What in the world happened to April????

We were busy bees last month, with lots of visitors, Easter, and trips out of town. Enjoy the picture recap!

A visit from Connor and Grayson and their mommy, Meredith, kicked off our month. The kids enjoyed nonstop playing and the mommies enjoyed nonstop talking! It was great getting to catch up with such great friends.

Easter was up next. We participated in the culdesac Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Here's a picture of Claire (bottom row in stripes) completely outnumbered by our neighbors' grandchildren.

We took our first family-of-four trip to church Easter Sunday. Madeleine did perfectly! Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Jamey, and Uncle Jeff came over for the rest of the day. Claire hunted Easter eggs, we drank mimosas, and Madeleine got some rolling tips from Uncle Jeff.

A trip to the ranch was the next adventure for the month. For the first time in I don't know how many years, all four cousins were at the same place at the same time. (Things get complicated when one of them lives in England.) And another first occurred as well--Mommy actually did work on the olive orchard! I was instrumental in the fence building. Really, I don't know how anything's gotten done without me. Just look at how hard I'm working. HA!

The next weekend consisted of an extra-special treat: A Nathan visit!!! He and his mommy came over to play, then we all went back to their hotel to play in the (heated) little kid-sized waterpark. We ended their trip with a pancake breakfast the next day.

The last weekend of the month was spent camping. I'll save those details for the next post.....