What April Looked Like

It's kind of hard to see in this pic...

A little easier in this one...

It snowed!

In Greensboro!

In April!

Unheard of...

So, Brandon and Emily stopped dating months ago.

We figured he wouldn't go to prom this year.

But, Quinn asked him to go to her prom.

He decided that sounded fun. 

Petra, in the blue dress, is on the climbing team

with Brandon and Caroline.

Quinn is her sister and climbs some, too.

They had a great time.

Look at all that hair!

 After months of rehearsal at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts,

it was time to put on Whitney's first High School Musical,

Shrek the Musical.

It is not necessarily my favorite show,

but it was funny and the students did a GREAT job.

Cute fundraiser Shrek ears for sale.

Whit had several parts,

including:

 One of the three little pigs,

A dragonette,

A tap dancing rat,

And one of the three blind mice.

I love watching her on stage!

She really does light it up.

Curtain call

A fun cast

 So happy the Aagards and Leinbachs could come to watch her!

 April = General Conference = Cinnamon Rolls = YUM 

We've never seen one of these around here,

but found a TREE FROG on our front window...

I LOVE watching Natalie's babies!

I felt so proud of myself getting both Hunter and Jackson

to sleep at the same time. :)

It's looking like spring!

This semester, B has been taking his afternoon 

classes at Weaver Academy, a magnet school

in our district. It offers some computer classes

that aren't available at Ragsdale.

He gets along really well with one of his teachers,

who suggested that he participate in Skills USA. 

I had never heard of it.

It was a sight to behold.

It is a competition that focuses on 

skills that America's workers need.

There were categories from welding

and landscaping to auto repair and video production.

It was fascinating. 

B was competing in math.

He didn't place, but it was an interesting experience.

Winslow was an answer in Jeopardy this month!

Caroline and I were excited to go watch Shae in 

her school's play, Suessical the Musical.

For date night, Andrew and I went to the Arboretum

and Bicentennial Gardens so I could take pics

of the lovely dogwoods (and other plants) in bloom. 

Spring is my favorite!

We always look forward to date nights.

Christian was baptized.

He asked Spencer and B to be his witnesses.

So cute.

I ran out of time to make it to the nail salon before

our cruise, so I gave myself my own cute pedi.

Caroline went on her first overnight field trip.

And I wasn't able to chaperone!

I was a little nervous, but she has a great time.

They went to Camp Hanes,

a YMCA camp not far from here.

They took environmental classes,

did team-building exercises,

and slept in cabins.

The food was great.

They got to zipline!

While most of her classmates slept

on the bus ride home, C just chilled.

We got to celebrate Whitney's 15th!

Love this girl so much.

She is an extremely hard worker

and has so many talents.

Grateful to have her in our family.

Some of her gifts:

An easy piano Hamilton book

A giant tub of mints,

which she found hilarious

Tickets to see Anastasia the Musical

A fun collection of gifts in a Fab Fit Fun

box from Grandma Sweat.

So fun!

Finley invited Andrew and I to his birthday

party at Spare Time to try to win him a ton of

tickets on Space Invaders. Ha!

The headquarters of Burt's Bees in Raleigh.

Cool building.

Anastasia was fantastic!!

We both knew the general story of Anastasia,

but didn't really know what to expect.

They had amazing special effects.

Unlike anything I'd seen in a stage show.

Great use of technology.

Love going to musicals with this girl!

Whit almost caught me in height!!

I love snuggling these babies!

In honor of Easter, I had Whitney sing

"O Lord, My Redeemer" by Jeff Goodrich.