another test week under our belts

we love life after test week. don't get me wrong, we still have a great time during those two weeks because we stay busy with our friends. but it really is such a wonderful thing to have tyler back and available again. he is such a great husband and dad, we can't help but miss him when he is gone! plus, it means that we get out and do some fun things together as a family again.

we started off our test week with a delicious brunch. the kiddos played while the women chatted. but isn't it this way everytime? gotta love it. we also had an ice cream gathering one evening and a couple of different play dates throughout the week.

the kids found a prime spot to play. under the kitchen table. it was a perfect hide out. they were all together and none of the moms could see what they were doing.

byrdie was so nice to have everyone over for ice cream. aren't we lucky to have all of these wonderful women around? i'm not sure what i would do during test week without them. these are many, but not all of the of the lds first year wives.

once test week had come and gone we all celebrated the night away at a cinderella birthday party. the company was fun and the food was delicious and the birthday girl was as cute as ever.

the birthday girl, eliza.

this picture doesn't really show much except that she was there at the party.

the next day a bunch of us headed out to tour the sprecher brewery. this is a locally owned brewery that makes both beer and soda. as we were checking in they saw our utah driver's license and made the comment that we wouldn't be charged as much for the tour because we wouldn't be drinking the beer afterwards. i guess they've had some other lds people visit before.

it was a fun little tour and just the right amount of time for katelyn.

if the above picture wasn't big enough, well then here you go.

after the tour you get to drink as much sprecher soda as you want. we even let katelyn have her fair share, which was definitely a mistake. she was on such a sugar high after that!

don't let this little smile deceive you. yes, she was happy while playing in this fun sprecher car, but as soon as we took her out, she threw a HUGE tantrum.