New School Year!

 Oh my gooooodness guys, its the start of a new school year and this year, Epifanio is starting all day school, being in first grade. We got the obligatory front door pics: 

Look at these MEN! They're so big! So old! 

Back to School 2024

 I can't believe it's back to school time already. Its mid August! It's too early! 

It's Epifanio's first year, this tiny baby is in kindergarten! How?!

I'm not ready for these men to be this old. 

School Starts!

 Okay yes it's been a minute since I've been here (I've been busy, it's not my fault!) But y'all, the fellas are starting school already! 

Look at this adult man! 

Of course Epifanio had to hop in haha

He's so baby

Another man! 

I can't believe how old these kids are getting! 

School Assignments

 Oh em gee y'all. Gecko has turned in an assignment that brought me such joy. 

He says, about the last time he was excited, "when I was excited it was when it was my first time ever meeting my aunt Vieve". Perfection. And I'm thinking he means, when it was first time coming to my new house in Cali, since he wouldn't have been old enough to realize that we were meeting, when it was his first time ever meeting me, with him being a few days old only haha. I love this child, he is the best. 

New School Year

 New school year, new school porch photos! There was a lot of hustle and bustle in the morning, so they didn't get the pics when they left, so the pics were taken at the end of the school day, but they're still great.  

Then of course Epifanio wanted to get in the gang, so he asked for his pic to be taken also. 

He's ready for school in a couple of years haha. 

A Friendly Cow

 Every time the fellas have a school assignment, seeing how they do it makes me so happy and they're always so good. Here is Darth's latest, a small story about a cow.

It's also helpful when my sister puts what he wrote on there...since I usually can't figure it out haha. I love that he's learning and becoming a real human! 

Gecko Starts Kindergarten!

 Guys, I can't believe Gecko is starting kindergarten. He's a tiny man now. 

Look at this adorable man. 

Darth Starts the Second Grade

 Guys, I can't believe that our tiny Darth is starting the second grade. 

What an absolute cutie, he's so old now! 

Small Vieve

 I recently found out that my elementary school is going to be torn down. Because of this, they did a farewell-type thing today. They opened the time capsule that we planted in 1990, and they had a memory thing, with all the yearbooks from every year (as far back as ... ah I don't know, I didn't check). So I headed over to Geneva with my sister, and we enjoyed taking these trips down memory lane. I'm going to do my best in remembering the years here, but I could be so wrong. 

3rd grade? 

6th - that I know for sure

I believe this is 4th 

I know this is 2nd - so at least I got 50% right

It's sad to think my school is going to be gone, but at least I got to relive some memories for an evening. 

Time for School!

 Y'all, I can't believe it's time for school and I don't even have to do anything! I'm done! There's nothing else to do! Woohoo! But the fellas are heading back this week - Darth is first grade and Gecko is preschool. Here they are on their first days. 

But first, their pre-first day of school haircuts, looking fresh.

Darth all ready to go in, I picked out this shirt at the store thinking he wouldn't wear it and apparently he loves it! 

Gecko on his first day, he's so hype.

And here he is at the end of the day with his cool cool hat he made.

They both love school and I hope they keep that joy about it forever!

School Work

Y'all, sometimes people can surprise you. Today, my sister came over with some of Darth's school work, and told me to read it. Once you get past the serial killer penmanship, it's so cute! (honestly, when do kids start writing normal? Probably junior high haha)

On the line where it says "I love it when my mom" ________, Darth has filled it in with "lets me go to Vieve's house".
Awwww! Guys! So so cute! I just wanted to give him a tiny hug but he wasn't even there haha. But that was such a heart warmer, I hope everyone had a heart warmed this Valentines Day.

Followed by the First Day of Preschool

Not to be outdone, Gecko starts preschool today! I am honestly so excited for him.

He doesn't have all the crazy pics like his brother, but he's just so happy all the time and I can't wait for him to make new friends his own age!

