April 2016

Shopping with friends
On April 1 and 2 I was able to join 5 friends from church for a shopping getaway to Omaha!  Nathan was traveling on those dates as well so our boys spent the night at Ryan and Heidi's house!

 Levi LOVES the new shirt that I found for him at the Levi's store at the Outlet Mall.

Dorian saw this shirt another time that we went shopping together and couldn't wait to order it in his correct size.  He thought it was the best shirt EVER.  "Homework Kills Trees. It Must Be Stopped"

Blessed 
A blessing from a friend.  I love tulips!

Auction
We attended our first auction.  It was at SCCS to reduce debt on the new addition.  Nathan mostly just kept up with the boys, watched Mason roll down the hill outside, and took them home to bed on time. I came home late with some meat for the freezer and a bike rack which we are excited to use!

Playtime at home 
How cute to see Mason putting his Cheerios in his book.

 And even cuter to see him eating them off the page!

 I find it hard to believe that Mason is nearly old enough for this bike!  He looks so big!

Planting trees 
Dorian came home from school with 2 little trees!  We had fun planting them in our yard!

Kansas City
After Nathan committed to giving a presentation in Kansas City and finding out that it was only going to consist of 3 hours of his time, and also finding out that Dorian was invited to his best friends birthday party the same day, we decided it was best for him to have a special weekend away just with Levi!  Levi was thrilled!  I'm so thankful that they were able to do some really special things together!
I'm also thankful that Dorian had fun with his friends at Skyzone!

This is Levi watching the penguins get fed at the Zoo!

 They got a pass to ride on all of the rides at the Zoo!

 Levi wanted to take a picture with the snakes to scare me!  :)

 After Nathan's presentation, they swam at the pool and ate pizza together!

 Miniature golfing!

 The Science Museum!

 Being silly with the mirrors!

Ag Day
I was thrilled that it was such a beautiful morning to take Mason to Dordt's Ag Day.  He loved sitting on all of the tractors and trucks.

 And he loved all of the animals!

 We saw lots of familiar faces including these friends from church.

Nathan joined us for a few minutes in between his meetings.  How precious to see Mason running with excitement to meet him!

Kinsey Park and Garage Sales
One of Mason's favorite things to do this Spring is to ride in the bike trailer to play at a park!  He did this with Nathan on the Saturday morning that I was busy cleaning up after having a garage sale at our house with 10 other friends.  It was kind of a lot of work, but I was thankful that it gave me the motivation to clean the house inside and also in the garage!  I enjoyed getting rid of some stuff that we didn't need anymore and also enjoyed the conversations with friends!

Wizard of Oz
I had fun taking Dorian and Levi to see the play at Sioux Falls Christian School.  Ashley, Emma and Claire were all in it!

Wheel Book
I worked on making a book for Mason for Kindermusik based on the song, "The Wheels on the Bus". The following photos were used in that book!  Mason sure has a lot of fun toys with wheels!

 I think Mason's favorite thing at Kindermusik is the bubble machine!

 The finished product!  And how fun that I did the same thing for Levi when he was Mason's age!

Traveling
Nathan just got back from another work trip, this time to Washington DC and Westchester, NY.  He enjoyed a walk to see the capitol building and also meeting his dad for dessert.

Children's Museum
I took the boys to the Children's Museum since they only had a half day of school yesterday.  I love it when they are all playing together!

Nathan made it home safely last night.  Soccer has been cancelled and we are trying to catch up at home on this cold and rainy day.