We went to the Conrad's for Easter and the girls went on the annual Easter egg hunt:
Think they'll notice the egg next to the windshield wiper? The eggs seem so obvious when you're the one who hid them:
Found it! In the end we still had to point out a few remaining eggs to them.
We go for a couple of bike rides each week and it's exciting to see that the city is starting to transform our favorite lake into a Gray's Lake sorta thing. It will probably take a couple of summers to complete and they've only just started putting in the pilings:
All the rain we've had has brought the river up close to the trails in spots:
In April we had a 7-foot tall cedar privacy fence installed around the backyard. I took one last picture of the yard before the fence enclosed it:
It's weird how something like this can completely transform the yard. The fence looks so nice out there. I keep looking just to see if it's still there:
The ladies made their own tie dye shirts to kick off the summer:
Voila! Far out, man.
Emily decided to paint her bedroom door a different color, so she went and picked out some color swatches and this is what she chose:
It turned out pretty well!
Rose is driving now. The streets of Cedar Rapids will never be the same. Fortunately, she's a good driver and is figuring it all out quickly. We started off driving around several different parking lots and after enough practice she'll be driving on the streets.
Rose also had her spring choral concert at Franklin. They were joined by a live band, which was cool:
Cynthia's birthday! We went to her parents', then to R Place, then we celebrated it again at home, then once more at my parents'.
Each year we go to Masonville and the fish is so good there. She opened her gifts while we waited for the food:
Album cover pose!
Opening gifts at home:
Rose and Emily made the cake out of fruit, cuz it's healthy:
Happy Birthday, Cynthia!
Playin' with nifty phone filters. Rose looks really creepy in the second picture:
The weather was warm enough to go out to our favorite pier on date night after Lion Bridge:
Team #SoClose almost nailed it this time... we played The Collector escape room and got every single clue, but ran out of time as we were trying to sort out the last code to unlock the safe and retrieve the amulet. Missed it by that much:
So I was installing new basement windows and when I tore out the old windows I discovered that the workers had used sections of old newspaper to seal the gaps around the original window frames. Not really on par with construction standards of today, but it was interesting to piece together a Cedar Rapids Gazette from late 1947. It's interesting that readers could submit this poll simply by clipping it out and pasting it to a penny:
With the new windows and carpet, we have been spending a lot of time enjoying the sunroom:
