One morning at work, I started getting random texts and phone calls asking me about some raspberry starts. After initially dismissing them with a 'Sorry, wrong number' I decided to look into it a bit after more calls... and thus I found this craigslist ad. That was about the same time I realized the date was April 1st...
Some stealth detective work... aka Marco Polo'ing... revealed the prank master as the one and only Nycole. (Also this is one of my favorite candid pictures of her. I think it's what I have saved as her contact info in my phone...)
Nycole had been awfully busy that morning, as Emily and her non-existent free baby goats can attest:
Ah yes, and Paulina and her 'free' squatty potty - oh my gosh, we all died laughing. Freaking Nycole!!
That being said, we did miss her terribly the next week at girls' night. It did make it easier to plot our revenge, however!
Caption via instagram: Feeling like we got a future ENT on our hands 👩🏻⚕️👂🏻👃🏻👅🏥🔦💰🔬💊💁🏻♀️
Adventures at Grandma's house: bike rides, play doh, modeling, reading books (and calendars?):
Carma and I sneaked out for a girls' night to watch a cheerleading and dance showcase - SO fun.
Easter sneaked up on us a bit, but luckily Chuck's parents came into town prepared! The kids had the best time dyeing eggs in the backyard with cousins and Grandma Izatt!
Quick egg hunt in the front yard...
We had a fun dinner out with Chuck's family, including Casey and Caleigh and their cutest girlie Claire. Carma and Claire (and Jack!) were pretty mesmerized by this water display at the front of the restaurant!
Doesn't everyone get the best sleep cuddling with their sibling after kicking their mom out of HER OWN BED? OHHH, just Jack and Carma? Cool.
Avengers: Endgame was released into theaters, and these four (plus Grandma Pam!) saw it the first Tuesday available.
So happy for all of them.
More Carma Junie randomness... all related to Dad. Who else would encourage her desire to collect weird slugs along the path? Or upgrade her on a bike that looks entirely too big for my tiny little girl?
And who would let her walk around with this crazy ensemble on?? Oh, yeah, that was definitely me ;).
Accidental brother matching requires a photo shoot:
These two middle boys are pretty lucky to have each other... most of the time ;).
Random evening at West Park:
Is having Jack unload the dishwasher efficient? Not at all, haha. Is it entertaining? Very much so!!
Clyde gave me a heart attack when he started sporting these random spots along his outer ear. I'll save y'all the mess o' googling that ensued, it's something about kids and a reaction almost allergy to the sun? Said it wasn't a big deal, so I moved on!
Clyde inherited the use of an old iPhone 4s for when he's home with the other kids alone, so I took the opportunity to hook him up with an awesome lockscreen reminder.
Cute little team working on a puzzle:
I'm borderline obsessed with this tree - look at the leaves starting to pop out! Yayyyy spring!!
Instagram caption: In these busy life it’s SO important to carve out time for your marriage! Sometimes it’s in Boise at 5am trying to jump the car that died on Chuck last night during rush hour construction 😳🚧😂 but any time together can be special- like how Chuck bought me a chocolate milk at Walmart with the tow strap #romanticbreakfast Another pro tip: driving in separate cars back home doesn’t have to end the date; just stay on speaker phone together and your connection will be as tight as the tow strap💕... minus the one intersection where it broke off #whoops 😬😅. Sure love Chuck, sure hate car problems, sure happy with life all around though 🙌🏼.
A few more pictures to really set the scene... being towed is NOT my favorite but Chuck's a rockstar and super patient with me and I wasn't tooooo late to work, so that's good!
Chuck had been looking at scooters for a while, so when Yoshi's Idahoan counterpart popped up on craigslist, we obviously had to go take a look.
Which may have led to a test drive... which may have led to a purchase.
Carma and I drove home behind Chuck and the new scooter. It was a very slow drive home haha.
We didn't take a helmet with us, so we were grateful when the seller tossed in this (admittedly small) helmet with the sale. Chuck wore it the whole drive home, then popped it atop both Carma and Jack for some rides around the neighborhood.
It was then stashed on the sidewalk momentarily and we caught side of this wee stowaway inside:
AND THEN WE ALL HAD A HEART ATTACK WHEN WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE HELMET AND CAUGHT SIGHT OF ITS BELLY.
It's cool, just a black widow that spent like 45 minutes right next to Chuck's freaking scalp. And then hung out in close proximity to both Jack and Carma.
After its death and a moment of silence, I took a couple spins on the scooter sans helmet. Felt safer.
April = the cute springtime birthday of our lovely Katie - she was out of town that day but Clyde was able to hand off her gift a couple days later and of course I made the two of them take a quick picture in Katie's front yard:
... because how amazing is this side by side from Katie's birthday last year?? These two best buddies are awesome; I love the respect and kindness and encouragement they give each other. The cutest.
k, that was April! Moving right along!
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