Jasper County Fair Peddle Tractor Pull

Swimming Lessions at the Newton Aquatic Pool

The Tigers & The Defenders

This pretty much sums up what we have been up to the past couple of months! It seems to be flying by!

We were also able to squeeze in a Cardinal game in between all of that too!

Thank You

A very special THANK YOU to everyone that made my birthday and graduation so wonderful yesterday. To my parents....for attending my graduation and for all the encouragement over the past three years....THANK YOU! To my brothers and sisters and their families and all of my friends for all the support! I really appreciated it! You all are so important to me! THANK YOU!! Ashley......I could never had done this without your help! You were a Godsend! Thank you! We Love You! To my mother and father in-law....(for the blackberry cobbler for my birthday!) and the rest of my extended family... for all of you support...THANK YOU!

Also... to all of the Radiologic Technologists in the clinical sites that I have attended (St. Anthony's Hospital, Crawford Memorial Hospital, Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital, and Richland Memorial Hospital)....THANK YOU! I have learned so much from all of you and I have made some great memories and friends!
To all of my classmates....you guys are the best and I am so privileged to have known you all! The BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL! I have made some GREAT friends and will never forget the memories! Thank you!

And Last but not least...To Scott, Kayla and Kyle for attending graduation and being so patient with me (when I didn't always deserve it) during this journey. It was tough, but we made it! I LOVE YOU! Now we have a lot of catching up to do.....Ballgames and ranger riding all summer long! I can't wait!
(I'm sure I am forgetting someone and for that I appologize now)

Thank You

Thank You

The End As Come...

Easter morning with their new PJ's

Pinata at Grandma and Grandpa Meinhart's

Meinhart Grandkids

Kocher Grandkids (minus Kaiden & Brenden)

Hunting Easter Eggs

Wow... where do I begin? I guess I should start with the fact that I am (almost) officially done with school! I took my last final (had to have a score of 85 to pass) last thursday and attended my last day of clinicals at Sarah Bush (going to miss that place) on Friday. Tomorrow I have to go to OCC to get my paperwork (walking papers) all finalized and then all I have left is graduation day! I also have to take my state boards in a few weeks!

I feel like I have lost about 20 pounds in just 2 days! The stress that was on my shoulders (that I was unaware of) is gone! I got so much done this weekend that I have been wanting (and needed) to do! The house got a cleaning that was MUCH needed! And I feel MUCH better!

Kayla and I have been been sick off and on. I had an extreme sinus infection two weeks ago and Kayla has had a couple bouts with the flu and diarrhea in the last couple of weeks. I think (hope) we are both on the mend.

So this next week we have lots going on.... I am going to be studying for my boards as much as I can, then on Thursday, Kayla and I have tickets to SUGARLAND & LITTLE BIG TOWN, in Evansville, IN. Then, on Saturday we have four tickets to the Cardinal game in St. louis! We are pretty excited!

Easter came and went pretty fast! The Easter bunny came and left lots of candy, PJ's, and kite's. Kayla and I even got to fly one this afternoon!

I hope you all enjoyed the pictures!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

We want to wish all of our friends and family a

very blessed Easter !!!

The above picture was taken this morning after church.

It's Been Awhile!

Wow, it's been a long time since I have updated you all on our Chaos! Today is officially the first day of spring! Thank goodness! We spent the day cleaning the shed to make room for all the equipment that will soon be moved into the shed to get ready for the spring fieldwork. And Scott is getting the lawn mowers ready for the spring. I, on the other hand, have been studying as much as I can for the RT Registry test. I have a little over one month of classes left before I graduate (May 13th, 2011) yes on my 33rd birthday! I have applied for my seat at the registry and I am waiting for a reply to schedule my test date (I will let you all know when my test date is.... after the test is over ;) I don't need anymore pressure on me! I do feel good about how my studying is going, I am really retaining a lot of the information! I am just ready to be done and enjoy life for a while! We are already in the middle of March Madness!! I am watching the ILLINI play as I type......I wish I could say they were winning... This past week the kids and I caught a little flu bug... headache, fever and congestion. Kayla only got one day of school in last week and Kyle and I were home on Thursday and Friday then it took me most of the weekend to catch up on strength....running a fever is hard on me.. LOL We celebrated Kayla's 7th Birthday a couple of weeks ago and will be celebrating Kyle's 5th next weekend. Wow they are growing up so fast....can anyone tell me how to get them to stop fighting???? I'm about to pull my hair out.....funny I seem to remember my mom saying the same thing:) I'll try to post some pictures of the kid's birthday party's in a few weeks.....Thanks for reading and trying to keep up with us! Back to the ILLINI...still loosing :(

In and Out!

That 1/2 inch of snow we got today was so pretty........until I forgot that my ABS taction system wasn't working on the van. Kyle and I slid off the road and into the ditch and thankfully I was driving "slow" enough ;) that I drove right back out! No worries, there was no damage to us or the van.... in fact, after I was back on the road (and not yet calm), Kyle starts giggling and says "That was fun, Mom". And he decided that "Whitey" (Van) is meaner than "Little Gray" (S-10). Because Little Gray barely got out of the same ditch and Whitey just drove right out! Sure did add some excitement to our day!

She did it again!

Kayla decided to cut her hair off again! Another 3 inches!
It makes her look so much older!

I think I may be cutting mine off today too!

Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010

It’s hard to believe Christmas has came and went. It’s already the first of January! I love the Christmas season and all the decorations and lights, and to see it all through the eyes of my kids is great…..but man am I ready for things to get back to normal! The kids are finally calming down and well….TRYING to listen to mom and dad.
Kayla asked for a karaoke machine and Santa delivered! Kyle asked for a new bike and ……..yes, Santa delivered (even if he had to leave a not so very nice note in his stocking and leave his bike in the shed to see later ;). I tried to upload some videos of the kids singing to their favorite songs with the karaoke machine but I am having trouble. I’ll try again later. These are very mild compared to what we’ve seen most recently :)
After Christmas, Scott and I decided to spend our Christmas money we received from our parents, not on bills! We bought us a new TV and entertainment center. We all love it and can’t wait to watch the ILLINI play tomorrow!
We have still been working in the shed the last couple of weeks. We almost have the ceiling up in the shed and the big insulated door is REALLY close to working! I will post pictures of the finished product, whenever that may be…hopefully soon!

Also, on a side note, Kayla has made some pretty good money from the Tooth Fairy over the holidays! She lost a tooth on Christmas night and another a couple days later!

Christmas at my Mom & Dad's and also at the Kocher family Christmas

Our tree and the presents that Santa left on Christmas morning

Santa brought the kids new blankets!

Our New Illini hoodies! (and "American Girl" Doll from Grandma Clara)

Thanks to both of our families for all the wonderful gifts for the kids and for the wonderful Christmas memories!