April

How can it be that this month is already over? April was a good month. We had several days of sunshine which meant lots of time playing outside and riding bikes! Kyle's been busy working and his first full month of being self-employed has been quite successful! Lydia still isn't walking, Annaliese is learning how to read and Haleigh is just as happy and smiley as ever!

Kyle and I realized that we hadn't had a date night in awhile, and we were able to get two of them! For the first one, we checked out a cute restaurant Lovitt, in Fairhaven and then went to Rook and Rogue, a board game pub in Bellingham where we played games like Oregon Trail (I kept dying.)

Our second date was for his 35th birthday! We went out for dinner, ran a few errands (how fun!) and then went to the Spring Swing Fling in Ferndale, a free swing dance event! We haven't done swing dancing since well before Annaliese was born, but this seemed like it could be fun. We looked up a few YouTube videos and practiced a little bit before we went and had a great time! It made us want to practice and learn a bit more!

Trying on his new headphones!

Reading birthday cards

We have found that when it's not raining, we need to take advantage of it and get outside! We tried a new hike that Kyle had come across quite awhile ago and wanted to try. The girls needed lots of encouragement, but we made it to the end of the trail...which didn't have quite the view that the book had described, but was pretty none-the-less.

And since there were quite a few sunny days, we spent lots of time outside! 

Running through the sprinklers!

And of course there was lots of playing inside- dancing, coloring, building, and cooking!

Kyle took Annaliese to her first concert. They went and saw David Crowder; Annaliese had a good time but it was late and loud and since she can't read yet, she couldn't read the words to the songs. I think in another year or so, she will definitely want to go again! 

To round out our month of fun events, Annaliese had her spring music concert. It was K-4th grade and was based on the Eric Carle book "The Tiny Seed." Because it was only a few classes, each class sang multiple songs and multiple times throughout the whole concert. Annaliese has been practicing her songs at home and she loves being on stage!

Annaliese is right in the middle!