A New semester at school!

Hi! This is Mandy :) I thought I would try out this whole blogging on the family blog, just to show everyone what I was up to!  So I am in a new semester at school.  I'm living in a completely new place, with completely new roommates, and so far I am loving it! I am also super excited about school this semester.  I got into orchestra and we're playing Beethoven's 5th.  I am playing second horn, I am super nervous, but at the same time super excited!  I am really excited about my horn playing this semester.  I am going to get so much better, it will be silly :) at least that's what Brother Klein tells me, so that is my goal for the semester.  Anyway, I have been having a lot of fun with my roommates, so I wanted to share some pictures.  I don't have any from my dyed Easter eggs yet, but there are a couple Easter pictures.

This is our roommate Easter picture :) We're so beautiful!

(In order from left to right: Chelsie, ME, Jackie, Audrey, and Angela.  Just in case you were wondering who was who...)

A slightly sillier one...might I add it was super nice today!

Ok, it's a little sideways, but this was our Easter feast minus the potatoes and cake! It was super delicious and we will have left overs forever!  Last night (the night before Easter) we dyed eggs and made families of origami turtles.  Our eggs were dyed with silk ties, but the pictures didn't make it onto my computer yet, so I'll have to put pictures up later.  Mine didn't turn out so well, but the other's were cool.  And the next two pictures are of two friends that came over.  They were definitely creeping on us if you can't tell...

These next ones were from a couple days ago, but it was fun! Three of my four roommates are taking brass methods, and so they were practicing their mouthpieces.  I decided to join in on the fun, also I let Audrey borrow one of my mine so we could all play.  We made beautiful music on those mouthpieces!

Anyway, that was my first week of school this semester, I have a feeling it is going to be an AWESOME semester :D

Special Days Missed

 In the flurry of life I have missed so many special days.

This one had home made pizza and cake with chocolate/peanut butter frosting.

Woot!

 Just look at this pretty girl! 

How can she possibly be 19 already?

Wasn't she just three years old looking up at me with her round turquoise eyes?

This is my lovely Mandy Marie;

marching band fanatic,  french horn player,

 

dissonant chord singer, kitty lover,

puddle jumper wearing, sister-best-friending,

 

bright color wearer, beautiful singer,

Silly face maker, Mom supporter,

 

Math doer, make-me-laugh-er

real thinker, creative thinker,  most outgoing of all my children,

Happy Birthday late, beautiful girl.

I hope it was a lovely one.

And that the cake and pizza were yummy.

Here's to lots more!

(And yes, I do think it's okay to toast with chocolate)

Love, Mom

Baby

Hi, this is Emma.  I am looking a lot more pregnant every week now, so I thought I'd post some pictures.  

So, they're not fantastic.  Evan has been at work all day, so I had to take them myself.  I've found that creativity is a must when taking pictures of yourself.  This is at 20 weeks and 3 days.  I don't really have much else to say.  Hope to see another post from MN soon! 

And It's A....

Evan

So we had the BIG ultrasound today. All this time of prepping Gummybear for today really paid off. So here's the ultrasound of the verdict:

Yep! You guessed it! It's a boy!

Emma

It's pretty exciting to find out. :)  We have a lot more pictures too.  So, now we can think of boy names, and look for boy clothes and things.  It will be fun.  If you have name suggestions, let us know in the comments.

Evan

I was going to suggest that we have a contest, but just having the kid's name as the prize isn't really much of a prize for the person who suggested it.

Emma

I'm sure any contest like that would not be very fair.  Evan and I win.  

Evan

Everytime.

Emma

But we'd like to hear suggestions either way.

Evan

Honestly, at this point, there's not really a whole lot we can say. Our heads are still reeling at the news, even though my brain keeps going "Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!" I'm a little excited about that fact, in case you can't tell. Here are the rest of the pictures:

Take care everyone!

First Day of Spring Break

A fabulous way to kick off a lovely spring break. No words really necessary.

Wish you were here.

Love, Kim

Okay, this one you might have questions. Ask away.  I promise it was just sparkling cider.