April started with Easter! We had a great Easter in Delta with my Family. The weather wasn't excellent, but we had good food, and great company. The Elders helped out with the Easter egg hunt! 
We have a new addition to our family! We decided to get some baby chicks! The plan was to get 2 chickens so that we could have eggs when they get a little bigger.
But when we got to the store, they told us we had to get at least 5! so now we have 5 baby chicks. They are so cute! 
I know they won't stay cute for long, but we have an area out the side of our house that we plan to fence off with some chicken wire so that they'll have a safe home without making our yard a mess. I know, . . . We're crazy. We'll never know if we like it though until we try, and If we get sick of them, we'll have chicken for dinner. ;) Just don't tell the kids that! 
A couple of weeks ago, we had a baby shower for 2 of my sister-in-laws at my house. Roger's wife Tasha is having a girl in August, and Ryan's wife, Jocelyn is having twin boys! She's due in September, but will most likely come early, and since she lives in Las Vegas and won't be able to travel much longer, we decided that sooner was better than later for the shower. 
It was so fun to see the cute twins outfits that Jocelyn got! It was like two of everything!
And Tasha got some of the cutest frilly little girl things! It's been a long time since we've had a girl in the Rappleye family. 
At school Erin entered a contest similar to reflections (if you know what that is) And she won an award for a poem! She won teacher's and student's choice. Pretty cool considering it was a last minute entry. She had her art and her photos all ready to enter, and she came down to me at the last minute with a poem that she wanted to enter as well. I was pretty proud of her for having the guts, and she won! Pretty cool.
Well there is a reason I'm so far behind in my blogging, and everything else around the house for that matter. I've been so tired lately, cause I'm expecting a baby in December! I'm due December 5th. I'm pretty excited because I've been ready for another baby for a while now. Between my sister-in-laws, my older sister who just had a baby in march, and me; we will have a grand total of 5 babies in the Rappleye family this year! That's a record for us!
