Back in Iowa

Well, we came back to Iowa all ready to start a new semester. There was a ton more snow and for the first couple of weeks in January we had negative degree weather, a couple more blizzards and our first "ice storm" which canceled school for Troy. It was amazing how thick the ice was on everything! It took a long time to break all the ice off of our van.

We have been staying busy doing the usual: library, science center, mall, playing with friends, and lots of other stuff. I thought Troy was over the hardest part of school getting the first semester over with but I was wrong! He has been so much more busy this semester! Instead of coming home at 6 and being done with school, he gets to eat dinner and than start studying again for the rest of the night. It has been more busy because he started his masters program as well this semester so he has taken on some extra classes. He is still loving school though! So we are all happy because we are both doing what we love.

We spend a lot of time playing out in the snow when the weather isn't too bad. I am actually grateful for the winter we have had here, it reminds me more of home.

So Katelyn and Kylie spend time almost everyday jumping on our bed. They love to jump off the headboard onto our bed. One day they made me laugh so hard because they got some of our old Chemistry lab goggles out of our desk, put them on and told me they were skydiving like Dad. They have a lot of their Dad in them! They are fearless! It scares me sometimes to see the things that they jump off of!


We have also been able to spend lots of time being with friends. We are so lucky at this time since we are so far from family to have so many good friends out here! It is fun to go shopping with friends, have play groups, swap babysitting, exercise with, do crafts, eat dinner with and just be with so many good people. These pictures are from our good friend Chelsea's birthday. (I took some pictures, I hope that is okay Chelsea!) Chelsea is one of Katelyn and Kylie's favorite people out here!