April 2018

I have to be honest. The month of April is kind of a blur. We were so busy frantically packing, house hunting, and trying to find someone to lease our AZ home that everything else was an afterthought.
We did start of the first of the month with Easter Sunday. We went over to Nate and Kate's house and had a fun time with them and Kett and Cameron. The kids got to hunt for Easter eggs and play, while the adults visited. It was really nice. 

As long as we had all the Mower grandkids together in one place we went ahead and snapped another picture of them all. Who knows when we'll all be in the same place again. 

 After that bit of fun, things just got crazy. I started making almost daily runs to WalMart to scavenge for boxes (and buy leftover Easter candy on clearance...).

I tried to pack a couple boxes each day, as well as keep the house clean enough to show to prospective tenants. It was exhausting!

 The kids did a great job of entertaining themselves and each other. Erik was loving the mountains of cardboard laying around to create with. He even make a model of the solar system with one. 

 Sharli discovered that she can entertain Maren by retelling well-known books to her, which was a huge sanity saver! Thank goodness for her little helper heart!

 In addition to all the moving preparations, we were also trying to squeeze in as much time as we could with all our friends. With temperatures hitting the triple digits already we made several trips to the splash pads around town, as well as a super fun day at an indoor play place. We sure love our AZ friends!

Sharli continued to go to our twice-weekly preschool co-op right up until the day before we moved. Having those days where she was doing preschool and Maren was doing toddler swap with my friend Tiffany was such a huge help when it came to getting stuff done. Here they are waiting for their ride to their respective activities. 

 So much happened this month, I feel like there should be way more to share here, but it was just a ton of crazy tiny details that get lost in the big picture.