Middle of April - from winter to summer and back again!

 Okay, catch up time again here!  On this cold, blustery day I'll start this post with some Spring pictures I took in the last week.  As is normal in April, our temps have gone way up and way down.

Last Monday morning, April 10th, Destiny met Alex to pick up Elizer and I met her at her house when she got back.  She had to soon leave for work, so I was taking him home with me. (She starts at 2:30 on Mondays.)  He had slept the whole time in the car and was so confused when he woke up and I was taking him over to my van.  He wanted to go into his house and he wanted his mommy.  He cried and cried and got really angry.  I felt so bad for him.  When we got to my house I decided we would go to the playground behind our house first.  And then the best thing happened!  We spied an Easter egg under the rose bush that had been missed on Saturday!  And it had jelly beans in it!  So that changed his mood in a hurry!  We sat at the table at the playground and he ate those jelly beans and I took this picture for Destiny.  

Later, after he had taken another short nap, we took the spaghetti and meatballs I had made for Anthony and Lori over to their place, which he always likes.   Destiny worked till 11:00 and came here to sleep.

Tuesday morning was sunny when I took him to daycare and he wanted his sunglasses.  For whatever reason, he preferred wearing them upside down that morning!

That evening he was begging to play with this plastic marble set.  I've never gotten it out for him, because it has a lot of missing and broken pieces.  But I decided to satisfy his curiosity and see what I could do with it.  I found a way to configure some of the pieces so the marbles would flow from place to place, and it kept him engaged for a very long time.  I was kind of pleased with my self, since that kind of thing is not in my line of gifting, haha!

Wednesday was a warm day, and I was making several batches of air fried chicken.  I always like to keep my windows open when I do that to keep my smoke alarm from going off.  So by the time I was finished with that and with roasting some yams and veggies in a 400 degree oven, it was up to 80 degrees in the house!!  Needless to say, time for the AC!!  I left to pick up Elizer from daycare and then took some of the food over to Anthony and Lori's.  By the time we got home the house felt wonderful.  Dick was mowing the grass, and we watched him from the porch till he was finished, then Dick took him for a ride around the neighborhood.  He loves to wave at everyone!

Thursday was just downright hot!!  When I got Elizer home from daycare I changed him into this adorable shorts outfit Destiny had gotten him.  When Dick and I were in the kitchen getting ready to eat dinner we throught he was too quiet.  That usually means he might be up to no good.  But this is what I found.  So cute!

Destiny picked him up right after work, and we had choir practice that evening. 

Our daffodils loved the weather last week.  They have been through every temperature extreme this spring and they aren't very tall, but they are red and they cheer me up every time I come home.

Here's a cool picture I took from my sink window on Friday morning.  We live very near to University Park Airport and have many contrails in the sky. 

Friday was Destiny's day off work, so we went grocery shopping together and then ate lunch at Panera.  I got a delicious salad that had strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and clementines in it.  But guess who ate every last piece of my fruit??  A certain little boy, haha!  I had the lettuce and chicken and maybe some pecans.  Still good.

He took a nap here that afternoon - for three hours!  

And finally that evening we had our first cookout of the year!  It had been a hot day, but cooled off just perfectly by evening.  

Is this not the cutest picture????  He loves his rain boots!

We had such a good time!  

This sign was up all last week advertising our church's groundbreaking ceremony.  

But all that sunny weather was gone by Saturday!  It was still pretty warm, but raining.  But we were not deterred!  We had it anyway and we had a great time!

There were little shovels for the kids and they got to dig first.  Pastor Jim told them that someday when they bring their kids to this church they can tell them that they helped to dig the ground when it was built!  Elizer was so excited about using that shovel!  He didn't want to stop.  

Other people, representing church, district, and builder responsibilities shoveled as well.   We had a short service, prayer, and a song.  The group in the bottom photo were the ones who planned and prepared for the service.

After-bath snuggles with Grandpa Saturday evening. 

Elizer went to church with us Sunday morning, and in the afternoon we met Alex to give Elizer to him.  Sadly, his daycare class has had to downsize for a month due to staff shortage.  They can have only five kids until they hire and train a new person.  They chose the five based on those who have siblings in other classes.  So for the next month Elizer will be spending a week at a time with Alex, then with Destiny and us, then with Alex, etc.  He's always happy to go either place, thankfully.  We miss him, but I'm trying to get some things done this week that I don't usually have time to do.  I've made a long list!

Today was just absolutely cold and blustery!!  I hated it!!

But I've got yellow and pink tulips, and the knockout rose bush is coming back to life.  Apparently we're going up to 80 degrees again on Friday, and then next week will be cold again.  Spring flowers really do need to be hardy!

Tomorrow is this guy's 73rd birthday!  Still working full time!  

Sam and Steph gave us a gift card for Texas Roadhouse for Christmas, and we've been saving it for Dick's birthday.  So you know where we'll be eating!  Our favorite place!