I mentioned in the last post that Molly came for an extended visit. She was still with us for the first 10 days of April. As you can see, she has a very exciting life here with the old folks.
Actually she was probably all worn out from protecting us from all the dangers in our neighborhood---bikers, joggers, walkers, other dogs and of course the occasional deer.
Adam and Rachel made an unexpected trip to Northwest Iowa the first week of April because Adam's Grandma Wissink passed away. This is the Grandma that Hope Caroline is named for. It's very sad that Grandma Wissink never got to meet Hope. They decided to break up their trip a bit, with an overnight stop at our house.
We're always happy when these two stop by.
When they came back from Iowa they stopped by again, this time for the whole week-end. This visit had been planned as part of Jeremiah's spring break week.
Who could resist that face?
Watching the wildlife in the back yard
She still can take a bath in Grandma's kitchen sink!
Hope was very interested in GooGoo
Gorilla's pacifier--she made a switch!
It's pretty much become standard procedure to have lunch at Panera after church when the kids are in town. Hope is a HUGE fan of their macaroni and cheese!
She really gets into it!
Jeremiah is more of a PB&J guy--
not quite so messy.
One nice thing about April is that even though there might be snow, we usually also see some signs of spring.
Daffodils--my favorite sign of spring, on a good
day, with no snow.
Someone very special has a birthday in April, on the 20th. And I am not referring to Adolph Hitler, even though he does share that birthday.
Free birthday "Monkey Bread"
at Blue's Egg
On the 25th we had an outing with Roger and Sheryl at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a gorgeous day and it is a wonderful place. The tulips and other early spring flowers were beautiful. We had a great lunch outdoors at the Garden Cafe there. We will definitely be going back there again. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures. :(
This pesky little rascal is still around and is very determined. He is not deterred by Bob's little tricks, like putting WD-40 on the pole to make it harder for him to climb up.
Nice to see the green grass!
And that's about it for April---stay tuned for May!
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