April 2017

Cool creations during conference. General Conference was April 1 and 2nd, and as usual, we had the Hodsons over the Sunday sessions. We love this tradition we have started and look forward to it twice a year. Didn't get any pictures of the event but you can trust it was fun with the 16 of us.

Caleb's 11th birthday was the 7th of April. All he wanted for Christmas was a cat or kitten, he didn't get it. When it came time for his birthday all he wanted was a cat or kitten. We finally relented and let the boy have a cat. We were supposed to celebrate on the 7th but both Darik and Anna had Pre-UIL concerts that night. We went to Anna's and then drove straight to Darik's (on the other side of the district, literally!) just to find out they had bus trouble and would be performing 1.25 hours later! We ended up going out for dinner without Darik, even though we stayed to watch him perform. They did a good job there and later at UIL competition a week later.

The next day was Saturday and Jason took Caleb to try out instruments for band class next year. He has chosen to play tuba, we'll see how that goes come September. Afterwards Jason took Caleb to Petco to adopt a cat. He selected one named Silk that he renamed to DK, short for Dark Knight. He is a short-haired domestic cat that is very gentle and skittish. It took him quite a while to adjust to the constant commotion of our home but he finally settled in the end of April. He is a very loving cat and Caleb loves to take care of him.

A family walk after church on the 9th.

We attended our ward campout on April 14th - 15th. We went to Lake Houston and had a great time. I totally forgot to take any pictures but I poached some from a friend on FB. When we arrived home we discovered that the Easter Bunny had made his annual visit to our house. Baskets for all the "kids" and new swimsuits too!

More track meets and shotput.

April 28th and 29th was the weekend of a fun event called Time Out for Women. Anna, Rachel and I all attended Friday evening together. We got to see David Archuleta perform, he has a beautiful voice! Saturday Rachel and I had to miss because we were flying her to UT to get her settled into her first semester away at school. Anna attended Saturday morning until 2 when Jason picked her up to come home and prepare for Mormon Prom. She went with Madsen Baum and had a wonderful time! I missed it all (seeing a theme here with me and prom?) but her dad took really good care of her.

Saturday morning, after dropping me and Rachel at the airport, Jason took Caleb and Sarah to a Primary Temple Trip and brought Jaron and Darik along also. Jaron and Darik were able to spend some time in the temple working but Sarah and Caleb are too young to enter and they only walked around the outside after their primary activity. Then they all went over to a local park to picnic and play. They picked Anna up on the way home.