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This Christmas: 1st Year at Home, 1st Non Disaster Story

2017-01-04 aprilmomoffour big family life, blessings, Christmas, parenting, photography, pictures, video, videos

This might have been the easiest Christmas in 14 years of April and Alan family Christmases. We only had to travel two hours, and we woke up on Christmas morning IN OUR OWN HOUSE. Have you ever??? I mean, we had almost never!! Do you do this? Do other people do this every year?? It was so nice! I mean have you read my other Christmas stories??? Our Nightmare Before Christmas The Funeral, Christmas Trip New Years in San Francisco […]

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16 comments Christmas, family, happy, Jesus, pictures, video

Daniel Sings the Gospel Fuzzies (And it’s ADORABLE.)

2016-05-25 aprilmomoffour funny stories, homeschool, parenting, preschool, video

YES, I KNOW. It’s just too much cuteness. So today Daniel graduated from Pre-school. We are a low-drama family, I think. Okay, well, we are 5/6ths low drama, plus me. I bring the emotions, for sure. They started out the ceremony with this video of painting the nursery and the baby gradually getting bigger and bigger, and yes, I was crying. Daniel came strutting out like a rooster when they called his name. It was pretty hilarious, but then he […]

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4 comments Daniel, funny, gospel, humor, preschool, singing, videos

Home Schooling 4 Boys: So Much Work, But So Fulfilling

2014-08-30 aprilmomoffour art, babies, baby milestones, blessings, God, homeschool, video, videos

He takes about 10 steps a day, but he still crawls most of the time. Apparently JD is a gradual, gradual, gradual learner. 🙂 My life is seriously adorable at the moment, and I am so thankful. It is a TON of work though. We bust our rears on this whole parenting gig. We were hoping to go to Moss Landing today and check out the whales. But not so fast. My friend Sarah found a used fence for sale […]

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About John Smith: “Him died. Dead. Dead. Dead”

2014-07-14 aprilmomoffour books, Daniel, kid quotes, video, videos

These videos crack me up. It’s just so Daniel. He’s “reading” a book about John Smith, the best leader that the Jamestown settlement had. He kept focusing on the photo of John Smith, wounded in the Indian camp. Daniel read it as, “Him dead. Him died. meh meh meh meh meh….” Perhaps a lot of what I say to Daniel is simply translated as something from Charlie Brown’s teacher. To get the full story, you ‘gotta’ watch both movies! 😉 […]

On the Outside Looking In

2014-05-28 aprilmomoffour 4 kids, babies, baby, blessings, hard times, military life, moving, three year old, video, videos

On the outside looking in, we have had an amazing week: That’s us at a Washington Nationals game on Memorial Day. We love baseball games, and that was really fun. Plus, we’ve gotten to see some wonderful friends this week. Thanks for having us over, Pastor and Terri!!! Their dog is probably still recovering from what Daniel seemed to think was their ‘play date.’ Poor Annie. So good things have happened, and a few crummy things have happened, but nothing […]