1. We had a family weekend in Des Moines. I can't believe it has been almost a month since this happened! It was actually part of us kids’ Christmas presents, but we were all very busy through the first part of the year and my dad was busy coaching his basketball team to the State Tournament J So the end of April was the first time that we could all get together. It also turned into an anniversary celebration for my parents. They have been married for 30 years!
We all met up at our hotel and my mom and sister and I went and got our nails done and then we all went out to eat and other shenanigans followed by heading back to the hotel and hanging out in the hot tub for a while followed by staying up and playing some games in the lobby of the hotel. I love family time and I hope that we get to do this again next year!
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| Family picture after eating out. |
3. I took my 3rd CPA exam test. I took the test on Friday the 11th. I was VERY nervous for the test. I just didn't feel ready and confident with it and wasn't really sure how to get to the point where I was confident in it. So I just had to go for it. I really couldn't tell you how the test went. There were a few things that I know that I for sure got right, but there are things that really could go either way. There was probably only one or two questions that I had never heard of before, so I at least had a chance on all the rest of them! I used pretty much all of my time with this test. I think that I clicked out of it with less than 30 seconds left! So we'll see how it goes... I will find out about the test this week (today or tomorrow). It makes me super nervous to even think about it, so I just hope for good news...
4. We celebrated my cousin, Danielle's high school graduation with a party at her dad's house. A lot of people came to celebrate with her. We had fun hanging out and eating all of the good food. (And there was a lot!)
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| Cousin picture! |
6. We spent Mother’s Day at Trent’s parents’ house. We grilled out and sat out on the deck for a few hours. It was a beautiful day. Trent helped his dad do a little work on their yard and I got to play with our nieces in the yard. A wonderful Sunday!
7. We started packing all of our stuff throughout this past week to get ready to move. Our apartment now looks a little like this…
8. I went on a little mini family trip to Huron, South Dakota to celebrate my cousin Spencer’s graduation. They had great food and it was so fun to see family that I hadn’t seen in a while. And there’s nothing like riding 4 hours in a van with your family and grandparents!
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| My Great Aunt Jeanne, cousin Angie, Grandma Kock, and cousin Chris at the graduation party |
I also can't wait to document our experiences in our new house! We had our walk through yesterday to make sure everything was A-OK before we took possession. The current owners were in the process of moving out while we were there, so we got to meet the wife of the couple. She was very nice and I thought it was kind of cool to be able to meet her and hear how much she enjoyed living in the house and the neighborhood. Also, seeing their stuff getting cleared out of there and seeing some empty rooms just got me even more excited to get our stuff in there! I am so excited that the time for us to move is almost here... FINALLY!
It was great to see you all at Spencer's graduation party. Wish we would have had more time to visit. See you at the Bell Reunion if not before.
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