APRIL 2009

Well, it's been a great month. We returned from our San Diego trip on Thursday evening, April 2nd.
Ariel and Tatum were able to stay with me. Bob got to visit with them until he left on Sunday, April 5th.

Bob had to go to San Antonio, TX to work for two weeks. While he was working there, his Mom and Dad came down to visit him. (San Antonio is a great place to visit.) Their hotel was just a couple of blocks from the Alamo. While they were there, they went down to Corpus Christi, TX and saw the USS Lexington. I believe Bob said it was another aircraft carrier in WWII. I'm sure they really enjoyed it.

The girls, Ariel and Tatum stayed with me for two weeks. I took vacation days while the girls were here..to spend more time with them. While they were here, we had such a great time. We went to the park almost every day, went shopping, played games, read stories, etc. We picked up Ian a few times from his bus stop so he could play with the girls. They have such a great time together. Ian is really Ariel's twin, and Tatum thinks of him as her older brother.

Ariel even made me clean out my refrigerator. Angie and Monica are always bugging me about all the expired food I have, so I think Monica told Ariel to check the dates on anything she ate. We threw a lot away. (Well, I can't help it...we buy food, then Bob leaves, and I can't eat it all myself!)

Ariel is so sweet and such a joy to have around. Tatum is our little firecracker. They are both so sweet and so happy. They are so precious to us, and we are so thankful that they are in our family.

Easter Sunday was April 12th. The girls were back with their Mom, I had to work, then went to church. Bob was in San Antonio, TX with his parents. Angela & Richard were at home, so things were back to normal. I was again alone again working for JetBlue...talking to strangers all day.

Richard's birthday was on Thursday, April 16th. Bob was gone, so we had them over later for pizza.

Tatum had her 6th birthday on April 23rd. I can't believe how big she is now.
The rest of the month, Bob was still gone until April 24th.

Then, on April 26th, I started my journey to Hawaii. (Read all about it on my next blog)