Quarterly Recap

A bunch of stuff has happened in the last few months but I haven't taken the time to sit down and record it all. Here are a few of the highlights. They aren't in chronological order but here they are nonetheless. 

There are a lot of pictures. You have been warned.

In April Seth had his last track meet. He ran the 4x800 relay and the 1600 meter run and did a pretty decent job at both.

We were proud of Seth's hard work and determination. Only a little over half of the kids that tried out made the team. We loved cheering him on--and reliving the glory days of our own track meets. ;)

Spring Break was in March. We stayed close to home and didn't do much this year other than a short day trip to Seale, AL to visit the Museum of Wonder.

It rained quite a bit but the boys still convinced me to take them to the elementary school playground. They love playing around at the basketball court there. Several of the hoops are low enough for the older boys to dunk on and they were only too happy to have their pictures taken.

Last week we went to a Cinco de Mayo party at church. David gave the opening prayer in Spanish and was applauded. It made us laugh. He prayed in Spanish every day for two years when he was on his mission in Chile and I'm pretty sure no one applauded him then.

My kids loved the piñatas. We loved the churros and horchata.

Photo courtesy of Linda Lee

Photo courtesy of Linda Lee

Photo courtesy of Linda Lee

Photo courtesy of Linda Lee

Yesterday was the end-of-the-year junior high band concert. I thought Seth looked pretty grown up in his concert attire decked out with all his medals.

Last week David and I attended a book signing for our friend Jamie's first novel, "The Goddess's Choice" at a local used book store. It was fun to hear the book read in the voice of the author. Of course we had to buy our own copy for her to sign for us. David has finished it already and I'm a little more than halfway through. Exciting stuff!

Today I went to a Mother's Day Tea that Nate's class was having.

Danny had to tag along but he actually behaved himself pretty well.

At the end of April we had the Cub Scout blue and gold banquet. Joel's days as a Cub Scout are numbered and Nate will be joining their ranks soon. We had a nice time despite the mosquitoes and I ate my hot dog for the year. Good times.

 

In the last three months we also celebrated Easter, Star Wars Day and my birthday and got a new (to us) car. I'm sure I'm forgetting some things. Maybe I ought to record them more often so I don't forget.

You may have noticed that Danny wasn't wearing his glasses in about half the pictures. They were lost for a month and finally found under the couch (where we had looked several times before). That is pretty typical of life around here.

I'm really glad that the school year is almost over. I'm looking forward to having my boys home a little more. Danny has had his last speech therapy session for this school year and there are only seven days of school left so it's a sprint to the finish now.

Here's to enduring!