Can You Believe It’s April?

March came flying up and flying by – so it seems, anyway, as I look back on it!

Blake and I were blessed to see our 34th anniversary come along on March 4th!

Of course we had Florida memories that celebrated that fact!

How about a quick blast from the past?

I love looking at old photos, don’t you??

I downloaded a few old photos the weekend of our anniversary – so I will include them here!!!

We had church at home the first Sunday in March, thanks to the return of that nasty eye infection for one poor soul.

We were not sure if it would go through everyone again or not, and did not want to share our germs!

I love Eliza’s doodling that she did that day!

She doodles often, and made the most special thank you cards for her birthday gifts!

We had some snow in March.

I was living in Florida in my mind still, and VERY ready for it to go away!!

But the snow keeps our cardinals coming to our restaurant daily, which is a great blessing!

The kids are always outside each day, snow or not!

I think they thought it would be warmer on this particular day – but it was FREEZING cold.

I got out the remainder of our hot cocoa ingredients when they came back inside!

We sure ate good in March.

But you already knew that, didn’t you?

Check out all this yummy food!

You know, as always, that all that food has to be bought and brought home.

A BIG JOB!!

I have been trying to do that only every two weeks.

I LOVE it on the week that I do not have to shop, ha, ha!

I always, always fill two carts when I go only every other week.

It will get a little easier to get grocery now that it is daylight so much earlier and warmer outside!

Except that I have to use coolers for our cold groceries because I stay in town so long, so loading the van is something to see.

We adore spending time with our favorites.

Sometimes you just have to go over on a Wednesday night and push everyone’s bedtime a little later because you are missing each other so much!

We also all climbed into David and Kay’s bus one afternoon and visited a library we don’t normally go to.

That was a FUN OUTING for us all!!

There is always NaiNai school to look forward to as well, which sometimes includes a sleep over!!

Pretty soon we will all be jumping in the pool together and I CANNOT WAIT!!!

When we are apart more than our liking – which for me is pretty much a daily thing, ha, ha – Kay and I will talk on video chat.

I LOVE spending our afternoons and evenings like that!

School work continued on for our trio as well!

We are enjoying our book work very much.

The kiddos have almost finished their current books, so I spent some time getting new school books ordered, for Tate and Eliza anyway.

Note to myself!

I need to order Lane’s new books!

I am usually flying around this place we call home doing too many things at once, ha, ha!

Most often I am wearing my good tennis shoes and my apron, and drinking an iced coffee with LOTS of ice.

Since we returned home from Florida, though, I have been a rebel and been wearing my sandals a lot pretending it is not winter here still.

My days are full and wonderful and busy and FULL!!

Actually, we all keep ourselves busy here.

The kiddos are so purposeful to find good things to do with their time!

Between chores that need done, school work, piano lessons, library jobs – there is still free time where they choose things to do!

Lane’s library job is going GREAT!!

The very first time Lane and I spent a Saturday morning there, I had not planned well.

I had Blake bring me my lap top, and an iced coffee, of course!

SO funny though – because when Blake got a back pack down off our closet shelf to bring things to me – he found it FULL of birthday presents for Eliza THAT I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT.

DUH.

Thankfully that was the day before her birthday party, so I wrapped them up and gave them to her along with everything else!

There are perks to having a Mama whose brain is too full!!

Anyway – back to the library job – it is AWESOME and we are enjoying it!!!

Lane works on Friday afternoons for an hour and a half, and then he and I work one Saturday a month.

It was more than that at first, but this is the schedule we have settled in to.

The time changed in March.

I would like to have a face-to-face conversation with whoever is in charge of that whole thing, thank you very much!!

It would never be a mother’s choice, just saying!

It gave me some very sleepy kiddos, and we had a week of mornings with a late start.

The blessing of home schooling though, right?

We could start late, get them the sleep that they needed, and adjust more slowly to that crazy time change.

My early morning coffee always felt several sips short that week!

Blake and I managed to squeeze in a couple of impromptu dates in March!

I LOVE dating that guy.

Dates are WAY better last minute!!!

We went to a movie and out to dinner one night.

Our other date was unfortunately to the ER and then emergently to the doctor early the next morning….that’s a whole story, good grief!!

I had a terrible day with my right eye, and was diagnosed with a significant posterior vitreous detachment.

I’m just so thankful that my retina did not tear or become detached, because then I would have needed immediate surgery!

It was super scary, but all is well at the moment.

Oh my goodness, this is getting long!!

Hang on – we are almost to the sky photos!

Did you notice that I got new glasses?

I think I was two prescriptions behind what my newest prescription was.

Not wise, friends!!

Wow, can I see now!!!

Chad has a new job!!!

I am sure you are aware that being a realtor is not easy in this economy today.

He LOVES his new job and I LOVE when he stops by home while at work!!!

Hymn Sing was wonderful in March, as usual!!

It is coming up again this Saturday night, and I CANNOT WAIT!!!

Our sweetest friends host it every month, and it truly is one of my favorite places to be.

Family night is slowing down a bit….but I am honestly ok with that!

There will always be a warm meal, dessert, and opportunity to hang with the fam every Thursday night!!

Having it be a more relaxed thing for this busy work season is still a blessing!!

Eliza did plan an awesome scavenger hunt one Thursday night that had teams running all over this house!

It was super fun!!!

Lane is still participating in a robotics association.

He LOVES it!!

He entered a competition where you had to submit a computer aided design for a robot with clear instructions so that it could be sold as a kit for kids to build.

I KNOW.

Guess what????

He won FIRST PLACE!!!!

I know!!!!

He now has free admission to all of the MRCA events the next year AND they are paying for the next robot he is building!!!

CRAZY COOL.

I had an opportunity to share at our monthly women’s event at church in March.