April update

 We spent a lot of our time in April preparing for a busy month of May, 

but we spent a day in downtown Detroit with my sister's family.

 After visiting the Detroit Institute of Art (which was awesome and free!)

we took the people mover around the town.  That is Canada in the background.

 We celebrated the melting of the ice on the lake....but then:

 April 15th we woke up to snow!! Instead of complaining, we embraced it

and went sledding. 

 This boy LOVES the snow!

 We awarded them medals because we finally got to complete

our winter Olympics sledding competition.  Max wanted to eat his.

 Our family (kiddos included), my sister's family, and my parents participated in Secret Church.  A few hours in, Ken said, "Our family at Poplar Springs (in Georgia) is worshiping with us right now.  Isn't that awesome?"  I'm sure some of you reading this were participating too, either from your living room or church.  We spent 6 hours learning and being reminded that Christ's death on the cross and His resurrection changed everything!  It focused our attention on where Jesus affects our everyday life.

This month also closed out our homeschool co-op.  Thank you to Seeds of Faith for allowing us to jump aboard half-way through your school year.  We enjoyed an end-of-the-year performance and Callie's class got to sing the "Rainbow" song.  She was so excited!  We're so grateful for wonderful teachers who spent their time preparing for class and to focus on Christ.

I'll end with a funny story.  Easter morning we got dressed up for church.  Callie saw me and gasped, "Mommy! Your dress is so beautiful...and sparkly...you look like a cow!"  It was a lavender speckly print, so I knew what she meant and I took it as a compliment. :)