Easter happened. And boy did the sun ever shine down on Oregon that weekend. We had our super fun annual playgroup egg hunt right in our own neighborhood. It was still a little chilly at the egg hunt because the only time that there wasn't a soccer game happening for the majority of the 23 children involved was at 8:00am! As you can see by all the soccer jerseys, we pretty much hunted and then headed straight for the fields.
We colored eggs the night before Easter. I was a bad, bad global citizen and hard boiled 48 eggs, even though I knew that only about 8 would actually get eaten. I was a worse global citizen when I didn't even care and told my husband to shut up about it.
(I don't know why there isn't a picture of Josh? Maybe he was being difficult? He did color eggs!)
I hosted my first family gathering on Easter Sunday. It was BEAUTIFUL. I loved having everyone here, and my house hasn't been so clean since we moved in. Seriously. It was so fun that I didn't even take one picture.
The boys both entered science fair projects and both were chosen to go to the district science expo. (That happened in May, so I'll blog about it.....in July.)
I got the chance to fly to Arizona to go to a Mobile Learning technology conference where I got to dork out in a big way. (When a video plays and I turn to the person next to me and wonder aloud which program they used to create it? I kind of wonder what has happened to me.) John came with me (yay for paid-for private rooms!) and we decided to stay in AZ and enjoy the lovely, warm spring weather while we visited Sedona and the Grand Canyon.
Our view out the window in our hotel in Flagstaff when we arrived at 7 on Friday night. Lovely, right?
The next morning.
About the moment when we decided that the trip to the Grand Canyon wasn't happening. We headed to Sedona instead. We hear there are red hills there, but we can't be sure.
Sunday morning about an hour before we left. Sigh. The next Sunday? It was 70 degrees in Flagstaff.
Later in the month, Josh scared me and his peditrician by needing to go to the doctor for recurrent headaches. I'm not sure if you know this, but there are two places that leukemia is most likely to recur--testicles and brain. I know this, and so does Dr. H. So, off to the MRI machine he went. It was clear, but he has been diagnosed with migraines, and we are learning how to manage them.
We had some great weather in April. One day, I thought I'd just "get some Vitamin D" for a while. Oops.
We took advantage of a nice afternoon (and a bottle of sunscreen) and scooted out of town and hit the beach. I had my phone in a plastic bag, but I took some pictures anyway.
It was 70 degrees with no wind. Almost makes up for Arizona. Almost.
Soccer ended for the little kids (although James almost immediately joined another team.)
Do you think that they have done sports pictures a few times? Height order, with one kid in front with the ball. This picture makes me laugh.
James learned and performed another cultural dance, and I moved hell and high water to get there. Three separate people covered my class that day, but it was worth it. SO worth it. I didn't even have the camera this time, but you'll just have to take my word for it. Funny and sweet and so very awesome.
April is always one of the craziest months of the year, so I always feel like I need to take a break when it's over. And at some point during the deep breathing and de-stressing, I look at the calendar and realize that it's nearly June, and there are only 14 days of school left. 14 days, people! See you in a few days for the May wrap up!
