April 2015 Wrap Up!

Looking back at April these are some of the things that happened that felt note-worthy:

• Took Mom to Cheers to Art with Melissa to paint "I love the Reds" painting. 
• The girls got 3 Easter baskets - one at Mom's, Dad's and home.
• We had Easter Dinner at Mom's and then at Dad's.
• We dyed Easter Eggs at home and Mom joined us.
• Our McDonald's meal was paid for by a stranger!
• We celebrated Livi and Levi and Emily's birthdays.
• Sarah and Jason came to town and surprised us!
• I finished the Federal and State taxes by myself!
• Lilly got new shoes for summer.
• We had our last Movie night at the school - The Lion King.
• I ran Star Card Cart again.
• Mom and Nate visited one Saturday between Nate's baseball and soccer games.
• Bella went to her friend Laila's birthday party at Skatetown, USA!
• Ross went to the Fairfield city meeting about the Landominiums to be built next to us.
• Bella went to the first Dentist appointment with Dr. Kennedy. Needs a tooth pulled and another crowned.
• Bella and Lilly went to the school skating party.
• Sarah and Jason came into town again and we had a grill out at Dad's with everyone.
• We had VBS training at church and started all things VBS!
• Bella took a trial class at Flip N Twist Gymnastics and loved it so we signed up.
• We started using a jar filled with questions (called "The Key Jar") to ask at dinner time to help us have things to talk about.
• Took Lilly to the doctor after she had an earache in the middle of the night. 
• I helped Mom cut down a bush in her yard. 

 Resolution update:
1. Saving Money - This month was better than last, but not perfect. Again doctor bills seemed to suck up some of our savings. We saved about 77% of our goal. I'm still happy that we are able to save some every month rather than going over and dipping into savings. I think taking the savings out early in the month has really helped.

2. Lose 2 pounds a month / Get Healthier - I just don't even want to talk about it. This month was just not good as far as eating/exercising goes.

3. Read 3 books a month - This month I finished two. Angels Walking and As You Wish.

4. Blog at least once a week - And this goal went down the toilet too! I did get a little detail out there from each week, but one of the posts was a 3-week catchup, so it doesn't count in my mind.