April, 2014 in Pictures

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April 2 at 4:49p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
Spring 'dos!

April 2 at 7:56p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

Woo-hoo!!! Daddy's home from China!!

 

April 4 at 12:30p

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A rare lunch date on my turf with my Momma and Pops!

April 5 at 10:05p

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updated her cover photo.

April 7 at 4:06p

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Whale-watching on a catamaran in Maui!

April 8 at 9:30p

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You don't see this out your plane window every day... ‪#‎halfwayhome‬

April 11 at 3:28p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
Better late than never on the embarrassing sibling pictures, though I am the one who will likely be the most embarrassed... ‪#‎samehaircutasmybrothers‬ ‪#‎NationalSiblingsDay‬ 

 

 

April 11 at 5:46p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

Doing my part to make sure they have photos to share on National Siblings Day when they get old and are reminiscing about their youth...

April 13 at 12:40p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
Out for a run/walk on her first day as an 8 year-old. Happy birthday, Iv!  
 

April 14 at 3:48p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

I think she likes it... ‪#‎barnesandnoblekidsclub‬

April 17 at 6:59p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
Celebrating "8" at a movie party with her buddies!  
 

 

 

 

April 20 at 7:50a

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
Happy Easter!!!

April 20 at 5:02p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman
My kids apparently like to show off their eggs... 

 

April 21 at 4:55p

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It's a selfies-in-the-lawn-chair kind of afternoon.

 

April 23 at 8:06a

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

When you turn 3, you have to smile with your whole face. Happy birthday, Bug!

April 23 at 7:45p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

Putting this in the "show-to-his-girlfriend-someday" file.

April 28 at 5:37p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

Listening to Ivie "teach" Macie about fleas using Wikipedia on the iPad. She asked, "Mac, do you want to learn about cat fleas, dog fleas, sand fleas, or flea flicker?" Sadly, she didn't choose flea flicker. I would have enjoyed the ensuing confusion.

April 28 at 7:14p

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The girls have "surprised" me 3 nights in a row by sneaking upstairs to shower on their own, returning downstairs afterward in eager anticipation of my expression of shock and amazement at how they were able to fool me. I think I need to expand my repertoire of such responses.

April 29 at 11:03a

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

Miss Spider's Tea Party after Family Fitness Day!

April 30 at 3:48p

Amy Schaeperkoetter Herman

The girls coerced Sho into whipping up a batch of her famous banana bread with them...

 

Easter, 2014

We had our annual Herman/Dever Easter Egg Hunt this afternoon after the Devers got off the plane from their Spring Break trip.  Once again, there were an absurd number of eggs, which made for 4 happy kiddos. 

1994 Dutchgirls Basketball

In March, I took a trip to Missouri, solo, to celebrate the 20th reunion of my high school basketball team's trip to the State Final Four.  While Dale travels for work quite a bit (and, thus, the kids are used to him leaving home for a few days), I very rarely go anywhere without them.  So it was weird for all of us when I left that Friday morning.  Ivie left me a note and drew me pictures of the kiddos with marbles, lest I forget what they look like:

 

The trip itself was, well, amazing.  Many of my best friends were there with their parents, spouses, and at least 1, if not more, of their kids.  So it felt a bit freeing to not be responsible for any humans younger than me (and my parents could pretty much take care of themselves!).  But I found myself having many moments I wished I could share with Dale and the kids, particularly in my desire to introduce them to my "growing up" friends (many of whom they have never met) and their kids.  Maybe someday we will all be able to get together again.  But, for this one weekend, it was like old times, hanging out with my high school buds. 

What a treasured weekend we had!  Until next time, ladies...