The Recent Happenings

Wow, I need to get on this! You would think staying home I would have more time, but it seems almost like the opposite. Taking care of two little munchins full time is busy! :-) I am loving it though. I am enjoying my time off a lot. It is fun being able to see the kids learning and progressing on a daily basis. So much fun! The things that Evan says sometimes take me such by suprise. He is getting so smart, and more of a smart alec as well! Sometimes its hard not to laugh as he is saying something I should be diciplining him for. Ah, the joys of being a mom. :-)

Well, I havent even posted pictures of the kids from Halloween. How horrible am I? I guess I figured, most people who read this have Facebook so they saw it on there. We will skip the halloween pictures and I will start off with just a few randoms of the kiddos.





And now here are a few from Christmas...What a fun time! It was so cool to see the kids getting excited about it! Evan finally understands what Christmas is a little bit and it was cool seeing him get excited about it.






I guess you could say a lot has changed lately. I hesitate to talk much about this on our blogg, but in the last couple months Ryan and I have decided I would be joining him in the College world. I will be taking one class this semester, easing myself into it. We decided we wanted to both be a "nurse family." :-) I have come to the conclusion, (as much as I love my kids!!!) staying home isnt for me. I enjoy working part time, and I know that once I am able to stay home while Ryan is working as a RN, I would probably get bored with the kids in school etc.. I have always had an intrest in the medical field, the opportunity just never arose. Its funny how when God closes a door in your life, He soon opens a new one. One you never thought you would open, but He did. And I have felt led to go down this road for a while now. Finally, the opportunity is here! :-) I also still am job searching. However, I also chose not to settle either. I am taking a course this semester as well to become a CNA and hopefully that will give me some medical experiance to get a job in the hospital as well. Life is constantly changing and things are always happening. When you think you have it figured out, its funny how God takes you somewhere completly differnt than you thought you would be. I also will be volunteering one day a week for 4 hours at the hospital. Hopefully that will help get me out of the house and help keep my sanity. :-) (again, love my kids, breaks are just nice!!)

Anyway--thats whats going on so far at the DeVries house. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! Happy New Year! Be safe!