April

April started off with Spencer participating in his first Home Depot workshop building a wooden Easter bunny box. It was crazy busy, but we had fun and it was super cute watching him and Nate work together to hammer the nails, paint, and put stickers on.

By now our weather was inconsistently nice so when we had sunny days we were at the park soaking it up! Conference weekend was nice, but windy so we took Spencer's kite to the park to try it out.

We also made it out to the Lake Owyhee Glory Hole after church one Sunday. It was cool but a little bit scary too. And the drop down the side of the dam was frightening!

One of the last weekends, Nate had a group meeting for a class ALL DAY Saturday so Spencer and I drove up to Lucky Peak to check out the Rooster Tail that only spouts water for a limited time during exceptionally high water years. It took us like 2 hours to get through the traffic of the driving tour, but it was neat to see. Just wish we'd have had a chance to park and get out and walk around.

Our free bowling passes started at the end of April. We've already been a few times and generally take my nephews with us. Spencer could care less about actually bowling and just likes to "play" the arcade games. Turns out I'm the worst bowler out of all the little boys and I usually lose to all 3 of them. My goal is to break 100 before the summer's over! In my defense, they get bumpers and I don't ;)

And here's just a crazy picture of our crazy boy with crazy hair before his summer haircut.

March

Here it is almost June and I am way behind!! Figured I'd better catch up before baby Birthday Cake gets here or I might never get to it!

So here's our March recap.

Nate was sick for like a week and after going to the doctor we discovered he had a sinus infection and almost a double ear infection. After taking almost a whole round of Amoxicillin, he broke out in head to toe hives for 3-4 days. Its still up for debate whether the hives came from the medicine or the black walnut tree he cut down in the rain, but I think its safe to say he will not be taking Amoxicillin ever again just to be safe.

One weekend we also took a little day drive down to Twin to check out Shoshone Falls since we heard it was running at its highest in like 20 years. It was definitely the most impressive I'd seen and minus the traffic to get down the canyon, it was enjoyable! Afterward we even stopped for a pizza buffet which of course made it even more worth the trip.

my glamour shot ;)

And now for some Nate and Spencer moments:

March 16

Nate said to me, "you look like your sister when she was 9 months pregnant" (I was 5..thanks Nate, ha)

March 18

The other night Spencer said to me and Nate, "you are the best girl and Nate in the world!" I asked if he meant we were the best parents to which he said "yeah, parents!"

March 23

We were at church and I was talking to a friend who'd recently had a baby boy. Spence ran up to me and looked at the baby in the car seat and excitedly asked me, "mom, did your baby pop out?!"

One Saturday I went with my mom and her friends to watch the play Dirty Dancing at the Morrison Center. Nate was in charge of Spencer so naturally he took him to the Sportsman's Expo at the fairgrounds where they hung out for quite a while! At one point Nate said he was carrying Spencer on his shoulders while Spencer ate a lollipop. A guy with a cup of beer walked by at exactly the wrong second that Spencer dropped his sucker. Nate heard a 'plop' as the sucker landed perfectly in the guys cup. Luckily he was a good sport and just laughed and said, "he's probably not gonna want that back."

March 24

Nate was joking about sitting on me when Spencer pipes up, "Nater, you can't sit on mom because you're too fat and will KILL her!!"