April 2013

April started with Madeline making her First Communion.  She had worked for so long to prepare for this Sacrament and was so excited!  She looked beautiful in her dress and veil.

 Mrs. Judy, one of her teachers:

 Mrs. Nancy, her other teacher:

 These 4 girls have been in PRE together since they were 3:)

 My brother, Robbie, is Madeline's godfather.  We were so grateful he could be there but sure missed her godmother, Kym's presence.  Virginia is a long way away though:(

 Madeline was also super excited her cousin, Emma could be there.

 Nana flew in for the occasion too!

 Sweet siblings!  Can you tell the sun was a bit bright, lol!

 Our family of 5:

 A beautiful cake:

 Later that month, Madeline's ballet class was asked to perform at the Health Fair in town.  She had a good time!

 Then, Nathan was able to go with her on her first out of town GT field trip to Memphis.  They rode the charter bus with her friend, Haylee.

 One of their stops was the Memphis Zoo where Madeline fell in love with the pandas.

 The start of Spring, meant the start of t-ball for Will!  This year he was on the Oakland A's.

Mallory seemed to enjoy hanging out at the ball field too:)

 This is her 10 month picture.  We completely gave up on the sign in the crib:)  She was not having it anymore.

 She also discovered a love for the i pad.

 And the swings at the park:)

 Will discovered that he loves Monopoly Jr.and we have had many Family Game Nights playing his new favorite game!

 Mallory became quite the cruising machine during this time.

We did get an offer on our house but it was a really low one so we decided to pass and just continue the waiting game.  To make matters more stressful, we had a bad storm with hail damage right around Easter and had to replace our roof, ugh!   We hoped that May would bring us a better offer and the chance to move while Nathan was on summer break.