I made the deadline

I had to say that I blogged at least one time in May. I barely made it by a sliver of a hair.

May came and went so fast. Plus the weather has been so crummy that we haven't been out much.

Here is a quick recap of our month.....



This a Allie and Kiera, Claire's BEST friends. I swear they all have some telepathic ability to alert them when one of them is outside. They want to play together EVERY day. They have spent HOURS together this month. They fight more than they get along but they still love each other and can't bear to be apart.



May is turkey hunting month. Randy, Todd, Wally and Brad went out several times to attempt a turkey. No success this year but they all had a blast and some pretty funny stories to tell.




Randy and I celebrated our 31st birthdays this month. Brad made me this awesome card that we hung in the window for a couple of days. It took him days to construct. He wouldn't let me in his room for a couple of days. I would catch him sneaking the stapler, tape, and paper in. He wouldn't let me tuck him to bed at night for fear that I would see it. He even covered it up with a blanket during the day just in case I went into his room. I loved it.



Richmond held it's annual Black and White days celebration. Tim and Kamie came for the weekend to see the horse pulls and hang out. They ended up canceling the horse pulls due to a horse virus going around. The weather was kind of crummy but the sun did shine on Saturday long enough for Brad to be in the black and white days parade and perform jump-rope on the stage.



We didn't get a picture of Brad jumping because we are lame...but this is the picture that was featured the Herold Journal. Randy I couldn't believe how good Brad was and jump-roping. He has been going to school early Friday mornings to be in the jump-rope club at school. He was especially good at double dutch. He of course acted like a ham on stage. We were so proud.


After his performance Brad wanted to do the pie eating contest. Not a big surprise to me....but he totally won. The girls that were next to him were totally grossed out because he was licking the crumbs off the stage. Such a proud mom moment.



I love this kids face.



The day before was crazy hair day at school. We painted Brad's hair green so he begged to paint his hair again the next day. He said he needed to "look cool" to be in the parade. Hence the blue hair.


My friend Leisa was in charge of the Richmond Royalty. Before they put the float back into storage the stopped by our house and asked if the kids wanted to go on a float ride. The loved it. Claire even used her princess wave on anyone who would look at her.




My mom bought brad this huge inflatable human ball for his birthday in March. May was the first time the weather cooperated enough to get it out to play.

It was so funny to watch them bounce around inside of the ball and push each other around. When I was little I used to have to climb into the dryer to get this kid of thrill.



Brad finished up his last soccer game. This was first year playing. He loved it and wants to play again next year. When he scored his first goal I made a fool out of myself yelling and screaming. I was one proud mama.



Baseball practice started this week and I am thrilled. Baseball season has MUCH better weather. I am a fair weather sport fan.

We were going to go camping over Memorial Day but the rivers were too scary and full and it rained all weekend. We ended up staying home and organizing the kids bedrooms. It was nice to be home for the weekend.

Well... that was a really quick cliff note version of our month. I am so glad Brad only has 1 1/2 days left of school. We have major camping fever and are ready for some warm weather.