First Day of School

Derek had his first day of school ever on Monday! He was so excited to start preschool!

The day before I was trying to decide what to have Derek wear for his first day of school so I asked him what he wanted to wear and he says "hmmm, maybe a swimsuit"! Ha! As you can see he didn't get to wear his swimsuit!

For preschool they wanted them to have a canvas bag instead of a backpack, this bag is the only one we could find! It is a little big for Derek and with all the school supplies he had to take on the first day it was getting a little heavy for him to hold! So he decided to kneel for some of the pictures!

Derek hanging up his "backpack" on the first day!

Daddy helped Derek with his bin for his art supplies! Derek was just taking it all in on that day and I'm not sure he knew exactly what to expect, but he was very excited to have little places in the room that were just for him!

I'm all set Mom! See you later!

I did pretty well, I had a few emotional moments dropping him off for that first day! My little boy is growing up! But Derek loved his class and teacher and I know he will have a great year!

Today I dropped him off for his second day and he kept asking me to take his picture. As he was getting out of the car at the school he says "Mommy, we didn't take any pictures today" then when I dropped him off at his classroom he kept saying Mommy take my picture! So cute, unfortunately Mommy didn't have her camera today!

The Story of The "Anginator"

Many of you who know me well know that I have this nickname...



I was given this nickname many years ago when I was working as a youth leader for the youth group at our church. One of the other youth leaders came up with it. I'm not even sure who it was or exactly why I received this nickname (I don't think I was acting like the terminator, but I WAS spending most of my free time with junior high and high schoolers, so who knows) but it stuck, and I still have this nickname today mostly because of the license plate above!

This license plate was given to me by a friend for my 23rd birthday. This friend was very sneaky and even went to the MVD and arranged it all and paid the special fee and I got this in the mail and it has been on my vehicle ever since.

Some people think that "Anginator" has something to do with Nate and I as a couple. Probably due to this...



But we both had these nicknames all to ourselves long before we were even dating. But it is pretty cool that "Anginator" sounds like it combines both our names. Like Ang 'n' Nate(r). Get it? Well for those of you who wondered about the story of The Anginator....there you go!

A good time to start...

Yesterday was the last day of my 20's….yes….today I turned 30!! I thought now would be a good time to start a blog. I've been pondering it for awhile as I look at other blogs and love what I see. Just maybe someone would be interested in what I have to say? I've thought maybe my life was too boring and I wouldn't have enough funny/interesting/non-boring facts to write about….and this is probably true. However here I am...I hope to be able to share my daily adventures of family, work, children and life in general with my family and friends. Hope you enjoy the adventure!