April Update

With me now working and life starting to get busy again for us, I've gotten behind with updating my blog. I didn't really want to do a HUGE photo dump, I thought it would just do a monthly update of what we've been up to. Once I'm (hopefully) caught up, then I can (hopefully) go back to regular postings as our activities happen. So here's the update on the month of April:

I slipped and fell in the driveway as I was leaving for work....and it was bad. I landed on my knee and I swear I blacked out for a split second. I had just kissed Kristjan off to school too, so he was still nearby for me to call for help. He unlocked the house so I could hobble up the stairs to my room. I had ripped a hole in my leggings at the knee, and my butt was wet from the ground. I whimpered in pain as I maneuvered around my room trying to find new clothes to wear. Kristjan helped me take my shoes off and pull the pant legs of the leggings off as I tried holding the material off my skin. Once I bandaged my knee and redressed, I had to have Kristjan tie my shoes for me. My knee was on fire and I couldn't bend it. I then bucked up and headed back to the car to head in to work. Once at work, I assessed the damage to knee and re-bandaged it up until I could go home and have Peter clean the wound. The pics below make it look bad...it looked even worse in person. It ended up taking over a month to officially heal. I now have a gnarly scar.

 A week later

Here we signed Kristjan up for Middle School classes! For his electives, he chose Art and Robotics. 

 On a sad and tragic note, Jane's boyfriend, Sam, passed away from a heart attack. We made the trip down to Yakima to attend his funeral and support Jane. 

 We spent the night at Peter's parents house. Here's Chica...still alive and kicking at the moment.

 Peter and Dee doing some essential oil research

 Buddy cuddled me during our visit

 We took Jane and Grandma out to breakfast before the funeral. Here are the boys looking handsome as we wait for them to meet us at the restaurant.

 Clifford getting loves from his Tia Maria at the funeral

 Boys stretching their legs and playing with cousins before the drive back home

The temp agency I'm going through for work brought me a little surprise for Administration Day!

 Clifford participated in Spring soccer with his team. 

Easter

Again, another holiday I feel like I dropped the ball. I didn't realize Easter was coming up until the Tuesday before. And I still didn't plan anything until Saturday night. Ugh! To make it feel even less festive, Peter had a project at work to go in and work on. Double Ugh! We made due with what was planned and I told myself to just plan better for next year.

According the boys, they're not too old for the Bunny to come. All week Kristjan kept dropping hints about how he hoped I'd leave out some candy for them. I had not intended too. But I started feeling guilty, so while I was out running errands on Friday, I picked up a handful of sugary treats. 

 We made waffles with whip cream and fresh strawberries for breakfast.

 A last-minute attempt at making a bunny cake for dessert. Turned out cute.

April Fools

Another year of getting creative for April Fools Day. I made cinnamon rolls for dinner (pulled bbq pork) and cat poop in kitty litter for dessert (chocolate cookies in crushed graham crackers). The boys got a kick out it.

New Hairdo with Blue

Kristjan decided it was time to change up his hair again. This time he went with blue. The color looks good on him!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

I feel like I dropped the ball a little bit this year for St Patrick's Day. I'm still a little exhausted from trying to adjust to working and continuing my homemaking duties. I bought the boys a box of Lucky Charms for breakfast and made Shepards Pie for dinner. Good enough! 

 Dinner....yum!

 We scheduled a game night with friends. Mel brought ingredients over to coordinate with the Irish Flag. 

New Job!

 I started a new part time job up in Sultan at the Foundry (part of Romac). I'm not really sure what my official title is, but I'm the front office gal as well as assisting HR and Environmental & Safety departments. I work M-Th from 9-2, with a small commute each way. But it's perfect because I leave for work when Kristjan heads to school, and I'm back home when school gets out. I'm hired on as a temp right now, but hoping this will turn into a permanent thing.

My desk on the first day of work

 I got a name plate made! According to Peter this is a big deal because they don't do this for temps, only official hire-ons. This makes Peter think I'm sticking around for a while. 

Happy Birthday To ME!

I'm another year older. Mentally I think I'm starting to show my age because when asked how old I was it took me a few minutes to try to figure it out - haha! My birthday landed on a Thursday, so we didn't get too wild and crazy. 

My in-laws came a for a visit the night before and brought me gifts. One of my favorites was from my niece Emma, who drew me a Donald Duck portrait. LOVE!

 I found this on my bed later in the morning after Kristjan went to school. So sweet!

 I treated myself to a pedicure, hair cut and bought a few of my favorite things.

 For my birthday dinner I wanted pizza from our favorite hole-in-the-wall place. So Peter picked up two pizzas and 3 crepes (their crepes are soooo amazing!)

 For my birthday dessert (as if the crepes weren't enough!), our friend Mel made me Creme Brulee (my fav!)