catch-up!

Yikes!!! I'm behind in blogging! It's already May, and I still have April posts. This past week was a hard week. I came down with strep throat on Sunday:( I hadn't had it since I was in middle school so I had forgotten how it felt....not fun: fever, achiness, sore throat (major pain when swallowing), sore lymph nodes in my neck, and my voice faded in a way that's hard to describe. Ryan stayed home from work on Monday so I could go to the doctor, and then stay banished away in our bedroom. I mostly rested all day, and watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, of course. Thankfully, no one else got strep...yay!! I felt better by Wednesday, I think, but we were in waiting to see if the boys would come down with it.

A big part of the month of April for us was the Cookeville Passion Play, aka "Jesus Shall Reign". Our church put on five performances of it this year, and every night was very full or packed out. Ryan was a disciple, and I lead the dance/hand motions with my friend, Tera. Tera and I always have fun working together. We made up the dance together on Wednesday nights after church at her house, and then we taught it to girls 5th grade and up. It is amazing to see how everything comes together...God is good!

Here are the girls:)

Ryan is in his disciple outfit...pretty stylish, huh?

The last weekend in April my mom and sister came to visit. We went to the park one morning, and also to Burgess Falls south of town. The kids did really well, and enjoyed seeing their "Gigi" and Aunt CaroLion:) For Easter, Ryan's parents gave us some money to get the boys something and we got a water table. While in Charlestion with my dad at the Childrens' Museum, Josiah LOVED the water table that was there, so I thought it would be a good gift for them. They LOVE it! We also played with the water table with my mom and sister, and had fun laughing wathcing them play in the water.

Pictures at the waterfall:

Water Table Fun!!