The rest of May

Our original plan for Memorial Day weekend was to travel to the Ft. Collins, Colorado area and attend a family reunion of sorts with my uncle's boys (the uncle who passed away last November). All three of his boys and their families were going up to their dad's land to start cleaning it up and thought it would be fun to have a family get-together. Since my mom was still in Utah helping us watch our boys, I thought it would be fun for all of us to go for the weekend. The weather didn't really cooperate though so we made the decision not to go. There was snow in the forecast and I just couldn't envision us having much fun in the snow with our little guys especially since there isn't really a house up there, just a couple of camper trailers. We were sad to miss it though!

Instead, we decided to take Mom up north and visit Dave's grandma's grave-site. We hadn't been there in several years so we thought it was a good time to go. We had some beautiful peonies in bloom on our bush so we cut a few of the flowers off and took a little bouquet to place on her grave.

The week after Memorial Day brought Dave's last week of teaching. He finished up on Thursday, May 28th and my mom took off the next day to head back home. She was here for six weeks watching the boys and we are SO incredibly thankful she was willing and able to do that for our little family! It meant that Miles could finish out his year at both of his preschools instead of having to go to daycare and changing everything for him so close to the end of the year. The boys loved having her around and miss her now that she's gone! 

Now the boys are enjoying having Dad around more and Dave is getting a taste of what being a stay-at-home dad is like. On day #3 of his summer with the boys he said to me as I walked out the door for work, "Don't leave me here alone with these boys!" He was joking, but I thought it was so funny. It's definitely hard work being at home with the boys all day!

To kick our summer off we decided to head up to the mountains to our favorite park. The boys had a great time throwing rocks in the river and wading in the river as well. We also did some rolling down the hills and just enjoyed being together.

Graduation numero dos

On Thursday, May 21st Miles had his second preschool graduation. He was so excited to wear his cap and gown and to spend the evening with his friends and Miss Nicki. He loved both of his preschools, but he especially loved Miss Nicki's preschool and made some wonderful friendships there. He also learned a lot along the way. He had a wonderful year and we will be forever thankful for all that Miss Nicki did for Miles. She is an amazing person and an amazing teacher! You could tell that she genuinely loved all of her students and she had such an enormous amount of patience with them as well. We miss her dearly!

Our handsome preschool graduate!

His spot on the display table

His part of the program

Miss Nicki's thoughts on Miles

The North Star Preschool Graduating Class of 2015

Miles & Grandma

Oliver wanted to wear his big brother's cap

Miles & his "girlfriend," Evelyn

Miles & his best bud, Tyson

Miles & Miss Nicki

Field trip

On Tuesday, May 12th Miles got to go on a field trip with his preschool class. Dave decided to take some time off of work so that he could be Miles' chaperone. They went to the Bean Museum on BYU's campus. I've never been there, but I hear there are a lot of stuffed animals to look at. Miles' class also got to see a live animal show. Miles had been to the museum just a week or two prior with his other preschool, but he still reported having fun. I think he really enjoyed having Dad around as well.

Touching a snake

 

Miles and his class

 

Snack time!

Our 15th anniversary!!!

I can hardly believe that Dave and I have been married for 15 years! It really is amazing how fast time goes. We've had some really rough times and some really wonderful times over those 15 years. What a ride it has been! I wouldn't change any of it for the world. I'm so incredibly thankful for such a loving and understanding husband. He gets me and is patient with me. I'm so lucky he's mine! The actual day was May 11th which was a Monday. Our celebration on the day this year was low key because we are planning a VACATION at the end of June to officially celebrate 15 years together! I can't wait.

Flowers sent to my office

Dinner at Milagros

Such a dork - love the vein popping out of my neck

Dessert from my favorite place!

Mother's Day

My mom was in town this year for Mother's Day. It was fun being able to share the day with her! My mom loves to watch movies in the theater. While she was here she didn't get to go see her weekly movie so I thought it would be fun to take her to a movie to celebrate Mother's Day. We went to a brand new theater and saw The Age of Adeline. It was a cute movie and it was nice to spend some time together without the boys!

My mom and my boys did a great job of making me feel special on Mother's Day. Miles had made me cute little keepsakes at his preschools and picked out a cute wall organizer at Target with Dad's help. My mom got me drip pans for the stove and I was SO excited! I've needed new drips pans for a while. What a difference new ones make.

After Oliver's nap on Sunday we decided to go for a drive and find an adventure! The sun happened to be shining (it rained a ton while Mom was here) too. I had heard about a little lake in a city not too far north of us, Herriman. From the pictures I have seen of this lake, it looked like it had the perfect beach and would be a great place to visit. Even though it was a little on the chilly side, we decided to go check it out. What fun! We will definitely be going back this summer!

Miles was in heaven!

There was even a playground

Oliver was a fan of the slide

Checking out the cold water

Oliver's cute little footprints

Chasing the duck

T-ball

Our local rec center is amazing and offers all kinds of opportunities for children and families. I love that we can expose Miles to all types of activities/sports with very little cost involved. When I realized Miles was old enough to be in T-ball this spring I got so excited. I think I even enrolled him in T-ball back in February knowing it wouldn't start until May.

May finally arrived and on the 9th Miles got to play in his first ever T-ball game. We hadn't really taken the opportunity to explain T-ball to him, but he caught on fairly quickly. He's had three games now and he seems to overall be enjoying it even though being out in the field gets boring for him. He likes to hit the ball and to run the bases for sure! He has games until the end of June. It'll be fun to watch him progress in the sport.

His first couple of games were so cold!

Brushing off the pitcher's mound

I think he likes being the pitcher (even though it's T-ball) - there's more action in that position

Up to bat - it took him a bit to figure out how to hit the ball off the "T"