April 2020 was the wildest month. The weather did not cooperate here in Indiana and it felt cold and wet all month long. Of course, quarantining is not my favorite thing, I missed countless exciting things I had planned after a miserable winter at work. That has extended into a long, cold spring with way more hours at work than I am used to. I sound uncharacteristically harsh, but dang, I am ready for summer.
While it was not the April I dreamed of, we did have some good times. We went on some fun walks outdoors with the dogs, and had a few little socially distanced excursions. Of course, Bailey and Remy love having us home.
Daddy's driving through Chic-fil-A and it's Bailey's turn to be in the front seat. He's enjoying every moment.
I did some socially distancing walks around town to see all the beauty. The magnolias and tulips were gorgeous at North Christian Church.
We had several Zoom calls with friends, and those were a lot of fun!
Mary made us masks and Kelly and Scott dropped off a bottle of wine!
Back to the dogs. They are rarely far from me. I work a ton of hours from home, but in the comfort of my home. For our anniversary David got me this fluffiest blanket (that looks just like one of our Maltipoos). So I use my Maltipoo blanket a lot. The dogs LOVE it.
I was taking a Zoom yoga class. Remy was "helping"
Even playing pool downstairs, they like to be close by.
We loved having Thomas home a few days. He's isolating at his apartment in Indy, finishing up his 2nd spring semester of college. Online learning has not been ideal, but it's OK.
Easter was my favorite day in April I think. Thomas spent the night. We opened our Easter baskets and watched the church service on Zoom. Then we took a break and came back and cooked our entire feast together. It was awesome! We have never been alone on Easter. We either travel to Mississippi and are driving back on Easter Sunday, or we go to church and then have a shared meal with our friends the Towsleys and Borowskis. That's been our standard for 15 years. This year, it was just us.
David had never made deviled eggs. He was a little surprised how much mayonnaise it takes :)
Thomas is a great cook and does a lot of cooking at his apartment. He's not afraid when I whip out a new recipe.
Our Easter meal was ham, deviled eggs, crescent rolls, asparagus casserole, green beans and new potatoes, and peach cobbler with vanilla bean ice cream for dessert. I loved that we all cooked it together!
Then we zoomed with the Towsleys and Borowskis
And took some photos for Brennan's graduation announcements.
I celebrated 25 years at work. I had a 7 year break but started 25 years ago.
My team sent me some gorgeous flowers, and David and Brennan got me roses and a lava cake which we enjoyed together.
We did the senior portrait challenge on social media. I love graduation time for Brennan. It's certainly strange this year, but it's also pretty exciting!
There was talk of a front porch parade so we decorated for Brennan. I think that's no longer a "thing" but it's been fun to have people remark on Brennan's upcoming graduation and move to Purdue.
And then the school corporation announced graduation plans. There will be a virtual graduation (head shots were due today), and cap and gowns were delivered a month early. We got all that done and are so thankful to Rachel for taking some quick photos for us. There is also going to be a graduation walk through at the school after school ends in late May. Thomas will be there and we can celebrate as a family. It's not the traditional graduation we all anticipated, but it will be great. Brennan has 3 weeks of school and a bunch of AP exams left. He's ready and I'm ready for this school year to wrap up!
Happy May!
