April

 Welcome Back!!

Hope you all had a great April! For us, it was quite crazy! But I guess we should be used to that by now.

Overview of April: Springfield Symphony with my cello teacher, her husband, and a few other friends, a Bakers creek Festival, hiking at Ha-Ha Tonka with some of the Ford's, Easter, and a Family Conference in Big Sandy, Texas with the Ford family!

Springfield Symphony in Downtown Springfield!

Such a beautiful building!!

The Symphony! 

We also had the pleasure of getting to watch one of the world's best cellists, Bryan Cheng!

When you randomly discover that the blue lights in your room make yellow highlighters glow!

.....and your siblings ask you to write all over them, and not only do you listen to them but you also think it's a great idea🙈

It's a yellow nose and arms for the win!!

Somebody's got a bun in the oven! ;)

It's Anna in the background for me! 😂

Got a chance to get some quality time in with this beautiful girl! I love our walks and talks! <3

First Bakers Creek Seed Festival since 2019!!

It was so fun to be a tiny piece in the picture and getting to work alongside family and friends!

This place is so beautiful in the spring!

....which was perfect for some flower pics!! :)

Early morning hike at Ha Ha Tonka with the Fords! Pictures never do justice when it comes to the view from up here; it's breathtakingly beautiful!

We may have drifted from the path more than once to climb up the rocks;)

Peeking inside the old water tower.

The whole gang

More truck loads, more wood chip moving

Easter Sunday! 

Between Katherine and Isaiah, it can be a little challenging getting a good family picture these days

Big Sandy, Texas bound!

*Following the Ford's down*

Taking a rest stop; aka a perfect time for some volleyball

Arrived!!

So good to be back!

~The Lake~

Anna looking like...like....a fat person in a lifejacket to be perfectly honest.

 Not sure what look she was going for here.

Davis

All the boats it takes to hold us!😂

I could get used to a view like this!

Quite the chaotic swimming situation!

We may have gotten in trouble for treating the lake like a swimming pool, but we had fun while we did!

The Opening Ceremony 

Dawson, Katherine, Joe, and Havi in the sandbox

So many good messages from amazing speakers!

We found out there's exactly 17 seats in each row, haha!

Between us and the Ford's, there was enough for everyone + one left over!

Choir Practice

And of course, lots of volleyball!!

The poor kid woke up with his eye looking like this

 at the beginning of the trip due to what we think was a bug bite.

Thankfully it was almost fully healed by the end of the trip

Mine, Norah's, and Peyton's Commit group

And just like that, the last day came around the corner and it was time for all the group pictures before we head out the next morning!

They definitely made the week more fun!

Isaiah and Katherine's Children's Institute teacher, Isabella

Havi and Kassidy with their Pre-Excel teacher!

~All the performances~

Pre-Excel

Children's Institute 

Alert Challenge

The Choir

Dad, Ashley, Melody, and Hannah :)

Hannah, Ashley, me, Anna, Andre, and Gabby

Count on me always photobombing y'alls selfies ;)

I love these people!

The Cord kids

It's just faster than saying "all the Ford's and Coulter kids"! ;)

What does that famous quote say?

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all"?

Ehh, that will work for a caption!

All of us with Moriah, 

a sweet friend we've gotten to know throughout the past year, before we say goodbye.

Staying up super late the night before we head out the next morning. We're full some brilliant ideas, haha!

But, we did have a good ole' time, so no regrets here!

Homeward bound.....

Welp, that's all folks!! Thank you so much for stopping by, and come back soon for May's post! :)

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."

Philippians 4:8