April Showers Bring May Flowers

Let's hope all this rain this week will bring on the Spring flowers!  I can't believe it's almost May and we are still having cool weather!  Last weekend we went to the beach and I wore a sweatshirt the entire time!  The kids didn't mind though, they swam several hours both days and it didn't even phase them!  Ocean water was still frigid, but heated pools were awesome! 
We walked to our favorite pizza place Friday night and it came a downpour and we had to run back to hotel in a thunderstorm! Kids thought that was hilarious. We had to dry our jackets and shoes when we got back to the condo! 



 



Saturday morning was chilly so we went to the Ripley's Aquarium.

Brandon didn't even venture down to the beach with us. He was probably watching TV instead!

 

Abigail in one of her wild moods!!

 

 Abigail's new favorite restaurant is now Thorny's.  We even had ribeye leftover for breakfast the next day and it was awesome!

 

 Brandon and Emily contemplating the world's problems, or maybe it was just the next hole?  We went to Mt. Atlanticus Mini Golf Saturday night.

We had a good weekend, but can't wait to go back when the weather is warmer!  We came back to a week of preparing for the Green Goats and Garden festival which was this past Saturday.  Brandon took 4 goats and I set up a soap booth to try to start my "business"  We had a good day and the rain held off until after the festival was over so we were very thankful for that.  For pictures of this please see my other blog, www.southernsoapsandsuds.blogspot.com  I made some more soap today and will make several more batches this week to replenish my supply. 



 

 

 

Spring Has Sprung!

 

Sam, Emily, and Abigail at the Whitewater Center  3rd annual trip to this place on Spring Break


Emily's Easter eggs


Abigail's Easter eggs



So here I am finishing up my 7th week at home.  I have been working on packaging all my soaps, designing a business card, and trying to get a soap blog started.  I have started a new blog www.southernsoapsandsuds.blogspot.com if ya'll want to check it out when I get it started.  All of this has to be up and running before next weekend.  Brandon did a TV interview this past week and we have another one next Monday at 8am on Channel 18.  He had a little problem with the goat he took because it freaked out when it saw the TV reporter.  I didn't go with him, but I sure would like to have seen that!  A reminder:  the Green Goats and Garden Festival is Saturday April 27 from 11am-3pm in the University Research Park.  There are lots of Go Green vendors and activities for kids.  Of course we will all be there with our freaking out goats!  It should be a sight to be seen! 
 

The Burnette clan at the farm


Abigail and Paw Paw John down at the farm

 Emily down at the farm

 

 

Abigail (my special child) going for a hike.  She doesn't go anywhere without those boots!  I think the gloves were just a special accessory for the day!

I worked a few hours with Brandon's company the last 2 weeks so I would have some splurging money for our upcoming beach trip.  I also talked to a guy in their testing lab about a possible full time job opportunity.  They do a lot of chemical and physical testing of polymers in there.  It is very interesting but I would have to step up my game because I think you have to be really smart to catch on and interpret the data.  It's an opportunity, but I am still looking for other medical laboratory (cytology in particular) to go back into.  I have enjoyed being home and don't want to go back to work until I think about what my 401k will look like 30 years from now if I don't!  I would love to ride it out until the end of the summer.  I love being here and keeping on top of things.  I have absolutely no stress and I think my blood pressure has dropped.  I am as chilled out as I have ever been. For those of you that know me personally, you know that is unheard of!  I have planted more flowers this year than ever because I am here and if I think about putting a flower in a particular area, I just go get some and put them in the ground!  No thinking about it and then never getting around to it!  Our vegetable garden is all planted too.  We have everything in the ground now and waiting for blooms!  We had an addition to the animal family last weekend.  Chad brought us 3 orphaned baby bunnies to take care.  We got them drinking from a syringe and eating bananas and even gave them field trips out to the grass in the front yard.  They were all growing and hopping around and then yesterday the runt died on us.   The girls were heart broken and Abigail (formally enthused by a dead animal) didn't even attend the funeral Emily gave it. 

 



The girls with the 3 new baby bunnies

When the runt got sick he was not breathing good and I put him back with his siblings and this is what they did to snuggle with him.  (Runt is the one facing up)