Well they say March blows in like a lion and out like a lamb I have always felt that it applied more to April in my house. We start the month of April with Blake’s birthday and finish it off with Dad’s, it is very fitting that they are 50 years apart and born in the same month as they are carbon copies of each other. Blake’s birthday this year included a quick and dirty trip to Austin, TX for the round up. Since he turned 16 this year (Omigod) I loosened the strings a bit more and let him fire up a top fuel dragster, see video. He enjoyed it; I wasn’t too wild about the no gas mask part but…
The trip was fast and fun, we drove down early Saturday morning had breakfast with the rest of the Living Legends crew, then got back into the truck and drove the rest of the way to Austin and the fairgrounds. I was so wrapped up with our cars and our group that I never got to wander and see the rest of the cars, which after I saw the pictures was a real shame; there was some beauties. I did take E over to the practice arena and watch the Mini Bike races; they were intriguing to say the least grown men on souped up mini bikes, racing each other, by the end they were getting down right ornery with each other. It is much better in the retelling than the actual watching but E enjoyed it.
We ended up crawling back into bed at home around midnight that Saturday night and being bums the rest of the weekend. I did take the boys out to eat that Sunday night and for ice cream at Marble Slab. Pretty sure I didn’t cook at all that weekend which is not a bad thing, except to my wallet!
The rest of the month has been spent getting adjusted to our new baby Memphis, who has declared himself the new ruler of the house! Jazz is of course not pleased with this, and they actually get along unless Memphis is picking on him. I was really worried at the beginning of this month having been sick with strep that I thought would never go away but we seem to be on the mend now.
This month I have also been back into touch with old friends from high school that I hadn’t seen in years! It was great to be able to see them again, and I am hoping another decade doesn’t go by without seeing them again! Of course seeing friends reminds me of the ones that live close that we can never get our schedules to line up to see, and we will be making an effort to do that! With seeing old friends comes meeting new friends and I have made some fabulous new friends and am enjoying spending time with them as well.
School marches on for all of us in our house I will be done two weeks before the boys but will start up again for summer classes, so it is not but a two week break. I was hoping for more of a break to be able to really get out there and get the yard under some sort of control and get some more flowers planted but I will just have to do it as time allows. Both boys are looking forward to summer vacation, Blake so he can finish drivers’ education and Elijah so that he can go and spend long weekends with his partners in crime in Wylie.
Dad’s birthday is this Saturday and I will be cooking dinner for him and making a cake and we will be hanging out, very excited for this! Ready for some grilling and hanging out time!
I hope May doesn’t fly by like April did, but I know the boys will be ready to be out of school!
