Relaxed week

We have been playing in the little backyard pool.  Our pools are still closed here.

We have been using my Yonana machine to have cold fruity healthy dessert.  The kids make them for a snack almost every afternoon.  

We found an owl in our yard.  

We washed all of our vehicles this weekend as well.  The kids helped out.

Birthday post

Michael bought himself a new car.  He looked and researched a long time and got a great deal on this one.

For my Birthday we had family over and played in the pool and slip and slide.

It was super hot out but we all had fun.

Leah made this banner for my birthday.  Michael grilled fajitas.  They were delicious.  

Month of May

I have slacked off with the blog lately.  I will catch us up with one post for May.

We did some kite flying.

Evan's fish had babies.  They have actually had another set since this now.  He takes such good care of them.  He make sure each one gets some food.

I had a race that went virtual.  I ran a 10k  each mile was under 9 min so that was good for me.  

I wake up really early on Saturdays and get the chance to see sunrises.  I love it!

The teachers did a wave parade.  

Michael married another couple. 

Mother's day we grilled and swam at Kira's house.

I won a training shirt, so that was fun.  I never win anything.  

We enjoyed cookies from a neighbor.  People are so kind.

We have played down at the creek quite a bit.

We have gone to the lake multiple times.

We beat the rain both times so feeling pretty lucky.

The kids built a gigantic sand castle. 

Jenny and Tony have kayaks so we have been having fun with those.

School finished up.  We are excited about doing our own thing.  

We have been bike riding and scootering as well.

We hit up another lake on Memorial Day weekend. 

We fed the family on Memorial Day as well.  

We had a great month.  It was nice to hang with family again.  Mostly we are hanging home and doing our thing.  

Smores, school and 5k

We have done smores in the backyard a few times.  

The kids love it.

Aaron has really been into his blocks lately, which I am grateful for.  He will play for hours and I can help the other kids or get something else done.  :)

We are still working hard with all of the school work.  

Leah and I made slime.  The slime glows in the dark.  Leah has been loving it.

We did a family 5k run.  It was fun to run with everyone!

Everyone finished strong and did a great job!

Emily has been running regularly.  I ran the 5k with her because she has out paced her Mom (who just had a baby 8 weeks ago).

My Mom got a new Cricut for her Birthday. We made shirts for our 5k Cowboys draft day!

Easter and General Conference

We are still homeschooling.  We have somewhat more of a routine.  We still have the power struggle.

Leah and I ran 2 miles together.  She is doing great!

We had a wonderful weekend listening to our Prophet and apostles.  The kids like to get really cozy.  ha ha

I had Aaron sorting eggs.  He was having a good time doing that.

Leah had to do a diorama of one of the ecosystems.  She picked the rain forest.  I thought it turned out great! 

We had a wonderful Easter.  Michael gave a talk to the Ward along with another sister.  It was nice to "gather" online anyway.

The kids had fun looking for eggs and enjoying their candy.

We love Easter!

We know that Christ lives!

We made everyone take a quick pic outside.  This is the best we could do.  lol

Our garden is growing really well.  We have had to pick things from the garden every night for dinner.  The kids love to use the salad spinner after I wash the lettuce.

The kids have to use technology for school.  I am grateful for all the teachers who had to change up everything to help everyone learn.  One more month!

We are required to wear masks now if we go into buildings.  We cut up leggings to use for the kids.

They hated it, and they don't go anywhere anyway, but just in case we thought we would be prepared.

Leah loves musicals.  The last few weeks we have introduced a new musical to her.  This week on Youtube they broadcast the Phantom of the Opera.  Even the other kids were interested.  

Birthdays

My Mom had a Birthday.  We had her favorite dinner and cookies.  We sure do love having her here!

Michael had a Birthday as well!  I didn't get pictures of his cheesecake or favorite dinner.  I guess I was living in the moment.  We are so glad he was born.  We have enjoyed our extra time with him.  He still has to go into work but he doesn't have to go out for Church as much.  :)