Nice April Fool's Joke, God...

Well, I woke up this April Fool's and looked out the window to see...yep...you guessed it...a bunch of huge snowflakes falling outside our windows. After a rather prolonged late dump of snow, we had all but melted our way out of it these past couple of weeks to the point we actually had a couple of days of rain this week and no ice left at all not to mention what appeared to be some greener blades of grass than usual for this time of year. Now the whole town is covered in a blanket of about 3 inches of wet snow. Turns out it's a good thing I got the 4X4 fixed after all... We just got home after an afternoon of an Easter egg scavenger hunt and egg coloring activity at Trinity with the K-5 kids. It was our first Easter activity there at church and the boys had a great time. I'll post some pictures on here in the near future, so bear with me.

In other events since my last post, Daniel had his 8th birthday at the water park with a good dozen or so of his friends from school. Of course he invited all boys and the same "token" girl he had invited last year, Samantha. Samantha's mom cracked up when she realized her daughter had again been chosen to represent the fairer half of Daniel's class. I think he had either a little too much fun or a little too much cake or both, though, as he ended up sick Friday night, but he's bounced back to his usual chipper self, so all's well that ends well.

The boys did well on the two days they delivered the Grand Forks paper for Joe and his kids. They each were given $20 for their efforts, so it was a good payday for them.

It's hard to believe yet another school year is just about in the books already and baseball season is just around the corner. Aaron will be "drafted" for his team this time around in the 10 and 11-year-old group and it will be "player pitched," so I know he's really hoping to get a chance to pitch. Thankfully he's already got cleats and I picked up a pair of them for Daniel so all they need is new jerseys/t-shirts, pants, and baseball socks to round out their equipment. We bought the last two aluminum "Street Rocket" street hockey sticks from Legends Sporting Goods just over a week ago and the boys have been practicing their skills pretty frequently lately. Aaron has gotten quite good at "dribbling" the street puck, which is a bright orange ball about the size of a billiard ball. We just need something for a net and we'd really be in business. It should be more fun now that we have snow again for a day or two. Speaking of which, it's not 7 hours later and the snow continues to fall outside...

I'm trying to write more here, but I'm about to fall asleep on the couch, so I think I'd better sign off for now lest I leave a trail of zzzzzzz's across the screen. Hope everyone has a great week!