May Continued...

Well after much back and forth on the weather it would seem we've settled into our "norm" for May. We've been in the low 100's for a few days now. I talk to so many people who say the same thing..."wow, it just all of a sudden got HOT!" and we laugh like it's a surprise but it shouldn't be.

Our elementary school did it's field day on Friday. I went in the morning and watched the kids, got some pictures. They do their events in the morning and then water activities in the afternoon. The QCFD showed up and hosed them down. I didn't get to see that part :P   I went to the middle school to see Cassandra do her "wax museum" for her project. Her class did bio reports on sports figures. She chose Nancy Lieberman who was one of the first female basketball players. She did a poster, made a basketball out of styrofoam and decorated a shirt with that player's first team logo (Dallas Diamonds). At the "wax museum" the kids stand there like a statue and when you walk up they come to life and give you facts about their person. It was really cute.

We have 9 school days left...to celebrate I am taking the kids to see Kung Fu Panda 2 on the last day of school (it's a half day) and they are so excited! Their cousin, Allison, gets out that day too so we are all meeting at the theater to go together.

The dogs are doing well, getting big. I had Bo at the vet to be neutered and since February he went from 60 lbs to 84.6 lbs. He is a big old mook! He has learned sit and we're working on lay down and stay. Lena is getting big too :) she's doing better about not jumping but it is a constant task reminding her not to. She pees when she's excited, nervous, scared, happy, breathing....that has gotten a little bit better too. Thankfully because I have to admit, I was about ready to put a clamp on her hoo-ha!

The kids are excited for summer break. Believe it or not, they are super excited that I am adding them to my gym membership. They have an awesome childcare center with computers, kid size gym, obstacle crawly things, outside play equip, activities, etc. They also have an outdoor and an indoor pool. I think if I get my act together we'll make it to the gym 3 times a week and that will keep me on track as well as getting them out of the house, keeping busy!  We also are doing a couple of camping trips which they are super excited about. We have our big trip to Cannon Beach Oregon over July 4th.

Shane is great, work is busy. He has made tremendous progress on the backyard. He finished all the rock, finished all the bedding under the playset, planted 5 trees and is now ready to rip up and start planting grass seed. I am both excited and terrified. Excited to have grass, terrified at having to keep the dogs in a lot during irrigation and such. It is so nice to open the back door and let them out to run and play and exhaust themselves. However, I want grass bad enough that we'll make it work!

Our 13 year wedding anniversary is coming up on June 6th. We haven't decided yet what we are doing, if anything much. We both know we want another tattoo so we may hold off and do that for our anniversary after summer because you can't swim for 6 weeks after getting a tattoo so that would pretty much be for almost the kids' whole break :(  Alyssa turns 4 on June 14th. I am checking out birthday party places vs. having it at home. We'll see how it pans out. It's been my experience that either way ends up being about the same price.

That's it for us, I hope you all are doing well!

xo