May brings end of school and better weather (most of the time)

It's May already, and that means programs and recitals--the end of the school year is in sight.  I was able to attend Doyeon's and Gunnar's last day of school, pre-school programs.  It was fun to see their smiling faces and their enthusiasm as they sang with their groups.  Gunnar, of course, is on to kindergarten next year, and I'm guessing that Ollie will take his place in Miss Lisa's pre-school. Doyeon has one more year of her pre-school.  We're grateful that Davis county has such a wonderful system in place to help children who have speech difficulties, because they've helped Doyeon tremendously.  She now speaks in full sentences and never stops talking!

Roy is already busy in his new calling.  Monday night for family night his young single adults had a service project.  They split all the kids into several groups and he and 9 or 10 of the young adults went and pulled weeds out of a creek in someone's backyard.  (a backdoor neighbor to our new house).

Thursday evening, while Roy went to the Ice Skating Club meeting (he's still on the board--serving for Caitlyn and I), I went to Logan with Nick and Sara.  We went to the Malouf friends and family sale with Crista.  Of course, Matt was there, too, but busily working.  We saw him but didn't get a chance to visit with him.  I was able to get some sheets and pillows.  It's nice to have a source for such great deals.  Afterwards, we went to "Tandoori Oven," a little restaurant inside a gas station with Indian food.  It was very good.  I had the shrimp curry with a Naan that had cauliflower inside it.  We then went back to Crista's and played a fun game that Nick had brought called Splendor.  I brought some food home for Roy, which he waited for, so he didn't get to eat until about 11:00.

Ruby took 14 steps while I was there, but I missed it because
I was contemplating my next move in the game.  She obviously
loves shopping.

Ori and Ruby are great friends.  Ori even shared with her--until it
 looked like she might run out of blueberries.

Friday, Roy went to Farmington to tend Finn, Gunnar and Ollie because Adrienne and Aj went to Texas for the weekend for a friend's wedding.  Guiltily, I went ice skating, cleaned up a little, and prepared some food for our weekend jaunt,

 Caitlyn, Roy and I headed up to Flaming Gorge to de-winterize the trailer.  We went on our traditional 2 mile hike and really enjoyed the beauty the Gorge has to offer.  I thought I might see deer, bunnies, and/or cows on our walk, but instead we were rewarded with duck, geese, marmots, a squirrel and a chipmunk. When we go to Flaming Gorge, we're usually too busy with hiking, boating and family, to play many games.  This time we played Wizard and watched a couple of episodes of Firefly, which was interesting but didn't really grab any of us.  We went to bed somewhat early and slept in  a little bit, also, so it was all in all refreshing--even though we had 7 hours of driving in two days.

Marmot

I was getting tired and didn't really want
to climb through the fence.

While we were gone, our realtor held an open house in our home.  She said there were 6 groups/couples that came through, with two of them showing some interest.  One lady really liked it, but was a little unhappy with the price.  We have had mostly good feedback, so I'm not worried.  I'm sure we'll sell the house at some point.  Later this summer would definitely be more convenient, but if it happens sooner it will relieve the stress of having it on the market and we'll work out whatever arrangements we need to.

We also had a few showings during the week--before the open house.

Other pictures from the week:

Elise sent us this "fuzzy"picture because she said it
melted her heart.

We're not worried about Maverick getting
enough to eat :)

Our little emergency room specialist.  Nursemaid's elbow with inflammation

Cousins!

 Saturday Night, Caitlyn and her best friend Annika went to our framed new home and took model shots:

Yes, they're a couple of goofs!

Jennie came over for dinner Sunday night and tried out the new hammock Caitlyn bought for
camping this summer.  She looks pretty comfortable.  It was fun to spend time
with her--we don't see her very often.

I titled my post May brings end of school and better weather (most of the time).  Today in primary, as I was teaching the kids a new song, the thunder and lightening was scaring most of the kids right out of their seats.  I was pretty startled by it, too.  The hail came down fast and furiously, but by 2:00, right as church was over, the sun was up and the clouds were parting.  Amazing.