First Day of Kindergarten

Y'all, Darth is going to kindergarten today! I honestly can't believe this little weirdo is 5 and finally old enough to go to school! His mom took some great pics, I am glad to share them here. 

What an absolute goober, I hope he does well in school!

School's Out For the...Week...

Ah, today starts the second day of having no school. I do so love that school gives me the entire week off! Yesterday was dedicated to doing errands and whatnot, and then today was dedicated to catching up on homework. Is that super nerdy? Oh heck yeah. But I have an 8 page paper due for my film class in the upcoming weeks, as well as a final business report in my entrepreneurship class, so I was like, yeah, I'm gonna get started on this. And then, after we come back next Monday, we only have 2 weeks of classes before finals and we are finished! I am honestly so excited and happy, we're so close to the end of the semester!
We can do it, guys!

Toy Making Skills

Today in Marketing class, we had to make a "toy" out of paper that we could then sell to children in a toy store. My team made this giraffe. We named him Giorgio, and are proud of him. 

Other teams certainly did a better job than us but since we have no ability to do these sorts of things, I was happy enough that he stood on his own. And now he'll be our team mascot. 

Quilts and Friends

Today we went out to dinner with some school chums of Husband's. Originally when he went back to school, he went back for his eMBA. But about halfway through the program, he decided that he wanted to get a PhD instead. The school determined that he couldn't do both programs at the same time, so he left the eMBA program. This past week, his MBA school chums graduated, so they had a dinner to celebrate. We went as well for the celebration. After dinner and before we left, all the students received quilts from another school mate - he and his wife had made individual quilts for everyone, with a personal touch.

They all looked the same, but there was different additions to each quilt. For example, under the U on Husband's, there is a small PhD. I just thought they were so sweet, and a nice end to their school year.

Summer Begins

Guy, this week is the official start of summer! My finals were last week, finishing on Wednesday. But then I had things still going on and whatnot, so this week was the start. I am ready for the break, after going for 3 straight semesters. I have a couple of weeks here for some relaxing and cleaning (which I've already started today, and love it) and then I have familial obligations for a few weeks, so that'll take up some time. I am excited for this small break! I just want the opportunity to read, basically. I haven't read a single book for pleasure since like, winter break, so I am just so ready to be able to finish as many books as I can this summer. Plus, this little guy and I will hang out for the break too, and that'll be loads o fun.

Have a good summer, everyone, no matter when it begins.

Looking for Careers

So today, I had a meeting with a career counselor at school, I'm trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Before I went in, I took a few tests. One was to figure out my personality type (ISFJ, in case you're wondering) and one was to figure out my interests. I went into my appointment and after we had chatted for a while, we went over the results. Here are the top 10 careers this test thinks someone with my personality and interests would be good at:

So, yeah, there they are. A farmer. Someone in the military. Goodness gracious, how will I choose?
I'm still trying to figure out what to do, but for now, I just need to register myself for some spring classes!

Schooooool’s Out For the Summer!

You guys, it’s happened. I have survived one WHOLE year of college! At times, it seemed dicey, and holy cow I can’t believe it’s already at the end, but I’ve made it and it’s over. Today was my last day of finals. I had my math final this morning, and my film final this afternoon. Then a few hours after they were over, I got my scores. My math score…

I missed 8! Out of 30! Oh my gosh I had no idea I would do so poorly! And I felt so good about myself, coming out of it! And of course I’ll never know what ones I did wrong and how I did them wrong, and that sucks, but that’s all right. Luckily, they allowed the math tests to be graded on a curve, so we got to add 5 points to our tests. So I only ended up “missing” 3, which left me with a 90%. So now, my grades in that class ended up being an A! And in English/Writing, I ended with an A, and in Film, my final (I only missed one question!) ended up with an A, and in my history, my final (an essay question) wasn’t too bad, so I ended up with a 4.0 this semester!

This is literally the first time in my whole life that this has happened. And I’m so jazzed that all of my hard work and all of my freak outs this semester were worth it, and my grades reflected that. And now, I get to enjoy the summer!