Spring Has Sprung

I’m finally going to post pictures in the current season!  Wow, that’s gotta be a record.  Besides this week-end and the odd day or two here and there, we have been enjoying fantastic, warmer than usual weather this Spring and I am SO thankful!  For me, it could be summer all year round.  I often feel like I’m living in the wrong place weather-wise, but my friends and family and the community I live in make up for that. :)

I found a used pea coat for Haley online for $3 and just couldn’t resist buying it!

 

These were Blake’s temporary reading glasses that he had from January – April.  He and Kiera have spent a fair amount of time looking at his “Look and Find” book that he got for Christmas.

Just before Easter, Jared’s Aunt MaryAnne died of cancer.  We are very thankful we decided to go visit her in the hospital one week before she died.  We weren’t extremely close to her, but I found the funeral difficult.  To see her family mourning was hard.  Thankfully, she loved Jesus and we know exactly where she is!  There was a private burial and each of us ladies there were given a beautiful rose.

I did an Easter egg hunt with the kids for the first time.  It was fun watching them run around looking for the chocolate eggs.  They actually still have a few of them left in their bags!

We had Jared’s family over for Easter and each of us made a pizza, plus either an appetizer, drinks or dessert.  It was fantastic!  The kids were pumped about these big chocolate animals, given to them by their Poppy and Granny. :)

I found LiteBrite online for $5 and the kids have enjoyed playing with it, especially Haley.

At the end of April, we celebrated my niece’s first birthday and her Daddy’s graduation from Bible College!

I had my hair pinned up all day and this is what it looked like when I took it down.  I was trying to talk to Jared about something not funny and he kept laughing at me.

I have now posted pictures until the beginning of May.  Yay!  It feels like a huge accomplishment!  Between baby-sitting full-time, teaching piano, hosting a Bible study group, cooking, cleaning, hosting a Mom’s group, volunteering at school and everything else, blogging fell through the cracks.  Plus, with the gorgeous weather, I have been wanting to maximize my time spent outside.  This week-end, we are getting started on our deck building, so that will help enhance my time spent outside!  I am excited!!  More pictures to come…