April 2022

 

April 1 - I got to take this cute Miss Molly to lunch and for shopping.  Her birthday was on March 31st.  She chose to go to McDonald's because the play area is finally open.  She was very methodical in searching all the shelves in Walmart to get exactly what she wanted! It was a fun day!

Blake and Jared are digging a hole in preparation for the sprinkler system and the driveway pavement.

Tracy, the texture guy came and textured the wall in the office, getting closer to it being finished.

I made more subtle changes to my bookshelves, I kind of enjoy playing around with it.

I ordered a bench for my front porch! I love it!

April 2 - Molly's camping themed birthday party! They went on a "bear Hunt", hid stuffed animals to find and had a cute cake made by her Grandma Bair.

The texture guy came and finished his job!

The guys had their first archery shoot, the kids had fun seeing the huge Bigfoot.

April 3 - Clark lost another tooth! Pickle ball! And sidewalk chalk!

April 5 - If you look closely, you'll see snowflakes!

April 6 - I got to take Hallie to story time at the library, she loved being a pirate!

Nikelle, Molly, Hallie and I went to see Maden and Annie perform in a talent show at their school.  Hallie would only stand on Brian's lap, and wouldn't sit or stand anywhere else.  Annie performed a cheerleading routine with 3 other girls.  Maden solved a rubix cube in just a little over a minute. 

April 7 - I got to take Hallie and go to Groveland Elementary School for "Donuts with a Grownup" with Molly. We ate donuts and then got to go do some activities in her classroom.  

April 8 - The office is finished and all put back together!

April 9 - Blake got a new tool chest! Brian, Jared and Blake got to put it together. It'll sure help keep all the tool organized.

April 10 - What an unpleasant thing to wake up to, snow in April!

April 11 - Yep more snow! My car was all iced over, the flakes were huge and the wipers couldn't keep up with them.

April 12 - Yep, snow again!

April 13 - And, snow again!

April 14 - Can you find the hidden objects in these photos? The moon was amazing, but my picture taking skills are not! Hallie was hiding in our closet and was so amazed that I found her so easily.  

April 15 - We decided to have a sleepover with all of our grandkids! They had all asked when they could come sleep over at our new house, so we decided to have them all come at one time.  We took them to McDonalds, everyone but Maden had a great time in the play place.  Maden spent his time amazing me with his skills with  Wordle type games on my phone.

After McDonalds, we watch the first Sonic movie.  The kids all enjoyed it! Clark and Ryder got to sleep in the guest room upstairs, Annie, Molly and Hallie slept in the twin beds and a mattress on the floor in the basement, Maden got the suite room and had a long shower in his own little bathroom.

April 16 - For some reason, everyone but Maden got up really early.  We found these 4 watching tv in this bed before 7 a.m.

We took a picture of all of them together.  I can't believe how big they are getting! They were such good sports about getting a picture.

The kids all colored some paper eggs and made Easter Bunnies by tracing their hands, then we made it into a garland for my stairs. Declan came and made some too!

We played an Easter themed bingo!

Then, with the help of their dads and Nikelle and Aubrey we had a fun treasure hunt.  I think they found some good prizes. Then we had pizza for lunch.

After lunch, we dyed eggs. It's quite the process helping so many little hands! Clark hugged me after we were done with the eggs, and thanked me for letting them dye eggs, he said he loved it!

April 23 - I got to go watch Molly in her dance performance.  She was pretty nervous before, but then did really well in the performance.  

Jared and Blake got my patio furniture put together! Now I just hope it ever warms up enough to enjoy it!  Can you see Molly peeking out the door? She was keeping me updated on the score of the Jazz game!

April 26 - I think I have the coolest niece! Michelle came and dusted all our walls with this long handled mop.  Hallie still loves this baby swing!

April 28 - For Mother's Day and Father's Day, Brian gave us tickets to the Jazz playoff game! And a hotel room after the game.  We stopped in Bountiful on our way down.  We were going to eat at Iggy's, but it has been demolished and replaced with a bank, so we ate at In 'n Out.  We were in heaven as we smelled the flowering trees.  There is hope for spring!

Before the game we got some yummy gelato, and Blake got a loaded hot dog.  We found Mikala Fairbanks! I was not that impressed with the T-shirts that were on our seats, I liked the ones I'd seen from previous games better.

We had amazing seats! 23 rows up, right on center court! Even though the Jazz lost at the end, it was a great game! I loved seeing things that you just don't see on TV. It was so nice to walk just 1/2 block to our hotel after the game.  Thanks, Brian for the fun gift!

April 29 - When we got home from Utah, Randy came over and helped us put some rails and hooks up in the garage. He also helped put a cabinet together.  We bought some hydrangea plants so we can eventually plant them in the yard.

April 30 - We got to go watch Ryder play soccer! It was not very warm, but maybe not as cold to some of us as it was to Blake!

Brian and the kids came down, Maden was so happy that he was able to make this fancy magnet block sphere, or something.  He said that he and Corbin had tried to make one last summer and couldn't figure out to do it. Then, it was more pickle ball time!