April 2016

Greg came this month!  He stayed until Wednesday morning, April 13th.  

We spent Monday and Tuesday sightseeing and fishing in the Keys.

On Friday, April 15th, I threw Lane a belated B-day party.  Like 4 weeks belated.  The element of surprise is guaranteed when the surprisee forgets he had a birthday.  

Yes, I put 68 candles on his cake.  

Nobody would eat it for all the wax drippings.  

3 dozen friends came to eat meatball subs and suck helium.

Our Church service took us to KeyWest on the 17th.  

Tough gig, but somebody gets to do it!!!  

Afterwards a sweet couple took pity on us and 

invited us in for a traditional roast beef dinner.  

“God does notice us, and He watches over us.  

But it is usually through another person that He meets our needs.”  

~ Pres. Spencer W Kimball   

So true!!!

This was parked in their front yard…

One day we will miss these pristine waters.  Can you name the color?

Ocean Spray * Cool Aqua * Sea Mist * Morning Tide * Lagoona Teal

I’ve been kicking’ it live with the Hansen’s in Lake Stevens Washington 

since the 23rd. --I was listed as the 4th standby passenger on a 

sold-out flight to get here and miraculously was the only 

one to get a coveted boarding pass.

    --Lane tagged along a day later.

Violet is reminded she has a grandmama from Florida.

We played the waiting game for 3 days...then Baby Hatcher arrived.

  

    8 lbs 12 ozs of extreme cuteness from an unbiased g’ma  

Several days later I finished weaving in the loose ends (all 750+).

Then Britni and Brian celebrated the 10th anniversary 

of becoming parents on the 29th…

coincidentally that is also Dalia’s birthday!  ;o}

Jerry & Erin’s family dropped by the Hansen’s over the past weekend 

(minus Jerry who had work commitments).  So fun!  

But it would've been even more fun WITH Jerry.

My sweetie made hand-dipped chocolate-covered-cinnamon-bears for me.

Oh how I hate to love them!!!  And he knows that.  But he made them anyway.

He says "you don't have to eat them".  

Oh, but I do.

   Just you wait - g’kids fill a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.

I fall into bed happily worn out each night.  

Other news this month:

 The Gerber’s celebrated their 7th anniversary on April 25th.  Congrats guys!

Remembering Dillon, who turns 10...in Earth years.