So here we are at the end of April. I am officially middle-aged :) My mom came for the weekend and Matt and I got a date night, woo hoo! It was fun, and it was nice to have family around. She even stayed an extra night and cooked me a special birthday dinner! I haven't done a very good job of writing, have you done a good job of reading? (just kidding) Everyone here is doing well. Bailee still has a VERY loose tooth. She has been so excited/nervous that she can't sleep at night. She is afraid it will fall out while she's sleeping and swallow it. I reassured her that this is not an issue, then found out that Matt is the one who gave her the thought in the first place! I should have know, lol. She has a field trip to College of the Ozarks tomorrow and Gabriel and I get to tag along. We are visiting a dairy farm, greenhouse, and jelly making something-or-other, and a couple of other things as well. I'll let you know how that goes. Gabriel is growing like a weed. He seems taller to me already. His vocabulary is growing even faster than he is. He talks non-stop these days. He told his music class teacher that he had money in his pocket (a dime) and when he showed it to her he told her that the guy on there was Jesus. It was too cute. He cracks me up! Piano is going ok. We had a rough week last week with it being a lot of work, but she decided she wanted to keep going. Matt is focused on work right now, which is good. His schedule is a little crazy because most people are available in the evenings, but we are managing ok. Oh, I forgot to tell everyone-Gabriel is no longer in diapers! I have mixed feelings about this. He hates wearing them, which is good. But I have to wake up in the middle of the night and take him to the potty, which is not good. Also, he doesn't sleep THAT great, so now I cannot bring him to our bed when I'm too lazy to deal with it. He is doing well, but still has accidents when he is asleep. We'll work it out, but he really is doing great with it. I have decided that in May I am going to push building my Tastefully Simple business. I think my neighbor will have a party and the headquarters referred someone local that was looking for a consultant. She works at Bailee's school, so maybe I can work that angle! We will see how it goes since Matt's schedule may make it difficult to have parties. I have lost a whole 2 pounds since getting my Wii (thank you everyone!) I am enjoying it, as is the whole family. I rented a Mario game from Blockbuster an Bailee is having fun with that. I am looking forward to May and all that it is bringing with it: warm weather, Bailee finishing up first grade, and fishing in Arkansas with Granny and Gdaddy. I hope spring time is being good to our loved ones and we miss you. Even though we chose to be far away, we still feel the effects of being here. It is great and awesome and definitely the right choice, but it can be sad too. Love to you all and happy spring!

Spring!

We had a great Easter weedend, I hope everyone else did too! The kids got spoiled, so thank you to everyone. The kids woke up to goodies and hidden eggs. Bailee found them all, Gabriel wan't interested in finding them-only eating them. Church was awesome and the kids came home with buckets of candy, thanks a lot! The weather has been very nice. The kids have been enjoying it and playing outside with the neighbor kids almost every night. Might got out the lawn mower and took care of our grass that was getting out of control. He and the kids found 3 baby grass snakes in the yard and had a blast playing with those (yuck!). Bailee is going to give piano lessons a try next week so we'll see how she likes that! These are a few pictures of our area. The town one is on the way to Bailee's school, and our house is in there too. I have a few pictures to put on, but it only lets me do a few at a time, so I will do a couple posts of just pictures. I am staring down the barrel at 30, which is a little hard to believe. (probably harder for my parents, lol) I will miss being with my friends and family this year, but I am thinking my family might at least take mom out to dinner so she doesn't have to cook :) We are looking forward to Memorial day weekend in Arkansas with my mom, but not much for summer plans past that. With both babies coming at the same time as school starting, I have no idea when our next CO trip may be. Our subdivision has a yard sale the first weekend in May, so I am planning a good basement clean out and repacking. Our lease here is up in Sept. and we're not sure if we will move or stay, so better to be ready for either! It's about time to get the kids off to bed, so goodnight loved ones!