April's Adventures

 Howdy :)

April is the month that I feel like explodes with "spring"!  It is also more special this year, as it is the month of our littlest's birthday.  How can she be 1 year old already?!?!?!  Time just flies on, when it really needs to slow down!  Sweet Keke is such a blessing, joy, full of fun, shy of strangers, LIVES and I mean LIVES for the outdoors, animal lover: we all love her so!!

Happy Birthday sweet Keanna Joy!

...thanks to Kirk for decorating the cake...

...she was very unsure of eating the cake by herself, but generally loves dark chocolate...hmmmm, I wonder where she came gets that from, lol!...

...if these two aren't the cutest!  The littlest thought she was just big stuff...

...this man-cub does so well with her...

...Kirk making friends with some of the cows he helps feed on Fridays...

...trying out my biggest brother's hat and sunglasses...

...do you spy her?  she is starting to climb on many things...we may need someone to send help to keep track of her :)...

...Dissection in Biology class...

...crawfish...

...what better place to enjoy biology class on a beautiful day than outside...

...the crawfish...

...sunfish...

...another set of mini-puzzles done at the beginning of April...

...AND another set of mini-puzzles finished by the end of April...along with several hours of her favorite audiobooks lately: "Chronicles of Narnia Series"...

...a fave of Kirk's: variegated String of Pearls...

...enjoying a friend coming to our house and doing school for the day together...

...working on the Rapid Recall math facts sheets here...

...I happened to randomly see this one day and had a good laugh!!  This sums up our walks to a 'T' so many times!  Keanna absolutely hates car seats, strollers, carriers, etc...we start out the walk looking like the 'expectation' until she has screamed long enough that I take her out, for fear the whole county will hear her.  Then the 6 yr old doesn't complain about not wanting to walk(she likes going on walks), but she always has a persuasive argument that it's a shame to let the stroller be empty.  I normally give in, as my hands, mind, and energy are focused on holding the baby, who has 101 octopus tentacles, and has no fear of leaning out from your arms just to look at something, lol!!  And then our walk shifts into the 'Reality" picture :D...  

...beautiful storm heading in...

...another beautiful blue-hued sky...

...metallic spring rock...

...Kirk is starting in the bee venture...

...the first hive arrived...

...homemade chocolate coconut yogurt...

...amazing is all I can say-yum!...

...smiles and smiles over helping Daddy water...

...sweet girl...

...the boys did a leaf raking job for a friend of ours...busy at work and oblivious of the picture being taken...

...out with Daddy...

...celebrating the Lord's Supper and Good Friday with a fun meal, foot washing, and reading Scripture...

...it's so special to make holidays special in our home...I love it!...

...Good Friday, Resurrection/Easter are one of my faves...

...these two pics got out of order, but it is Easter Sunday at church...

...Keke is so very serious...

...these two sweet friends...

...a collage of 1-week-old flowers and wildflowers...

...our traditional Carrot Cake with Mascarpone Cardamom frosting and cinnamon-dusted on for garnish in the shape of the three crosses on Golgotha...

...BBQ smoked tenderized steaks, citrus glazed bacon, balsamic roasted potatoes, and roasted green beans and asparagus rounded out our Resurrection dinner with some questions for conversation starters to cause us to pause and reflect...

...helping Daddy...

...yep, one of my happiest places in the house...

...Cross Classical Academy field trip...

...love these cuties...

...candle making...

...Kirk joined Jason and Janessa...

...Jason took Kirk and Janessa to the last HPU baseball game of the gal who comes and helps tutor for Algebra, she has been such a blessing...

...Love it when the garden, actually starts looking like a garden...

...last but not least, Keke flipped a switch partway through April's Adventures and started walking...we have a little video of it, that is adorable, but I cannot get it to post here for anything, so I give up...but she is officially walking around now :)...

Blessings to each and every one!