The month of August was an exciting on for me and for my family.  It has been a roller coaster of excitement and emotion.  I think that the cranberries expressed the way I feel right now when she sings - "All my life is changing everyday... every possible way." I consider this month my month of new things... 

So as you know at the beginning of the month I went to NEW Zealand.  It was such an awesome trip.  But what was even more awesome was coming to home to this little nugget.  

Meet Micah... he is this tender little ray of sunshine that Amber and Tad were blessed to adopt while I was gone.  We are so excited to have Micah be a part of the family.  I am so excited to live so close to him so that I can watch up grow up.  I saw that picture below in my email while I was in new zealand... and it was just too much for my little heart to handle.  I love my little sheboygan playing with his new brother.  I love these boys!

The next big surprise this month was when this little guy came to join us.  Meet Brayden Gustavson. My little brother's wide had there baby almost a month early.  This little buddy was eager to join the world and we are we so glad he is here.  They are in Utah and I am going out to Utah in the middle of September and I can't wait to see him!! 

Its so hard to believe that these two kids

Now are these two with their own kids...

So it's finally time for school to start. I started my classes last week and I was able to learn more about the program and the classes that I will be taking this semester.  I think the first day that I sat in the classroom was the first time that it actually dawned on me what going back to school really meant. Which is:  test, papers, studying, homework, reading.  

I feel like my program is going to be hard. But in a strange way I am excited for the challenge.  The information that we are learning is super interesting to me so I think it will be fun to be back in school.  

In preparation to going back to school there were a few things that I needed.  First was I needed a new pair of glasses so that I can actually see the chalkboard (or powerpoint) up in the front of the glass.  So you will now find me looking something like this:

And the last big change for me was saying good-bye to my explorer

And say hello to a more fuel efficient vehicle.  This is my new Mazda3 and I love it!  It has everything that I wanted in a car and more.  This was a big deal for me because I did it all by myself.  I know that that probably seems childish but this was a little scary for me but I did all the research and dealer with the dealerships and I feel like I got the car that I wanted for a great price.  

I seriously can't believe that its already September 1st! This year is just flying by and it will be Christmas before we know it! I am stoked about all the new things in my life and I am trying hard to embrace all the change. I know that change is good but it can be hard sometimes. In fact, I cried the entire way home from the dealership after buying my new car because it was so hard for me to say goodbye to my old car and all the memories that I had had in that car. But I am excited to see where this next chapter of my life takes me and look forward to all the new memories that I am going to be making.