April was one of those months where it felt like it was full of a little bit of everything! It was a good month though for sure!
We started the month with a visit from Emily, Eric, Zoe, and Zachary. They have never come to visit us before, and it was really a great visit!!! Nora Kate and Zoe had a ball together! Here they are in their matching pajamas!
Nora Kate and Zoe playing with the stomp rocket.
Cousins!
We planted two trees!
Clayton helped with the dogwood in the front yard.
We also planted a red maple in the backyard.
Clayton built this awesome airplane lego set that we gave him for his birthday. He was so proud!!
Baseball season is in full swing!
Carter is playing for the Dodgers and it’s his first season of baseball ever. So far he loves it and is doing really well.
And Clayton’s back for his third season of baseball. This time he’s playing for the Cardinals. He absolutely loves it and is having a great season too!
Nana and Grandad came to watch both baseball boys play a game.
Archery started for Dawson this month.
He’s really good at it!!
He makes this look easy.
Archery
Soccer practice has started for Nora Kate. The weather has been really back and forth this month-sometimes super cold and sometimes very hot. Unfortunately on this particular day of soccer practice we almost froze!
I ran the Bridge Street Half Marathon this month!
There’s not much like that great feeling after a race!
The medal was pretty cool!
We came in from a game and Clayton laid down like this on the couch.
(I did make him get up and shower, but not until after I snapped this adorable picture)
Nora Kate is playing for Gold this Spring.
She got to pick the team name.
They’re the Golden Girls!
Baseball season is back in full swing and so we are back at the Trash Pandas games!
The kids with their Easter baskets!!
On Easter we drove to Orange Beach for our first visit there ever. It was a very impromptu trip, and it was awesome!!!
It was a little cloudy when we arrived, but it quickly cleared off and we had great weather!!
Our quick Orange Beach Trip
The kids thought the wall art was cool in the place we stayed.
Oh how we have missed the sand, sun, and sea.
Our hotel lobby had these cool chairs? Swings? The kids loved them.
Family picture
Selfie
It also had a cool pool!
We got in a few rounds of putt putt
We made it to the beach!! They loved that this room had bunk beds
They were really excited that this hot tub didn’t have a sign that said they must be 18 to use it-HAHA!
As you can see Orange Beach wasn’t very busy when we went so we basically had the pools to ourselves.
Hole in one for Dawson!
Hole in one for Clayton
Poop time!
Henna tattoos
I didn’t remember to get a picture of Clayton’s tattoo until we were back home, but he got a Pokémon.
And I even got this one on my ankle
Getting ready for a big game
Show me your game face!
Due celebrated his 2nd birthday this month!!
Happy birthday to the world’s best dog!
We gave him these four pieces of bacon as a birthday treat!
He was thrilled.
Dawson played in a band competition for our area of Alabama. We traveled to Priceville High for him to play in front of judges he has never met before. He scored the best score you could get and earned this medal!!
Other ARS band kids.
See what I mean when I said the weather was very back and forth-a lot of the month was like this-sunny and warm enough to play in the sprinkler. This dinosaur sprinkler was a big hit!
Sitting at the kids’ baseball games….in the drizzle=hat days.
This is how Nora Kate feels about more hours of watching baseball.
In all seriousness though, they are all good about not complaining and watching hours upon hours of the others’ games and practices.
Dawson had a band concert where they played for the upcoming 6th graders to show them how great band was!
Clayton up to bat!
John and I went on a hiking date this month.
We found this cool cave.
Hike selfie
Everything is so green right now!
Big win = Kona ice!
Doing school with this cool dude
Dawson hiked and camped at Alabama’s highest location-Mt. Cheeha this month!
We have had fun watching hours of soccer by our Golden Girl!
This is what you look like when you go on a field trip to the Birmingham Zoo and then play a soccer game and baseball game.
What a great month! Can’t wait to see what May has in store for us!
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