April 2010

April was a long month! Finally, we are on to May. Only one more month before summer break. I am super excited about that. I decided that I would return to school next fall. I am going to attend Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha to get a Masters in Reading with a library media specialist endorsement. I plan on taking two classes this fall, so I will be rather busy! At the school where I teach, because of some staffing reductions, I got moved to teach reading. I am excited to give it a shot and make some changes.

At the beginning of April, my mom's brother, David, passed away. We had a visitation for him at St. John's Lutheran Church.

Emily, Whitney and Jill

Our family at the visitation.

Julie with the boys.

In March, Heather had let me know the Embassy Suites had a special. If you stay a night in April, you get a season family pass to the Omaha zoo included in your stay. So we picked a weekend and stayed at the LaVista Embassy Suites in mid-April. We had a really great time. We hit happy hour and there were enough kids for them to keep each other entertained. We ordered pizza in to our room, ate and then the kids went swimming. We ended the night with a few drinks in our rooms and with the kids watching Star Wars on their little dvd players. The next morning, we went swimming, ate breakfast and packed up and went home! We had a really fun time! The boys enjoyed it too!Heather and me!

The boys loved the hotel pillows. They were perfect for pillow fights.

Ben and Charlie after swimming.

Heather and the boys when we got to the hotel!

Then this month there was Easter. Julie came to visit and stayed a couple of days with us. The boys had fun and she got to experience some of their not-so-fun moments! We spent Easter at our house. Julie, Mom and Bob came over for brunch and then Julie and Nate headed back to Denver that evening.