Over a month?

It seems everyone is letting their blogs lapse a bit. We've had some sunshine, so between that and this time of year just being *busy*, we're all out doing other things!

We spent most of April nursing one family member or other through a pretty nasty cold. I was the last to get it, and I'm finally feeling human the last couple of days.

We've been very busy moving around, rearranging, reorganizing, and simplifying any part of our house that we can. Other than normal Spring cleaning, we're getting ready for some extra members of our household. Matt's brother has been out of work for a few months, so they're coming to stay with us until he lands a job and they get back on their feet. We're excited, actually, because we haven't spent much time with this particular brother, so it will be a good chance to get to know them and their 3 kids! Our house isn't huge, so it will be tight. . . thus all of the business of trying to streamline things. Which hasn't been easy with sickness, and Matt's crazy busy work schedule.

Other than that, we're plugging along and learning to find joy in the small things. Today I got to go with Abby on her Kindergarten field trip, to the zoo and the Botanical Gardens in Boise. We stopped for a picnic in between at Quarry View park new the Gardens. It's a cool little park in a beautiful setting: just under some fantastic rock formations and trails in the foothills at the end of Warm Springs, which is my favorite street in Boise (someday if we win the lottery, maybe we can live there. . . if we start playing the lottery). There's a nice picnic area, basketball courts, tennis courts, and the playground gets a big thumbs-up from the squirtlings.

We're looking forward to summer; hopefully if gas stays under $4 a gallon (ick) we can go visit some family and those kinds of things.