On a warm note, only 49 days until I'm laying on the beach in Punta Cana with my hubby :)

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The truth...

It is true that the kids and I had our teeth cleaned yesterday!  The kids are officially cavity free.  Christian does have "crowding" going on with his lower teeth which we already knew because his mouth just isn't big enough. I definitely see $$$ signs in the future with braces for the little guy.  

It is also true that my husband loves me so much that he brought me home this treat...

and I ate it all!  So much for clean teeth now :)

Movie Night

It's a movie kind of night since there is no school tomorrow!

Relaxing weekend

This was my last weekend of being "free" from school for quite a while.  Besides Spring Break and Memorial Day weekend, I will not have a free Saturday until I am done with classes in July. My inlaw's so graciously offered to take the kids for the weekend so Bryan and I could have a date weekend!  We decided to stick around town and just enjoy being together. We went to the movies on Friday evening.  On Saturday, I stopped by my in law's to play with the kids for awhile and to drop off Bryleigh's medicine for her ear infection. Then we decided to do some house shopping and drive by all of the houses that we are slightly interested in. We are just beginning the house shopping process but we are not serious in buying/selling yet.  Then we did a bit of shopping in Stevens Point at TJ Max before going out for Sushi!  We had an awesome date weekend!

Today, we are meeting up with the kiddos and Grandma and Grandpa at the theater to see The Nut Job.  The kids are excited so I hope its a good one.  

Also, if I could ask for prayers for healing.  My Grandpa is currently in the hospital experiencing heart problems and they are deciding if he is going to need surgery.  

Its going to be a very busy next few months with school, preparing for our vacation to Punta Cana, and finishing up my internship in May!  I'm hoping for a smooth finish to my 2nd year in grad school! 

I'm in Luck

  I have always been one to speed along since I like to get to where I am going fast.  I have only gotten one speeding ticket and this was when I was 16 years old, right after I got my licence.  I learned during this incident that police officers do not like when you cry. They give you a ticket anyways. 

Since that day, I have taken that knowledge and applied it to future times when I was pulled over for speeding.  I have been pulled over quite a few times and I always fess up to my speeding and apologize.  I have found that this (and an innocent look) goes a long ways. So I have not gotten a speeding ticket since.  

Today was no different. The Lord was sure looking out for me today when I decided to speed along a familiar road going 60 mph in a 45 mph. As soon as the police officer made a U turn in the middle of the road, I knew that I was going to be pulled over. 

He came up to my window and asked if I knew why I was pulled over.  I agreed that I had been going too fast and acknowledged that I knew the speed limit.  He asked for my licence and as I struggled to get it out of my wallet, he noticed my County name badge that I had not yet removed after leaving work. He then nicely stated, "I see that you are a social worker." He then so very kindly told me that he was sure that my registration and licence were valid due to my profession.  He advised me to slow down and allowed me to leave.

 I was so excited and relieved that he let me off. I was also rather shocked that he let me off that easy. I did learn my lesson though and realized that I do need to start being more conscious of my speed since my luck of not being pulled over for the past 5 years has run out. 

The ongoing joke with my mom is that I will get at least one speeding ticket during my 4 year course in grad school having to drive to Madison every weekend. Well, funny thing is, I wasn't even going to Madison, I was coming home from work.  I had to call my mom to inform her of the events ( and brag a little).  

But the moral of the story is that I need to slow down because one day I will not be so lucky! But today I was lucky, and for that I am thankful!  

Wilderness Adventure

This week has flown right by.  Monday and Tuesday were Arctic "cold" days for the kids so they did not have school.  Wednesday I worked late. Thursday, Bryleigh had dance. And Friday, we let Christian miss a day of school so that we could take a weekend trip to Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at the Wilderness resort.  

We just got home and settled in from our weekend getaway. The kids had a blast swimming and playing.  

We did have a few bumps in the road though. Bryleigh decided it would be fun to climb up the slide in the play area (after being told not to by the staff) while Christian was coming down the slide. Christian ended up with a bloody nose and lip. He is now very swollen with a bruised nose and eye.  Then Bryleigh lost both of her earrings when swimming. Of course the resort did not sell stud earrings so we had to make a trip to Walmart. It was not very fun trying to put earrings back in the partially closed holes...who knew that the holes would start to close so fast.  Lastly, we were directly across from a "party" room who decided it would be fun to party it up and slam doors until 3am on Friday night. So Bryan decided to have a chat with them and then take a walk to calm down. On his walk, Bryan came across a gentlemen on a balcony who was thinking of suicide so Bryan stayed with him until the police arrived.  I would say that we had our fair share of trying times this weekend but we also had so much fun!

All of the fun wore the kids out!  I would say that we had a successful trip!

I"m really enjoying my homework free and mostly stress free days since being off of school.  I'm really not looking forward to starting up again in a few weeks!  I just have to think that I have 1 more semester before I can say that I am officially half way through graduate school! 

Children's Museum Fun

Since we plan to hibernate the next few days due to the arctic temperatures coming our way, we ventured out yesterday to Appleton.  My mom came with me and we took the kids to the Children's Museum for some indoor fun!

It was a great way to spend the afternoon while the temperatures were still in the twenties. School has been cancelled for the kids for tomorrow and as much as I would love to stay home and have a fun day with my family, work doesn't get cancelled :( So today we are watching movies and playing games in our nice warm house!  

Stay warm everyone!