Life Lately

I would like to insert a whole ton of emoticons right ----> here!  All the clapping hands, high fives, confetti and smiley faces, please.

Jarrod Baum completed his second year of pharmacy school last week!  Whoop-whoop!!!

Somehow, Jables managed to do really well this year.  He completed his MBA back in December after the babies were born, and he maintained really great grades all year in pharmacy school.  He survived a super pregnant wife, the birth of twins and carried on through sleep deprivation.  He's a champ!

We celebrated by going on a "day" date, which consisted of us dropping the kids at daycare and heading to Little Rock for some adult time.  We saw a movie, ate some real life Tex-Mex (for being so close to Texas, Arkansas is incredibly disappointing in the Mexican food area) and did a tiny bit of shopping.  It was a great day and by the end of it, I think we felt a little bit more like husband and wife and not just random roommates who do their best to care for three children from day to day!

After Jarrod's P1 year, I gave him a custom framed, vintage prescription for....whiskey.  It's from the Prohibition era, and the pharmacy was in Texas.  So for his P2 year, I gave him a custom framed, vintage matchbook cover that is also from a pharmacy located in Texas.  My favorite part is that it says, "Drugs of Quality at the Right Price".  Because, you know, we don't want any inferior drugs for the wrong price.  I feel like it should have some sketchy guy standing on a street corner pictured.

To help Jarrod survive Finals Week, Collin and I took Atalie one day and got out of the house.  Grady was asleep, so he stayed put.  We went up to Harding and just enjoyed the beautiful weather.  I was THAT lady with two kids on campus.

Collin pushing Atalie and me on the swing.  I fear there will be many arguments in my future with Atalie over her resting face.  She always looks like she hates the world, but she really is super sweet!

He begged for a good half hour to go over to the fountain.  He even offered to push the stroller!

He was determined to get as far into the thing as possible.  He put his sunglasses in it, he put the bottoms of his shoes in it, and I just knew he was going to fall in when I took this picture!

I also determined on this day, that these two even stand alike!

The next day, I insisted that we spend some time taking pictures of the twins because they were FIVE months old!

Something was funny!

Outtake!  This shows our personalities pretty well!  I'm always kissing on these kids, Jarrod is never serious and Collin is just Collin!  Also, please ignore my finger.  What in the world?!

Someone put this on a postcard already!!!

We also celebrated Mother's Day this past weekend.  Collin asked repeatedly when it was going to be "Kid's Day".  We told him that doesn't exist because basically, every day is "Kid's Day" and he would do well to remember this.  He then asked when it was "Boy's Day", so we explained that Father's Day is in June and he got all relieved.  Jarrod very calmly explained that Collin is not a father.  Collin got all confused and looked at the babies and then back at Jarrod.  Jarrod shook his head NO.  Then Collin looked at Landry and back at Jarrod.  Again, NO.  We reminded him that he gets to celebrate his birthday once a year and until he has a family of his own, that's his reward for being on this planet.

For all the people who said our picture was perfect on this day - here's an outtake!

Lastly, with the end of the school year, we said goodbye to some college girls who have been a big part of our lives for the past several months.  They have participated in our Small Group, were wonderful sports when I insisted we play Bean Boozled on a hangout night and loved on our kiddos tremendously.
Enjoy your families and friends at home.  ABIDE in Him as you leave to do mission work or start your internships, and we will see you soon!

One last dinner as a group before Summer break.

Listen, if Collin had Facebook, this would be his profile picture.  Little stinker hijacked our group selfie!

Come on down!!!  Let's play Bean Boozled!!!!  Is it a peach Jelly Belly, or is it vomit?  Is it juicy pear, or is it lawn clippings?  Is it chocolate, or is it dog food?
Let's all get to know each other REALLY well!!!!  :)