2018 :: week 17

April 15

Getting a spring-y picture with the pretty trees at Shawnee Mission Park is on my to-do list every year. Making a stop after church made sense because the kids would be well dressed and the park is close to our building. Unfortunately, it was very cold and there were a few snowflakes in the air while I tried to convince the kids they wanted to get out of the warm van to snap a few vanity pics.

April 16

During baseball season, Will has baseball practice from 6-7:30pm Monday nights. Tony takes him and stays to help with the practice. Lauren, Elliott and I walked up to the school to pass some of the time before heading back home and setting up for FHE. This week our topic was being kind, based on a Friend summary of President Uchtorf's talk, "The Merciful Obtain Mercy."

April 17

I watched Tyler and Mikey while Emily went visiting teaching Tuesday morning. Elliott and Tyler played in the backyard for half an hour. When I asked them if they were having fun playing, Elliott yelled back, "No play, we work!" Anthony left a yard waste bag full of leaves in the backyard and it had fallen over in the wind. I caught the boys throwing handfuls of "confetti" into the wind. These two are getting to be pretty good buddies.

April 18

Wednesday afternoon while Elliott was napping I cleaned out our fridge and freezer. I try to do fridge cleaning the day before our trash is picked up because then any bad food that I throw away doesn't sit in our trashcan rotting for days. Our fridge is the little engine that could. When we bought our house 6.5 years ago the previous owners said we could have it since it was on its last legs. When we got new flooring in our kitchen we had to move the fridge and I found a stick on the back that said it was manufactured in 1996. It is loud, but it just keeps on keeping on. I have a hard time buying things that are functional, so it will probably stay until it stops working.

April 19

Thursday evening we went up to the school Open House. Both Will and Lauren have had a great year. They've learned a lot and created some neat things. Will told us he made a mistake when he was working on his self portrait and we'd probably easily be able to figure his out. He used the orange marker instead of peach when coloring his skin. Anthony said it was fine, he just made himself look like Donald Trump. For some reason that made me laugh so hard. Will is such a sweet kid.

April 20

My entire world in a single frame. :) Friday night we ate pizza and cookies we bought from the YW for their Girl's Camp fundraiser and played outside with neighbors. Will and Anthony play catch for at least a few minutes every night. The kids are loving the spring weather we are finally having and taking full advantage by spending most of their free time outdoors.

April 21

We had a busy Saturday morning. I got up and went to the early water aerobics class. Lauren had a soccer game at 9am, Will had a Cub Scout service project at 9am, then baseball practice at 10:30am. There was a lot of driving here and there, but things calmed down in the afternoon. We relaxed and finally watched The Greatest Showman . I think we may have been some of the last people in America to see the movie.