I'm checking out for 3 months.

Today starts Winter 2012 semester! I'm off-track, but am taking 15 credits to stay on-track to graduate July 2013. I'm taking all generals, and am pretty nervous about what this semester will entail. It will be a true test of responsibility and good practice of time-management. I'll be on campus 4 nights a week, and am also taking 3 online classes. I plan on staying on campus for a couple hours extra each night instead of trying to shun my children away while I do it at home. Hopefully this will be a success rather than total failure.

Updates:
Jack is consistently saying 2-word phrases now and loves his speech therapist. He loves throwing balls, wearing his Cars jammies, and being sweet and chill. Unfortunately, he's also being raised by his older sister and secretly enjoys wearing tutu's and toting around purses full of random McDonald's toys.

Lillie can write her name legibly and is so proud of herself! She can identify every letter and can count up to 30. She understands quanitities, and is starting to figure out time (seconds, minutes, hours, etc.). Lillie enjoys any kind of art project and is constantly wearing dress up clothes, purses, fancy shoes, and singing some random song she made up on the spot at all times. She's very compassionate and very girly. I love her creativity and affection.

Dustin C Marshmallow is a good father and husband. He was telling me last night that even though he and I won't see much of eachother Mon-Thurs while I'm in school, he's excited to have the chance to spend so much time with Lillie and Jack. He's busy each day fixing rental units and doing lots of side jobs. He loves his old Chevy truck, and has been running quite a bit the last couple of months. He's very sweet and is always helping me with dinner, dishes, and the dreaded laundry. My favorite time of the day is when we put the kids to bed and spend time together watching movies, playing scrabble, or staying up late drinking Pepsi and playing cards.

You pretty much know everything about me. I'm happy to report that I did, infact, get into the music program! The program here at BYU-Idaho is very small and very difficult to get into. I finished my voice Jury last semester with an A-, which I'm very proud of. It was quite intimidating, to say the least.

We had a wonderful Christmas and really enjoyed being with both of our families. I'm excited for 2012 and all the opportunites life will bring us. Merry (late) Christmas!