This and That in April!

The roses started blooming!

The Melanchuks went on a mystery outing to Stanford to watch BYU play volleyball.

Nathaniel made friends with the players!

Hannah got to see Wicked!

MaryAnn and Brian had a fun 2-night getaway to Lake Tahoe!

On Saturday the 16th we had the Melanchuks here and some of the Perrys for an Easter Saturday dinner.  I didn't take any pictures but we had a lot of fun and I think it was delicious.  I did take a picture of this: Grandpa was serving dessert and they had a choice of Lemon Cake or Strawberry Cake or a small piece of both.  Here is the list he made to keep track!

A  Koob tournament was in progress with one on one. (Maybe an idea for our Reunion?)  Not sure who the final winner was.  As you can see Grandpa also used the paper to figure out some Wordles!

Andrea and her girls attended a BTS concert in Las Vegas on April 9th.

We got to hear all about it on Sunday evening and they had a very fun time!

Sam entered the Provo MTC on Wednesday, April 6th.  On Sunday he got to meet up with Howard and Lissa Bangerter who serve there.  They sent us this picture.

General Conference was in April and the Perrys invited us for Conference pancakes!

It was a big month for Peter!  He was put on the liver transplant list on a Thursday and on the following Tuesday they notified them that they had a liver for him!  

The surgery was in the middle of the night April 13th to 14th and took about 9 hours!

He was released from the hospital on April 25th and will be in Kansas City for a couple of weeks at least.

We had a very nice Easter Sunday.  Hope everyone enjoyed their bouquet!

Love this picture of the McClellans on Easter Sunday in front of all the blossoms!

Here we are on Easter Sunday!

The month of April ended with a tornado touching down in Andover and doing a lot of destruction in that community.  Charles was at a store and Elizabeth was at work at Crumbl.  

Charles took this picture from where he was and could tell it was in Andover.  He phoned Sarah and Camille at home and told them to get down in the basement.

This is a Spanish teacher and the XC coach for Sarah and Elizabeth.  Courtney knows the teacher as well. They are standing in front of the remains of their home in Andover.   Next door neighbors are members of their ward and their house also looks like this. 

Heidi said people are donating money and clothes and that Elizabeth helped with some clean up at a friend's house.  It reminded me of this quote:

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

― Fred Rogers