A Year in the Life of President Bush (a lot of photos): Part 2 (April

This is the second part of the 2008 review and as was true for part one the following photos may not necessarily be the best photos or the most important but they are chosen because they appeal to me and hopefully to you as well. It maybe because of the content, the expression on the face(s) or just an unusual photo.

As I explained there are so many photos I have split this thread into 4 the first one will be January - March, this one the the second one April - June, the third July - September and the fourth October - December 2008.

As with the normal Day in the Life Thread I would request that photos are not posted until the all clear so that we have a chronology series of photos.

April 2008

President George W. Bush carries a bouquet of flowers on his arrival to meet President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, and his wife, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv for their welcoming ceremony. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Mrs. Laura Bush is welcomed to Kyiv's Presidential Secretariat by Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko upon the arrival Tuesday, April 1, 2008, of she and President George W. Bush for the official ceremony welcoming them to the country. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, raise their glasses in a toast Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a social lunch at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko of the Ukraine shake hands after their joint press availability Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv. President and Mrs. Laura Bush attended daylong events in the Ukraine capital before departing for Romania, site of the 2008 NATO Summit. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Carrying bowls of corn with candles, President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush and Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko visit the Holomodor Memorial in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The memorial honors victims of Ukraine's great famine of 1932. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, accompanied by President Victor Yushchenko and his wife Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, pay their respects at the Holodomor Memorial Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Holodomor Memorial is a remembrance to the victims 1932-1933 Ukrainian famine. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose for a photo with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the Credo Chamber Choir Tuesday, April 1, 2008, after a musical performance at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Mrs. Laura Bush, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko and Dr. Deborah Taylor, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, tour the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The museum honors the great Ukrainian poet, artist and thinker who died in 1861 at the age of 47 after spending 10 years in exile for his opposition to the social and national oppression of the Ukrainian people. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose with students from School 57 in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008, after the Ukrainian teens performed a skit sponsored by PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and Ukraine Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko wave to the media following their meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at Kyiv's Club of Cabinet Ministers. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush wave upon their Romanian arrival Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest, site of the 2008 NATO Summit. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are greeted upon arrival Wednesday, April 2, 2008, by President Traian Basescu of Romania and Mrs. Maria Basescu at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport in Constanta, Romania. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and President Traian Basescu of Romania, exchange handshakes during their meeting Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in Neptun, Romania. White House photo by Eric Draper

With the Black Sea behind them, President George W. Bush and President Taian Basescu walk along a pier Wednesday, April 2, 2008, during a tour of the Romanian leader's presidential retreat in Neptun, Romania where the President spent the day. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and President Traian Basescu of Romania, shake hands after concluding their joint press availability Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the presidential retreat in Neptun, Romania. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush reaches out to U.S. military personnel Wednesday, April 2, 2008, as he arrived at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport in Constanta, Romania, for his return flight to Bucharest after meeting with President Traian Basescu at his presidential retreat in Neptun. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush steal a moment as they deplane Air Force One Wednesday, April 2, 2008, upon their return to Bucharest from the Romanian presidential retreat in Neptun, Romania. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush delivers a keynote speech Tuesday, April 2, 2008, at the National Bank of Savings in Bucharest, site of the two-day NATO Summit. The President urged the NATO membership to be open to any European democracy that sought it. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush greets NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel in Bucharest, site of the 2008 NATO Summit. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush share a light moment Wednesday, April 2, 2008, with Romania's President Traian Basescu and Mrs. Maria Basescu, left, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mrs. Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer during the NATO Summit official greeting at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush bows his head as he stands with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the start of the North Atlantic Council Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom, speak together at the start of the day's session Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush shares a light moment with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, right, during the NATO Summit Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush speaks with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday, April 3, 2008, during the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, shake hands as they smile at cameras before the start of the afternoon session of the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush joins Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Ransmussen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday, April 3, 2008, prior to the start of the afternoon's NATO Summit Meeting on Afghanistan in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan participate in the NATO Summit Meeting on Afghanistan Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

