April means BIRTHDAYS :)

 

It's that time of year when 2/3 of this family have their birthdays, so all month is full of fun :)

Although our favorite kiddo turns 12 this month, are you ever too old for an Easter Egg Hunt...NO!

Rose had a great time scrambling for candy filled eggs with her cousins and her parents appreciated her efforts!

See she even look likes the Easter Bunny :)

We also still enjoy decorating eggs...I hope this never changes :)

This one was our favorite!

Since Rose and I both had a day off from school we trekked down to IKEA for some more inspiration and food.

Rose's body keeps growing and she doesn't always know where it's at :( Poor kid tripped out of the house and ended up at the orthopedist for a check.

Luckily it was not broken and she won't spend this birthday in a cast. 

Two weeks later she was given the ok to just wear a brace!

Rose had a date with dad to see the new Super Mario Brothers

And those two usually find a reason to grab some Crumbl cookies during the month

Lily also got a spring haircut...now we just need the warm weather back.

We celebrated Rose's birthday by decorating the bus and taking it around to visit cousins...it made it to most of the visits :)

12 looks good on her :)

We celebrated Justin's birthday with a yummy dinner

And ended the month celebrating cousin Lucas :) YAY for April birthdays!

March Fun!

 March was full of food and fun :)

We started the month with a concert and there were food trucks :) So we ate!

Then Rose played :)

We went to IKEA....

AND ate froyo :)

We also went out to Troegs, but we were too busy eating the food to take a picture of it...

We also had a couple extra trips to the market for Rose to have more yummy food

AND sometimes after her tutoring Rose needs a snack

We also had some meal kits and Rose is an amazing Chef :)

We also made a special spring treat! Great Grandma Bechtel's PB Eggs :) I made hundreds of these with my grandmother and I think she'd love to see that we are still enjoying them. 

We also tried a viral food trend with ice cream in a fruit roll up...it wasn't bad. 

We also had some fun dying eggs. 

When not eating we were off to other projects.

We made this book nook for Rose when she was about two and now she's ready to transform it into something else.

Stay tuned...

After a full day of work nothing beats daddy snuggles :)

We also made some traps to try and catch our sneaky leprechaun, but no luck :(

It seems the leprechaun learned to use the new cricut and left a surprise for Rose ;)

We saw plays two Friday nights in a row. First Fleetwood High School and then Fleetwood Middle School musicals. 

Mornings I have to leave really early for clinical I get these beautiful pictures of my girl to give me a little love :)

All things LOVE!

 Nothing is going to top Rose's trip to the Caribbean with Aunt Laura and Cousin Colten. This fall Rose was asked to be their guest on a 5 night Disney cruise with ports in Grand Cayman and Castaway Cay including lots of character visits, dolphins, stingrays, and sunshine :) Of course, Rose said YES! 

It was an amazing trip!! Rose missed her daddy a lot, so it might be awhile before she vacations without us ;)

We had some fun in PA with Aunt Laura and Colten before they headed back to VA.

Justin and Rose had also been talking about getting a Cricut and he decided to have one here to surprise her. It's been a hit :)

We also kept up the tradition of a heart a day on Rose's door, even while she was away. We sent her pictures and she was home in time to have the last couple :) There are so many reasons we love this kiddo!! I'm so glad she's ours.

Don't they just look like twins? ;)

And very exciting for Lily, she picked out her very own bed AND loves it :)