Finals Week

What a crazy week it's been. It's finals time and that means chaos at our house. Kirk has worked really hard in his classes this semester (10 points for making it through alive when we had a baby in the middle of it all). He has been counting down till finals for weeks (actually months). Finals hit him hard and fast. He had two finals Friday, two finals Saturday (one being at 6:45 pm), and the final two on Monday. It was a cram fest for us at the Howcroft house. But as you can see him and Kirsten had a lot of fun studying together.

Last Friday (the day Kirk had two finals) our property management bosses came into town to do their yearly checkup and make a summer to-do list for us (they live in Nevada). Well we are happy to say we passed with flying colors and it 's a good thing too-Cause it's checkout time and we are so anxious to see some of our tenants go. We've been to court twice, spoke to multiple mothers, plunged toilets for many girls, and had millions of complaints (our favorite being "our light bulbs don't match the wattage for the light fixtures, can you come change them for us"). Only one more year of property management and NEVER AGAIN!

Between finals Saturday night and Monday morning, we made a quick trip to Vernal for Karen's big surprise birthday party. The whole family got together to let her know how much we appreciate her (and with 5 boys that's no easy task). It was a huge success. Tom bought her a 2008 Shelby Cobra Mustang. It's a beautiful car and has the nicest sounding engine I've ever heard. I forgot my camera, so we'll post pictures next time we come back from Vernal. We also made her a book of 51 reasons the boys love their mom. It turned out really cute with pictures from the boys growing up. The boys had some pretty fun memories of Karen (my favorite being Karen getting pulled over when Derik was young and she told the cop "I've never been pulled over before, I'm so sorry" and Derik pipes up from the backseat "Oh, yes you have mom" and she got a ticket! gotta love those boys!) It was fun to all be together.

The final thing we have to say for this week is Kirsten officially has Kirk wrapped around her finger. As you can see she has taken possession of his superman ring. No one but Kirsten Sue could get him to take off the ring for a smile, what a pushover!