March: Maybe it could rain some more.

Hola. We come to you from a month of rain and snow. "We're thankful for the moisture we've received" is a phrase we aren't saying in our house lately. #overit

We were bad at picture taking this month, so I don't have tons of memories, but here are a few pictures that aren't purely utilitarian/super boring:

I always appreciate brainy Skeletor teaching me a thing or two. This made me ELL OH ELL.

Pip: She continues to terrorize us with her naughty behavior, and then she does weird stuff like this and we laugh at her and decide to keep her. She sat up like a human and let me scratch her for quite a long time.

Have I mentioned we're turning the garage into a studio/woodshop? It's been a whole thing. The walls, ceiling and floor are finished, and it's time to move everything in. Hoorah! Next, we get a carport! Hopefully sooner than later! ;) 

Insulated the attack above the garage. Good times indeed! 

Nils and I spent a couple of days in Boise at Click Funnels HQ to meet up with people who are in the same coaching program that we are. We made a few good connections and got to hear form this guy for a few minutes. He's the face and founder of CF, so it's kind of a big deal to people in that world. 

Sometimes kids can be real turds, and sometimes they leave you notes that make you feel like you're not totally failing at life. 

Life updates: 

NilsyNils: Working hard, trying to figure out the balance of opportunities, what makes sense to spend time on and where to place energy. Is excited about the garage space and being able to do what he wants as far as woodworking and filming. He loves tickling my back every night and doesn't get tired of it at all. I would go so far as to say it's his favorite thing in life. JKJK. I do love him so. 

Katrina: Also trying to balance the things. Eager to make this Click Funnels thing work for us- I'm happy to have met some people in Boise who we can hire to help us with that. Totally unrelated, but my shoulder has been really struggling for awhile, with multiple dislocations in the last several months. It dislocated a couple of weeks ago and I decided enough was enough. I've had an MRI and CT scan in the last week, and tomorrow meet with the surgeon to go over results and see what we can do to fix it. I'm dreading surgery, but I also need to get it done so I can live normally again. We shall see! 

Anders: Exciting things for Anders lately. He started a new job last week doing software development. It pays well and is what he's been looking for for months now, so we're all very thankful. It's remote, so he works from home. Speaking of home, he moved into a townhome yesterday in Orem, so that's a big deal. He sold his little van a couple of weeks ago, and is working on fixing up the mini truck to sell as well. He also placed an order for 7 more vans, so those should be in a shipping container and crossing the ocean very soon. Things are going well for him now, after an extremely difficult year of trial, heartache, and major struggle. Did I mention we're thankful? We're thankful. 

Addie: Exciting things for Addie, too! She took her medical coding certification exam and passed, so she's now a certified professional coder! She's not looking for medical coding jobs at the moment, because she was just offered the job of being the manager of the outdoor pool this summer. She loves the outdoor pool and looks forward to it all year. She'll probably start looking for coding jobs at the end of the summer. We're proud of her for all the things. 

Aani: 4.0 student, works at Mickey D's, goes to mission prep every Sunday, likes a boy named Aiden (who also goes to mission prep every Sunday), calls herself a basic white girl, is fine with her siblings also calling her a basic white girl, loves all things beauty and hair and fashion. Fun to talk to and joke with and we love her. 

Ava: Getter of good grades, player of tennis, player of the clarinet, watcher of YouTube, struggler of room cleaning (still), haver of a good attitude, always down to hang out with mom and dad. She had a band concert the other day, and instead of dropping her off at her call time which is a half hour before the concert, I went in with her. She wasn't expecting that, so when I got out of the car at the same time as her, she was surprised. I asked if she was embarrassed to walk in with me, and she said, "You're my mom, why would I be embarrassed of you?" So I listed all kinds of things I could do to be embarrassing, and I think she really enjoyed the visuals I was providing. 

It's been a good month. A year ago, March was not a good month. It's been a year of challenges, changes, struggle, blessings, heartache, tears, and more blessings. It's weird to have that dichotomy of blessings and trials. That's life, though, ain't it? 

Wishing you a happy April!