the Carnival

Jaelyn loves to go to the carnival. She asks over and over again when its going to be in town and when it finally arrives, she can't wait to go! We've made it a tradition with some good friends to go to the carnival everytime we see it taking over the parking lot of the mall (usually once a year). Everytime the rides and booths begin to set up, its just a known fact that we'll be making arrangements to take the girls there as soon as we can. They love our girls and its a lot of fun to have a special reason to get together.

Matt was such a good sport and rode every ride with the girls while I stayed back with Chaseton.

They will grow up to love big roller coasters!

Chaseton was so patient and loved watching all the people around him.

Preschool Graduation

Jaelyn is officially a preschool graduate! Jaelyn attended preschool at Creative Play for two school years. The teachers at Creative Play had a huge impact on Jaelyn and I am so glad that we took a step and enrolled her when she was three-years-old. Jaelyn has grown and changed so much since attending Creative Play. The teachers will never know how much they are loved by our family!

Jaelyn's Class

Jaelyn is standing by Skyler. They ended up being on the same T-Ball team this year and have become great friends!

The Class of 2025!

Jaelyn with her Diploma.

This is Brecken. I use to watch her when she was just a baby and she ended up being in Jaelyn's class!

Chaseton supporting his sister at Graduation.

Jaelyn with her flowers that her daddy gave her.

This is Mrs. Girdler. Jaelyn and her had a very special relationship. We gave each of the teachers a flower that we planted with a pinwheel and a special note.

We celebrated afterwards with Jaelyn's lunch of choice, Wendy's!

I can't believe Jaelyn will be enrolling in Kindergarten in less than three months!

A Graduation Celebration

After Matt and I got married in July of 2006, we immediately moved to Topeka so that Matt could attend Washburn University. He wanted to attend Law School here and that was our main reason for choosing Washburn. His interests changed and so did his major. Six years later, here we are. Matt has finally graduated and I'm very much looking forward to a new chapter in our lives.

May 12, 2012, Graduation Day

Matt graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in History!

Our Family. We've grown and accomplished a lot in the past six years. We've had three beautiful children, bought a house, my husband has a great job, and we've really established ourselves here in Topeka.

After the graduation ceremony, we had a BBQ with Matt's closest friends in our backyard.

Chaseton played all evening long!

Matt and his girls.

Matt's sister, Michaela, Matt, and Jaelyn all graduated within one week.

You can't have a BBQ without S'mores!

Ladder Golf

This is Emily. Matt works with her and we have become great friends. Chaseton loves her!

Matt's Grandparents made the trip to support him!

I get my love for kids from my mom. She loves babies just as much as me! :)

Jaelyn made Nicholas dance with her.

Matt's Nana and Nicholas.

I'm so unbelievably proud of Matt and I'm so thankful that Matt is finished with school. I'm ready to concentrate on our family and move onto the next chapter in our lives. Big decisions are coming our way! I can't wait to see what God has planned next for us!