May started out with a bang and didn't let up until June rolled in.
On May 3, 2013, I took Cole and Tyler to the annual science festival at Acorn Preschool. Shawnie and Carter Peterson joined us for some hands on fun.
May 4, 2013 brought the 5K Color Run for me and my friends, Linsey Cardiff, Shawnie Peterson, Mandi Buxton, Annie Schultz and Andrea Sexton. As we ran the 5K we were sprayed with various colors of cornstarch ultimately ending up looking like oversized Smurfs. It was a blast. We ran and danced and acted too silly for our ages. It was a great girls morning out. While I was at this run, Chad was with Grant and Cole at the Fathers and Sons campout at Pumphouse Wash. Of course, there are no pictures of that but fun was had by all. Tyler was home with a babysitter sleeping like a baby.
On May 7, 2013, Cole's school held their Mother's Day Brunch. Oma, Shelli, Melissa and Andrew were visiting that day from Phoenix so Oma got to come with us for the brunch. Cole was so excited for this event. He couldn't wait to serve me my food and told me more than once how they were supposed to serve us and take care of us. His class did an adorable program of mother's day songs.
Cole's Mother's Day program: http://youtu.be/AQ0_aJf3F3s
After Cole's brunch we headed home to spend the rest of the day with Shelli, Melissa and Andrew. We went to lunch at Crystal Creek and relaxed at home. Shelli had fun harassing the boys and letting the boys harass her.
On May 11, 2013, we went to the Kite Festival at Foxglenn Park. We bought ourselves a $5 kite and let the boys enjoy the new experience. We all had so much fun relaxing on the field, flying the kite when the wind was up and being awed by the high-tech and fancy kites.
On May 13, 2013, Chad took us all fishing at Dogtown Lake. It wasn't quite what we thought it would be. The water level was very low. No fish were caught but Grant's budding love of fishing was further fueled. Cole and Tyler were relatively patient for this trip with not much to do except hang out on the bank. The only two pictures I took on the trip are below. The boys managed to wear themselves out as is usual when they are out doors. We came across this bus parked in the middle of the forest while driving out. I still wonder who lives there.
We can't forget baseball which still consumed three days of each week for the entire month of May between practice and games. Thankfully they were still having fun.
On May 18, 2013, we hiked Griffiths Spring, another of our Flagstaff Hikes hikes. It is a short loop which changing scenery. We had a fun couple of hours enjoying nature.
On May 20, 2013, Grant's class had their author's tea. Grant's class was Miss Gina's most writing obsessed class ever. They all wrote multiple reports and books about varying topics. In addition to the mountain lion report Grant wrote in March, he did a report on the Phoenix Coyotes and wrote a book about the mosasauras with his best friend Samuel Simonsen. Grant's other hockey buddies in his class wrote reports on their favorite hockey teams. Miss Gina set aside a couple of hours for parents to come in and see the work and listen to some of it read. It was truly amazing to see how far kids who could barely read and write at the beginning of the year had come.
Here are videos of Cole's program and last day of school:
http://youtu.be/uA9ppojGwBE; http://youtu.be/9smUGZ7k0EA; http://youtu.be/qzAjN-APyN8; http://youtu.be/pTRa5pfWSis
Cole and Tyler attend a weekly music class called Sound Beginnings. They both love it and are learning a lot. Cole gave his performance impromptu when asked to express how he felt listening to the opera aria:
Memorial Day weekend was busy for us. We went camping on May 24-25, 2013 with other families for our ward. They go annually and we were invited to tag along this year. Of course all of our friends have giant 5th wheels, quads and rhinos. We brought our Coleman tent, our bow and arrows and our baseball gloves. They projected a movie onto the side of one of the 5th wheels after dark for the kids. Unfortunately, the fire ban had already gone into effect so we were camping fireless. We spent most of the 25th at the campsite hanging out with friends, riding quads and rhinos and letting the kids get good and dirty. It's not a successful campout if the kids don't come home filthy.
Within a few hours after getting home from camping Papa and Janet arrived for the night. Kristen, Tyler and Shelli arrived the next day. Kristen brought Tyler to Arizona for the first time. They made a trip up north to visit us and see the Grand Canyon. We spent Sunday afternoon driving to and from the Grand Canyon and showing Tyler the sights.We BBQed that night and they headed out the next morning. It was a quick visit but fun to see family and meet Tyler for the first time. Video of the boys playing rock band: http://youtu.be/RTYXvgAKqKI
Because Tyler doesn't have many activities of his own yet he doesn't get much highlight in these posts so here's a collage dedicated just to Tyler and his cuteness.
On May 31, Grant had his end of year get together in his class. Miss Gina wrote a card for each child about what made them special. Miss Gina was an amazing first grade teacher. Grant learned so much from her and really loves school. Here is what she said about Grant: http://youtu.be/t6V2JZbymis
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