Update

So, April is finally over- I thought it would never end (not to sound negative or anything, it just seemed like it was dragging). We are finally done seeing snow, and started seeing the signs of Spring!!! We're so excited. Cherry points out EVERY bud on EVERY tree that she sees when we go on walks. For all of you temperature fanatics- it's been in the 50's for the most part, for the last 2 weeks. The sun has been coming up around 6:30 I think (it's hard to tell, but it starts getting light around 5:30 or 6:00). Then it sets around 10:30. Kinda fun! I LOVE the sun!! We are totally taking advantage of the nice weather. We went on a walk Saturday to Goose Lake, it's a little farther of a walk than I had anticipated, but it was really fun. The kids actually did really well too. There is a lake, and a playground, and in the Summer they have part of the Lake roped off for swimming and part for paddleboats. It's still a little frozen right now, but it won't be for long.
There are some new developments in Nate's applying for a job, if you wanna hear about it just ask. It's too much information to put on here, but it should be getting us back home sooner than we had planned, so that is pretty exciting. We will see! We wanna wait until the end of the year anyway though so that we can be eligible for the PFD next year. Nate just finished another semester of school (only 2 more to go), and he did REALLY well, I think it's okay for me to brag- he has a 3.91!!! WAHOO! And he is supposedly done with all of the harder classes. We are looking forward to being able to spend a little more time with him during these three weeks while he is home. He's working SO HARD, I hope his work can pay off soon!
The kids are doing well. They are all so happy that Summer is coming. Cherry and Kelz are riding their bikes a lot and playing outside ALL THE TIME. Cherry is really excited to register for school which we will do shortly. She was teaching Bubba how to pump on the swings the other day which I thought was totally a cool-big-sister thing to do. She's growing up so much. She doesn't pretend to be a dog as much which I must say I thought would never happen. But she is way into horses right now. Kelz is a little lady these days. She loves to have her hair up in two buns, and she likes wearing necklaces and being pretty. She has to wear a dress and her cute little black sunday shoes all the time. She always wants to pretend that Brad is my baby and Luke is her baby. She's really funny. She spends most of her time drawing though. No matter where she goes she has a paper and a pen with her. And I can't tell you how quickly we go through paper and markers because of her :) I guess she got her Daddy's genes. We caught Bubba making way to drive his little "bike" (it's more like a big wheel) down the ramp from the shed. He's a total boy- he had a wagon and a bike right at the end, and barely remembered to move them before risking his life to go down. He did make it safely though, and then he went down a few times before it became boring. He's a fun little boy. He is really good at focusing on things (when he wants to), and accomplishing them no matter how long it takes him. He emptied the entire dishwasher- took him like 20 minutes but he did it all- and all by himself- he didn't want any help- it was pretty fascinating :) He loves cuddling up with Kelz on the couch when they watch a movie. (So Brent and Heidi aren't the only ones that like cuddling with their siblings :) ). Lukey is really getting around now. He can walk really well. He is able to crawl up to the top of the playground and go down the slide by himself now. It's pretty cute to see him do big boy things. When we got home from church yesterday he actually set the table for dinner- all by himself. Nobody coached him or even asked him to do it- I think he was just hungry and knew that that could only speed up the process :) But it was so cute of him! The kids totally cheered him on the whole time. He's loving that he can go outside just like everyone else. And he's getting another tooth. We are almost done weaning him from his bottle- thank goodness! It's been a long road, but I think he is almost happy with the sippy cup now. Stinks that we waited so long.
So anyway- that's what we are up to. Life is good. We will be celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary next week and I can't believe it!!! They have gone by so fast! We have been so blessed. I really wouldn't trade this time in our lives for anything.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYBODY!!