Catching Up On April

We have had such a busy {but fun!} month around here and I have lots of pictures but just not much energy to create several different blogs about them. So this is my April Catch Up blog! The weather around here has been simply gorgeous for the last week so we've thoroughly enjoyed the outdoors.

Here are a bunch of pictures - enjoy!

The girls and Bob found this FREE power wheels ride on - they were so excited they threw it in the van and brought it right home and it works great! It even had the charger and instruction manual with it! Joy has wanted one of these for most of her life but we've never bought one because of the cost - to find it for free was amazing and the girls just love it!


My friend Julie and her 3 daughters came to visit for a few days during Spring Break. We had a lot of fun together, the Moms got to scrapbook and the girls enjoyed playing together. Her youngest daughter just LOVED our dog and would follow her around and squeal with delight!
We took all the girls to the Zoo - it was a beautiful day! Here is my favorite animal - so majestic!
Julie and her youngest ...
This Ant eater was one of the coolest animals I have ever seen!
Taking a break for a snack ...
This Wallaby was adorable!
All 5 girls!
Julie's youngest - such a sweetheart and a very good baby!
Bob and I went to see Kenny Chesney in concert - it was so much fun! We enjoyed our overnight date without our kids and were very thankful to our friends who kept the girls overnight.
This weekend the temps soared into the 80's so the girls decided to break out the slip-n-slide!

We spent Sunday at a lovely park enjoying the day together ...

Little Miss Joy just learned how to ride a two-wheeler and is doing fantastic! She rides so fast trying to keep up with Hope now! She's had a couple of spills but gets back up and keeps going.
Hope in the flowers on Sunday.
It was so nice to enjoy the sunshine in just a t-shirt {no coats, sweaters or sweatshirts - yay!}
Joy in the flowers ...
We stopped for a yummy treat after the park.
On Monday we went on a field trip to our local Aquarium. They have this beautiful Sea Turtle right now ...
Hope is getting braver! She's holding a Spider Crab ...
Speaking of brave ... now that our deck is finished we decided to open the pool. These brave girls wanted to try it out on the second day it was open! BRRRRR, it still has a water temp of 62 degrees!
Yeah, no wonder you're chilly, silly girl!!