Being April

This has been a bit of a crazy month. Dean was in Utah doing an army class for most of the month. We joined him the last week during the kids' spring break. While there, we celebrated Andrew's eighth birthday. I made him a tiger cake. :) Andrew really enjoyed spending his birthday with his cousins. The last day that we were in Utah, Andrew was baptized. Several of my siblings and their families were there. Dean's parents and sister came down from Green River, and my parents were there via video. Andrew was so eager and excited the whole day. I really hope it was an experience that he will remember. I asked him to write in his journal about it, but he really doesn't like writing, so he didn't. Today my ward did a musical program following the life of Jesus Christ. There were several hymns, songs from the children's songbook, the primary sang, and there were a couple of solos and a duet. I was asked to sing the last song, about when Christ came to th...

My kids have been sick for the past two weeks. I'm getting awfully tired of the quarantine. As of today, all four kids have a cough, although the coughs are getting fewer and farther between. I completely lost my voice yesterday, and am doing much better today, although now I've got a cough too. We went ahead and went to church today, because I really needed it. I just about died of a coughing attack when I attempted to sing the opening song in Sacrament meeting. After that, I decided it probably wasn't a good idea to stay for choir practice after church. That was all well though because Dean is in Utah for the next three weeks, so I don't have anyone else to watch the kids anyways. I have been realizing some things about me recently. I am a very social person. I love to be with people! In the past I have had a really hard time initiating conversations with people, even people that I know well. That's something that I've been working on though, and I think I am...