Valentines Day 2011

For V-day we went on a triple date with Pops & Gem and Gina and Mike. We just went to dinner but it was nice to have a quiet night out. The food was amazing...though I'm drawing a blank as to what the restaurant was called...some type of Tex-Mex place.  

A trip to the Zoo & Snow Days!

  

Just a few cute pictures at our favorite spot in the zoo...the Hippo tank.

We decided in November last year that TJ should quit his job in January and take a 12-14 credits at Logan College to make himself a stronger candidate for dental school. When he got in we heavily debated dropping out and having him go back to work. We decided the classes would be a good prep for dental school though and we were enjoying not having a Walgreen's schedule for the first time in 3 years! One of the perks of school is SNOW DAYS!!! I think TJ had at least three. These pictures are after a trip up to Logan's hill to go sledding! We had him all bundled up but he definitely got some rosy cheeks.

January 28th

January 28, 2011 brought even more exciting news for our little family! At about 8:30 am TJ received a call from UMKC informing him that they would love to have him as a Dental student starting fall of 2011. It goes right up there with our wedding day, and Cohen's birth as one of the BEST days ever! We were so relieved that TJ wouldn't have to go two semesters at Logan, and we wouldn't have to wait another year and go through the dreadful and expensive application process again. We know a lot of prayers were given in our behalf and our pursuit of this goal and we are so thankful to all of you who helped get us to this day! We had to celebrate and wish we could have had you all there but we pulled together all those that we could and went to dinner and had chocolate cake and ice-cream for dessert!

All of us at dinner (Karlinsey's, Fullers, Pops & Gem, Mirae & Jay, & Tyler, Linds & Lyla)

TJ & I....don't we look so happy!

I wanted to go buy a cake and Gem suggested we just make one! I decorated it which led Gem to a great   idea for my birthday gift...more to come on that in the next post.

TJ in his new UMKC dentistry shirt...we seriously couldn't stop smiling. And again we can't thank all of you enough for everything you did to help us get here! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! (We might even throw in some free dental work we are so thankful!)

Party all Year Long

Our first great news of 2011 actually came in December of 2010. TJ got two interviews for dental school. One with UMKC and one with Creighton. He interviewed at UMKC January 10th and Creighton January 17th.  We decided to just head over to Omaha and have Cohen and I stay the week with Spencer and Nikki while TJ went back home after his interview for his first week of school at Logan.  He then came back the next weekend for his interview with Creighton. The interview with UMKC went amazingly well and with Creighton not so amazingly well but we felt blessed to have two interviews.  Cohen and I enjoyed an fun filled week with our best buddies and partied hard. (Not too hard cause it was so freezing we didn't leave the house much!)

1st we learned cousin Kelan is very good at sharing his pudding if you hop up on the chair to sit by him.

And cousin Beckham loves to share a good ride on the ice-cream truck at the mall

Kelan with his new "brella" he bought with his Christmas money from Papa and Mema

While we were there we got to celebrate two very special Birthday's. Nikki & Beckham!

Nikki's better than sex cake....so yummy!

Nikki and Spencer were down to like 4 glasses...so as lame of a present as it is we got her glasses!

There was lots of snow so Kelan and Cohen went out to play in it with Spence.

Beckham and I decided we'd just watch and stay nice and warm inside.

One of the few days we braved the cold and ventured out we hit the zoo. If you ever go to Omaha...go to the zoo it is amazing!

My Monkey Boy

Best Picture EVER!!!

Best Buddies

For Beckham's Bday bash we headed to the Pizza Machine. So Yummy. We had so much fun but I definitely had my worst mommy melt-down. We lost Cohen for the 1st time and found him after only 5 minutes but it was the longest 5 minutes of my life. I used to judge parents who used leashes but after this experience Cohen is definitely getting a leash....I don't care who judges me!

Me and the Birthday Boy

After the Pizza Machine we headed back home to have cupcakes and juice. 

Kelan & TJ had lots of Nerf gun wars.  What a stud!

Beckham with all his presents

We got Beckham some snack traps for his Birthday.... a must have if you don't own any! 

I think he likes them...they're missing a key ingredient though....where's the snacks???

Happy Birthday Becky-boo! We love you!

And not trip is complete without a couple of good bath's with your cousins. 

Family Pictures 1.1.11

Once again we had our wonderful photographer Erika in town and begged her to take our pictures. It was freezing outside so we only made it about 30 minutes but Erika still managed to get a ton of great shots. Here are just a few of my favorites!