The Rivers Ripple

When we last posted it was February.  Olivia will turn 18 months tomorrow and has blossomed into a toddler with opinions and personality.  Not that she didn't have personality before, just that she definitely shows it most days now.  ;)
We made it through the mild winter and managed to keep ourselves entertained and sane.  We hosted our 3rd Annual Murder Mystery Night at the beginning of March.  And enjoyed a short trip to OK for a Bayless Band gig with Dan.  It rained most of the trip, but it was good to get out of town for a bit.  And Dan even zip-lined.  April brought Easter and enjoyable family time and gorgeous outdoor weather.  May seems to have started with sickness and will hopefully make its exit germ free.
Dan is hard at work on his app for iphones for the Catch It Kansas sports-he's making progress!  He continues to play with Bayless and has recently picked up Diablo III (a video game) for his leisure time.  He continues to run and hopes to run a few 5K's this summer.  His last one was in April, finished with a PR!
Sarah continues to watch Xander on Mondays and Tuesdays.  She will be done with consult work in July for Rainbows so that she can just enjoy her time with Olivia.  It has been good, but the stress of getting everyone out the door and getting all of the other things she wanted done-done wasn't worth it.  She has continued to work for ViaChristi and enjoys that.  Hitting the Y with her friend, Amber, twice a week keeps her stress level down and Olivia's germ exposure up!  Sarah has completed Olivia's First Year Album and recently painted the upstairs bathroom.
Olivia spends her mornings playing, exploring, and testing her boundaries.  She enjoys her babies, cooking, purses, coloring, sand table play, and her sensory box play.  She is little Miss Social and greets people from a far in the stores with a hello and at church with a handshake.  She adds new words to her vocabulary constantly these days.  Today's word of the day: fan.
Brisco is trying to stay cool, since the weather has warmed up.  We do have the AC on now--85 in the house was a bit roasty for sleeping comfortably.
As always you can keep with the current at theriverscurrent.blogspot.com

A little reading.

Rockin' with Dan

Hi!

Playing in the yard.

Murder Mystery Night.

Aunt Mary came for a visit!

Rock Chalk.

Dying eggs.

Easter baskets.

At the Rainbows 5K

Dan and Olivia at the zoo.

Stylin'

Sick-Lots of Elmo.

Bubbles!

Pony Ride!

Assisting with cooking.

Look closely-this is paint hair and paint face!