Beautiful April!

I just love the spring. I love the fall more, but spring is all full of happiness and excitement for a good year. I think the new year should start in April! Who feels renewed and excited for a new year when it's snowing and cold outside?! In April I love to open all the windows and air out the house and clean, clean, CLEAN! Everything feels new and great!

Even though it is only April, I feel like so far this year has already been a roller coaster! I hope the rest of the year is more like sailing on a sunny and breezy day. :) Knock on wood.... Now it's never going to be like that! Haha

The newness of spring also makes me feel like doing service for others. I have had some opportunities to help others in the last couple weeks and I am really grateful for it. I feel so blessed that I am able to help others since so much service was given to my family while I was pregnant and while Jamie has been in school. We have such wonderful neighbours, friends and family who have taken care of us without hesitation.

I am overcome with gratitude for all that we have especially in these times of trouble.

There is a show that was aired in the winter and it was called "Secret Millionaire". Now, these millionaires would leave all of their luxuries for 1 week and spend it in a chosen area of poverty. They would live off of the normal welfare amount for that area etc. Often times they would have to find odd jobs to make enough to sleep in a roach infested motel. Anyhow, they were to find 3 people who they could help. They had to donate at least $120,000 of their own money. It is such a great show!!

Back to life - Jamie is finished on the 25th of April. His last class is a Saturday... Weird! He has learned a lot and this experience has definitely been a trial of faith for me. And I think I have only come to grasp everything the last couple of weeks. I have to say that I think this experience was totally for my benefit! In my whole life I have never had a better understanding of faith. And after the experiences we've been through I will never be able to say that I was forgotten.

My gratitude is kind of sickening so I will stop! lol

The girls are doing great. Audrey is getting so big! I miss my little babies. Angela is so awesome. She is so fun! We sing the Wonder Pets theme together and I say "What's gonna work?" And she says, "TEAM WORK!" Haha, it is so cute. She tries to dance with Audrey. I have to hold Audrey though because when she's done she just lets go!

We were walking through the mall and Angela was pushing Audrey in the stroller. We went in to Garage, and the girls thought Audrey was a doll! Haha, they were all gushing over how cute they were. Ange loved being in the spotlight and she LOVES Garage! Definitely my child.

I am now in the process of cleaning the apartment. We have to have it all cleaned when we leave, so I figure if I get all the heavy duty stuff cleaned it will make it easier in the end!

Wish me luck.