Memorial Day Campout

Within about 10 minutes, they were both wet from head to toe.  And within about 30 minutes they were freezing and needed to change.  Luckily, I brought a lot of clothes!


I am pretty proud of this camp sight.  Jared had to come up later after work, and I did this all by myself!














Chess's favorite food - hot dogs.




















Favorite new camp dessert - blueberry muffins in orange skins, cooked in the fire.  Delicious!






Lera's favorite food - macaroni and cheese.

Container Garden

This is our second year doing a little container garden.  I really love doing it, and we're still learning as we go.  This year we have basil, rosemary, cilantro, mint, a few pots of flowers, carrots, tomatoes, pumpkins (if they grow), strawberries (see below), snow peas (so fun to watch them grow), and four dwarf trees I ordered online - lemon, lime, orange, and fig.







Some are from plants and some from seeds.  The girls go out almost every day to check for (and eat) any ripe strawberries.  They have done better than I thought they would.

A Visit

We got to have a nice May visit with Grandma and Grandpa.  We love when we get to see them!

Joy School Graduate

Chess graduated from Joy School!  We had a little celebration lunch at an airplane restaurant.  The kids had fun watching the planes take off and land, and we had a good meal.  Each graduate got a certificate, a photo album with pictures, and a graduation cap.  I will miss working with this cute bunch!

Mother's Day

This was the first year the girls wanted to make things for me for Mother's Day, and I love them!






One blessed Momma.

Ballet Recital

The girls had a lot of fun doing ballet this year.  Here are some pictures of them at the recital.  They were so cute and did a great job performing!  I'm really glad we did it.








Twirling and playing before the performance.




Nan-Naw got to come watch!


The girls and their sweet friend, Darby.