I can't believe it's already April!
One of the best parts about April is it means the end of tax season - yes!!! My family gave me this beautiful bouquet of flowers to celebrate. They also gave me an awesome "end of tax season" basket of goodies. It had some of my favorite candy treats, a Life magazine about Queen Elizabeth, an Apple gift card, a float for the beach, a paint by number picture, and a balloon. What a fun surprise!
My office closed for a few days after tax season ended to give us all some downtime. I have enjoyed getting some extra rest and catching up on a few items that I just didn't have time for previously. Ryan treated me to lunch at Canoe one day which was absolutely delicious.
Also, it's the start of baseball season! It's quite fun to have the world series champion Braves down the road. Ryan was very excited when Brian offered him a ticket to go to the second game of the season. Welcome back to Braves Country!
Lily got to go with Lauren Martin to a game a few days later. It was the night the giveaway was replica world series rings. Look how huge they are! The Martins also took Lily to an escape room with their family recently (they unfortunately did not make it out); we are so thankful for these friends.
Decker got a new ball recently, and he loves it. It cracks me up when he uses it as a pillow.
Lily had the opportunity recently to go see Chris Tomlin and Hillsong United in concert with Lucy Elrod and her family. She said this was a lot of fun.
Lily and Addison Corley went to see another friend, Katie Brooks, in her Aladdin ballet performance. Lily and I went to see her in The Nutcracker back in December, and it was beautiful. I saw some of the costumes from this performance, and they were gorgeous. Lily said Katie did a great job, and this was a fun evening.
We had the opportunity to celebrate our risen Savior on Easter Sunday recently. We enjoyed going to Sunday School and then church service. We are so thankful to be a part of First Baptist Smyrna; Jeff Pennington leads so well and faithfully preaches from the Word of God each week. What a blessing this church is.
The girls enjoyed getting a few treats in their Easter baskets too. Both received some cute new spring/summer pajamas, a new t-shirt, a candle, some candy, and an Apple gift card. Lily received an otter warmie and a face mask while Mia received a new hairbrush and small caramel bunny.
Egg hunt came before lunch this year as the sky threatened a downpour. There's only a few small ones left in the family, but they sure had fun!
My office closed for a few days after tax season ended to give us all some downtime. I have enjoyed getting some extra rest and catching up on a few items that I just didn't have time for previously. Ryan treated me to lunch at Canoe one day which was absolutely delicious.
Mia and her team of Judson and Will made it into the science fair with their project on cloud experimentation. She enjoyed getting to go to the Lower School one afternoon and teach the kids what she's been learning.
Back in March, Ryan and I enjoyed the Stonehaven gala where we won a few items. The girls absolutely adore their teachers, so we were excited to win teacher experiences for them. Mia had a great time doing archery lessons with Mr. Rickman a couple of days after school. Her friends, Rylie and Selah, joined her for that. Lily got to take her friend, Lauren, out of school for an afternoon of fun with Mrs. Hanbury. They enjoyed lunch at Taquiera Tsunami and then antiquing on the Square. They thought it would be funny to tell us they made one other stop at this store too!
The school celebrated Grandparents, Family, and Friends Day at the end of the month. Ryan enjoyed getting to go. He saw Lily's choir perform, and they did an amazing job.
Mia's improve class also performed which was fun to watch.
These girls are so fortunate to have the best dad!
It's a busy but wonderful month!