Thursday, June 1, 2017

May 2017 (Catching up)


 May starts our really busy time of year, hence why the blogging completely stopped. 
It could be summed up that we spent a lot of time outside. 😁



I spent a lot of time in the yard while the kids were at school.



Ella and Aidan both played in the year end recital.




Clara spent a lot of time outside with me. This picture she drew of me and her in our flowers. 


Dean Baker passed away in May. 😢



The night of his graveside was a pretty evening.

Chris, Amanda, Gemma, and Jack visited in the middle of May, and I have a lot of pictures of Gemma and managed to not have any of Jack, or Chris and Amanda! 😁















We drove out to Crystal Peak with Chris and Amanda, while my bigger kids were all still at school. First time I've ever been to Crystal Peak, which is kind of crazy! 



We enjoyed that little adventure, so that weekend we took the kids to Blue Mass.







I forgot to mention it in the April post, but Cary was in an vehicle accident in April, he was fine, but his truck was not, so we had to get a different truck. The Crystal Peak excursion was its' first, and then Blue Mass. 










 Back at home, the flowers were blooming. I'll spare you all my flower photos.



Caleb and Christian graduated from high school!









We took the kids on a short hike up Baker Creek. (we didn't go all the way, obviously) we were just killing some time and getting some energy out before going to a family BBQ.











The rest of these were the ones I remembered to save from Snapchat, etc...😋

For a couple of weeks, this is where I would find Reese in the mornings. 







Now I will only post pictures of myself that have been filtered. 😆




















Monday, April 24, 2017

Spring Catch Up

It's too windy to be outside, so I'll take a minute to catch up!
The cats like the warmer weather because then we are all outside more and then they think they are supposed to come "help" me.


Young Author's Fair, Ella presenting her book.


Britton

Aidan

Reading and signing the books


The time of year for dandelion bouquets... and we have lots of dandelions to choose from. 😋

Britton wearing his protective ear wear while vacuuming. 😁




Seder
(April 10, 2017)




Aidan and Ella reading the "child questions"

The kids singing


The next weekend was our Pesach (Passover) celebration and one of the activities was the lost tribes discus golf (or miniature golf) the kids (and adults) loved it and had lots of fun. 






Got some cousin time with Sienna and Jordynne during the weekend! 





Sunday afternoon, we went on a family walk to spend time with Cary who was going to be leaving us for a week.😢😉




The first few days that Cary was gone, the kids were still on Spring Break, but thankfully the weather was nice, so we spent a lot of time outside.


They even helped with yard work. (Their idea! Promise) 😃




After the rain, it was so pretty

Clara usually makes her way into our bed lately, and I can't stop her because she's usually so quiet she doesn't wake me up, but while Cary was gone, Britton started sleeping with us too. He's not so quiet or peaceful. 😏

The cats have figured out how to get on Kenneth's roof. 😀

Bookmobile day!