A long time

It has been many months since Halle and I posted on blogspot. Mostly because we've been busy on myspace, and just busy in life in general. But since many of our friends are on blogspot and the community seems to be growing immensely, we are back to update.

I earned a 4.0 for the fall semester, and the spring semester is nearly over. I'll be taking two summer classes on campus to play a little catch up. Halle will be going to preschool in the fall when I finally have to be on campus 5 days a week. I'm excited and scared and sad all at the same time. I know she needs the interaction with other kids and other adults, to learn and be in a social situation, but I'll miss her dearly. Time flies by so quickly and before we know it our kids are growing up before our eyes. I wish I didn't have to be on campus so much, but there is just no way around it. I look at this time as an opportunity, a chance for me to be home more often with her while I'm in school until it's time for her to go to school.

We got a new puppy at the end of March, his name is Sawyer and he's an English Springer Spaniel. He's only 3 months old now so it's been an adventure having him and Halle in the same house. The cats aren't very fond of him ... even after a month. But I'm hopeful when he stops chasing them around trying to bite their tails that maybe they'll tolerate him better. Halle tends to get him all amped up and he frequently tries to bite her, but I'm hoping he'll grow out of that. He's just being playful, but he can get overly excited at times. He's a bit cuddle bug and love bug, just like Halle, so we're all well suited. He's super smart too.

My best friend Lindsay had her baby girl on march 13th, the same day as my mom's birthday. I was blessed enough to be there for the event and it was incredible. Two weeks later was when we got Sawyer, and the same day we picked up Sawyer I took Halle and my grandma to see Disney Princesses on Ice while it was in KC. It really was incredible!! I expected to be a little bored and annoyed quite frankly, but it was amazing and Halle absolutely loved it! There was acrobatics, and flying, and of course skating. A fire breathing dragon, Mickey and Minnie (that was Halle's favorite part), and our seats were the best part for me. We were literally on the ice! Second row, center ice on top of the ice in the actual rink. We could feel the cold from it beneath us, and could feel the heat from the fire breathing dragon. It was so amazing. I took over a 100 pictures!

We're taking a family trip to Omaha at the end of this month, for three days this time. I've got it all planned out, picking up the rental minivan at noon on Tuesday the 27th, leaving around 3pm for Omaha. Arrive around 6pm, check into the hotel, then we're going to the All American Pizza Factory, which is like a Chucky Cheese but better. Wednesday is the zoo, Wednesday night is dinner at Jazz, then Thursday is the Childrens Museum and the botanical gardens, followed by dinner and driving home. My grandma is going with us this time, and we're getting two hotel rooms so I can actually get some sleep this time (sleeping in the same room with my mom is always a mistake, she snores so loud she could wake the dead, I just hope we can't hear her through the adjoining wall of the hotel rooms).

In about a month or so we're going to KC to Nebraska Furniture Mart to pick out Halle's new bedroom furniture and possibly a new washer and dryer - the spin on my set is going out, I bought the set used for only $300 and who nows how much it would cost to have to fix it. I'll be 27 at the end of June ... whoopie doo. And I'm still single despite a brief foray into the dating world again. I met a very nice man, we went out a few times, get along very well, but in the end it just didn't feel right. My biggest problem as a single parent is that I don't trust anyone, and I don't want to invite anyone into our lives who isn't going to be there for a long time. That translates into not wanting to bring anyone into my home period until we've been dating for quite awhile. But because I don't really trust anyone, I would much rather be at home with Halle anyway, and feel that one night a week out is way too much. Even once every two weeks seems excessive to me. I can't really expect to meet or become involved with anyone if I'm only willing to go out one night every two weeks, and insist on being home by 10pm. I keep hoping my friends will come up with someone really great for me, and that if I meet the right person the rest of these trust things will just fade away. But it's been nearly 3 years and that hasn't happened yet. Besides, all but two of my friends are married, and married people tend to hang out with other married people.

To Amy, Nate, Kaden, and Ava, you are always in our thoughts and prayers and I just wanted to give you a special shout.