Thanks for the Visit, Grandma and Grandpa

Our last day with Jeremy's parents here, I introduced them to the movie, Seeking Persephone. I had to get my April viewing in and my mother-in-law has similar tastes. Nichole was too busy with finals so she wasn't able to watch with us. First time not watching it together (we've watched it and introduced it to new people every month since December). My mother-in-law liked it.

After we watched it, Jeremy's parents took us out for lunch at a restaurant we'd been wanting to try for years but hadn't yet. Milagros. It's in Orem by Winco so we pass it all the time. 

I enjoyed the experience. The food was yummy and the company was great. 

 

That night after we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, the kids and I opened up a bag of jellybeans to celebrate Jelly Bean Day, April 22.

It was also Earth Day so Lucky kept joking about there being earth flavored/dirt flavored jelly beans. I had to explain that these weren't Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Starburst Jellybeans are our favorite kind of jellybean.

 

O.K. Here's something I dealt with that night. Looking at the packaging, Jellybeans is one word but Jelly Bean Day is two words (well three but the Jelly Bean in Jelly Bean Day is two words).

Can anyone explain that? It's been bothering me.

Catching Up April 2025 part 3

April 22 was Earth Day. I took a quick trip to Powell Slough to appreciate nature.

April 22 was also Jelly Bean Day. I stopped by BYU to bring Nichole some food to help her get through finals and jelly beans, of course.

April 23 was Shakespeare's Birthday. I started reading Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters based on Macbeth.

April 23 was also National Picnic Day. Dinner was make yourselves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baby carrots, and apples because Jeremy and I were busy bringing Nichole home from college for the Summer.

 

April 24 was Pigs in a Blanket Day. Kids made pigs in a blanket, Thanks, kids.

Palindrome Days

It's always fun when there are interesting dates on the calendar. Remember 2-22-22?

Or 12-31-23?

 

I recently told my brother of an experience I had.

Me: Happy 04-14-24

Paco: That's a good one! Happy sequential day to you, too!

Me: Thanks. It was funny how I realized it. I was putting away dinner leftovers and as I was putting the date on the label, I saw 4-14-24, thought it was cool, and quickly added a 0 to the front.

Palindrome dates are fun, too. We had fun in January of 2021 with 1-21-21 and 1-22-21, etc.

 

My brother and I texted each other a few times during recent "palindrome days." 4-20-24 through 4-29-24 or 42024 through 42924. Palindrome days!

 

4-20-24 I'll blog about later. But here's a hint.

 

4-21-24 Tuna Rights Day. Lucky ate tuna. Bwah ha ha ha!

I walked home after choir after church.

4-22-24 Jelly Bean Day. I had a handful of jelly beans.

 

4-23-24 Cherry Cheesecake Day. I made Cherry Cheesecake from a box. Jr. Jr. loved it. He ate more than anyone else.

4-24-24 Pigs in a Blanket Day. I made Lil' Smokies in a Blanket.

We also got Nichole home from BYU!

My brother texted me: Happy 42424! Not as cool as the last one, but is a palindrome for Life, the Universe, and Everything. 

 

Speaking of Life, the Universe, and Everything, Jeremy and Nichole went to that writing conference in February. During these Palindrome Days, they watched some videos online from another writing conference for fantasy. And Nichole shaped a cheeseball that looked like a dragon for them to snack on while watching classes.

4-25-24 Telephone Day. Nichole used a cell phone in a video game. 

Zucchini Bread Day. I made zucchini bread (and the next day I took some to a friend who I knew liked zucchini bread). 

World Penguin Day. We had fish sticks (and zucchini bread). 

National Plumbers Day. Jr. played Mario music on guitar. 

Perfect Date Day. It was nice weather until it rained. My sister and brother-in-law went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. I didn't but here's a picture of tulips.

4-26-24 I text my brother again to wish him Happy 4-26-24

 

4-27-24 I made baked donuts but... filled the batter too much so they had muffin tops. So Lucky and I pulled off around the outside parts to make them a little bit more donut shaped.

4-28-24 Terry Pratchett's birthday. Look for a blog post about that soon. 

4-29-24 We had family home evening while I was making dinner so the kids colored pictures while sharing the table with ingredients.

 

Those were our recent Palindrome Days.

3rd and 4th of July 2023

Let's start catching up on July by talking about the 3rd and 4th of July since not much celebrating happened the first two days.

Balloon Fest happens for a few days around the 4th of July, so Monday, July 3rd, Nichole and I went for a drive to see the hot air balloons and to drive under some of them.

That evening we celebrated Eat Beans Day and Drop a Rock Day by having with our dinner jelly beans and chocolate rocks that we dropped onto our plates.

Tuesday, July 4th, Jr. Jr. and Jr. went to help set up flags in the neighborhood. Jr. Jr. and I ended up with a selfie that day like on Memorial Day and Flag Day this year. I think it might turn into a running theme. Selfies with the American Flag instead of pictures of the kids with them.

We ate Caesar salad because it was also Caesar Salad Day.

That night, some of us watched fireworks with neighbors and Jeremy made balloon animals for kids (and adults) who were out watching fireworks. It was a pleasant night.

Some April Catch Up

So much catching up to do. Wish me luck.

 

After all the birding fun we had that one weekend, we stayed closer to home after that... at least for a few days.

 

Tuesday, April 20, was Cheddar Fries Day. I made a cheddar cheese sauce and put it on fries. Jet preferred cheddar cheese and fries. But mostly the cheese.

 

Wednesday, April 21, I went to visit Jeremy as he was building balloon sculptures for Thanksgiving Point's Tulip Festival. He and I also got to present in a Zoom meeting with a friend from our former ward. She had us talk about balloon sculpting, how we got started, what challenges and rewards there are, etc. It was nice.

Thursday, April 22, was Earth Day. We compared Nichole and Jr. in their shirts they won last year in the Earth Day contest at the junior high- last year and this year. 

The kids had some running around time outside... including Jet. Nichole had the camera out to take pictures of birds and ended up taking more pictures of Jet.

April 22 was also Jelly Bean Day. We had some fun and used jelly beans as playing pieces for a "Sorry!" type game. Anytime someone's piece got knocked off, they got to eat it. Then they got a new jelly bean on the board. That was pretty fun. I also feel somewhat proud of myself for putting plastic wrap on the board since we were putting "food" on it.

Friday, April 23, was National Picnic Day. While preparing, I told everyone to get a bag of chips to go in their bag for dinner. Jr. Jr. came out with this bag of "chips."

Then he came out with a huge bag of tortilla chips. Yep, he's definitely our child.

The weather wasn't as cold this time so the kids and I went to a park and had a decent picnic then had fun running around for a while playing frisbee and with a ball.

April 23 was also Cherry Cheesecake Day but I didn't get around to making cheesecake, even though I bought a mix from a box. I made it the next day, though, so we celebrated Cherry Cheesecake Day Observed. 

We also celebrated Pigs in a Blanket Day Saturday because that holiday was actually on April 24.

Sunday, April 25, was Telephone Day so we called Jeremy's parents. It was also World Penguin Day so we ate more fish sticks.