The wonderful season of Spring, with it's new life, fresh scents, songbirds and blue skies is here and we've been reveling in the beauty of God's creation. Winter doesn't last long here, just long enough for us to enjoy a few snow flurries and iced-in days and thank the good Lord we're not living up north anymore! ;) Warmer weather also means the Grandmas can get out and about, on long walks in the neighborhood, shopping trips and day-trips to the zoo and arboretum. Below are random memories we've made this April and early May.
Here are the finished p.j. pants Johanna made which was documented in this post
Silly times with Grandma Margarete
These moments are always so precious
Lorry loves her new baby doll from her niece and nephew, Kathy and Dave
And yes, with the wonderful season of Spring came the not-so-pleasant allergy Sniffles! Thankfully we were well prepared
The lovely sunset and farm behind our home
Mom and Lorry went clothes shopping with the gift card Lorry got from her son and family for Christmas
Cool as a cucumber :)
Decisions, decisions
Bella's sporting her new 'do
"I think they missed a spot. Feeling a bit like Alfalfa."
Blanket training in progress...Bella's getting as close to the edge as possible.
Serenaded by her blanket trainer
Johanna went through a season of giving out massages...here, Ms. Alice gets in on the pampering.
Hugs with Grandma Margarete!
Patty-cake
London bridges falling down...
...falling down :)
Another day, another way to blanket train
Happy Together...reminds me of the Piano Guys' music video by that title
The M.s graciously invited our family over for dinner...even while wielding a knife Mr. Vic looks sweet :)
The busy-baker, Mrs. Linda brings the garlic biscuits out of the oven
They were Oh-so-good
My plate! What a wonderful meal
Snuggle-bugs
Vanessa looking sweet and innocent ;)
I will pretend this is not my plate of Mrs. Linda's amazing coconut cream pie...I'm sure it was Dad's ;)
The lovely H. family had two extra tickets to a symphony orchestra that a friend from their church played in and Vanessa and I were happy to join them!
The sweet H. family
Just the "kids" :)
Chatting during intermission
The stage
(the above four beautiful photos are courtesy of Rachel H., thanks for letting us use them!)
Johanna performed well at another piano recital
Johanna with the girls from piano (can you spot Johanna? Another of the girls looks very similar)
Vanessa and Johanna took a trip to the aquarium to celebrate completing her first Apologia Science book!
Lovely sealife
We tried to discover what type of sea animal this one was...must be a new species ;)
Fun Spring walks
At the end of April/beginning of May a friend from church had a weeklong time-share that he wasn't able to use and we were blessed with such a relaxing and refreshing get-away! Dad and Mom went for the first four days and us girls went for the last three and a half. The above collage is the front of a thank you we made for Mr. C. We have a TON more photos, but thought it would be too much to blog ;).
Well, that pretty-much sums up April! There is a lot more going on in life right now...a new Grandma moving in, exciting opportunities coming up for this summer and great changes for the future. But for now we're just taking it one day at a time, following where God leads. We hope to share more as we learn more!
