May

May always seems to fly by full of finishing things and having fun.

 Hugs from Grandma after a fun combination of Olivia's baptism & blessing sweet Mabel.

Hooray for a visit from Aunt Elaine!

Happy Birthday Dad! The kids got treats from an ice cream truck while we fished and played at First Dam.

Lily loves Uncle Patrick.

 Last days of 1st grade!

We got to watch Owen perform in his class plays.  It was cute.

He was proud of his creations for the scenery. 

 After getting Isaac and Lily to bed one night I came downstairs to find these two enjoying a book together.  

 Lily is growing up and is starting to sit up with a little help!  

Ava recently discovered "rouge" and feels so fancy when she says it.  First thing one morning she dressed up and put some rouge on.

Owen & Ava finished soccer.  

At her last game Ava had some cute cheerleaders cause my sisters came to visit!   

We took a trip to the zoo.

Hooray for spending time with family!

Cute girls at the park!

Ava's painting started out with paintbrushes and ended up like this.  She kind of loved it.

We discovered a new park with a sand volleyball pit that Isaac loved.  When it was time to go he was stuffing as much sand as possible in his little shirt pocket to bring with him. 

Every birthday Patrick jokes that he's going to smash the birthday cake in someone's face.  Cathrine was walking by Patrick with the cake leftovers and it was just too perfect to pass up and Patrick got some cake smashed in his face. It was hilarious!

Sitting up so big!

Dallin Paul is kind of a cute big kid sometimes.

Thanks Grandma for helping Isaac get over his fear of swinging.

 Charlie's shake of the month!

A cereal breakfast is so much fancier when you eat it dressed up like a princess outside in the playhouse.

On Memorial Day we visited cemeteries and remembered our great ancestors.  My kids were not so excited but when we told Madalyn we were driving up to the cemeteries Madalyn excitedly said, "Yay, I love cemeteries!"   Funny girl.  She has the gift of always looking on the bright side. After visiting the cemeteries we had a picnic and played at the Dayton park that my grandpa helped build.

Isaac started going down slides all by himself! 

A fun trip to Mooches!  

Lily started eating real food! She did pretty well and is so strong- I didn't even need to prop her up with blankets on both sides like Isaac needed for so long! 

Owen finished 1st grade!  I hope Ms. Anderson liked his honesty in the card :).  

I was impressed over & over again with his teacher and how she helped Owen grow & learn so much this year.   

Wahoo!