April Showers Bring May Flowers

Life is just going by. We are busy doing lots of things, but not accomplishing anything really. I can’t even remember what we’ve been up to unless I took pictures of it. That’s pretty pathetic, I know. That’s why I should write more often.

I cleaned my house and mowed the lawn…I remember that!!

I popped the tent trailer up in the driveway yesterday to get it all set for camping. There was some water inside. I don’t know where that would have come from, but I’m going to have to figure that out. Right now it is raining, so I’ll have to wait for it to dry out again before I can put it back down again. Oops.

 Last weekend we went to the Tulip Festival street fair. This whole month the tulips are blooming out in the fields, so it is a huge tourist attraction for the area. We haven’t gotten out there to get our annual family pictures yet, but we did enjoy the street fair. It was just me and the girls. We liked seeing all the crafty wares everyone was selling and eating naughty foods like caramel popcorn and french fries. (Or lick ketchup if you are Anika!)

 

I got to hang out with Mike’s sister Heather on Monday. We celebrated her belated birthday with lunch and nursery shopping…the kind with plants! She is a smart plant lady. I got some fun stuff for my front flower bed. I did not inherit the green thumb from my mom, but I give it a good try.

On Tuesday I got to go to a friends house for lunch. She taught me to crochet a “grannie” square. It was lots of fun!

Kelby has had the WASL the last two weeks. That is the state’s standardized test. She didn’t get nervous about it this year. I hope she did okay. That is all done now.

Michael and I got to go out on a date last night! My friend Jennifer  came over and watched the girls. She even made a tasty chicken dinner for them. We are spoiled to have such a nice friend! We went out to dinner at Olive Garden and out to a movie. We haven’t gone to a movie in a LONG time. This was a good one that I’d recommend. It was called “Knowing’. Very apocalyptic!

The weather has been beautiful all week, but today is raining. Mike doesn’t think it is fair that it is nice all week while he has to work and gross when he is off. He’s got to run 14 miles in it! Poor guy.

So we are being lazy today. I’m still in my pjs, since it is almost 11 am. The girls are bored and want me to entertain them. Here is what they have found to do:

Yes, that is the dog in the backpack! Poor guy. He doesn’t really seem to mind though. Maybe I’ll go get them started on a crafting project. That sounds like fun to me!

Love to all! ~shawna