Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Aubrey Jane

 my little bookworm!  she kept running between the living room and her brothers room getting books to look at 
Aubrey looked so cute this Sunday in her new dress and big girl piggy tails - unfortunately she wasnt to thrilled about having her picture taken

Memorial day - first day at the pool

 ready to head to the pool - just waiting for daddy to get home!
 Daddy and Aubrey at the pool
 Hayden and Nile racing down the family slide
 Miss Aubrey
 Hayden
Daddy and Aubrey going down the family slide - she loved it and I ended up going down with her several times before we headed home!  It is so nice to just load up the stroller and walk over to the pool this year!

Nile - T-ball 2012

 Nile's first at bat
 first game of his baseball career :)
safe at first 

Thursday, May 24, 2012

House pics - family room and master suite

 master bedroom
 2nd shot
 master bath
 2nd shot
 back of the house and deck
 garage and driveway - also our backyard
downstairs family room and fireplace 
 again
laundry

House pics - boys room and playroom

 Hayden & Nile's room


 playroom downstairs - I swear I just helped them clean it a few nights ago!



More pics of the new house


 Great room/main floor living room
2nd shot
 dinning room
 kitchen
wall of cupboards and counter along kitchen and dinning room

Last days of school

 Nile's last day at Creation Station preschool 5/22/12
Hayden's last day of First grade at Lincoln Elementary 5/24/12

Back to the grown up world...

Well we made our last mortgage payment on our old house in January and I have thoroughly enjoyed not having a house payment for the past 4 months.  As of June 1st we are back to reality with a monthly mortgage payment again.  It is amazing what that lack of that one monthly bill can do for your savings account!!  Hears hoping that is doesn't disappear as quickly as we accumulated it!

We have been in our new house for about a month and a half now and are really loving the added space we have here.  I have been enjoying decorating and organizing Aubrey's little girl room and it is nice for the boys to have more space in their room too.  The playroom downstairs does seem to turn into a disaster rather quickly so we are still working on the idea that you put something away before you start playing with something else.

Today is Hayden's last day of first grade and also his last day at Lincoln elementary.  Next fall Hayden and Nile will both be going to Madison elementary since we moved.  It is really hard for me to believe that this fall I will have two kids in school full time and one as a Kindergartener and the other as a 2nd grader!  Nile had his last day of preschool at Creation Station this past Tuesday.  I am very thankful that both boys really enjoy school and do well.

We are looking forward to a nice summer with lots of baseball games for the next month and many afternoons spent at the pool.  God bless!

The Rozenbooms

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Allison's school

Well I have officially been taking classes for one year now.  I started last year with one class for the Summer semester and have been going since.  I have earned a total of 16 credit hours and I am almost finished with my required classes.  Just have that darn foreign language after this semester.  I am going to be focusing more on some upper level classes toward my degree like psychology, therapy, and such.  I really enjoyed my Marriage and Family Counseling class this spring and I am looking forward to my Abnormal Psychology class this summer.  So far taking the classes online has worked out really well.  I am able to study at nap time or after the kids are in bed for the night.
I am very excited that I have been doing really well grades wise.  This past semester I got A's in both my classes and that fall I got a B+ & B and one of the classes was very difficult for me.  I started off with an A- last summer.  Hopefully I will be able to keep up my high marks.
Some people have asked me when I will be done with school.  I really don't know the answer to that.  I am just taking a few classes at a time so I don't get too overwhelmed and not trying to get too far ahead of myself.  I am learning that if I want to pursue a career in psychology or something that like I will probably have to get a high degree than my bachelors.  I will leave the future in God's hands and see where he takes us.

As for the rest of our school here - Hayden has 7 days of First grade after today and Nile has two more days of preschool.  They are both excited to have the summer off for lots of swimming and camping and such.  Next fall they will both be in school full time and Hayden has to move from Lincoln Elementary to Madison Elementary since we are now living in there area.  He isn't too worried about this move which is a big relief and Nile is very excited to be starting Kindergarten.  I am sure Aubrey and I will manage to fill our time at home with something ;-).

Monday, May 7, 2012

Hayden - 2012 Rookies

 Hayden's first at bat, he got on base both times and was able to score both times too!
 Manning third base!
Hayden - May 2012

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Tulip Time 2012

 my Dutch kiddos all ready for Tulip Time!
 Nile and Hot Rod Buddy in the parade
 Hayden and Mrs Coppock
 Aubrey watching the parade from her shady stroller
 the boys enjoying a corn dog
Aubrey snoozing before the afternoon parade
 Aubrey and Daddy waiting for the parade to start - Go Cubs!
 Family pic - Jeremy and I got a little sunburned Friday
Hayden marching with his class

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Pictures of the new house

 the front of our new house
Aubrey finally has her own room!
 Love the pink and zebra!
 Nice big closet to hang up all her clothes so I know what sizes to look for at garage sales
 Main floor/kids bathroom