merry month of May

 I'm still trying to catch up from the month of May... This picture was taken by Gracie of me, Mom and my Grandma (Granny) on the day before Mother's Day.  We brought Grammy and Granny flowers that day and then took Grammy to lunch. It was a beautiful, sunny day and Grandma was in a great mood.  She talked about all of the fun trips that she took me and Lori on when we were kids.  She even talked about jumping in the swimming pool after Lori fell in when she was little, even though she didn't know how to swim herself!  We also remembered riding in the back of Grandpa's truck in the camper shell, back before we had to wear seat belts. We rolled around everywhere as we were coming down the mountain roads after fishing! It was a great day.

 For my 40th birthday, Bill took the day off work and we went to Disneyland.  The three older kids talked me into leaving Caleb at his grandma's so that I could go on all of the rides with them.  I didn't want to do it at first, but Caleb was thrilled to get to stay at Grandma's house by himself.  We also got to explore a little more of California Adventure that I had never seen before.  We found a room made to look like the library from Beauty and the Beast (my favorite movie of them all).  We took a quiz to found out which Disney character we were most like.  I was hoping for Belle of course and ended up getting Jane. I wasn't sure how I felt about that one!

 By the middle of May, none of us really wanted to do school anymore!  We were all working hard to finish all our assignments before Everlee and Sarah came to stay with us.  By the third week of May we were all done and it was time to have some fun outside.  What started out as an activity of filling of cups and bowls with water for Caleb, became hoses and umbrellas, then became a water slide.  It was the perfect way to start our summer!

 Delaney takes art lessons at a school right by our house.  We always enjoy going to her open houses and seeing her work displayed.  We all were so impressed with her growing abilities as an artist.  I thought this was her best work yet!

I remembered as a kid in elementary school that we made cards with holes in them so that we could see the solar eclipse.  Dylan made one this time and we waited and waited until the right time, and saw it happen through the shadow on our wall.  At one point the entire back side of the house was covered in crescent shaped shadows!  It was an awesome experience to remind us of the perfect power and plan that God has for us!