Mrs. Laura Bush spends a moment with a traditional handicraft artisan at Dimitrie Gusti Village during an outing Thursday, April 3, 2008, with NATO spouses to the Bucharest open-air museum. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo with other NATO Spouses' during a visit to the National Art Museum Thursday, March 3, 2008, in Bucharest. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

NATO leaders prepare for the Summit Meeting of the NATO Ukraine Commission Friday, April 4, 2008, during the second-day session in Bucharest. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush confers with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, prior to the start of Friday's Summit Meeting of the NATO Ukraine Commission at the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush smiles at photographers as they gather in front of him Friday, April 4, 2008, during the afternoon session of the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. White House photo by Eric Draper

Romanian youngsters perform during a NATO Spouses' Program Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a civic education forum Friday, April 4, 2008, at Central University Library of Bucharest. Mrs. Bush thanked the teachers for devoting their time and energy to cultivate students' commitment and said the United States will continue to support those working to strengthen Romanian democracy. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush smiles during her visit Friday, April 4, 2008, to Stavropoleos Church in Bucharest, Romania. The church, built in 1724, is an artistic monument displaying a well-balanced blend of Byzantine-oriental and Western-baroque elements. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush listens Friday, April 4, 2008, as Dr. Petre Radu Guran explains the finer details of the Stavropoleos Church in Bucharest. Dr. Guran, an expert in Byzantine Culture and Society, is a senior researcher at the Institute for South-East European Studies at the Romanian Academy of Sciences. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of Croatia, raise hands together before thousands who flocked to St. Mark's Square in downtown Zagreb Saturday, April 5, 2008, to see and hear the U.S. President. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush reaches out to the crowd Saturday during his visit to St. Mark's Square in Zagreb. More than 3,000 people were on hand to welcome the President during his visit. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush addresses a crowd of thousands who flocked to St. Mark's Square in downtown Zagreb Saturday, April 5, 2008, to see and hear President Bush on his visit to Croatia.. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of Croatia, smile for cameras at Banski Dvori in Zagreb Saturday, April 5, 2008. The President and Mrs. Bush spent the morning in the Croatia capital before continuing on to Sochi, Russia, on the last leg of their Eastern European visit. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Mrs. Laura Bush is shown an ancient map during her visit Saturday, April 5, 2008, to the Croatian State Archives in Zagreb. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush smiles as he participates in a working lunch with future NATO leaders Saturday, April 5, 2008, in Zagreb. Next to him is President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush poses for a photo with future NATO leaders at the Vila Prekrisje in Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, April 5, 2008, including Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, Macedonian President Boris Crvenkovski, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush participates in a briefing on Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Saturday, April 5, 2008, as he joins Russia's President Vladimir Putin at President Putin's summer president retreat in Sochi. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Russia's President Vladimir Putin take a sunset walk on a pier along the Black Sea during a visit by President and Mrs. Bush Saturday, April 5, 2008, to President Putin's summer retreat, Bocharov Ruchey, in Sochi, Russia. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush shakes hands with President-elect Dmitry Medvedev at the top of their meeting Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the State Residence of the President of Russia, Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia. President Bush thanked the President-elect, saying, "I'm looking forward to getting to know you, so we'll be able to work through common problems and find common opportunities." White House photo by Chris Greenberg

President George W. Bush and Russia's President Vladimir Putin walk together before the start of their joint press availability, Sunday, April 6, 2008, at President Putin's summer retreat, Bocharov Ruchey, in Sochi, Russia. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands after their joint press availability Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Bocharov Ruchey, President Putin's summer Presidential retreat in Sochi, Russia. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Mrs. Laura Bush holds a T-shirt presented to her Sunday, April 6, 2008, by members of the Russian Paralympic team at Central Sochi Stadium in Sochi, Russia. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush blows a whistle to start the 100-meter wheelchair race Sunday, April 6, 2008, during her visit with the Russian Paralympic Team at Central Sochi Stadium in Sochi, Russia. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Air Force One, with President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush aboard, departs Sochi Airport in Sochi, Russia Sunday, April 6, 2008, for Washington, D.C. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

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